ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend softball team is set to host Mt. Aloysius on Saturday for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. This will be the last home game for the Lions and senior day.
Schedule of Events/Coverage
Saturday, May 1
Penn State Behrend vs. Mt. Aloysius, 1 p.m. (Video/Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend vs. Mt. Aloysius, 3 p.m. (Video/Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend News & Notes
* Behrend will be celebrating seniors Kaylene Chaffee, Angela Dale, Lauren Olevnik, Mackenzie McIntire, and Marissa Torretti on Saturday
* The Lions are 20-6 overall with a 12-2 mark in the conference
* Behrend is tied for first in the AMCC with Pitt-Bradford
* The Lions most recently fell to Alfred on Wednesday, 7-3 and 1-0
* On Tuesday against the Medaille Mavericks, Ashleigh Schmidt (Sarver, PA/Freeport) threw a no-hitter, the first since 2009
* Schmidt is tied for first in the conference with seven wins on the mound
* Mackenzie McIntire (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) leads the AMCC in multiple different categories
* She is ranked first in batting average (.526), hits (40), home runs (4), and RBIs (31)
* The Lions have the top-four spots in doubles led by Cami McNany (Emlenton, PA/Allegheny-Clarion Valley) with 15
* Following McNany are McIntire (12), Kylee Bundy (DuBois, PA/DuBois) (11), and Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) (11)
* As a team, Behrend leads the conference in runs (203), hits (282), doubles (67), triples (15), home runs (7), RBIs (189), and stolen bases (46)
* The Lions have a conference best team batting average of .372 and slugging percentage of .527
Mt. Aloysius News & Notes
* The Mounties are 9-6-1 overall with a 7-5 conference mark
* Mt. Aloysius is set to play Hilbert on Friday night before heading to Behrend on Saturday
* The Mounties are sitting at third place in the AMCC
* Kayla Diehl is leading the team with a .377 batting average and 20 hits
Series History
* The Lions and lead the all-time series, 28-8
* The series dates back to 2003
* In 2019, the teams split. Behrend won game one, 3-2 in nine innings and lost in game two, 5-2
