ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team earned a bid to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Tournament, announced on Monday.  Behrend will host Waynesburg on Wednesday with game time set for 2 p.m. at the Behrend Diamond.

The Lions (26-15-1) will be making their second straight and seventh overall appearance in the ECAC tournament, last capturing the South Region title in 2003.

Following a victory in game one of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) tournament, Behrend fell one win short of playing in the championship game for a fifth straight year.

Waynesburg (22-18) did not qualify for the Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) tournament.  The Yellow Jackets and Lions split a regular season matchup.  Behrend fell in game one 5-3 before taking game two, 6-2.

First Round – Wednesday, May 16 

No. 5 Marywood University def. No. 4 Swarthmore College, Forfeit

No. 6 Waynesburg University at No. 3 Penn State Behrend, 2:00 p.m.

No. 7 Penn State Abington at No. 2 McDaniel College, 3:00 p.m. 

Semifinals – Saturday, May 19 (at Wesley College)

No. 1 Wesley College vs. No. 5 Marywood University, 12 p.m.

Winner of #2/#7 vs. winner of #3/#6, 3:30 p.m.

Championship – Sunday, May 20 (at Wesley College)

Two Semifinal Winners, 12 p.m.