Behrend Lions Fall to No. 4 Marietta

MARIETTA, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend baseball team had their season come to an end against No. 4 Marietta, 7-3, in the NCAA Regional Tournament hosted by the Pioneers on Sunday. 

Score: No.  4 Marietta 7, Penn State Behrend 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (27-13), Marietta (38-5)

Key Moments:

* The Pioneers scored seven unanswered runs to advance to the championship series against top-seed Rowan
* The Lions got an early start on Marietta with two runs in the first inning
* After Anthony Slate (Hopewell, PA/Hopwell) walked, Josh Wagner (South Park, PA/South Park) doubled and Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) walked to load the bases
* Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA / Punxsutawney) reached on a fielder's choice to score Slate while Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) singles to send home Wagner for a 2-0 lead
* Behrend kept Marietta off the scoreboard for five innings before adding another run in the top of the sixth
* On the Pioneer's first relief pitcher, Tanner Cicchini (Pittsburgh, PA/South Park) pinch hit and knocked in Stouffer to make it 3-0 
* In the bottom of the frame, Marietta used three hits to score three runs to even the game
* The Pioneers took the lead in the seventh with a two-run homer and added two more insurance runs in the eighth inning on a double by Damian Yenzi 
* Starter Caleb Caldwell (Frewsburg, NY/Frewsburg) pitched five solid innings before making way for Ben Bown (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) 
* Bowen threw two innings and suffered his first loss of the season
* Sam Mathews, the third pitcher of the game, pitched 3.2 innings to improve to 8-2 on the season 
* Stouffer and Jones each went 3-for-4 on the day
* The Lions held an 11-9 advantage in hits while both teams stranded 10 runners