Lions off to a Strong Start

  • AMCC Champs—Women’s XC: The Penn State Behrend women’s cross-country team picked up its twelfth overall and fourth straight AMCC championship this season. Senior Savanna Carr won the AMCC individual title with a time of 24:06.4 to edge teammate sophomore Olivia Nola in the 6K course. Carr earned her fourth AMCC Runner of the Year accolades, while Lindsey Hartle was named AMCC Newcomer of the Year. Carr, Hartle, Nola and four others were named All-Conference.
  • AMCC Champs—Men’s XC: Behrend won its third straight and fourteenth team title in program history this fall. Behrend had seven runners in the top ten, including the individual winner, Kody Klein. Klein won the 8K race in 27:14.5 to be named the AMCC Runner of the Year. Behrend had seven runners make All-Conference.
  • Runners of the Year: Savannah Carr, Kody Klein (women’s and men’s cross-country)
  • Co-Player of the Year: Hannah Phillips (women’s volleyball)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Sam York (men’s soccer)
  • Coach of the Year: Greg Cooper (men’s and women’s cross-country)
  • AMCC Fall Sports Runners-Up: Women’s tennis, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball
  • AMCC Regular-Season Co-Champions: Men’s soccer (6-0-1 conference record) with Mount Aloysius. Senior Sam York is ranked first in NCAA Division III statistics in shutouts.

By the Numbers

All-conference athletes

  • Cross-Country: 7 Men, 7 Women
  • Men’s Soccer: 11
  • Women’s Soccer: 9
  • Women’s Tennis: 6
  • Women’s Volleyball: 4
  • Men’s Golf: 1