Behrend Baseball Set for Conference Tilt With Medaille

Behrend Baseball Set for Conference Tilt With Medaille

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team heads to Buffalo, N.Y. for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) double dip with the Medaille Mavericks tomorrow for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions split a doubleheader with Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday and hold a conference record of 4-2
* Behrend has AMCC wins over the Bobcats, Pitt-Bradford and Mt. Aloysius
* Zack Bowen (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) led the Lions last week with nine hits in six games (.391)
* Behrend had a 10-run first inning in the nightcap against Pitt-Greensburg to help them secure their fourth conference victory
* Jeff Zick (Moon, PA/Our Lady of Sacred Heart) leads the AMCC in ERA, posting a 2.01 through five appearances
* Zick has allowed just five earned runs in 22.1 innings of work with 8.87 strikeouts per nine innings
* Corner infielder Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney) is fifth in the AMCC in batting average (.397) and tied for third in slugging percentage (.647)
* The Lions are now third in the conference in batting average, hitting .294 as a team

Medaille News & Notes:

* The Mavericks have one win on the season, coming against Cazenovia in non-conference action
* Medaille enters on a 10-game losing streak
* Ean Pokorski and Derek Holtz lead the Mavs offensively with averages of .380 and .349, respectively
* Holtz opened the season on a nine-game hit streak
* Zach Archibald leads Medaille in games started on the mound, holding an ERA of 9.45 with an opposing batting average of .383

Series History:

* Behrend holds the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 30-6 against Medaille
* The last Maverick win occurred in 2019 where the Lions were held to just one run

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