Head Coach Ashley Gruber Earns 300th Career Win; Tingley's Take Two From Hilbert
The Penn State Behrend head softball coach Ashley Gruber reached 300 career wins in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader sweep on Friday afternoon. The Lions posted a 9-3 victory in game one and used the eight-run rule in the second, winning 8-0.
Game 1
Game 1
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ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend head softball coach Ashley Gruber reached 300 career wins in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader sweep on Friday afternoon. The Lions posted a 9-3 victory in game one and used the eight-run rule in the second, winning 8-0.
Game One: Penn State Behrend 9, Hilbert 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (17-8, 9-0 AMCC), Hilbert (4-15, 7-0 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend took an early 6-0 lead after scoring at least a run in the first three innings
* With two outs in the first, Hannah Smith hit a single up the middle to score lead-off batter Alexia Brown
* Smith scored on Athena Iverson's single to right field for a 2-0 lead
* Chloe Nale started the scoring in the second with a RBI double to center field, while Julia Jones had a sacrifice fly and Smith got her second RBI of the day
* Hilbert's three runs were scored on inside-the-park home run in the fifth after two outfielders collided on the defensive play
* The Lions added three more runs in the sixth with Jones getting a leadoff triple, her first of the season
* The Lions registered three double plays in the game
* Abby Tingley registered the win to improve to 7-3 with five strikeouts
* Smith and Iverson each tallied three hits
* Coach Gruber got her 300th career win in game one
Game Two: Penn State Behrend 8, Hilbert 0 (6 innings)
Records: Penn State Behrend (18-8, 10-0 AMCC), Hilbert (4-16, 8-0 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* The Lions scored eight runs on seven hits, scoring three in the bottom of the second to get on the scoreboard first
* Behrend tallied five stolen bases in the inning and three hits to make it 3-0
* In the third, Meghan Swain drove in Julia Jones with a single to center field for a 4-0 lead
* The Lions tallied two runs in the fifth to put Behrend two runs away from the eight-run rule
* Nale had the game-ending single with bases loaded to score Izabel Pozar and Ashley Bartus for the win
* Alyssa Tingley registered her first collegiate start for her second win of the seasonBottom of Form
* Tingley pitched five innings and walked two, before Jones pitched the final inning
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action tomorrow at La Roche. Games begin at 1 p.m.