Behrend Baseball Opens AMCC Play Against Hilbert Wednesday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team will host the Hilbert Hawks on Wednesday in their Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener on Wednesday afternoon.

Schedule/Coverage
Wednesday, Mar. 27             
Penn State Behrend vs. Hilbert, 1 p.m. – Live Stats | Video  
Penn State Behrend vs. Hilbert, 4 p.m. – Live Stats | Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions have won seven in a row, including a pair over Fredonia on Sunday to take back the I-90 Cup
* Senior hurler Phil Myers (DuBois, PA/DuBois Central Catholic) threw a complete game in a 2-1 game-one victory
* Myers went the distance and allowed one earned run and struck out four to register a 1.29 ERA
* Last week, Scott Sada (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown) smacked four doubles and a triple in his six hits for the week
* Sada, the career doubles record holder at Behrend, is six doubles away from breaking the NCAA Division III all-time record set at 81
* Sada is also 12 RBIs away from reaching 150 for his career and is on an eight-game hitting streak
* Sophomore Thomas  Zbezinski (Gibsonia, PA/Pine Richland) ranks second in the AMCC strikeouts (24)
 
Hilbert News & Notes:

* The Hawks are looking to bounce back from a nine-game losing streak
* Today's contest was originally schedule to be played in Hamburg, NY
* Hilbert is 2-10 this season and is coming off 5-1 and 9-7 losses against Houghton on Friday
* Junior infielder Griffith DeMayo leads the team with 14 hits, eight RBIs and four doubles

Series History

* The Lions have a commanding 42-3 record against the Hawks dating back to the 1996 season
* Last year, the teams split during the regular season and then met again in the AMCC playoffs
* Hilbert won the opener 2-1 and the Lions battled to a 13-1 victory in the nightcap
* In the AMCC first round, Behrend swept the Hawks 4-1 and 9-8