Lions Sweep Westminster in Doubleheader

FORT PIERCE, Fl. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept a double header from Westminster College on Friday in Florida.

In game one, Dante DeSantis (DuBois, PA/DuBois Central Catholic) pitched a complete-game shutout to lead the Lions to a 6-0 victory. The senior went the distance for Behrend, striking out eight while surrendering no walks and just two hits.

The Lions (6-3) put up a three-spot in the bottom of the first when Alex Margraf (Erie, PA/McDowell) scored following a Titans (3-7) error. Ryan Finnegan (Fombell, PA/Riverside) then nailed a two-run single to put Behrend up 3-0.

Finnegan struck again in the third when he singled home Nathan Junk (Cabot, PA/Knoch) to put the Lions ahead 4-0. Then in the fourth, Jordan Weinzierl (St. Mary's PA/St. Mary's) and Brian Bohman (Erie, PA/McDowell) each had RBI-doubles to close out the game's scoring.

Brandon Bergstrom (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Finnegan was 2-for-3 with three runs batted in.

Behrend took game two by a 5-1 score behind Margraf's 3-for-4 effort.

Margraf opened the scoring on Bergstrom's RBI groundout. Finnegan then gave the Lions a 2-0 lead on an RBI single, scoring Weinzierl.

Finnegan reached base four times in the second game, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks.

Taylor Overby (Nazareth, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) later padded Behrend's advantage with a two run double, scoring John Hlavinka (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) and Finnegan.

Justin Wood (Allegany, NY/Allegany Limestone) threw six shutout innings for the Lions in the win. He struck out nine Westminster players. Andrew Quiggle (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy-Central Tech) pitched the seventh for Behrend.

With Friday's victories, the Lions have won five in a row.

Behrend will wrap up their Florida trip when they take on St. Scholastica on Saturday, March 15 at 9 a.m.