Lions Split with Carnegie Mellon Friday Night

Lions Split with Carnegie Mellon Friday Night

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend softball team went 1-1 against Carnegie Mellon on Friday in a non-conference doubleheader.

Scores
Carnegie Mellon 5, Penn State Behrend 0
Penn State Behrend 7, Carnegie Mellon 6 

Game 1
* The Lions fell in game one, 0-5, tallying just two hits
Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) and Marissa Torretti (DuBois, PA/DuBois) each had a single
* Kayla Lindberg (Austinburg, OH/Geneva) pitched a compelete game with two strikeouts  

Game 2
* Behrend won the second game of the series against the Tartans, 7-6
* Behrend tallied seven hits with Cami McNany (Emlenton, PA/Allegheny-Clarion Valley) and Samantha Manioci (Rochester, NY/Odyssey Academy) each registering two 
* Jones and Manioci each contributed two RBIs
* Behrend came out strong, taking two runs in the first and padding the lead with three more in the second 
Ashleigh Schmidt (Sarver, PA/Freeport) tallied her second win of the season, making her record 2-0
* Jones registered a save, making two strikeouts

Up Next
* Penn State Behrend will travel to Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday for an AMCC doubleheader at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.