ERIE, Pa. – The No. 2 Penn State Behrend baseball team will face No. 7 Pitt-Bradford in a best two out of three series in the 2021 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship Quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.
Schedule/Coverage
No. 2 Penn State Behrend vs. No. 7 Pitt-Bradford, 1 p.m. – Live Stats | Video
No. 2 Penn State Behrend vs. No. 7 Pitt-Bradford, 4 p.m. – Live Stats | Video
No. 2 Penn State Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions are looking to capture their sixth AMCC Championship
* Behrend last won the title in 2013
* Behrend earned the No. 2 seed with a 10-4 conference record
* In 2019, the Lions fell 5-3 to Penn State Altoona in the AMCC Semifinals
* Pitcher Derrick Shields (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) is ranked fourth in the AMCC in ERA (2.31) and in strikeouts (39)
* Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) and Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) are ranked third and fourth in batting average with .412 and .410, respectively
* Paulinellie is on a 11-game hitting streak and has 12 multiple-hit games
No. 7 Pitt-Bradford News & Notes:
* The Panthers enter the postseason with a 5-13 overall record and a 3-11 record in AMCC play
* Senior shortstop Sam Dreistadt is hitting .403 this season to rank sixth in the conference
* Dreistadt also has hit two home runs, scored nine runs and drove in 15
* Junior Alex Miles has a 3.60 ERA and a 1-1 overall record on the mound
* His best performance was in a 13-2 win over Behrend, striking out six and throwing seven scoreless innings
Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, May 4
Play-in Game (single 9): #9 Medaille d. #8 Hilbert, 12-9 (12 innings)
Saturday, May 8
Series 1: #9 Medaille @ #1 La Roche
Series 2: #7 Pitt-Bradford @ #2 Penn St. Behrend
Series 3: #6 Pitt-Greensburg @ #3 Mount Aloysius
Series 4: #5 Penn St. Altoona @ #4 Alfred State
Sunday, May 9 will be used if a third game is necessary
Thursday, May 13
Series 5: Winner of Series 1 v Winner of Series 4
Series 6: Winner of Series 2 v Winner of Series 3
Friday, May 14 will be used if a third game is necessary
Championship Series
Wednesday, May 19
Series 7: Winner of Series 5 v Winner of Series 6
Thursday, May 20 will be used if a third game is necessary
Series History
* The Lions and Panthers played twice this season, splitting each time
* Behrend won the openers and Pitt-Bradford took game two
* The Lions are 42-23-1 in the all-time series against Pitt-Bradford
* The series began in 1999
* Behrend is 20-3-1 in the last 24 meetings with the Panthers
