Kickers Post 1-1 Mark
in Season Opening Tournament
The Penn State Behrend women's soccer
split a pair of games in their annual Herb Lauffer Memorial
Tournament. Behrend was upended in game one 3-2 by Washington and
Jefferson, but bounced back to blank Juniata 2-0 in the consolation
contest. Baldwin-Wallace scored on a penalty kick to beat W & J 1-0
to claim the trophy.
"We are a little
disappointed not to have progressed into the championship game but I thought
we rebounded well on Sunday and put in a good performance against
In 2003, the Behrend Lions defeated Baldwin-Wallace to win the Herb Lauffer Tournament title. Last season B-W bounced back to win the championship winning 2-1.
In game one Behrend raced out to a 2-0 lead behind goals from senior Holly Greiner (McKean/General McLane) and freshman Nikki Frisbee (Valencia/Mars). W & J responded with three unanswered second half scores to win 3-2. On Sunday Behrend's senior Michelle Crawford (Glenshaw/Fox Chapel) found the back of the net 12:25 seconds into the first half. Frisbee connected on her second goal of the young season less than three minutes into the second half to provide Behrend with the 2-0 win.
Next up the women host Case Western Reserve (0-1-1) on Thursday, September 8 at 5:00 p.m. on the Behrend Fields. Then on Saturday Westminster (1-1) comes for a men's and women's double-header beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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