Athletics

      Penn State Altoona athletics round-up Feb. 23-March 11

      Softball's sophomore infielder Meghan Marasti is leading the Lady Lions in batting average (.421) and RBI (10) through her team's first 12 games this season. Credit: Conner Gilbert / Penn State. Creative Commons

      Baseball

      Coe College 8, Penn State Altoona 1

      Coe College 6, Penn State Altoona 5

      Waynesburg University 18, Penn State Altoona 0

      Penn State Altoona 10, Waynesburg University 1

      Penn State Altoona 8, Clark University 7

      Penn State Altoona 5, Anna Maria College 1

      Anna Maria College 8, Penn State Altoona 6

      Penn State Altoona 5, Gordon College 1

      Penn State Altoona 6, Gordon College 4

      Sophomore right-handed pitcher Sawyer Kline (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) pitched effectively for the Lions in three appearances on the mound during the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. In 12 1/3 innings pitched, he allowed just one earned run while striking out 20 batters and limiting opponents to a .188 batting average against.

      Men’s tennis

      Geneva College 9, Penn State Altoona 0

      Bethany College 6, Penn State Altoona 3

      Jimmy Gillespie (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania/Garnet Valley) recorded his first collegiate win against Bethany on Sunday, February 24, winning 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) in the No. 1 singles match.

      Men’s volleyball

      Penn State Behrend 3, Penn State Altoona 2

      Thiel College 3, Penn State Altoona 1

      Wittenberg University 3, Penn State Altoona 0

      Penn State Altoona 3, D’Youville College 0

      Medaille College 3, Penn State Altoona 0

      Senior outside hitter Brian Sheddy (Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania/Susquehannock) is averaging a team-high 2.61 kills per set over the Lions’ last five matches, and senior middle blocker Dan Downs (Douglassville, Pennsylvania/Daniel Boone) has recorded a team-best 16 blocks during that span.

      Softball

      Bridgewater College 8, Penn State Altoona 0

      Bridgewater College 9, Penn State Altoona 1

      Penn State Altoona 11, Elms College 1

      Albion College 15, Penn State Altoona 8

      Kenyon College 13, Penn State Altoona 4

      Penn State Altoona 7, Drew University 5

      Penn State Altoona 8, Clark University 2

      Penn State Altoona 6, Elms College 5

      Penn State Altoona 8, Kenyon College 7

      Penn State Altoona 8, Drew University 3

      Drew University 9, Penn State Altoona 1

      Penn State Altoona 4, Albion College 2

      Sophomore infielder Meghan Marasti (Pittsburgh, PA/Penn-Trafford) leads her team in batting average (.421) and runs batted in (10) through the Lady Lions’ first 12 games of the season.

      Women’s basketball

      Washington & Jefferson College 89, Penn State Altoona 59

      Sophomore guard/forward Alexis Cannistraci (Tyrone, Pennsylvania/Tyrone) scored a team-high 17 points for the Lady Lions in their loss to W&J on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in the first round of the ECAC Division III Championship Tournament.

      Women’s bowling

      Mount Aloysius College 847, Penn State Altoona 654

      Penn State Behrend 715, Penn State Altoona 714

      Pitt-Bradford 696, Penn State Altoona 628

      Penn State Altoona 605, Hilbert College 0

      Medaille College 913, Penn State Altoona 668

      Penn State Altoona 716, New Jersey City University 682

      Saint Vincent College 809, Penn State Altoona 681

      Freshman bowler Amanda Ickes (Altoona, Pennsylvania/Altoona) dropped a team-high 1,035 pins in seven matches during the AMCC Round Robin #2 weekend on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, averaging 147.86 per game.

      Last Updated March 11, 2019

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