Women’s Soccer Crowned Champion Of PSUAC

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State Brandywine capped off an unbeaten year against Penn State University Athletic Conference opponents as the top-seeded Lions edged No. 2 Penn State Schuylkill 1-0 in the league's championship game for the program's first conference crown on Wednesday night.

Brandywine, in its second season as a varsity program, is now 14-1 overall, including a 12-0 mark against league foes as the Lions head to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national tournament next week. Brandywine is the conference's lone representative at the tournament after earning the PSUAC's automatic bid.

One year after falling in the PSUAC title match, head coach Sharif Saber's team was never seriously threatened by the offense from Schuylkill, a team the Lions did blanked three times this fall. Brandywine outshot Schuylkill 8-1 and possessed the majority of the match's scoring opportunities.

Following a scoreless first half, it took Brandywine just over four minutes of the final stanza to take the lead.

Brooke Muhlbaier (Millville, N.J./Millville), honored as a first team all-conference performer on Wednesday, sent a long shot over the head of Schuylkill goalkeeper Breanna Sattizahn as her 10^th goal of the year put Brandywine in front. Muhlbaier scored for the sixth consecutive game, a streak which includes a two-goal performance at Schuylkill on Oct. 20, her second of two four-point outings against Schuylkill this fall.

In goal, Brandywine netminder Emily Bush (Bayville, N.J./Central Regional) needed to make just one save, a stop during the 62^nd minute. A final Schuylkill scoring opportunity came with under seven minutes remaining, but Laura Bisco's shot from inside the box was blocked and cleared away.

Bush, who was named first team all-PSUAC, recorded her USCAA-leading eighth shutout of the season, while also earning her 14^th victory.

Brandywine recorded eight of the match's nine shots on goal and attempted eight corner kicks, compared to just two for Schuylkill. Muhlbaier tallied a pair of shots on goal, while Rachel Weir (Neptune City, N.J./Red Bank Regional), also a first team all-conference selection, registered five.

Brandywine will depart for the USCAA Tournament next week where it will be in Pool B of the 12-team tournament. The ninth-seeded Lions open up national play on Friday, Nov. 11 against No. 4 Bryant & Stratton (N.Y.) and follow Saturday with a matchup versus No. 5 Cleary University (Mich.).