Bolla Registers 150th Career Strikeout; Behrend Baseball Sweeps Northwestern

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Behrend baseball team took two from Northwestern (MN), one in extra-innings and the second a come-back victory in a non-conference doubleheader in Fort Pierce, Florida on Friday afternoon.

Game One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 12, Northwestern (MN) 8 (8 inn.)
Records: Penn State Behrend (7-3), Northwestern (MN) (2-6)

Key Moments:

* Tied 7-all after seven innings, the Lions scored five runs in the top of the eighth for the win
* Silvio Ionadi had a three-run double in the eight for a 10-7 lead
* Ionadi scored another run on a wild pitch and Thomas Nicely made it 12-7 on an error with Spencer Deitz at bat
* Northwestern tacked on a run in the eighth
* The extra-inning game was tied five times
* Behrend trailed until the third inning and went ahead 5-4 with a Tyler Burick single up the middle to score David Gibson for a 5-4 lead
* Gibson tallied a pair of doubles while Dylan Barnes and Ionadi each drove in three runs
* Jack Baumgartel got the win in relief, going 4.2 innings and allowing five hits and two runs while striking out four

Game Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 8, Northwestern (MN) 5
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-3), Northwestern (MN) (2-7)

Noteworthy: Junior starter Colin Bolla registered his 150^th career strikeout

Key Moments:

* Sawyer Prince collects the win for the Lions in relief, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts
* Behrend rallied with six unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings
* The Lions totaled nine hits and six walks while overcoming an early three-run deficit
* Paul Connolly led the offense, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored, including a two-run single in the sixth that gave Behrend the lead
* David Gibson finished 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI, driving in the game's first two runs in the opening inning and adding another in the sixth
* Adam Cooper recorded two hits and two RBI, including a key RBI single in the fifth and an RBI double in the sixth
* Dylan Barnes scored two runs, doubled, and stole a base to help spark the offense
* Behrend jumped ahead 2-0 in the first inning on Gibson's two-run single
* Northwestern responded with four runs in the third inning and added another in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead
* The Lions began the comeback in the fifth inning, scoring twice on RBI hits from Connolly and Cooper to cut the deficit to 5-4
* Behrend broke the game open in the sixth with four runs, highlighted by Connolly's two-run single and RBI extra-base hits from Gibson and Cooper
* Bolla started the game, striking out six over 4.1 innings

Next Up:

* The Lions are back in action tomorrow against Gettysburg at 10 a.m.