Andrade's Late Penalty Kick Gives Women's Soccer Edge over St. John Fisher

Courtesy of John Leisering

ERIE, Pa. - Junior midfielder Marlene Andrade netted the game-winning goal in the 88th minute off a penalty kick to help the Penn State Behrend women's soccer team past St. John Fisher 1-0 in non-conference action. 

Score: Penn State Behrend 1, St. John Fisher 0 
Records: Penn State Behrend (1-1-1), St. John Fisher (1-2)

Key Moments:

* Both teams were scoreless for the first 45 minutes
* The Lions had three first-half shots (Lauren Kiser, Rachel Sickeri, Bri Ross) while limiting the Cardinals to one (Emily Woolingham)
* St. John Fisher had an excellent chance with 19:30 left to play, but Francesca Logrippo's header off a corner kick was stopped by Behrend goalie Riley Morningstar
* The Lions were awarded a penalty with just under three minutes left when senior forward Lizzie Hoff was taken down in the box
* Andrade converted, beating the Cardinals' goalie to her left
* The goal was Andrade's 11th career
* Behrend outshot SJF 10-5 and owned a 6-5 advantage in corners

Notes:

* Both teams graduated players who totaled more than 50% of their team's 2024 goals
* This was the third meeting between the schools in women's soccer. The Cardinals won 2-0 in 1996 and the Lions prevailed 2-1 at Pittsford, NY last season. All three goals came in the first half with Trinity Prestash collecting the game-winner
* SJF scored in the first 40 seconds of Wednesday's 3-0 win at home against Buffalo State. 
* The Cardinals were 7-1 on the road last season; 0-2 so far this season
* Behrend was 9-1 at home in 2024; 1-1-1 thus far in 2024
* Other than the 2020 COVID-altered season (2-3-1), the Cardinals have never had a losing season under HC Molly Romano
* Romano finished a combined 9-10-4 in her first two years; her teams have gone 38-21-14 since, including today's game.
* The Lions didn't allow a goal for 537 minutes' down-the-stretch in 2024; the streak was broken when Ithaca scored in overtime to defeat PSB in an NCAA first-round playoff game played at Messiah   

Up Next:

* Behrend will remain at home this week when it entertains Allegheny on Wednesday, September 10, at 7 p.m. and Houghton on Saturday, September 13, at 1 p.m. Both are non-conference games. The Lions defeated Allegheny 3-0 in Meadville, Pa. last year, but the Gators lead the all-time series 12-4-1. Despite a one-sided advantage in shots, Behrend bowed 2-1 at Houghton in 2024, the first loss inflicted on the Lions. Houghton leads the all-time series 5-3