BEREA, Ohio - The Penn State Behrend baseball team saw its season come to a close on the second day of the NCAA Division III Regionals, falling to Adrian and Catholic Saturday afternoon.

Game One: Adrian 12, Penn State Behrend 1
Records: Adrian (31-14), Penn State Behrend (29-12-1)

Key Moments:

* ​The Bulldogs plated the first two runs of the game in the second and third innings

* ​Adrian took a commanding lead (9-1) with a seven run fourth, highlighted a pair of RBI doubles and singles

* ​The Lions notched their first run of the game on an RBI single from Silvio Ionadi (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum) in the sixth inning

* ​Nic Bruder capped off the Bulldogs victory in the bottom of the seventh with a three-run home run

* ​Behrend's offense was shut down by starter Jaxon Clark and reliever Landon Kozlowski who surrendered only one run on four hits with a combined nine strikeouts

* Seniors ​Will Jamison (Shaler, PA/Shaler), Evan Bromley (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park), and Nate Campbell (Wexford, PA/North Allegheny) each threw a scoreless inning out of the bullpen for the Lions

* ​Adrian was led by David Kedrow's game-high three hits and three runs batted in

Game Two: Catholic 14, Penn State Behrend 2

Records: Catholic (33-13), Penn State Behrend (29-13-1)

Key Moments:

* ​The Cardinals jumped out to a four-run advantage in the first, highlighted by a Jesse Lacefield three-run homer

* ​Catholic extended its lead with seven runs combined in the fourth and fifth innings

* ​A Spencer Deitz (Erie, PA/McDowell) stolen base in the bottom of the fourth led to Ionadi scoring the Lions first run of the contest

* ​Zach Burton tacked on a run for the Cardinals with an RBI double in the top of the seventh

* ​Deitz began the bottom of the seventh with a leadoff double and then was knocked in by a Thomas Nicely RBI single (Delmont, PA/Franklin Regional) to score Behrend's second run of the game

* ​Catholic stamped its victory with two more runs in the ninth inning

* ​Ionadi tallied a team-high three hits for the Lions

* ​Mitchell Johnson led the Cardinals with three hits to go along with four runs batted in, while Lacefield drove in a game-high four RBIs

* ​On the mound, Catholic's starter Danny Fitzgerald tossed seven innings, giving up two runs on six hits with six strikeouts. Ryan O'Keefe threw two scoreless/hitless innings in relief
* Nicely, Daniel Boehme (Peters Township, PA/Seton LaSalle), and Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) were named to the Regionals All-Tournament Team

* ​Behrend finished the season with a 29-13-1 record, winning its seventh AMCC title and first regional tournament game since 2021