2021 AMCC Softball News
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford softball team has received recognition for their work in the classroom in the last year.
Todd Randall has been named the new head softball coach at Alfred State College.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Penn State Behrend softball players Mackenzie McIntire and Kylee Bundy were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-America team, announced on Monday.
The Penn State Behrend softball team was eliminated from the NCAA Division III Softball Regional on Saturday, falling 1-0 to No. 16 St. John Fisher College.
The Penn State Behrend softball team dropped a 6-1 decision to the University of Rochester in the first game of the NCAA Division III Softball Regional on Friday afternoon.
Penn State Behrend softball players Mackenzie McIntire, Kylee Bundy, and Maria Jones were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region team, announced on Friday.
Penn State Behrend senior 3B Mackenzie McIntire has been named the 2021 AMCC Softball Player of the Year.
The Penn State Behrend softball team will host the 2021 NCAA Division III Regional on May 21-23.
Schmidt appeared in three games on the mound for the Lions this week. In 14 innings pitched she had 15 strikeouts and gave up just eight hits and one run. She tallied two wins and helped lead the Lions to an AMCC Championship victory. She averaged 7.50 strikeouts per game and finished the week with a .50 ERA.
Torretti appeared in all six games for the Lions this week in the AMCC playoffs. Torretti tallied seven hits, three RBIs, and two base on balls for a .389 batting average and .450 on-base percentage. She also contributed three stolen bases and seven total bases. Torretti was a key player in winning the AMCC Championship. In a scoreless game one against Mt. Aloysius, Torretti led off the sixth inning with a bunt in front of home plate, making her way to first and scored the go-ahead run on a bunt by Mackenzie McIntire which would eventually secure the Lions victory. Torretti also had a 1.000 fielding percentage from center field and tallied eight putouts and two assists. Torretti was named to the AMCC All-Tournament team.
The Penn State Behrend softball team won their ninth AMCC Championship with a doubleheader sweep of Mount Aloysius College on Saturday.
The AMCC softball semifinals saw a pair of two-game sweeps on Wednesday, as #1 Penn State Behrend took two games from #5 Penn State Altoona and #3 Mount Aloysius College produced two shutout performances, besting #7 La Roche University, to advance to the AMCC Championship series.
With the first round games in the books for the AMCC softball championship tournament, the field is set for the semifinal games slated to take place on Wednesday at noon
Hillard pitched 11.2 innings, earning both victories in the doubleheader sweet of Pitt-Greensburg in the first round of tournament action. She struck out four total batters on the day and gave up just seven hits and two earned runs. She pitched to a 1.20 ERA, lowering her season ERA to 2.28. She also tied for the league lead in wins, with her seventh and eighth of the season.
Reitz went 4-for-7 (.571) and drove in five runs during the doubleheader sweep of Pitt-Greensburg. In game two, she went 3-for-4, with two triples and two runs scored, while driving in four of the Mounties' eight runs, single-handedly accounting for six of the team's runs in the game. She slugged 1.143 on the day.
