Behrend Hosts Medaille in First-Round of 2006 AMCC Baseball Playoffs
The
Penn State Behrend baseball team (25-13) is the number-four seed entering
the 2006 AMCC playoffs and will host the fifth-seeded Medaille Mavericks in
the first-round on the Behrend diamond this Saturday, May 6.
Behrend is making its seventh appearance in the conference tournament in eight years, while the Mavericks are playing in their first league tournament since joining the AMCC two years ago.
The best-of-three series begins at 9:00 a.m. followed by game two at noon. The third game is an if necessary contest that would be played at 3:00 p.m. The winner then advances to play in the AMCC final four double-elimination event on Friday, May 12, against the number-one seed. There are regular-season games being played on Tuesday, May 2, to determine the number-one seed and host of this year's baseball tournament.
"We are fortunate to be playing at
home this Saturday," said head coach Paul Benim. "Generally speaking we play
well on our diamond, but we know Medaille will come here ready to play and
it should be some good baseball."
Behrend concluded AMCC regular-season play with a 12-6 mark and the
twenty-five wins are the fifth most in the history of the program. In the
regular-season match-up between Behrend and the Mavericks the teams split in
Buffalo, NY. Behrend won game one 8-0 behind a four-hit shutout from
freshman David Koerbel (Pittsburgh/Central Catholic). Shane Elzer
(Washington/Trinity) and Andrew McNelly (Somerset/Somerset) each had a pair
of hits. Rich Seeger took the loss for Medaille while Tom Lyman had a pair
of hits. In game two, Medaille out hit Behrend 7-6 for a 6-1 win.
A season ago, the blue and white
posted an identical 12-6 mark during league play and went 3-2 in the
conference tournament losing in the championship game. Behrend posted
a 27-17 record and advanced to the ECAC playoffs for the third time in four
years.
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