Behrend men’s basketball team starts season with two wins

ERIE, Pa. — The Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team opened its season with wins against Allegheny and Thiel. Tommy DiRienzo, a senior from Pittsburgh, scored a career-high 42 points against Thiel. He was 15-for-15 from the free-throw line.

Behrend’s soccer, cross-country, volleyball, wrestling and bowling teams also were in action last week. Here are the scores and highlights:

Men’s soccer

Johns Hopkins 1, Penn State Behrend 0

The Lions exited the NCAA Division III tournament with an overtime loss to No. 15 Johns Hopkins. Goalkeeper Anthony Scalise, a freshman from North Huntington, made four saves.

Women’s soccer

Ithaca 1, Penn State Behrend 0

The Lions exited the NCAA Division III tournament with an overtime loss to Ithaca. The game’s lone goal came as a header off a corner kick at 7:21 of overtime.

Men’s basketball

Carnegie Mellon 84, Penn State Behrend 62

Penn State Behrend 94, Thiel 76

Penn State Behrend 86, Allegheny 68

Mason Blankenberg, a junior from Ontario, New York, scored 25 points against Allegheny. Matthew McDonough, a junior from Pittsburgh, scored 17 points against Carnegie Mellon.

Women’s basketball

Chatham 80, Penn State Behrend 52

Penn State Behrend 80, St. John Fisher 64

Rachel Majewski, a senior from Erie, and Alaina Fabin, a freshman from Indiana, each scored 20 points against St. John Fisher. Madilyn Boyer, a junior from Saxonburg, scored 18 points against Chatham.

Men’s cross-country

Fifteenth (of 22 teams) at the NCAA Regional Championships

Lucas Boyd, a sophomore from North East, posted a season-best time in the 8K race, finishing in 26:47.8. He placed 43rd in a field of 166 runners.

Women’s cross-country

Sixteenth (of 21 teams) at the NCAA Regional Championships

Lindsey Hartle, a junior from Pittsburgh, finished the 6K race in 25:14.8. She placed 91st in a field of 154 runners.

Women’s volleyball

Penn State Altoona 3, Penn State Behrend 1

Penn State Behrend 3, La Roche 0

Cadence Jones, a freshman from North East, set the single-season record for kills, with 470. Brynne Smith, a freshman from Butler, had 37 assists and12 digs against Penn State Altoona.

Wrestling

Penn State Behrend 40, Waynesburg 10

Lycoming 47, Penn State Behrend 6

Penn State Behrend 40, Washington & Jefferson 18

Matt Caldwell, a sophomore from North Tonawanda, New York, won two bouts in the 197-pound weight class. Rudy Brown, a freshman from Burgettstown, won twice at 157 pounds. Isaac Meyers, a freshman from McMurray, won twice at 125 pounds.

Women’s bowling

Penn State Behrend 846, Alvernia 761

Penn State Behrend 738, La Roche 683

Saint Vincent 906, Penn State Behrend 807

Penn State Behrend 811, Hilbert 740

William Smith 894, Penn State Behrend 786

Penn State Behrend 782, Pitt-Bradford 756

Penn State Behrend 793, Pitt-Greensburg 713

The Lions finished the two-day Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Round Robin 1 with a record of 5-2. The games were played in the Baker format.

Scores, updates and video links for Penn State Behrend athletics are posted at psblions.com.