No. 7 Case Western Nips Behrend Softball in NCAA Tournament

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend softball team fell to No. 7 Case Western 7-4 in the first game of the 2024 NCAA Division III Regional hosted by the Spartans on Thursday afternoon.

Score: No. 7 Case Western 7, Penn State Behrend 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (33-9), Case Western (35-6)

Key Moments:

* Case Western freshman Karen Potts had the eventual game-winning hit with a three-run homer to center field in the bottom of the sixth inning to help the Spartans advance to the winners bracket
* Case Western struck early in the first and managed to take back the lead in the sixth
* The Spartans scored three runs on four hits in the opening frame
* Katelyn Lamm hit a two-RBI single to center field to score a pair, while Potts singled and scored to get Case Western on the board
* Lexi Miskey, the winning pitcher, fanned six batters including five straight to end the third inning to keep Behrend scoreless
* In the fifth, the Lions took advantage of the pitching change by the Spartans
* After the first out, Behrend got walked twice followed by an Emi Curcio (Perryopolis, PA/Frazier) to load the bases
* Alexia Brown (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) got an RBI with a bases-loaded walk
* Britney Shaw (St. Marys, PA/St. Marys) singles to score Julia Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) before Maria Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg) doubled to score Curcio and then Brown
* Case Western added four more hits in the sixth with one being the long ball from Potts to make it 7-4
* Miskey started the game and fanned 11 while giving up four hits to improve to 21-3
* Abby Tingley (Union City, PA/Union City) pitched the first 5.1 innings and fanned three in the loss
* With the win, the Spartans snapped the Lions 17-game win streak

Next Up: 
 
* The Lions will play in an elimination game against No. 24 Dominican or No. 25 Calvin tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.