Behrend Baseball to Travel to Allegheny on Friday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team heads to Allegheny tomorrow for a non-conference nine-inning contest with the Gators. The two were supposed to meet today, April 21 but the game was moved due to weather. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions have swept their last three conference opponents and are on an eight-game winning streak
* Chase Palmer (Brookeville, PA/Brookeville) and John Berger (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) led the team in the wins against Hilbert on Wednesday with each having four
* Palmer and Berger also tied for the team-lead in RBIs with four
* Zack Bowen (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) collected three hits on the day while driving in four
* 11-different players registered a hit against the Hawks
* Behrend held Hilbert to just two runs with Jeff Zick (Moon, PA/Our Lady of Sacred Heart) and Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) combining for a shutout in the nightcap
* Zick lowered his ERA to a conference-best 1.24 and now leads the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) in strikeouts with 44

Allegheny News & Notes:

* The Gators carry an 18-7 overall record and a 6-2 record in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) play
* Allegheny recently split with Hiram in conference play, falling in game one (2-0) but securing the nightcap with a 6-2 victory
* The Gators have a combined five wins against AMCC foes La Roche and Alfred State
* Tyson Bryant-Dawson leads the team in batting average (.426), hits (29), homeruns (3) and RBIs (22)
* As a team, Allegheny is hitting .318 and sports an ERA of 2.79, the third-best mark in the nation
* Their 1.14 WHIP is ranks second in all of NCAA Division III

Series History:

* The Gators hold the advantage in the all-time series against the Lions with a record of 12-34
* The last Behrend victory came in the 2019 season to snap a six-game skid