Behrend Softball Named AMCC Regular-Season Champions; Lions Sweep Altoona
The Penn State Behrend softball team swept Penn State Altoona to be named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Regular-Season Champions on Sunday afternoon. The Lions took game one 10-2 in five innings, while winning 9-7 in game two.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 | 9 | 1 |
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend softball team swept Penn State Altoona to be named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Regular-Season Champions on Sunday afternoon. The Lions took game one 10-2 in five innings, while winning 9-7 in game two.
Game One: Penn State Behrend 10, Penn State Altoona 2 (5)
Records: Penn State Behrend (23-10, 14-1 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (20-13, 10-3 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* Behrend surrendered a solo home run in the first and then exploded for nine unanswered runs
* The Lions took the lead for good in the first inning with three runs
* Alexia Brown walked and Chloe Nale reached on an error, before Julie Jones loaded the bases with a single
* Hannah Smith had a sacrifice to score Brown and Meghan Swain singles to score Nale
* Swain made it 3-0, scoring on Athena Iverson's at-bat
* Behrend added a run in the second and five in the third
* Brown reached base early and later delivered a two-RBI single in the third inning before adding an RBI double in the fifth
* Nale finished with a triple, double, and two RBIs, while also scoring multiple runs
* Jones drove in two runs with a pair of singles while Swain collected three hits, including a triple, and scored three times
* The Lions finished with 14 hits and held Altoona to three hits
* Abby Tingley recorded her 11th win of the season, allowing two earned runs
Game Two: Penn State Behrend 9, Penn State Altoona 7
Records: Penn State Behrend (24-10, 15-1 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (20-14, 10-4 AMCC)
Key Moments:
* With two outs in the bottom of the sixth and down a run, Jones smacked the game-winning two-RBI double for the 8-7 lead
* Swain followed with a single to get Jones home from second to make it 9-7
* Ashley Bartus, the winning pitcher in relief, got the final three outs in the top of the seventh to improve to 2-1 in the circle
* Behrend jumped out early, scoring two runs in the first inning and two more in the second for a 4-0 lead
* Altoona answered with a four-run third inning to even the score, then took its first lead at 7-6 in the sixth
* Brown went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, two RBIs, two walks, and two stolen bases
* Smith and Swain each recorded doubles in the opening inning as part of the early offensive surge
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action tomorrow against Alfred. The non-conference doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.