Penn State Behrend 11, Lebanon Valley 7

LVC Lineup
Towers (2B), DeClerico (SS), Kiessling (LF), Marcelli (SP), Leri (3B), Holdredge (1B), Albright (C), Harned (RF), Herring (CF)

Behrend Lineup
McGuire (LF), Hamm (C), Sada (SS), Boehme (1B), Brittner (DH), Foreman (3B), Murray (CF), Taylor (RF), Cicchini (2B), Myers (SP)

How It Happened
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Lebanon Valley succumbed to a seven-run inning and eventually fell to Penn State Behrend by an 11-7 margin on Monday afternoon in non-conference baseball action during LVC's spring break trip. The Dutchmen dropped to 2-1, while the Lions jumped to 1-3.

LVC jumped out to an early lead when Colin Albright hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Michael Leri in the second, followed by a Chris DeClerico RBI-single in the top of the third, making it 2-0 Dutchmen. After Behrend registered an RBI-groundout in the third to come to within one, LVC scored four in the fourth, beginning with Jon Harned's RBI-single to left, followed by a bases-loaded walk by Josh Herring. Bryan Towers then singled to score Albright, and DeClerico hit a sac-fly to plate Harned, making it a 6-1 game.

Unfortunately, the Lions exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth to jump out in front at 8-6. In the top of the seventh, Marcelli hit an RBI-groundout to bring the Dutchmen to within one, however Behrend tacked on another run in the seventh and two more in the eighth and held on for the 11-7 win.

Inside the Numbers
 - DeClerico finished with two hits and two RBI to go along with a run scored.
 - Harned continued his torrid start to the season and had a hit, a run scored and one RBI.
 - Leri tallied two runs for LVC.
 - Behrend was led by Sada, who recorded four hits.
 - Matt Blocksom made his collegiate debut on the mound and tossed 2.1 innings in relief and allowed just an earned run while striking out two.

Who's Next?
LVC continues its spring break trip tomorrow when the Dutchmen take on Muskingum for a single game at 10:30 a.m. Live stats for that game will be available at GoDutchmen.com/Live.

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