Lions Travel to Ithaca in NCAA First Round
The Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team will be making its third straight and sixth overall appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament this weekend.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will be making its third straight and sixth overall appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament this weekend. The Lions will travel to Ithaca, NY to face the Ithaca Bombers on Saturday, November 16 at 11 a.m. in first-round action.
The Lions (15-5-1) earned the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference's (AMCC) automatic bid into the 64-team tournament after winning their third consecutive title and ninth conference crown. The Bombers (16-2-0), who are ranked No. 7 in the latest NSCAA National Poll, defeated Nazareth 3-1 to win the Empire 8 Tournament and earn the NCAA bid.
The other first-round match will feature Skidmore (12-3-2) and Rowan (16-3-0), beginning at 1:30 p.m. The winners will play each other in a second-round match at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday hosted by Ithaca to determine who advances to the NCAA Sectionals.
Behrend repeated as AMCC regular-season champions finished with a 9-0 conference record, before defeating Franciscan 4-2 in the conference semifinals and then posting a 2-1 decision over Pitt-Bradford for the championship.
It will be the first time Behrend and Ithaca will play each other in program history. The Lions have also never faced Skidmore or Rowan.