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Penn State Altoona takes fourth in AMCC Softball Preseason Poll
March 16, 2021
NORTH BOSTON, N.Y. The Penn State Altoona softball team was predicted to finish in fourth place in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference this season, when the league announced the results of its 2021 Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Mount Aloysius College, which won each of the previous two AMCC championships, was voted into first place in the poll. Penn State Behrend took second place, and Pitt-Bradford was third.
Led by sixth-year head coach Joe Merilli, the Penn State Altoona softball program has high hopes as it enters the 2021 season. The Lady Lions will feature a strong group of returning players from last spring to go along with some key additions to the roster. Penn State Altoona had gotten out to a 2-8 start last season before the remainder of the schedule was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19