Women's Soccer Set to Battle Grove City Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team is set to battle Grove City in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Behrend Stadium. Game time is 1 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions improve to a 5-1 overall record with a 3-1 win against Fredonia Tuesday night
* Behrend tallied two first-half goals and added an insurance goal in the second for the non-conference victory
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) had her first multiple-goal game with two goals, including the game winner
* Marlene Andrade (Walnut Creek, CA/Clayton Valley Charter) netted her second goal of the season to get Behrend on the board vs. the Blue Devils
* Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley) assisted Andrade for her first point of the young season, while Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) assisted Prestash
* Behrend is outscoring its opponents 14-3 in the first six games
* Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) posted her fifth win of the season in between the pipes on Tuesday, making one save  

Grove City News & Notes:

* The Wolverines are coming off a 4-1 loss to No. 6 Carnegie Mellon on Wednesday
* Grove City is now 3-2-1 on the season, defeating Wooster, Mt. Union, and Dickinson
* Senior midfielder Emma Herrmann leads the team with seven goals and two assists for 16 points
* Herrmann has three two-goal games and has tallied at least one point in five of the six games
* Goalkeeper Courtney Lisman has 39 saves and 10 goals against with one shutout this season
* The Wolverines are 1-2-1 when playing on the road and 2-0 on their home field
* Head coach Melissa Lamie enters her 32^nd season with Grove City

Series History

* The all-time series sits at 12-11-3 in favor of the Behrend Lions
* The last win for the Lions in 2021 (1-0) broke the 11-all tie
* Grove City's last victory was a 1-0 decision in 2019
* The teams are meeting for the first time since 2021, but the series dates back to 1995