ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., to battle Carnegie Mellon in the 2022 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) finals on Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions are looking to capture their third ECAC Title after winning the championship in 1991-92 and 1995-96
* Behrend is making its 13th appearance in the ECAC Playoffs
* On Wednesday, Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) tied a season high with 23 points to lead Behrend past Westminster in the ECAC semifinals
* The Behrend Lions were named the AMCC Co-Regular Season Champions with La Roche
* Both teams finished with a 14-2 conference record
* Behrend secured the No. 2 seed for the AMCC Championships on tiebreaker criteria with La Roche
* The Lions fell to Pitt-Greensburg 80-78 in the AMCC semifinals
* Seniors Dibble, Kara Haslett (Baden, PA/Ambridge), and Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk) were named to the All-AMCC Team
* Carnuche landed on the first team, while Haslett and Dibble were chosen to the second
* Head coach Christine VanHook was selected AMCC Coach of the Year
* Dibble is ranked third among NCAA Division III statistics in field-goal percentage at 64.2 percent from the floor
* Haslett was named to the AMCC All-Tournament Team for draining a career-high 33 points in the semifinals against the Bobcats
Carnegie Mellon News & Notes
* The Tartans return to the ECAC Championships for the first time since the 2016-17 season
* Carnegie Mellon was a 77-44 winner over No. 1 Kean in the ECAC semifinals
* The Tartans are making their fourth appearance in the ECAC Playoffs, winning the ECAC South Title in 2000
* Carnegie Mellon had two players named to the All-University Athletic Association women's basketball team
* Senior Caitlyn Clendenin and freshman Catherine Or were chosen to the second team.
* Clenden averages 13.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, while Or leads the team in nearly every category
Series History
* The Lions and the Tartan are meeting for the fourth time in program history
* Carnegie Mellon has won the two most recent contests (2000 and 2016)
* Behrend's lone win was back in 1983-84
