Behrend women's soccer team dominating AMCC conference

The women’s soccer team at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is undefeated in conference play. The team has outscored its AMCC opponents 30-1. Jordan Oberlander, a senior from Waterford, has 24 goals – two short of the single-season points record.

The college’s volleyball, cross country, tennis, water polo and swimming and diving teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights:

Men’s soccer

Penn State Behrend 1, Franciscan 0

Penn State Behrend 7, Hilbert 1

Five different players scored in the win over Hilbert. Aaron Harris, a sophomore from Washington, and Shuya Takehana, a sophomore from Nagano, Japan, each scored two goals. The team had 25 shots and 10 corner kicks.

Women’s soccer

Penn State Behrend 3, Franciscan 0

Penn State Behrend 4, Hilbert 0

The Lions are undefeated in conference play and have outscored their AMCC opponents 30-1.

Women’s volleyball

Penn State Behrend 3, La Roche 2

Penn State Behrend 3, Pitt-Greensburg 0

D’Youville 3, Penn State Behrend 2

The Lions have won eight of their last nine matches. Hannah Saunders, a senior from Elizabeth, had 32 assists against La Roche; she is now third in career assists, with 3,134.

Men’s swimming and diving

Fourth (of four teams) at the Grove City Fall Classic

Mark Patterson, a junior from North Huntingdon, placed second in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 2:05.67. He was third in the 100 backstroke, finishing in 55.45.

Women’s swimming and diving

Fourth (of four teams) at the Grove City Fall Classic

The 400 free relay team – Gwendolyn Lowery, Jessica Wyckoff, Abigail Witmer and Paola Maldonado – finished fifth, with a time of 4:00.0.

Men’s cross country

Tenth (of 31 teams) at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble.

Dylan Buffington, a senior from Brookville, finished 25^th overall, completing the 8K race in 26:18.3.

Women’s cross country

Sixth (of 29 teams) at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble.

Savanna Carr, a freshman from Franklin, finished seventh overall, completing the 6K race in 22:30.0.

Men’s water polo

Connecticut College 12, Penn State Behrend 9

Penn State Behrend 16, Monmouth 10

MIT 12, Penn State Behrend 2

Kyle Frerichs, a junior from Sellersville, and Troy Valkusky, a senior from Drifton, each scored four goals in the win over Monmouth. Goalie Matt Olimski, a freshman from San Diego, made 14 saves.

Women’s tennis

Penn State Behrend 5, Pitt-Bradford 2

Scores, results and updates for Penn State Behrend athletics are posted at psblions.com.