Lions Head to Westminster for ECAC First Round

ERIE, Pa. - The No. 9 Penn State Behrend women's basketball team earned a bid to the 2020 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women's Basketball Championship, announced on Monday. The Lions will travel to New Wilmington, PA to take on Westminster in the first round on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

No. 9 Behrend News & Notes
* The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team earned the program's 11th bid to the ECAC Tournament
* The ninth-seeded Lions (16-10) will travel to No. 8 Westminster in first-round action
* Cabrini claimed the No. 1 seed and received a first-round bye and right to host the championship
* Behrend was last in the tournament in the 2015-16 season where they fell to Washington & Jefferson in the first round
* The Lions won the ECAC Championship in 1991-92 and in 1995-96
* Last week, Behrend fell to Pitt-Greensburg in the first round of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament, 71-53

No. 8 Westminster News & Notes
* The Titans have a 20-7 record overall
* Westminster fell to Grove City in the PAC semifinals on Friday to be eliminated from the conference tournament
* The Titans are led by senior Kayla Bennett averaging 12.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg
* Westminster is 10-16 overall against the Lions
* The teams met in the 2018-19 season when Behrend won in the final seconds 57-55

Schedule of Events

Play in Round - Wednesday, March 4
Game #1: No. 9 PSU - Behrend at No. 8 Westminster College* - 7:00 p.m.
*denotes host

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6 at Cabrini University
Game #2: Winner of Game #1 vs. Cabrini* - 12:00 a.m.
Game #3: Stevenson vs. Hunter - 2:30 p.m.
Game #4: RPI vs. Gwynedd Mercy - 5:00 p.m.
Game #5: Misericordia vs. Drew - 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, March 7 at Cabrini University
Semifinal #1: Game #2 Winner vs. Game #3 Winner - 3:00 p.m.
Semifinal #2: Game #4 Winner vs Game #5 Winner - 5:30 p.m.

Championship - Sunday, March 8 at Cabrini University
Winner Semifinal #1 vs. Winner Semifinal #2 - 1:00 p.m.