Behrend Softball Secures No. 4 Seed For Playoffs; Lions Split With Alfred State
The Penn State Behrend softball team split their final regular-season Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader with Alfred State on Wednesday. The Lions won the opener 6-1 and fell in the nightcap, 9-8.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Behrend
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0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
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Alfred St.
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn State Behrend
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3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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Alfred St.
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1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 6 | 3 |
ALFRED, NY – The Penn State Behrend softball team split their final regular-season Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader with Alfred State on Wednesday. The Lions won the opener 6-1 and fell in the nightcap, 9-8.
Game One: Penn State Behrend 6, Alfred State 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (14-19, 9-6 AMCC), Alfred State (8-19, 4-11 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend scored six unanswered runs on 14 hits to win its ninth conference game of the season
* Chole Nale (Aliquippa, PA/Hopewell) went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI
* Izabel Pozar (Flagstaff, AZ/Coconino) and Alexia Brown (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) each tallied three hits
* Starter Abby Tingley (Union City, PA/Union City) struck out five and allowed just one run on six hits for her seventh win
* Brown had a pair of RBI singles, one in the second and another in the fourth to score a pair of runs and give the Lions the lead for good at 2-1
* In the three-run, fourth inning, Pozar sent the ball into the center field for an RBI single to score Athena Iverson and then Brown scored on an RBI single by Nale
* Behrend added an insurance run in the fifth inning off an Iverson single to score Karma Malcolm (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk)
Game Two: Alfred State 9, Penn State Behrend 8
Records: Penn State Behrend (14-20, 9-7 AMCC), Alfred State (9-19, 5-11 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* The Lions started with three runs in the first inning
* Sierra Williams (Grove City, PA/Lakeview) knocked in the first two runs with a double to center field before scoring on a Lexi Edgett (Frisco, TX/Lone Star) single through the left side
* The Pioneers added a run in the first inning and then registered eight runs on five hits while leaving three stranded in the fourth for a 9-4 lead
* Down by five runs in the sixth, Nale hit a two-out, two-RBI triple to cut the lead to three
* Nale scored on an RBI single by Julia Jones (Wilcox, PA/Johnsonburg), before she stole second
* Jones scored on an error by the left fielder to put Behrend within one at 9-8 with 1.5 innings left
* Behrend went three and out in the top of the seventh to end the game
* Nale went 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs
* Lauren Rabanal (San Diego, CA/Westview) faced 31 batters and struck out one, while allowing four hits
* Jones came in relief for an inning and Tingley finished the game
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action on Saturday in the first round of the AMCC Tournament. Behrend will head to the No. 1 seed and face the No. 5 seed at 10:30 a.m.