The Lancaster Bible women's soccer team traveled to Reading, Pa this afternoon to face-off against Penn St. Berks in their second conference game of the 2022 season. Coming off a tough 2-1 loss to Penn College in their United East debut, the Chargers would fall in a match that would heavily favor the Nittany Lions. The final would come to 9-1, Penn St. Berks. The loss moves the Chargers to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the United East. The Lions move to 5-2 overall, 1-0 in conference play. 
 
How It Happened: The Chargers would battle tough to start the game, holding off the Nittany Lions' attacks. In the 23^rd minute, the Lions would find the net and catch fire scoring in the 24^th, 25^th, and 26^th minutes.
 
After rushing to a four to zero lead, Penn St. Berks would score two more goals before heading to halftime with a 6-0 lead.
 
Looking to bounce back, the story would be the same as the Lions would score three more in the second half. The Chargers would find the net in the 73^rd minute off a header from sophomore Jade Weir on a corner kick from teammate Naomi Ewing. The game would finish with a lopsided 9-1 final.
 
From the Coach: "Definitely couldn't have gone much worse for us today. What can you say, we struggled to do anything well against a really good team. Now we just rebound the best we can for an important conference game Saturday." – Head Coach Jake Warren
 
By the Numbers: The Lions would finish with 29 shots on goal while the Chargers would be limited to three… Berks would hold the advantage in corner kicks 6-1… Goalkeeper Erin Mikula would record nine saves.
 
Up Next: The Chargers will return home for Homecoming weekend as they match up against another conference foe in St. Mary's (MD.) on Saturday, September 24^th at 12 p.m.