Lions Bring Bats in Win Over Bradford; Behrend Advances to AMCC Semifinals

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 2 Penn State Behrend baseball team advances to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinals with a 23-4 win over No. 7 Pitt-Bradford in the third game of the quarterfinal series on Monday. The Lions will host No. 3 Mt. Aloysius on Thursday in a best of three series.

Game One:
Score:  Penn State Behrend 23, Pitt-Bradford 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (21-10), Pitt-Bradford (6-15)

Key Moments:

* The Lions posted a season-best with 23 runs and 22 hits
* Six different players recorded multiple hits, led by seniors Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) and Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) with four apiece
* Paulinellie reached 100 hits for his career, going 4-for-5 with six runs, three RBIs and two walks
* Wagner registered six RBIs with a pair of doubles in his four hits
* Behrend's best output was in the bottom of the seventh with nine runs on six hits to extend the lead to 21-3
* The Lions scored in all but two innings
* Starting pitcher Ryan Weaver (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) collected his fifth win, pitching seven innings and fanning five
* Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) and Anthony Slate (Hopewell, PA/Hopewell) each managed three hits and a double in the contest

Up Next: 

* Behrend returns to action on Thursday against Mt. Aloysius, beginning at 1 p.m.