Women's Basketball Hosts Allegheny in ECAC Quarterfinals Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The No. 2 Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will host No. 3 Allegheny in the quarterfinals of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championships on Saturday in the Junker Center, beginning at 3 p.m.

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No. 2 Behrend News & Notes
* The Behrend Lions are making their 15^th appearance in the ECAC Tournament
* Behrend advanced to ECAC's in 2022-23, falling to Alvernia 80-67 in the first round
* The Lions enter the tournament with a 21-6 overall record and 11-1 when playing at home
* Behrend fell in the AMCC Championship game to La Roche, 67-55
* Senior Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) was named the AMCC Player of the Year and Alaina Fabin (Indiana, PA/Homer Center) earned Newcomer of the Year, while head coach Christine VanHook was voted Coach of the Year
* It is VanHook's third time being named Coach of the Year and Majewski is the program's second player to earn Player of the Year honors, while Fabin is the sixth Newcomer of the Year
* Majewski and junior Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) were selected to the All-AMCC First Team, and Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) landed on the Second Team
* The Lions are averaging 81.9 points per game, the most of the four teams in this tournament
* Majewski, the all-time leading scorer, paces the team with 17.5 points per game and Fabin is first with 50.4 percent shooting from the floor

No. 3 Allegheny News & Notes
* The Gators are 18-8 overall this season
* Allegheny fell to Chatham in the Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) semifinals (57-45)
* The Gators and Behrend shared five common opponents this season
* Senior Emily Lauer was crowned the PAC Player of the Year and Bella Antonacci was named Newcomer of the Year
* Lauer is second all-time in scoring at Allegheny, amassing 1,706 points across 103 games
* She is the first player in nearly three decades to earn Player of the Year, while Antonacci is the programs' fifth player to win Newcomer of the Year
* Lauer and Antonacci joined Sarah Santicola and Jess Bickart on the All-PAC Team
* Lauer leads the team with 17.0 points per game and 84.2 percent shooting from the charity stripe

Series History
* Behrend and Allegheny have been playing since 1978
* The Gators have a 16-13 lead over the Lions in the all-time series
* Behrend won the last meeting 57-49 during the 2021-22 season