BEHREND SWEEPS WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL SELECTIONS

Penn State Behrend, with eight first place votes, has been selected by AMCC coaches to successfully defend their 2015 conference title. Pitt Bradford was voted to finish second and Pitt-Greensburg likely to take third.

For the second straight year, Penn State Behrend senior forward Alex Bilka was tabbed as the 2016 AMCC Pre-Season Offensive Player of the Year. The reigning AMCC Player of the Year netted a conference-best 17 goals and 11 assists for a school-record 45 points last season. She was named Behrend's first-ever NSCAA All-American and set new school records for career points (113), career goals (45) and single-season assists (11). Bilka was first team all-region and an ECAC South All-Star.

Penn State Behrend junior Rachel Weyand was selected as the 2016 AMCC Pre-Season Defensive Player of the Year. Weyand was a first team all-conference selection and an ECAC All-Star last season. She started 20 games and scored four goals and six assists, including three game-winners as a defender.

The AMCC championship will be held November 5 at the site of the highest remaining seed, with the winner earning the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

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