Women's Soccer Claims 17th AMCC Championship; Prestash Scores Four Again

ERIE, Pa. – Senior forward Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) scored all four goals in the second half to lead the No. 1/22 Penn State Behrend women's soccer team to their 17^th overall Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship on Saturday.

Score: Behrend 4, Pitt-Greensburg 0
Records: Behrend (18-2), Pitt-Greensburg (12-4-4)

Noteworthy:

* Prestash, Marlene Andrade (Walnut Creek, CA/Clayton Valley Charter) and Devyn Bailey (Mercer, PA/Mercer) were named to the All-Tournament Team
* Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, Norwin) set the single-season record for shutouts with 12, only needing to make two saves in 90 minutes

Key Moments

* After a scoreless first half, Prestash and Andrade took over the next 45 minutes of play
* Behrend netted the first three goals off corner kicks taken from Andrade and scored off headers by Prestash
* The Lions scored in the 52^nd minute to get on the board and then tallied the second corner-kick goal by the duo 12 minutes later
* The corner kick/header combo worked one more time in the 67^th minute for a 3-0 lead, before Prestash scored on a half bicycle kick inside the box to make it 4-0
* Defender Nicole Croushore (Smithton, PA/Yough) registered her first assist on the season, sending the ball into the box for Prestash with 11 minutes left to play
* It marks the third time this season Prestash has scored four goals in a game to give her 27 on the season
* Behrend held a 27-10 shot advantage, scoring four goals on 11 shots in the second half
* It marks the second straight AMCC crown for the Lions, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament

Up Next:

* The Lions will await the NCAA Division III Tournament selection show on Monday at 2 p.m.