ERIE, Pa. -- On Saturday, the Mount Aloysius Softball team traveled to Penn State Behrend for an AMCC doubleheader against the Lions. The Mounties were sent home with two losses.

Leaders
- Whitney Cole (McDonald, Pa., South Fayette) had a solid day at the dish, going 4-for-5 and driving in three runs in Game One. She went 1-for-3 in Game Two.
- Madison Hillard (Greenville, PA, Greenville) threw 6.0 innings in Game Two, giving up only two runs, both of which were unearned. However, she was still saddled with the loss, dropping to 3-1 on the season.
- In Game One, Emily Cochran (Natrona Heights, PA, Highlands) entered the game in relief, pitching 3.2 innings and allowing two runs. She also reached base both times at the plate, as she had a hit and a walk, while driving in two runs and scoring twice.

How It Happened
Game One
- After holding Mount Aloysius scoreless in the top of the first, Penn State Behrend picked up four runs in the bottom of the inning. The first four batters were either hit by a pitch or walked. The Lions then added another run in the second inning, to go ahead 5-0.
- The Mounties got three runs back in the third inning. Cochran had an RBI single and Tawnya Holben (Pittsburgh, PA, Fox Chapel) added a two-RBI single with two outs, cutting the lead to 5-3.
- Penn State Behrend was held scoreless in the bottom of the third. The Mounties loaded the bases with nobody out in the fourth. Cochran walked to push a run across with an RBI, then Cole doubled to left field to clear the bases, giving the Mounties a 7-5 lead.
- Behrend responded with a run in the bottom of the fourth, but Mount Aloysius added to their lead in the fifth.  had an RBI double to right center field and then eventually scored on a wild pitch, making it 9-6 Mounties.
- In the bottom of the fifth, the Lions used five hits and an error to score five times, taking a 11-9 lead into the final two frames.
- Mount Aloysius tied the game, in the top of the seventh inning, with the tying marker coming across on an RBI single by Alexa Nagy (Apollo, PA, Kiski Area), with two outs.
- The Lions were able to string together three, two-out singles, in the bottom half of the seventh inning, to walk-off as winners in Game One, 12-11.

Game Two
- Mount Aloysius took an early 1-0 lead in Game Two, which came on a Holben RBI single, with two outs. 1-0 Mounties.
- Penn State Behrend scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, both of which were unearned, to take a 2-1 lead.
- The scoring would stop there, as the Mounties were only able to put together three hits over the final five innings, falling by the same 2-1 score.

Into the Box Scores
- In Game One, Mount Aloysius tallied 19 hits and left 13 runners on base. Penn State Behrend had 14 hits and left just seven runners on.
- All four Mountie hits in Game Two came from the first four batters in the lineup. Each batter had one hit.

Up Next
- Mount Aloysius is scheduled to travel to Penn State Altoona, on Wednesday, for an AMCC doubleheader with the Lions.
- Penn State Altoona has won five straight games, including two against Medaille, on Saturday. They are 11-8 on the season and 5-1 in AMCC play.