ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team opens conference play against Pitt-Bradford on Monday following a reschedule from this past weekend. The Lions last defeated former Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) member Franciscan on Thursday in non-conference action.
Coverage:
Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Bradford, 12 p.m. (Live Stats | Video)
Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Bradford, 3 p.m. (Live Stats | Video)
Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions combined for 21 runs on 30 hits in the non-conference victory over Franciscan
* 15 different batters came away with a hit with eight having multi-hit performances
* The Lions totaled 13 extra-base hits with six different players registering a double
* Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney), Jake Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell) and Shaun Mikulan (Allison Park, PA/Hampton) all left the yard hitting homeruns with Stouffer making the roundtrip twice
* As a team, Behrend is hitting .293 with a slugging percentage of .428
* In 22 at-bats, Deitz carries a .500 average into Monday's contest
* Stouffer leads the Lions in hits (20), RBIs (13) and doubles (5)
* After an AMCC Championship in 2021, Behrend was picked to finish atop the conference standings and repeat as the AMCC's best
Pitt-Bradford News & Notes:
* The Panthers were tabbed for a seventh-place finish this year after a 2021 season that resulted in a 3-11 record in AMCC play
* With a batting average of .433, Evan Fragela enters play with the second-best mark in the conference
* Pitt-Bradford is coming off a non-conference win against Penn State DuBois
* Kyler Majka went seven-strong innings allowing three runs on six hits, earning the victory
* Trent Bielak collected his first save of the season, pitching a hitless ninth frame
* Justin Dattoli went 3-for-5 in the win, leading the Panthers in hits while driving in a run
Series History:
* The last regular-season matchup resulted in a win for Pitt-Bradford (9-8) on April 19, 2021
* The Panthers forced a third game in a best-of-three series during last year's AMCC Tournament
* Behrend holds the advantage in the all-time series, 41-22-1
