No. 1 Women's Soccer Battles No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC Championship

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 seed Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will battle No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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No. 1 Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions and Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats are meeting for the fifth consecutive season in the championship game
* The Lions advanced the title game with a 6-0 win over No. 4 Mt. Aloysius on Wednesday
* Behrend is looking to defend its AMCC crown and compete for its 17^th overall championship
* Behrend has won 16 of the 26 AMCC Championships since the inception of the conference in 1997
* On Wednesday, Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) tallied one goal and two assists to help the Lions defeat the Mounties
* Prestash became the program's all-time leading goal scorer (66) with the first goal of the second half
* Prestash leads the conference and team with 23 goals and seven assists on the season for 53 points
* Goalie Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) also tied the season record for most shutouts with 11 in the win
* Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) registered her sixth goal of the season and the eventual game winner in the 22^nd minute
* The winner of the championship game will earn the AMCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament  
* The No. 22 nationally-ranked Lions are on an 11-game winning streak

No. 2 Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes:

* The Bobcats are looking for their third overall AMCC Championship
* Pitt-Greensburg won the title in 2019 and 2022 with wins over Penn State Behrend
* The Bobcats finished the regular-conference season with a 7-1 record, falling to the Lions
* Pitt-Greensburg defeated No. 3 Penn State Altoona 2-1 on Wednesday to advance to the title game
* Maya Wertelet, the AMCC Offensive Preseason Player of the Year, scored the game winner vs. Altoona in the 80^th minute
* The Bobcats enter the contest on a seven-game winning streak
* Sara Tonkovich leads the team and is third in the AMCC with 10 goals and 23 points 

Series History:

* The Behrend Lions have a 22-6-3 overall record against the Bobcats
* Prestash scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win during the regular season
* Last year, Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg tied in the championship game and the Lions won the AMCC title 3-0 on penalty kicks

AMCC Tournament Schedule:
First Round: Saturday, November 2

Game 1: #3 Penn State Altoona d. #6 Alfred State, 5-0
Game 2: #4 Mt. Aloysius d. #5 La Roche, 3-0

Semifinals: Wednesday, November 6

Game 3: #1 Penn State Behrend d. #4 Mt. Aloysius, 6-0
Game 4: #2 Pitt-Greensburg d. #3 Penn State Altoona, 2-1

Finals: Saturday, November 9

Game 5: #1 Penn State Behrend vs. #2 Pitt-Greensburg, 2 p.m.