Softball Travels to Penn State Altoona for AMCC Matchup
The Penn State Behrend softball team will travel to Altoona, PA to take on Penn State Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Game of the Week on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final (8) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
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Penn State Behrend
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
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Penn State Altoona
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend softball team will travel to Altoona, PA to take on Penn State Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Game of the Week on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Schedule of Events/ Coverage
Saturday, March 30
Penn State Behrend vs. Penn State Altoona, 11 a.m. (Video/ Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend vs. Penn State Altoona, 1 p.m. (Video/ Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions are 9-6 overall with a 2-0 conference record
* Behrend started off the AMCC play against Pitt-Bradford on Wednesday
* The Lions took game one, 9-2 and game two, 11-3
* Carson Hauser (Westfield, NY/Westfield Academy) had her second homerun of the season in game one, finishing with four hits, two runs, and two RBI's
* AJ Nichols (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) pitched the entire first game, registering 10 strikeouts
* In the nightcap, Marissa Torretti (DuBois, PA/DuBois) went 3-for-4, finishing the game with three runs
* Three Lions are in the top five in the AMCC in RBI's (Nichols, Hauser, Mackenzie McIntire (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview)
* Nichols lead the AMCC with six wins in the circle
Penn State Altoona News & Notes
* The Altoona Lions are coming into the game with an 8-6 overall record and a 1-1 mark in the AMCC
* Altoona opened the conference season with a split against Pitt-Greensburg on Wednesday
* The Altoona Lions fell 4-3 in the first game and won 9-1 in the second
* Altoona lead the first game 3-1 for five innings before the Bobcats rallied in the sixth
* In game two, the Altoona Lions scored six runs in the first and three more in the second
* Abby Showers in ranked fourth in the AMCC with a .422 batting average
* Showers leads the team with 19 hits this season
Series History
* Behrend and Altoona have a series dating back to the 2001 season
* The Behrend Lions lead 26-13 overall
* Behrend swept the Altoona Lions during the 2018 season, winning two regular season-games and one in the first round of the AMCC Tournament
* Altoona last won 3-2 in a nine-inning game in 2017