Behrend Baseball Heads to Mt. Aloysius Saturday

CRESSON, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team will take on the Mt. Aloysius Mounties in the regular-season Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) finale on the road Saturday.

Schedule/Coverage
Saturday, May 1            
Penn State Behrend at Mt. Aloysius, 1 p.m. – Video
Penn State Behrend at Mt. Aloysius, 4 p.m. – Video

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions are three games behind first-place La Roche in the AMCC standings
* Behrend is second out of the nine teams with a 9-3 AMCC record
* Last time out, Behrend swept Medaille 18-6 and 8-0
* In game two, the Lions had a season-best 15 strikeouts between the four pitchers
* Starter Jacob Lindow (Bridgeville, PA/Chartiers Valley) had a career-high 10 strikeouts in six innings of work
* Lindow had a no-hitter through five innings for his third win of the season
* Junior pitcher Thomas Zbezinski (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) and senior Braden Paulinellie (DuBois, PA/DuBois) were named AMCC Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively

Mt. Aloysius News & Notes:

* The Mounties have dropped their last four games
* Mt. Aloysius lost 5-2, 19-3 to La Roche on Monday before falling 4-0 and 11-9 to Penn State Altoona on Tuesday
* The Mounties are in third place in the AMCC with a 10-4 conference mark (16-10 overall)
* Brayden Lackey is second in the AMCC with 27 RBIs this season
* As a team, Mt. Aloysius is first in the conference with 85 stolen bases, 39 more than second place Alfred State

Series History

* Today's doubleheader is the AMCC Game of the Week
* Behrend is 32-7-2 all-time against the Mounties
* The Lions have a 10-game winning streak vs. Mt. Aloysius
* In those 10 games, Behrend outscored the Mounties 104-32