PENN ST. ALTOONA, MT. ALOYSIUS EARN WOMEN'S SOCCER FIRST ROUND VICTORIES

#3 Penn State Altoona and #4 Mount Aloysius College both earned victories in the First Round of the AMCC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament. The Lions picked up a 5-0 win over #6 Alfred State College while the Mounties earned a 3-0 victory over La Roche University.

Penn State Altoona 5, Alfred State 0
Penn State Altoona put its first goal on the board less than three minutes into the game, as Taylor Frederick sent a pass from the left side of the field into the middle, where Emilee Roman took it, dribbled ahead, and beat the keeper at 2:45. Mallorie Smith scored Penn State Altoona's next two goals, helping her team to a 3-0 advantage by halftime. At 7:29, Smith knocked Martin's corner kick into the net, and she took advantage of an Alfred State turnover to score her second goal of the day at 37:09. Midway through the second half, Roman scored two goals in less than two minutes to help ice Penn State Altoona's victory. Roman netted her second tally of the afternoon at 61:37, taking a pass up the left side of the field from Smith and beating the keeper to make it 4-0. Shortly thereafter, Smith again sent a ball upfield for Roman, who scored her third goal at 62:32 to increase the Lions' lead to 5-0.

The Lions will travel to take on #2 Pitt-Greensburg on Wednesday, November 6, at 7 p.m. That game will be played at Hempfield High School in Greensburg.

Mount Aloysius 3, La Roche 0
Neither team was able to hit the scoresheet in the first half, as both the Redhawks and Mounties ended the first 45 minutes of play with three shots on goal each. Out of the break, Mount Aloysius struck for what would be the game-winning goal at 54:08 when Natalie Despot opened the scoring. Despot connected once again with an insurance goal at 73:21 to put the Mouties up 2-0. Just 6:31 later, the final goal of the game was scored when Sara Borlie added a goal of her own to set the final at 3-0.

The Mounties will travel to Penn State Behrend on Wednesday to take on the Lions in the AMCC semifinals. Game time is slated for 2:30 p.m. at the Behrend soccer field.