Behrend Baseball 3-Peats; Crowned 2010 AMCC Champions

The Penn State Behrend baseball team won it's third consecutive AMCC Championship on Sunday, May 16 with a 8-3 victory over Frostburg State in the conference title game.  The Behrend Lions will now advance to the NCAA Tournament.

The blue and white started their march to the championship on Friday, May 14 with a 5-4 opening game win over Penn State Altoona.  Behrend followed that up with a 13-2 win over Mount Aloysius on Saturday to advance to the championship round in the league's double-elimination tournament.  The Frostburg State Bobcats lost on Friday but then picked up two wins on Saturday to advance to the championship round.  In the first game on Sunday, Frostburg picked up a 17-4 win to force a deciding game.

In the championship clinching win for Behrend, seniors Ryan Liddle (DuBois/DuBois) and Dustin Dubensky (Punxsutawney/Punxsutawney) came up big at the plate.  Liddle went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs, while Dubensky was 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs.  Freshman pitcher Ryan Jacobs (Port Vue/South Allegheny) was lights out, throwing a complete game giving up just one earned run in the biggest game of his young college career. 

NCAA Regional locations, teams, and game times as well as further details about the Behrend AMCC Championship win will be posted to psblions.com when it becomes available on Monday, May 17.