2014-15 AMCC Softball News
The Athletics Department at Hilbert College introduced John Hall as the new head softball coach.
The AMCC is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 Spring Sportsmanship Awards.
Pitt-Bradford senior Bri Stenta has been selected to the Second Team All-East Region for softball by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, the only player in the AMCC to receive the honor.
Penn State Altoona softball earned an Eastern College Athletic Conference title for the first time in program history on Sunday afternoon when it defeated Bethany College 8-0 in the ECAC Division III South Region Championship at Bison Field.
No. 5 Penn State Altoona softball posted wins over No. 1 Bethany College and No. 2 Misericordia University during Saturday's Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Region Tournament Semifinals at Bison Field to advance to the championship on Sunday.
Penn State Altoona senior first baseman Kelly Chambers has been named the 2015 AMCC Softball Player of the Year.
The Penn State Behrend softball team will travel to Alfred, NY for the NCAA Regional on May 8-10. The Lions (25-14) will face Rowan (36-6) in the first round on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Miller pitched five games this week, picking up two straight wins in the AMCC Championship games. She pitched 17 innings on Sunday and struck out 10 batters to lead the Lions to the AMCC title. She only allowed seven earned runs in all five games, finishing with a 1.40 ERA for the week.
Kehlenbeck was the main source of offense for the Spartans over the weekend in the AMCC Playoffs. Kehlenbeck hit her fifth homerun of the season and had four RBI to lead the team. Her .375 average also led the team. In the team's win over Penn State Behrend on Saturday, the shortstop's two-run homerun in the second inning gave the team a 2-0 lead. On Sunday, the junior drove in the only runs in game one and drove in the go-ahead run in game two, until the bottom of the inning when the Lions scored the game-tying and game-winning runs.
#2 Penn St. Behrend had to defeat #1 D'Youville twice on Sunday in order to claim the 2015 AMCC softball title and earn an automatic bid to the national tournament
Day two of the 2015 AMCC softball tournament has come to a close and #1 D'Youville and #2 Penn St. Behrend are the only remaining teams.
Day one of the 2015 AMCC softball tournament is now in the books, with #1 D'Youville College and #2 Penn St. Behrend as the only remaining unbeaten teams.
McHenry continued her dominance of the AMCC this past week by recording another perfect week with a 4-0 record. In four games, McHenry allowed two runs in 25 innings pitched for a 0.28 ERA, dropping her overall to a conference leading ERA to 1.10. In her four wins, McHenry pitched a complete game in all of them, with two of them coming against Penn St. Altoona, the second overall team in the conference. With the wins over the Lions, D'Youville clinched the #1 seed in the conference and the right to host the AMCC conference tournament this weekend. The junior currently leads the AMCC in wins, complete games, innings pitched, ERA and is second in strikeouts. Offensively this past week, McHenry recorded a hit and scored a run in three games.
Banta hit .529 in a 6-0 week for the Lions. She smacked nine hits, including two doubles a triple and a home run to amass eight RBIs. She also scored 11 runs and had a .571 on base percentage. Against Mt. Aloysius in game one, she had two of the team's five hits.
The D'Youville College Spartans (23-7, 16-2 AMCC) have claimed their first-ever AMCC regular season title and are now aiming to be crowned the AMCC conference tournament champions.
