Brittany Pikur Scores First Half Goal but Edinboro Rallies for PSAC West Win

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Brittany Pikur got IUP off to a fast start in the opening half but the Crimson Hawks could not find the net again as Edinboro rallied for a 2-1 victory in a PSAC West contest Wednesday at the South Campus Field.

IUP (1-1, 0-1 PSAC West), ranked 15th in the National Soccer Coaches Association poll, had won seven in a row over the Fighting Scots, and the defeat was just the second in 16 home games against PSAC West competition for the Crimson Hawks since the conference went to division play in 2004.

Pikur scored her first goal of the season off an assist by Kim Kowalski just 4:37 into the game to give IUP a 1-0 lead.  The lead held up until Angie de Almeida scored twice in the second half for Edinboro (1-0-1, 1-0 PSAC West).

de Almeida tied it with 6:57 gone after intermission, assisted by Elise Falatach.  With 13:38 remaining in the game, de Almeida beat IUP goalie April Hunsberger for the second time, with the assist credited to Ashley Pulman.

In a defensive-minded game, both teams had 11 shots on goal, with Hunsberger making three saves and Samantha Cairns stopping four shots for the Fighting Scots.  IUP held an 8-4 edge in corner kicks.

IUP is on the road for games at East Stroudsburg on Saturday and Lock Haven on Monday before returning home for a September 6 contest against Clarion beginning at 4 p.m.

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