BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's bowling team punched their ticket to day two of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Tournament with a win over La Roche in the opening round on Friday. The win gave the Lions a date with St. Vincent on Friday afternoon where they would suffer their first loss of the double-elimination portion.

Final Scores:

Match One: Penn State Behrend def. La Roche, 2-1
La Roche 967, Penn State Behrend 789 (Traditional)
Penn State Behrend 865, La Roche 708 (Baker Five-Game Total)
Penn State Behrend 4, La Roche 3 (Baker Best-of-Seven)

Match Two: St. Vincent def. Penn State Behrend 2-0
St. Vincent 921, Penn State Behrend 750 (Traditional)
St. Vincent 811, Penn State Behrend 642 (Baker Five-Game Total)

Noteworthy:

* The opening match against the Redhawks needed each portion of the mega match and all seven games of the best-of-seven to decide who would advance
* The Lions took the first game in the seven-game series, 193-165
* Behrend and La Roche traded the next three, leaving the match tied 2-2
* The Redhawks concluded the fifth game with a 22-pin advantage over the Lions, needing just one more win to advance
* Behrend combined for a 200 in the sixth game, setting up a game seven, ultimately winning the aforementioned by a 175-152 decision to advance in the tournament
* Bella Pilyih (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler Area) led the Lions in traditional format with a single-game high of 176
* Behrend dropped the first two matches against St. Vincent
* The loss sends the Lions into the losers bracket and one match away from elimination

Up Next:

* Behrend will go up against Pitt-Bradford tomorrow with the winner advancing to play the loser of the winners bracket matchup between Medaille and St. Vincent
* The action begins at 9:30 a.m. at Sims Lanes