STEUBENVILLE – The Franciscan women's soccer team has clinched the No. 6 seed in the 2018 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament and will travel to D'Youville on Saturday for the opening round game.
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The Lady Barons and Spartans will meet for the second time in a week as the two teams faced each other last Saturday in Steubenville. The teams played to a 0-0 2OT tie as Franciscan out-shot the Spartans 19-9. Franciscan enters Saturday's contest with an overall record of 5-10-1 and a 4-4-1 record in the AMCC. The Spartans enter the contest with an overall record of 5-10-2 and a 5-2-2 slate in the AMCC as the No. 3 seed.
Last Time Out
Franciscan
The Lady Barons wrapped up the regular season at Pitt.-Greensburg as the Bobcats handed Franciscan a 4-0 loss. Franciscan got a shot from Gracie Tillman, Elizabeth Dawyot and Annie Beckman. Senior Sarah Luebking made eight saves in net for the Lady Barons.
D'Youville
The Spartans traveled to Penn St.-Behrend for their regular season finale and fell to the Lions, 7-0. D'Youville got a shot from Kaylee Heschke and Margret Leeds. Megan Dulniak and Clarice Byrne split time in goal for the Spartans as Dulniak made 11 saves and Byrne stopped three shots.
Key Contributors
Franciscan
• Senior Elizabeth Dawyot leads the Lady Barons with 14 points behind three goals and a conference-best eight assists
• Senior Emily Wieszczek leads Franciscan with eight goals
• Senior Sarah Luebking leads Franciscan with 82 saves and a career-best 1.50 GAA. Luebking is 5-10-1 on the year and has five shutouts to her credit this season.
D'Youville
• Makenna Magee leads the Spartans with eight points behind a team-best four goals
• Cassandra Brooks and Magan Magee each have a pair of assists for the Spartans
• Megan Dulniak leads the Spartans with 136 saves and a 1.41 GAA. Dulniak sports a 5-9-2 record and has six shutouts this season.
The winner of the Franciscan/D'Youville matchup will travel to No. 2 seeded Mt. Aloysius for a 5:00 pm contest in Cresson, Pa.
The Lady Barons and Spartans get underway on Saturday at 3:00 pm in Buffalo, NY.
