No. 22 Women's Soccer vs. Ithaca in NCAA First Round

DALLAS, Pa. – The No. 22 Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will face the Ithaca Bombers in the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday at Mangelsdorf Field hosted by Misericordia University. Game time is set for 1:30 p.m.

Coverage

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Admission

* Adults: $8 | Seniors 65+: $5 | Students: $3

Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions have won its last 12 contests and have not given up a goal in 440 minutes and only allowed one goal in nearly 950 minutes of play
* Behrend defeated Pitt-Greensburg 4-0 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
* The championship marked the Lions 17^th AMCC title
* Behrend is making its 13^th appearance in the NCAA Tournament
* Senior forward Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) is ranked second in the NCAA Division III statistics with 27 goals this season and is sixth in total points (61)
* Prestash is Behrend's all-time leading goal scorer with 70 career goals
* During her four-year career, the Lions are 41-2 when Prestash scores one or more goals
* Prestash was named the AMCC Offensive Player of the Year, while Nicole Croushore (Smithton, PA/Yough) earned Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Patrick O'Driscoll was voted Coach of the Year
* Prestash, Croushore, Marlene Andrade (Walnut Creek, CA/Clayton Valley Charter), Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley), Megan Krulisky (Clermont, FL/Lockport (NY)) and Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) were selected to the  All-AMCC First Team
* Rachel Sickeri (DuBois, PA/DuBois) and Lindsey Pawlawski (Pittsburgh, PA/North Catholic) landed on the Second Team, while Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) and Anna Steinbeck (Windber, PA/Windber) were chosen to the Third Team.

Ithaca News & Notes

* The Bombers prevailed over No. 11 William Smith, 3-2, in penalty kicks to win the Liberty League's automatic bid
* It marks the second conference championship in three years for the Bombers
* Eight players earned All-Liberty League honors and Sarah Sinnott was named the Player of the Year
* Sinnott leads the team with 11 goals for 22 points
* Sinnott is joined by Grace Hickey, Allison Heft and Ally Stanton on the First Team
* Ali Amari was named to the Second Team, while Kaelyn Fernandez, Ava Detorie and Rosie Bostian land on the Third Team
* Ithaca is 13-2-4 overall this season

Series History

* The all-time series is tied 1-all
* Behrend and Ithaca are squaring off for the second time in the NCAA First Round
* The Bombers defeated the Lions 3-0 back in 2013
* The Lions earned a 2-1 victory over the Bombers in the season opener back in 2017