Lions Take On Hilbert In Midweek Doubleheader

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team takes on Hilbert in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) doubleheader on Wednesday, April 9. Game times are 1 and 4 p.m. at Behrend Field.

Coverage:

Video | Game One Live Stats | Game Two Live Stats

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions kicked off conference play with a sweep of Pitt-Bradford this past Friday
* Freshman Tyler Burick (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) finished with four hits and four RBIs in the two games
* Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) collected his 100^th career run batted in with an RBI single in the top of the sixth of game two
* Starters Colin Bolla (Fairview, PA/Fairview) and Andrew Bredel (Clinton, PA/Burgettstown) each threw six innings only allowing a combined three earned runs to register wins on the mound, while Bredel struck out a career-high nine
* Ciocco sits third in the AMCC with a .424 batting average and leads the team in hits (28), on-base percentage (.487), and runs batted in (13)
* In 41 at-bats so far this season, freshman Cayden Turner (Stoystown, PA/North Star) has tallied a .439 batting average, .447 on-base percentage, and team-leading .561 slugging-percentage to go along with 10 runs batted in
* Bredel is tied for first in the conference in wins (four), third in earned run average (2.63), and fifth in strikeouts (30)
* Bolla has struck out 29 batters and picked up three wins in a team-high 27.0 innings pitched
* Relievers Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) and Jake Manendo (Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep) are both tied for second in the AMCC with three saves each, combining to strike out 29 batters in six appearances apiece
* Lang is currently one strikeout away from 100 career K's, while Ciocco stands five hits away from 150 career hits

Meet the Opposition:

* Hilbert most recently split a doubleheader against La Roche to bring its overall record to 10-11 and conference record to 2-2
* Alex Ellison recorded a walk-off walk to win game two by a score of 9-8. Joey Haynes and Harley Hoag each delivered three hits in the second game vs. the Redhawks
* Haynes is currently second in the conference rankings in batting average (.452) and tied for third in stolen bases (10). He also leads the team with 28 hits
* Jack Duffek (.355), Harley Hoag (.327), and Dustin Hendrix (.308) are all hitting over .300 so far this season, while Duffek has tallied a team-high two home runs
* Starting pitcher Nolan Evans is fifth in the AMCC in earned run average (3.91) and fourth in strikeouts (31). Fellow starter Dylan Moorhouse has registered a team-high 26.2 innings pitched to go along with two wins
* David Alessi (First Team), Moorhouse (Second Team), Evans (Second Team), Duffek (Third Team), and Spencer Hartford (Third Team) all garnered All-Conference selections last season
* The Hawks were picked to finish fourth in the 2025 Pre-season Coaches' Poll. Moorhouse and Evans were named Preseason Players to Watch
* Head coach Drew Fittry is in his ninth season at the helm of the baseball program

Series History:

* Behrend leads all-time series 48-5, dating back to 1996
* The Lions and Hawks have split the past four meetings