Behrend Set to Meet Pitt-Bradford in AMCC Championship
The
Behrend Lions squared off against the Pitt-Bradford Panthers in Game
4 of the AMCC Conference Tournament on Saturday, May 6. Both teams
entered the second day of action 1-0 in the double elimination
tourney.
Bradford threatened to score early in the top of the first, after a sacrifice bunt put Catrina Retterer at second and Brittany McLean singled up the middle, but a strong throw from center field trapped Retterer in a rundown that resulted in the second out of the inning. Behrend would go on to score first, posting three runs in the bottom of the third. Katie Whitby (Tyrone/Tyrone) started the scoring with a single that scored Kelly Irish (State College/State College). Kristen Macha (Export/Franklin Regional) would drive in two more with a bullet down the left field line.
Bradford would respond in the top of the fifth when Jamie Keane sent a two-run blast over the center field wall, pulling the Panthers within a run, 2-3. Behrend left the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, while Bradford stranded two in the sixth. Julie Koman sealed the 3-2 victory in the seventh, pitching a complete game. Koman allowed two runs on seven hits, walked two and fanned seven. Both Whitby and Nikki Kaschauer (South Park/South Park) went 2-for-3 at the plate. Whitby also scored once and drove one run in.
Game two featured the Lake Erie Storm against Pitt-Bradford, with the winner going on to face Behrend. The Storm struck first, manufacturing a run on an RBI single from Sarah Miller. Brittany McLean and Christy Zavinski gave the Panthers the lead in the fourth when they combined to hit back-to-back home runs. McLean belted a two-run shot just fair of the left field pole, before Zavinski went yard over the right-center wall. Lake Erie would come back to tie it in the sixth, but Pitt-Bradford would score again in the seventh, for the 4-3 victory.
Penn State Behrend and Pitt-Bradford will meet tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in the championship game. Bradford enters having already lost once and needs to win two in a row against a Behrend team that is 2-0 in the tournament. Behrend needs just one more victory against the Panthers to capture the AMCC crown.
AMCC Tournament Schedule
(All Games at Penn State Behrend)
Friday, May 5
12:15 p.m. Game 1 #1
Behrend def. # 4 Frostburg State (3-0)
2:45 p.m. Game 2
#2 Pitt-Bradford def. #3 Lake Erie (1-0)
5:15 p.m. Game 3
#3 Lake Erie def. #4 Frostburg State (3-1)
Saturday, May 6
10:00 a.m. Game 4
Penn State Behrend def. Pitt-Bradford (3-2)
12:30 p.m. Game 5
Pitt-Bradford def. Lake Erie (4-3)
Sunday, May 7
10:00 a.m. Game 6
Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Bradford
12:30 a.m. Game 7 Penn
State Behrend vs. Pitt-Bradford (if necessary)