Baseball

  • Baseball Recognized in Winningest NCAA Division III Programs of Decade
    July 08, 2009
    The Penn State Behrend Lions baseball program continues to gain attention after back-to-back championship seasons. The NCAA recognizes the most successful Division III baseball programs over the last decade based on winning percentage and total wins.
  • Behrend Lions Baseball Players Attract Top Honors From ECAC
    June 01, 2009
    The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) released the Division III South Baseball All-Star Team. David Koerbel (Pittsburgh/Central Catholic) was selected as the ECAC Pitcher of the Year and shortstop Josh Fyffe (Fredonia/Sharpsville) was named the ECAC Player of the Year. Jon Gray (State College/State College) was also named to the First Team as an outfielder.
  • 2009 Penn State Behrend Lions Baseball Team Awards Announced
    May 29, 2009
    The Penn State Behrend Lions baseball program released the program's award winners for the 2009 campaign. "We have tremendous people in our program," said head coach Paul Benim. "These honors are voted on by their peers and coaches. This is a high-quality group and should feel very honored."
  • Behrend's Fyffe, Koerbel, and Gray Earn ABCA-Rawlings Mid-Atlantic Baseball All-Region Team Honors
    May 21, 2009
    The 2009 ABCA-Rawlings Mid-Atlantic All-Region Baseball Team was announced yesterday with three Behrend Lions players earning recognition. The Behrend Lions program completed another strong season on the diamond. Behrend registered a 31-13 record, a year after earning a 34-12 mark,
  • Miller Named to the ESPN Academic All-America First-Team
    May 19, 2009
    David Miller was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division First-Team. Miller earned a 3.73 GPA in computer science and was recently named Penn State Behrend's Male Academic Athlete of the Year. He is also a four-year member of the AMCC All-Academic teams and has earned Chi Sigma Alpha National Student-Athlete Honor Society honors for two straight years.
  • Behrend Baseball Season Ends at NCAA Regional Tournament
    May 14, 2009
    The Penn State Behrend Lions dropped a tough 8-5 game against Penn State Berks in the NCAA Tournament Mid-Atlantic Regional on Thursday, May 14 to finish the season at 31-13. The AMCC champions advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time ever after capturing their second straight league championship.
  • Penn State Behrend Earns Numerous Spots on All-Conference Team
    May 13, 2009
    The Behrend Lions placed eight players onto the AMCC All-Conference team including the player of the year, Josh Fyffe (Fredonia/Sharpsville), and the pitcher of the year, David Koerbel (Pittsburgh/Central Catholic).
  • Behrend Baseball Drops First Game in NCAA Regional Tournament
    May 13, 2009
    Penn State Behrend faced The College of New Jersey in the opening game of the Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lakewood, NJ on Wednesday, May 13. The #4 Behrend Lions dropped a 13-1 game to the #5 seeded TCNJ Lions.
  • Kessler and Haus Lead Behrend to Championship and AMCC Honors
    May 11, 2009
    Eddie Kessler (Bethel Park/Bethel Park) and Fran Haus (Wexford/North Allegheny) have been named the AMCC player and pitcher of the week for the week of May 11, 2009.
  • Penn State Behrend Grabs a #4 seed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional
    May 11, 2009
    The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 54 teams that will compete in the 2009 Division III baseball championship. There were 35 automatic bids, with six bids set aside for teams not in one of those conference and 13 at-large bids to round out the field.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Baseball Repeats as AMCC Champions
    May 10, 2009
    Penn State Behrend finished off Penn State Altoona with a 7-2 win in the 2009 AMCC Baseball Championship on Sunday, May 10 to claim back-to-back conference titles. With the championship, Behrend earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will compete at a region to be determined.
  • Behrend Beats Altoona in Winners Bracket Finals, Frostburg Eliminated
    May 09, 2009
    Game Three: Penn State Behrend 11, Penn State Altoona 4 Penn State Behrend put four runs up in the bottom of the first inning. David Miller had the first RBI of the game when he singled home Jon Gray. Miller scored on a Geoff Lang single to put the home squad ahead 2-0. Adam Hartwing followed with a 2-run double and Behrend had a quick 4-0 lead.
  • Behrend and Altoona Advance to Semi-Finals in Day One Action
    May 08, 2009
    Game One: Penn State Altoona 19, Frostburg State 3 Game Two: Penn State Behrend 16, Pitt-Greensburg 2 Pitt-Greensburg jumped ahead early when Mike Battochi's infield single scored Matt Gouveia to put the Bobcats ahead 1-0 after a half inning of play. The Behrend Lions quickly evened the game when Ed Kessler doubled in Jon Gray and the game headed to the second inning tied 1-1. Behrend got the go-ahead run in the second when Ryan Geibel's double scored Ryan Liddle for a 2-1 lead.
  • Behrend Lions Ranked 29th in Country in ABCA Baseball Poll
    May 07, 2009
    The 2009 ABCA-Rawlings Mid-Atlantic All-Region Baseball Team was announced yesterday with three Behrend Lions players earning recognition. The Behrend Lions program completed another strong season on the diamond. Behrend registered a 31-13 record, a year after earning a 34-12 mark, and captured its second straight AMCC regular season and conference tournament titles. The blue and white also have appeared in two consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
  • Behrend Lions Set to Host 2009 AMCC Baseball Championship
    May 04, 2009
    For the second straight season the Behrend Lions (28-11) baseball program will be hosting the 2009 AMCC Baseball Championship on the Behrend diamond May 8-10. Behrend captured its second straight AMCC regular season baseball title by virtue of a 16-2 record in regular season play and will be the number one seed, while Frostburg State (24-12, 15-3) is the two seed.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Take Season Series 2-1 Over Fredonia State
    April 29, 2009
    After suffering a double header sweep by Washington and Jefferson the Behrend Lions bounced back to beat Fredonia State 11-8 in a single nine inning game. With the win the blue and white moved to 28-9 on the year and took the three game series 2-1. The blue and white took advantage of two Fredonia errors in the first inning to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
  • Andrew Chrobak Named Enterprise RENT-A-CAR Athlete of the Week
    April 27, 2009
    Penn State Behrend senior pitcher Andrew Chrobak (New Castle/Laurel) has been named the Enterprise RENT-A-CAR Athlete of the week for the week of April 27, 2009. Chrobak struck out 10 batters in five innings to get the win against Hilbert that helped clinch the regular season AMCC title for the Behrend Lions.
  • Penn State Behrend Baseball Trounces Bethany 28-5 to Improve to 27-7
    April 24, 2009
    After capturing the conference regular season title earlier in the week the blue and white did not lose their swing. The Behrend Lions dismantled the visiting Bethany College Bison 28-5. The visiting Bison got on the board in right away after a leadoff triple and a single put drove in Bethany's first run. They added another run in the inning on a sacrifice fly to leftfield. The Behrend Lions got one back in the bottom of the first and tied the game at three in the bottom of the second.
  • Penn State Behrend Baseball Captures AMCC Regular Season Championship
    April 23, 2009
    The Behrend Lions captured their second straight AMCC regular season baseball title with a sweep of conference foe Hilbert College. Behrend posted a 16-2 record in league play, wrapping up the #1 seed and the right to host the AMCC Championships on May 8-10. The blue and white clinched a first place spot in the AMCC Championships with a 18-3 victory over the Hilbert Hawks in game one and a 14-6 win in game two.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Baseball Team Mauls Fredonia State 14-6
    April 17, 2009
    The Penn State Behrend baseball team earned a 14-6 non-conference win over the Fredonia State Blue Devils on Friday, April 17 at the Behrend baseball field. In the bottom of the first Behrend (22-5) went up 3-0 before loading the bases with no outs. Rich Doyle (Pittsburgh/North Allegheny) stepped to the plate and blasted a double to right field to make it a quick 5-0 advantage for the blue and white.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Sweep Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC Action
    April 11, 2009
    The blue and white would sweep the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats winning 2-0 and 7-1 in an AMCC double header on the Behrend diamond. The Behrend Lions captured game one behind the pitching of David Koerbel (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic). Koerbel would pitch a complete game two hitter in route to his sixth win of the season. The shutout was Koerbel’s 24th win of his career making him the all time wins leader at Penn State Behrend.
  • Behrend Lions Junior Jon Gray Leads D3 in Batting Average at .548
    April 07, 2009
    Penn State Behrend's Jon Gray (State College/State College) is atop the Division III baseball leaders in batting average per the release of the most recent NCAA Statistics on Tuesday, April 7.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Take Two From AMCC Opponent Mt. Aloysius
    March 28, 2009
    Both the Behrend Lions and the Mt. Aloysius Mounties found themselves atop the AMCC standings at 4-0 before today's match up. The blue and white would end the day two games ahead of the Mounties at 6-0 in AMCC play and 13-2 overall.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Sweep Medaille College in Home Opener
    March 25, 2009
    After taking a one run loss to Fredonia State a day ago the Behrend Lions would get back on track and improve to 11-2 on the year after a two game sweep of Medaille College in AMCC play. The blue and white won game one 13-2 and game two 4-1.
  • Ryan Smith Closes Door to Earn Enterprise RENT-A-CAR Athlete of the Week and AMCC Pitcher of the Week
    March 23, 2009
    The Penn State Behrend Lions relief pitcher Ryan Smith (Franklin, PA/Franklin) has been named the Enterprise RENT-A-CAR athlete of the week for the week of March 23, 2009. Smith's efforts also earned him the AMCC Pitcher of the Week.
  • Q & A With Behrend Baseball Coach Paul Benim
    March 20, 2009
    What are your general thoughts on how the season started down in Florida and where do you feel like your team stands right now? It's all good. We were prepared entering our spring trip. Our players played exceptionally hard and made several positive things happen on the field. We felt like we battled several teams that will move on to have solid seasons. Although our pitching and defense did not demonstrate the experience our program has in these spots, we know they are very capable, and will improve with each outing. We trailed in most of the games we played and offensively we were very resilient. We are moving in the right direction.
  • Geoff Lang Named Enterprise RENT-A-CAR Athlete of the Week
    March 17, 2009
    The blue and white jumped out to a 7-1 record after the spring training trip to Ft. Pierce, FL. The Behrend Lions would put up huge offensive numbers over the eight games. The blue and white would get 89 runs, 117 hits, 17 doubles, four triples and seven homeruns.
  • Penn State Behrend Lions Pair Earn AMCC and ECAC Weekly Honors
    March 16, 2009
    Two members of the Behrend Lion baseball team were named as both the AMCC and ECAC South Player and Pitcher of the week. The blue and white went 7-1 on their spring training trip to Florida. The Behrend Lions were led by the pitcher of the week David Koerbel (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic) and the player of the week Jonathan Gray (State College, PA/State College).
  • AMCC Coaches Pick the Blue and White to Repeat as AMCC Champs
    March 03, 2009
    The AMCC coaches recognized the Behrend Lions as the top team in the league. After winning the regular season with a 17-1 record and hosting the conference tournament a year ago the blue and white return several players from the 2008 championship team.
  • D3baseball.com Selects Behrend Lions to Repeat as AMCC Champs
    February 26, 2009
    After a strong season a year ago, the Penn State Behrend baseball team has been picked to repeat as AMCC champions by D3baseball.com. The Behrend Lions won their first AMCC crown since 2003 last season and look to do it again with the numerous players returning. The blue and white return the entire pitching staff and five of the eight starting fielders.
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