McIntire, Schmidt Named AMCC Athletes of the Week

ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend senior third baseman Mackenzie McIntire (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) and junior pitcher Ashleigh Schmidt (Sarver, PA/Freeport) were named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of the Week.

McIntire was named the softball Player of the Week. McIntire played in all six games for the Lions this week. Behrend played four conference and two non-conference games. In AMCC play, McIntire tallied 12 hits, four doubles, six runs, and nine RBIs for a .800 batting average and 1.067 slugging. On Tuesday against Medaille, McIntire went 4-for-4 in game one and 3-for-4 in game two with five RBIs. Against Mt. Aloysius on Saturday, she went 4-for-4 in game one with two RBIs and had a double in game two. McIntire broke the Behrend school record in doubles on Saturday, hitting her 48th career double. McIntire also hit in her 100th career RBI on Saturday.

Schmidt earned AMCC Pitcher of the Week honors. She pitched in two games this week for Behrend, both in conference action. On Tuesday against Medaille, Schmidt threw a no-hitter, the first for the Lions since 2009. She pitched a complete five inning game and struck out five batters. Schmidt came in in relief on Saturday against Mt. Aloysius pitching 3.2 innings and striking out three batters. On the week, she gave up only two hits and no runs in 8.2 innings for a 0.00 ERA. Schmidt tallied two wins on the mound to improve to 8-1 on the season.