Lions Welcome Hiram To Begin Four Game Week

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend baseball team will kick off the week with a single non-conference game on Monday, April 22. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions are coming off a doubleheader split at Altoona on Saturday
* In game two, Behrend hit six home runs to help them score 24 runs to claim a victory
* Hank Shaffer (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) tallied his first two collegiate homers, while David Gibson (North East, PA/North East), Thomas Nicely (Delmont, PA/Franklin Regional), Dylan Barnes (Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills), and Silvo Ionadi (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum) all went deep
* Shaffer and Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle) each tallied three hits for the Lions at the plate. Shaffer recorded a game-high six RBIs, followed by Gibson's five runs batted in
* Reliever Jake Manendo (Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep) tossed 4.1 innings to earn his fourth win of the season, surrendering only one run on three hits and striking out a career-high 10 batters
* Senior Anthony Slate (Hopewell, PA/Hopewell) is second in the AMCC and on the team with a .440 batting average, while Gibson leads the team and is second in the conference in RBIs (36) and home runs (four)
* Slate is five hits away from reaching 100 career hits
* On the mound, Manendo has registered a 0.96 ERA in eight appearances and is tied with Jeff Zick (Moon, PA/Our Lady of Sacred Heart) with a team-high four wins
* Freshman Colin Bolla (Fairview, PA / Fairview) leads the Lions with 31 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched

Meet the Opposition:

* Hiram comes into Monday's contest with a 13-17 overall record, falling to No. 2 Denison in a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) doubleheader on Saturday
* Junior Hal Walker Jr. leads the Terriers with a .402 batting average. Matthew Trimble has delivered a team-high 35 RBIs
* Starter Jack Conley has struck out 40 batters in nine starts, while Jacob Koces has earned three wins in eight appearances
* The Terriers feature a roster of 51 players: 14 freshman, 15 sophomores, 13 juniors, and nine seniors
* Outfielder Chaisson Marrs was selected to the All-NCAC Third Team a season ago
* Head coach Phil Brua is in his sixth season at the helm of the baseball program

Series History:

* The Lions lead the all-time series 8-5, dating back to 1997
* The two teams split a doubleheader last season at Hiram
* Since 2009, Behrend has won six of the last eight matchups against the Terriers