Swain Hits Walk Off in AMCC Softball Championship First Round; LIons Defeat Pitt-Greensburg
Meghan Swain hit a walk-off single to center field to score Julia Jones to help the Penn State Behrend softball team defeat Pitt-Greensburg 3-2 in the first round of the AMCC Championships on Thursday afternoon.
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DUBOIS, Pa. – Meghan Swain hit a walk-off single to center field to score Julia Jones to help the No. 1 Penn State Behrend softball team defeat No. 4 Pitt-Greensburg 3-2 in the first round of the AMCC Championships on Thursday afternoon.
Score: Penn State Behrend 3, Pitt-Greensburg 2
Records: Penn State Behrend (26-11), Pitt-Greensburg (17-23)
Key Moments:
* Down 2-1 heading into the seventh inning, the Lions scored two runs on two hits for the come-from-behind win
* Alexia Brown started the seventh with a walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Chole Nale
* Julia Jones doubled to put Brown on third
* Brown scored the game-tying run on Hannah Smith's fielder's choice sacrifice
* With one out, Swain it a single to center to get Jones in for the game-winning run
* Behrend faced a two-run deficit until the sixth
* Smith smacked her third home run of the season over left-field fence to make it 2-1
* Abby Tingley threw a complete game and allowed eight hits and two runs to improve to 12-6
Up Next:
* The Lions will play again tomorrow at 12 p.m. against the winner of No. 2 Penn State Altoona and No. 6 Mount Aloysius.