ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend junior pitcher Thomas Zbezinski (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland), senior shortstop Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) and sophomore women's tennis player Erica Jasinski (Fairview, PA/Fairview) were named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of the Week.
Zbezinski earned AMCC Baseball Pitcher of the Week for a second time this season. On Saturday, the junior start registered 10 K's on the way to his 100th career strikeout. Zbezinski threw a complete-game, extra-inning, three-hit shutout in the opener against Alfred State. He fanned at least one batter in each inning for his fourth win of the season.
Paulinellie was named AMCC Baseball Player of the Week. The senior extended his hitting streak to seven straight games this week, helping to lead the Lions to a 4-2 record. Paulinellie recorded 11 hits in 21 chances for a .524 average. He also drove in nine, scored four runs and smacked a pair of doubles and a pair sacrifice flies in six contests.
Jasinski, the AMCC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, helped the Lions secure their 14th AMCC Championship over the weekend. The No. 1 singles player defeated Emily Ruhlman of Pitt-Greensburg in a super tiebreaker to give Behrend the final match point. Jasinski won the first set tiebreaker 7-6 (9-7) in singles action to get ahead before winning 10-5 in the second tiebreaker. She was named to the All-Tournament Team.
