Seniors Pace Women's Soccer Past Penn State Altoona

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team collected its sixth Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) win, defeating Penn State Altoona 9-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 9, Penn State Altoona 0
Records: Penn State Behrend (9-4-1, 6-0-1 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (2-9-2, 2-3-1 AMCC)

Key Moments

* Rachel Sickeri (DuBois, PA/DuBois) led with two goals and one assist for the Lions
* Seven different players scored, including three seniors who were celebrated before the game
* Senior Arina Dillinger (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) tallied a pair of goals, while Mia Zec (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) and Christine Patterson (McKean, PA/General McLane) added one a piece
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) scored the game winner 31 seconds in to the game
* Prestash gathered a through ball from Sickeri and poked the ball to beat a charging Nicole Schwartz for a 1-0 lead
* Sickeri made it 2-0 with an unassisted tally into the low left corner, before the combo of Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) and Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Center Valley) make it 3-0 in the 28^th minute
* Dillinger scored her first goal from the top of the box after Schwartz punched the ball out from a Behrend corner kick
* The final first-half goal belonged to Zec from outside the 18 for a 5-0 margin
* Patterson got her goal and assist in the second half
* Patterson scored right off her corner kick and then assisted Sickeri in the 54^th minute
* The Lions fired off 29 shots and held Altoona to one

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Tuesday at Fredonia. The non-conference game begins at 6 p.m.