BEHREND BASEBALL SPLITS ALVERNIA IN ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Penn State Behrend and Alvernia University split a nine-inning doubleheader in the 2023 ECAC Division III Baseball Championship, forcing a final game three on Friday. The Lions won game one, 6-1 and fell behind 9-3 in game two.

Game 1:
The Behrend Lions scored six straight runs before the Golden Wolves got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. Behrend tallied two runs in the second and four in the fifth on seven total hits. Jeff Zick pitched the first seven innings, allowing just five hits and striking out six for his second win. In the top of the second with two outs, Ryan Meneskie singled through the left side to get the Lions first base runner. Meneskie rounded the bases on a passed ball and a John Berger single. Berger and Meneskie came home on an error for a 2-0 lead. Behrend had four hits in the fourth to add four more runs thanks to a Mac Ciocco double and a two-RBI single by Meneskie. 

Game 2:
Behrend grabbed the early 2-0 lead once again, but this time Alvernia tallied seven unanswered runs. The Golden Wolves scored nine runs on 12 hits on seven RBIs while holding the Lions to five hits. Isaac Stouffer had a pair of doubles, while Colin Harger went 2-for-3 with a double. Zac Bogats began game two with being hit by a pitch and scored on a double by Stouffer. Stouffer advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home on Ciocco's ground out. Alvernia held Behrend to seven scoreless innings. Derrick Shields suffered the loss in the start, pitching 4.1 innings and fanning six.

The Lions return to action for the final game of the ECAC Championships. Game time is at 11 a.m.