Lions Welcome Blue Devils for Single Game Wednesday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team will take on Fredonia in a single non-conference contest on Wednesday, April 16. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. at Behrend Field.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions earned a pair of conference doubleheader sweeps last week against Hilbert and La Roche, extending their win streak to eight games
* Senior reliever Joe Lang Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) tallied his fourth save of the season, striking out his 100^th career hitter in game one vs. the Hawks
* Tyler Burick (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) hit .353 in 16 plate appearances for the week with seven runs batted in
* Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) (.395 average) and Daniel Boehme (.383 average) sit fourth and fifth in the AMCC in batting average
* Ciocco also leads the team in hits (32), on-base percentage (.469), and runs batted in (16)
* In a combined 98 at-bats this season, Burick (.375 average) and fellow freshman Cayden Turner (Stoystown, PA/North Star) (.408 average) have driven in 28 runners
* Andrew Bredel (Clinton, PA/Burgettstown) is tied for first in the conference in wins (five), third in earned run average (2.40), and fourth in strikeouts (35)
* Colin Bolla (Fairview, PA/Fairview) has struck out 34 batters and picked up four wins in a team-high 32.0 innings pitched
* Lang is second in the AMCC with four saves, followed by Jake Manendo's (Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep) three saves
* Bolla is currently six strikeouts away from 100 career K's, while Ciocco stands one hit away from 150 career hits
* Boehme needs eight RBIs to reach 100 career runs batted in
* As a team, Behrend leads the conference with a .326 batting average

Meet the Opposition:

* Fredonia enters Tuesday's contest with an 9-11 overall record, dropping two of three conference games to SUNY Canton on Saturday
* Junior Christian Cabrera leads the SUNYAC with a .462 batting average and the team in hits (36), triples (2), slugging percentage (.615), and RBIs (22)
* Cole Schraufstetter (.338) and Domenic Hickok (.333) are the other Blue Devils hitting over .300 this season
* Michael Byrns has recorded two wins and team-high 25 strikeouts in four starts, while Morgan Zientara has a 4.08 ERA to go along with 20 strikeouts in a team-high 35.1 innings pitched
* Fredonia was tabbed to finish sixth in the 2025 SUNYAC Preseason Poll
* Head coach Jordan Basile is in his fifth season at the helm of the baseball program

Series History:

* Behrend leads the I-90 Cup all-time series 40-29, dating back to 1987
* The Lions have won four of the last five matchups against the Blue Devils