BEHREND BASEBALL SET TO HOST ECAC DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP, ALTOONA EARNS NO. 5 SEED
The Penn State Behrend baseball team received their 10th overall bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) DIII Championships, while Penn State Altoona marks their third-ever berth into an ECAC postseason tournament.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team received their 10th overall bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) DIII Championships, while Penn State Altoona marks their third-ever berth into an ECAC postseason tournament.
The Behrend Lions are the second seed and will host the semifinals and finals over the weekend. Behrend will battle No. 3 Grove City College in the second semifinal, beginning at 4 p.m. The No. 1 seed Pfeiffer University will face the winner of No. 4 Wilson and No. 5 Penn State Altoona at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
The two winners will battle for the ECAC Title on Sunday at 1 p.m. All games will be single-elimination and nine innings.
The Behrend Lions return to the ECAC Tournament for the first time since the 2015 season in search for their sixth title. Behrend earned the No. 2 seed in the AMCC Tournament, defeating Penn State Altoona in the second round and then fell to No. 1 La Roche and the Altoona Lions to be eliminated on Friday.
Behrend (24-16) and Grove City (27-15) will square off for the 37th time in program history. The teams met in the ECAC Southwest Region Tournament back in 2015 in a best of three series. The Wolverines posted a 2-1 record, defeating the Lions in the championship game, 4-3.
Penn State Altoona baseball holds a 28-16 overall record, including going 12-6 in the AMCC. After a third place finish in the conference's regular season standings, the Lions made a deep run into the AMCC Tournament, placing as the AMCC runners-up after a loss to La Roche University in Saturday's conference title game.
The Lions' quest for another ECAC title (2009) starts with a matchup at Wilson on Wednesday. The Phoenix are 20-12 overall, including a 9-6 record in the Colonial States Athletic Conference. Wilson finished in third place in the CSAC's regular season standings, and it was eliminated from the CSAC playoffs after a 6-4 loss to Cairn University last Wednesday. This Wednesday's game between Penn State Altoona and Wilson will be the teams' second meeting this season. The Lions fell 11-5 at Wilson on April 18, as the Phoenix jumped out to a 4-1 lead after the game's first four innings, then cemented their victory with a six-run eighth inning.
First Round - Wednesday, May 15 at Wilson
*Game 1: No. 5 Penn State Altoona (28-16) at No. 4 Wilson (20-12), TBD
Semifinals - Saturday, May 18 at Penn State Behrend
*Game 2: No. 1 Pfeiffer (28-8) vs. Winner Game 1, 12 p.m.
*Game 3: No. 2 Penn State Behrend (24-16) vs. No. 3 Grove City (27-15), 4 p.m.
Championship - Sunday, May 19 at Penn State Behrend
*Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 1 p.m.
