Bolla Tosses First Collegiate No-Hitter; Behrend Baseball Sweeps Pitt-Bradford
Penn State Behrend junior pitcher Colin Bolla threw his first collegiate no-hitter in game one for a 1-0 win over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday afternoon. The Lions completed the sweep with a 9-2 decision in the nightcap.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 | 15 | 0 |
ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend junior pitcher Colin Bolla threw his first collegiate no-hitter in game one for a 1-0 win over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday afternoon. The Lions completed the sweep with a 9-2 decision in the nightcap.
Game One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 1, Pitt-Bradford 0
Records: Penn State Behrend (18-6, 7-2 AMCC), Pitt-Bradford (9-16, 4-5 AMCC)
Noteworthy:
* Bolla becomes the sixth player in program history to accomplish this feat
* The last time Behrend had a no-hitter was in 2021 by Thomas Zbezinski (May 8, 2021 vs. Pitt-Bradford in the AMCC Quarterfinals)
Key Moments:
* Bolla was one strikeout away from reaching his game high, fanning 12 in the complete seven-inning game
* Bolla faced 26 batters and walked five, while converting a double play in the top of the seventh to preserve the no hitter
* Behrend scored its only run on a solo homer by Adam Cooper in the third inning
* Cooper took a 3-2 pitch over the left-field fence for this fourth home run of the season
* Heading into the sixth inning, the Lions pair of hits were extra-base hits
* David Gibson registered a double in the second inning
* Behrend tallied one more in the bottom of the sixth inning, a single by Silvio Ionadi
* With the win, Bolla improves to 5-0 on the season
Game Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 9, Pitt-Bradford 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (19-6, 8-2 AMCC), Pitt-Bradford (9-17, 4-6 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend tallied more hits in the first inning of game two than the first game, smacking six hits and scoring five runs
* The Lions scored all five runs with two outs, starting with a David Gibson's two RBI single to scored Thomas Nicely and Dylan Barnes
* Jake Federouch knocked in Gibson with a single to right field, before Cooper hit a two-RBI single to score Tyler Burick and Federouch
* Behrend added another run in second after Nicely doubled and came in on a Gibson RBI fielder's choice
* The lead grew to 7-0 with an RBI double by Ionadi to send home Cooper in the third
* The Lions had bases loaded on two occasions in the seventh, getting two more runs for a 9-1 lead
* Andrew Bredel threw seven innings and allowed one earned run with two hits for the win
* Sawyer Prince and Will McMahon each pitched an inning to end the game
* Cayden Turner finished the game 3-for-4 with a run scored
Next Up:
* The Lions are back in action tomorrow for a single against Alfred State. Game is at 2 p.m.