Behrend Softball Captures 2024 AMCC Championship

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1 Penn State Behrend softball team defeated No. 3 Mt. Aloysius 5-2 to capture the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship on Saturday morning.

Noteworthy: 

* Sierra Williams (Grove City, PA/Lakeview), Alexia Brown (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) and Abby Tingley (Union City, PA/Union City) were named to the All-Tournament Team
* The Lions captured their 11^th overall AMCC Championship
* Behrend earns the AMCC automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
* The win marks the 17^th straight for the Lions

Score: Penn State Behrend 5, Mt. Aloysius 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (33-8), Mt. Aloysius (20-15)

Key Moments:

* Jocelyn McNany (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the third to make the difference in the game
* In the third, Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) singled to left field and Meghan Petitte (Sugarcreek, OH/Garaway) placed a bunt down and advanced to second on the throw
* McNany came to the plate and on the first pitch hit a longball to left center to score three for a 4-0 lead
* Behrend got on the scoreboard first in the second inning and then added one more run in the fourth
* Emi Curcio (Perryopolis, PA/Frazier) had a sacrifice fly to score Williams to make it 1-0 in the first
* In the fourth, Brown smacked her first collegiate triple as the leadoff hitter, giving the Lions their 30^th triple of the season and putting them in first in NCAA Division III statistics
* Brown came home on a sacrifice fly by Britney Shaw (St. Marys, PA/St. Marys)
* The Mounties scored their pair of runs in the fifth and it was the only inning where the Lions did not get a runner on base
* Tingley retired all three batters in five of the seven innings
* The sophomore pitcher struck out three in the complete game for her 18^th win of the season

Next Up: 
 
* The Lions await the NCAA Division III selection show on Monday at 11 a.m.