ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend softball team will host La Roche on Saturday for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Games of the Week. The games will begin at 1 p.m.
Schedule of Events/Coverage
Penn State Behrend vs La Roche, 1 p.m. (Video/Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend vs La Roche, 3 p.m. (Video/Live Stats)
Penn State Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions are 10-4 overall with a 4-2 mark in the AMCC
* Behrend swept undefeated Pitt-Bradford on Wednesday to move up to a share of first place in the conference
* The Lions won game one, 10-2 in six innings and 8-7 in walk-off fashion in game two
* Ashleigh Schmidt (Sarver, PA/Freeport) had the game-winning hit in game two, sending home Angela Dale (Clinton, PA/West Allegheny) to secure the win in the bottom of the seventh
* Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) and Kayla Lindberg (Austinburg, OH/Geneva) tallied wins on the mound for Behrend
* The Lions hold down the AMCC leaderboard in RBIs with Kylee Bundy (DuBois, PA/DuBois) leading the way with 20, followed by Mackenzie McIntire (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) with 17 and Cami McNany (Emlenton, PA/Allegheny-Clarion Valley) with 15
* Jones leads the AMCC in stolen bases with 10, tallying two on Wednesday
* Penn State Behrend leads the AMCC in runs (103), doubles (29), triples (7), home runs (5), RBIs (95), and stolen bases (24)
* McNany is first on the AMCC leaderboard in doubles with eight and McIntire leads the way in homeruns with three
La Roche News & Notes
* The Redhawks are 4-4 overall with a 4-2 conference record
* La Roche is coming off a split with Pitt-Greensburg on Thursday
* The Redhawks won game one, 7-3 and lost the second, 6-4
* Ashtin Hoover leads the AMCC with a .556 batting average
* Hoover has 15 hits and seven RBIs on the season
Series History
* The Lions lead the all-time series 29-24, dating back to 1997
* In 2019, Behrend swept the Redhawks, winning 6-0 and 16-5
* La Roche's last win over the Lions was a 5-1 victory on April 5, 2018
