Elizabethtown College Baseball News 
Back to top 5/7/2004 Moravian Eliminates Elizabethtown From Commonwealth Conference Baseball Pla ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Moravian Eliminates Elizabethtown From Commonwealth Conference Baseball Playoffs, Blue Jays Fall 4-2 WEST
LAWN, Pa. --- Moravian eliminated Elizabethtown from the Commonwealth
Conference baseball playoffs early Friday afternoon with a 4-2 win over
the Blue Jays at Owls Field in West Lawn, Pa. Elizabethtown concludes
its 2004 season with a 19-20 overall record, while Moravian improves to
14-21 overall and will face the loser of this afternoon's
Juniata-Messiah game in the next round of the double elimination
tournament tonight. Etown got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning as Eric Wetzel (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) hit a one-out single and was doubled home by Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley). Etown took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning when Duppstadt hit a one-out single, advanced to second on a Dean Whetham (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine) ground out, and scored when Steve Luongo (Palm Coast, FL-Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge, NJ) hit a two-out single. Moravian scored an unearned run in the bottom of the third inning to cut the gap to 2-1 when Matt Turtell was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a Pete Moore single and scored on an error on the play at third. Moravian tied the score and went ahead 3-2 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning when Greg Peters led off with a double and was singled home by Moore, who was in turn doubled home by Michael Young. Moravian tacked on another run in the bottom of the eighth when Mike Rodrigues, who reached base via a walk, was singled home with the bases loaded by Peters with one out. Luongo batted 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI for Etown, and Duppstadt went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Bryan Torresani (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) hit 2-for-4 as well for Etown. Moore hit 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI, and Peters batted 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI to lead the Moravian offense. Chris Clancy pitched a complete game and struck out eight Etown batters en route to earning the win on the mound. At West Lawn, Pa. Rebert, Kelley (7) and Torresani (E); Clancy and Trimble (M). W: Clancy. L: Rebert. SO-BB: Rebert 4-0, Kelley 0-2, Clancy 8-2. HP: Turtell (by Rebert). 2B: Duppstadt (E), Moore (M), Young (M), Peters (M). Back to top 5/5/2004 Etown Falls To Messiah 1-0 in Commonwealth Playoff Opener, Blue Jays to Fac ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Etown Falls To Messiah 1-0 in Commonwealth Playoff Opener, Blue Jays to Face Moravian Friday ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College baseball team dropped its opening
game of the 2004 Commonwealth Conference playoffs on the road to
top-seeded Messiah College in a 1-0 pitchers' duel Wednesday. As a
result, Etown (19-19) will face Moravian College in its next game in
the double elimination tournament Friday, while Messiah (22-12) will
take on Juniata College, which defeated Moravian 10-2 in Wednesday's
other playoff game. Etown pitcher Mike Nocar (Lambertville, NJ/North Hunderton)
threw a masterful game for the Blue Jays but still got the loss. He
spread just four Messiah hits, all of them singles, over eight innings
of work in a complete game effort, and he did not walk a single batter.
Nocar also had five strikeouts for the Blue Jays. Messiah scored its only run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Joshua Clabaugh (Dillsburg, PA/Northern) singled with one out, stole second base, and was driven home in the next at bat on a single by Ryan Garner (Vienna, VA/James Madison). They were Messiah's only hits of the inning, and it was Messiah's only multiple-hit inning of the game. Etown
had seven hits in the game and stranded ten runners. The Blue Jays left
runners on base at the conclusion of all but two of their nine turns at
bat. Messiah pitcher Dave Henninger (Mt. Holly Springs, PA/Carlisle) earned the win after going 8.1 innings, allowing six hits and two walks, and striking out 12 Etown batters. Matthew Allen (Hellertown, PA/Wilson)
took over on the mound for Messiah with one out in the ninth inning and
a runner on first, allowed one hit and got the next Etown batter to
ground into a double play to conclude the game and earn the save. The
Commonwealth Conference playoffs will now move to Owls Field at Ted
Palka Park in West Lawn, Pa. for its final two days Friday, May 7 and
Saturday, May 8. Elizabethtown will face Moravian at 11:00 a.m. Friday,
and Messiah will face Juniata at 3:00 p.m. Friday. The winner of the
11:00 a.m. game will advance to face the loser of the 3:00 p.m. game at
7:30 p.m. Friday. Admission for the games at Owls Field is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for students, $2.00 for senior citizens and free for children under six years of age. At Grantham, Pa.; Commonwealth Playoffs, Game 1 Back to top 5/1/2004 Etown's Brad Duppstadt Breaks College Career Home Run Record with Grand Sla ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Etown's Brad Duppstadt Breaks College Career Home Run Record with Grand Slam, Steve Luongo Ties NCAA Record with Two Home Runs in One Inning, as Blue Jays Split Doubleheader with Messiah to Earn Berth in Commonwealth Conference Playoffs ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The
Elizabethtown College baseball team clinched the number four seed in
the Commonwealth Conference playoffs Saturday by splitting a road
doubleheader with first-place Messiah College, winning the first game
11-7 and losing the second game 11-5. The Blue Jays' victory in the
first game was driven by a thrilling seventh inning as Etown scored
eight runs, as Blue Jay senior Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) broke the Etown career home run record with a grand slam, and as Etown junior Steve Luongo (Palm Coast, FL – Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) tied an NCAA record with two homers in a single inning. In
the first game, Messiah (21-12, 15-6) scored two runs in the bottom of
the first, and Etown (19-18, 11-10) took a 3-2 lead in the top of the
second as Luongo hit a two RBI single driving in Dean Whetham (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine), who reached base on an error, and Eric Wetzel (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg), who singled. In the next at-bat, Mike Nocar (Lambertville, NJ/South Hunderton) hit a sacrifice fly to drive home Adam Rebert (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg), who was hit by a pitch in the second inning. Messiah
tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the third inning and went up 7-3 in
the bottom of the fifth inning. With Elizabethtown up in the top of the
seventh, Luongo homered to lead off the inning and cut the Messiah lead to 7-4. Nocar then drew a walk, and following an Etown out, Jon Kalejta (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) singled. Eric Guise (Bendersville, PA/Biglerville) followed with another single to load the bases, and Duppstadt came to the plate and smashed his program record-breaking grand slam to give Etown an 8-7 lead. The blast gave Duppstadt
his ninth homer of the season and the 17th home run of his career,
thereby breaking the old Etown record of 16 in a career set by Darrell Justh '89. Immediately following the grand slam, Whetham singled. Following another Etown out, Rebert was hit by another pitch, bringing Luongo to the plate for the second time in the top of the seventh inning. Luongo
launched a three-run homer to give Etown an 11-7 lead and tie the NCAA
Division III record for most home runs in an inning with two, a feat
that has been achieved by multiple players over many years. Matt Woehnker (Colts Neck, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy), who pitched the final two innings in relief for Elizabethtown and allowed just one hit, earned the victory in the first game. It was his first win of the season. Luongo wound up with six RBI in the first game, and Duppstadt drove in four runs. In
the second game, Etown led 5-3 going into the bottom of the sixth
inning, but Messiah lit up the scoreboard with eight runs in the bottom
of the sixth to snatch an 11-5 victory. Guise was the only Etown player with more than one hit in the game, going 2-for-3 with a run scored as Messiah pitcher Matthew Allen held Etown to seven hits while throwing a complete game. By earning the fourth seed in the conference playoffs, Etown will travel back to top-seeded Messiah Wednesday, April 5 for a 2:30 p.m. Commonwealth Conference playoff nine-inning game. The Commonwealth playoffs is a double elimination tournament which will continue after Wednesday at Owls Field in West Lawn, PA Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8, and all playoff games are nine innings in length. Elizabethtown 11, Messiah College 7 Messiah College 11, Elizabethtown 5 |
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