Behrend Softball Advances to AMCC Championship Series

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 Penn State Behrend advances to the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship series with a 6-1 win over No. 6 Hilbert on day two of the Conference Tournament.

Game One: Penn State Behrend 6, Hilbert 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (32-8), Hilbert (16-17)

Noteworthy:

* Senior second base Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) broke the program record for doubles in a season with 18
* Senior pitcher Kayla Lindberg (Austinburg, OH/Geneva) recorded her 100^th strikeout of the season

Key Moments: 

* The Lions handed the Hawks their first loss of the tournament
* Behrend managed six runs on nine hits, getting a 3-for-4 performance from M. Jones
* Consecutive singles started the bottom of the first inning
* Jones and Megan Petitte (Sugarcreek, OH/Garaway) reached with a hit and stole a base to put runners on second and third
* Sierra Williams (Grove City, PA/Lakeview) got an RBI groundout to score Jones and Kayla Salvini (McDonald, PA/Fort Cherry)  knocked in Petitte with a single through the left side
* Jones, who led with three hits, also scored three of the six runs
* In the third, the Lions made it 3-0 with M. Jones leading off with a triple and scoring on a Jocelyn McNany (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) sacrifice fly
* It was the fourth inning that Lindberg recorded her 100^th strikeout in the final out of the frame
* Each team exchanged a run in the fifth to make it 4-1
* The duo of Jones and McNany in the fifth got Behrend a fourth run
* Jones tallied the program record double and McNany drove her home with an RBI single
* Two more insurance runs were added in the sixth for the final margin
* Lindberg went the distance, allowing five hits and one run and finishing with three K's

Next Up: 
 
* The Lions return to action tomorrow against No. 3 Mt. Aloysius for the championships series, beginning at 9 a.m.