Elizabethtown College Baseball News 
Back to top 5/22/2009 Adam Hartzell named ABCA third-team All-America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 22, 2009 Adam Hartzell Named ABCA Third-Team All-America Hartzell, a first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection, is Elizabethtown's first All-America selection since Brad Duppstadt was a second-team pick in 2004. Hartzell went 9-3 with a 2.07 earned run average in 14 appearances (10 starts), leading the Commonwealth Conference in ERA and tying for the league lead in victories with teammate Matt Vinagro. Hartzell struck out 65 batters in 78 1/3 innings and allowed just 13 walks while holding opponents to a .208 batting average. In three years, Hartzell has a 13-6 record with a 2.93 earned run average in 27 appearances (20 starts) with 106 strikeouts and 30 walks in 138 1/3 innings of work. The Blue Jays finished 29-15 overall and 12-3 in the Commonwealth Conference, winning the conference regular-season and postseason championships and advancing to the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional where they finished fourth out of eight teams. Back to top 5/18/2009 Baseball places three on ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 18, 2009 Blue Jays Place Three on ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was a first-team selection at pitcher while senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) was a second-team outfielder and senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) was a second-team utility player. The trio led the Blue Jays to a 29-15 overall record, the Commonwealth Conference tournament championship and two victories in the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional. Hartzell went 9-3 with a 2.07 earned run average in 14 appearances (10 starts), leading the Commonwealth Conference in ERA and tying for the league lead in victories with teammate Matt Vinagro. Hartzell struck out 65 batters in 78 1/3 innings and allowed just 13 walks while holding opponents to a .208 batting average. In three years, Hartzell has a 13-6 record with a 2.93 earned run average in 27 appearances (20 starts) with 106 strikeouts and 30 walks in 138 1/3 innings of work. Sheibley, the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, hit .317 with four home runs and 40 runs batted in while leading Division III in stolen bases with 51. In addition to steals, he led the Commonwealth Conference in runs scored with 53 and ranked second in RBI despite batting leadoff in all 44 games. Sheibley graduates as Elizabethtown's career leader in runs (162), triples (23), stolen bases (95), games played (158) and at-bats (568) while ranking second in runs batted in (115) and hits (178). He posted a career average of .313 with 27 doubles, 10 home runs and 94 walks. Heaps excelled both on the mound and at the plate, earning Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Year honors for the second straight year after going 6-3 with a 2.95 earned run average in 11 starts. In 73 1/3 innings, Heaps led the Commonwealth Conference with 87 strikeouts and issued just 15 walks, while allowing just six extra-base hits in 262 opponent at-bats. At the plate, Heaps hit .390 with 16 doubles, five triples and 38 runs batted in to go with a team-high 33 walks and 20 stolen bases. Heaps ranked fourth in the conference in batting average and second in on-base percentage (.495) while leading in total bases (86) and tying for the league lead in walks. Heaps finished his career with a 24-11 record and a 3.06 earned run average in 46 games (40 starts), with 246 strikeouts in a school-record 264 2/3 innings pitched. At the plate, he hit .362 with two home runs and 87 runs batted in along with 121 hits, 89 runs scored, 63 walks and 28 stolen bases. Back to top 5/15/2009 Baseball's season ends in 5-3 loss to TCNJ ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, May 16, 2009 College of New Jersey 5, Elizabethtown 3
Click here for the box score LAKEWOOD, N.J. --- The College of New Jersey scored runs in the seventh and eighth innings to break a 3-3 tie and defeat Elizabethtown College 5-3 in an fog-delayed elimination game at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament at FirstEnergy Park on Saturday morning. The Lions (27-17-1) advance to play Keystone College in an elimination game later Saturday afternoon, whie the Blue Jays (29-15) saw their season come to an end. The game had been suspended due to fog in the top of the sixth inning on Friday night with the Lions ahead 3-2, but the Blue Jays tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out RBI double by Eric Luff. College of New Jersey went ahead for good in the seventh on an RBI single by Jeff Toth, and added an insurance run in the eighth on a two-out RBI double by Adam Tussey. Pat Johnson (3-0) struck out five in four innings of relief to earn the win for the Lions, while Adam Hartzell (9-3) gave up five hits and two runs in 2 2/3 innings to take the loss for the Blue Jays. The Lions took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a pair of unearned runs, as Vince Mazzaccaro knocked home both runs with a two-out single. Elizabethtown answered with a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Brian Kiernan, and tied the game at 2-2 in the third on an RBI groundout by Tom Semanek. TCNJ went back on top 3-2 in the top of the fifth as Mazzaccaro doubled home a run with two outs. Matt Kutz started for Elizabethtown and allowed five hits and three runs (one earned) in 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, while Dan Anderson yielded six hits and two runs (one earned) in five innings while whiffing three. Toth, Esperon and Mazzaccaro all went 2-for-5 for the Lions as part of an 11-hit attack, while Francis led the Blue Jays by going 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Luff and Anthony Heaps each went 2-for-4 for Elizabethtown, which finished with 10 hits as a team. NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lakewood, N.J. Coll. of New Jersey 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ------------------------------------------- Coll. of New Jersey. 200 010 110 - 5 11 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 101 001 00x - 3 10 2 ------------------------------------------- Dan Anderson, Pat Johnson (6) and Mike Galeotafiore; Matt Kutz, Adam Hartzell (6), Dan Lauletta (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-Johnson (3-0). LP-Hartzell (9-3). SO-BB: Anderson 3-2, Johnson 5-0; Kutz 2-0, Hartzell 1-0, Lauletta 0-0. Back to top 5/15/2009 Baseball stays alive with 9-2 win over Penn State Berks ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, May 15, 2009 Elizabethtown 9, Penn State Berks 2
Click here for the box score LAKEWOOD, N.J. --- Elizabethtown College defeated Penn State Berks 9-2 in an elimination game at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament on Friday afternoon. The Blue Jays (29-14) advance to play in an elimination game on Friday at 7:45 p.m. against The College of New Jersey, which defeated Alvernia College 8-2 in the opening game on Friday. That game will follow the winner's bracket final between top-seeded Kean University and second-seeded Keystone College at 5:15 p.m. Rodney Francis went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and Ben Yeager finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored for the Blue Jays, who scored five runs in the fourth inning to overcome a 2-1 deficit. Matt Vinagro (9-1) allowed seven hits and two runs and struck out six while throwing 114 pitches in a complete-game effort for the Blue Jays, his third complete game in as many postseason starts. Elizabethtown took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Yeager was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, but Penn State Berks (22-23-1) came back with two in the third on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Seth Shultz. In the fourth, the Blue Jays broke loose for five runs on an RBI double by Francis, a two-run single by Adam Sheibley, an RBI double by Sam Heaps and an RBI single by Tom Semanek to take a 6-2 lead. The Blue Jays added a run in the seventh on an RBI single by Francis, and tacked on two more in the eighth on a two-run double by Yeager. Shultz and Kevin Heilman each went 2-for-4 for the Lions, while starting pitcher Brad Swavely fell to 6-2 on the year after allowing eight hits and six runs (three earned) in 3 2/3 innings of work. Heaps went 2-for-4 and scored a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, while Brian Kiernan finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Sheibley stole his NCAA all-divisions leading 51st base during the Blue Jays' five-run fourth inning. Elizabethtown Coll. 9, Penn State Berks 2 ------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 500 120 - 9 12 2 Penn State Berks.... 002 000 000 - 2 7 2 ------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro and Tom Semanek; Brad Swavely, Matt Emrick (4), John Pastal (8), Chad Magee (9) and Aaron Klaptosky. WP-Vinagro (9-1). LP-Swavely (6-2). SO-BB: Vinagro 6-1; Swavely 4-2, Emrick 1-2, Pastal 0-1, Magee 0-0. Back to top 5/15/2009 Baseball rally comes up shy in 10-8 loss to Keystone ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Thursday, May 14, 2009 Keystone 10, Elizabethtown 8
Click here for the box score LAKEWOOD, N.J. --- Eric Groff went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, three runs batted in and three stolen bases and Ryan Smyth hit a grand slam as Keystone College defeated Elizabethtown College 10-8 in a winners bracket game at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional at FirstEnergy Park on Thursday night. The second-seeded Giants (39-4), who won their 27th consecutive game and are ranked eighth in the latest D3baseball.com Top 25 poll, finished with 15 hits as a team and advance to face top-seeded and 13th-ranked Kean University in a winners' bracket final on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Sixth-seeded Elizabethtown (28-14), which saw a five-game postseason win streak come to an end, battles eighth-seeded Penn State Berks in an elimination game on Friday at 1:15 p.m. The winner will face the winner of Friday's 10 a.m. elimination game between Alvernia University and College of New Jersey at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Ben Fish went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in while Kyle Conrad finished 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored for the Giants. Sean Murphy (9-0) allowed two earned runs on 10 hits over eight innings while striking out eight to earn the victory for Keystone, which made five errors as a team including four by outfielders. Five different players finished with two hits for the Blue Jays, as Adam Sheibley and Brian Kiernan each went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Rodney Francis, Ben Yeager and Anthony Heaps all went 2-for-5. Keystone jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning off Blue Jay starter Sam Heaps as Groff hit his 13th home run of the season to deep right field. The Giants added three runs in the third to take a 4-0 lead on an RBI single by Groff and a two-run single by Ben Fish. The Blue Jays got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the fourth on RBI singles by Kiernan and Anthony Heaps. Keystone came back with a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Fish, but Elizabethtown responded in the bottom of the inning as Sheibley tripled and scored on a single by Francis to pull within 5-3. In the sixth, Groff singled for his third run batted in of the game to give Keystone a 6-3 lead, and two batters later Smyth hammered his eighth home run over the fence in deep left-center to boost the Giant lead to 10-3. Elizabethtown tacked on a run in the seventh on a groundout by Sam Heaps and two more in the eighth on a dropped fly ball and an RBI double by Sheibley to cut the Giant lead to 10-6. The Blue Jays rallied again in the ninth, scoring on an RBI single by Yeager and a fielder's choice to pull within 10-8 before a fly out ended the contest. Sam Heaps (6-3) worked four-plus innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 10 hits and five earned runs while striking out six. Todd Leister came on in the sixth after the Giants scored their five runs, and held Keystone to no runs and one hit over the final 3 2/3 innings. In other action on Thursday, Penn State Berks eliminated Penn State Behrend with an 8-5 victory, Alvernia defeated Montclair State University 10-1 to knock out the Red Hawks, and Kean scored twice in the ninth to defeat College of New Jersey 7-5. Keystone College 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 8 ------------------------------------------- Keystone College.... 103 015 000 - 10 15 5 Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 210 122 - 8 12 1 ------------------------------------------- Sean Murphy, Brett Repard (9) and Jimmy Ferraro; Sam Heaps, Kurt Smith (5), Todd Leister (6) and Tom Semanek. WP-Murphy (9-0). LP-S. Heaps (6-3). SO-BB: Murphy 8-3, Repard 1-1; S. Heaps 6-0, Smith 1-3, Leister 2-1. HR-Eric Groff (K), Ryan Smyth (K). Penn State Berks 8, Penn State Behrend 5 Alvernia 10, Montclair State 1 Kean 7, College of New Jersey 5 Back to top 5/13/2009 Baseball opens NCAA regionals with 5-2 win over Montclair State ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Elizabethtown 5, Montclair State 2
Click here for the box score LAKEWOOD, N.J. --- A two-out error in the top of the eighth inning broke a 2-2 tie and helped Elizabethtown College to a 5-2 victory over Montclair State University in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament at FirstEnergy Park on Wednesday evening. Adam Hartzell (9-2) worked into the ninth inning to earn the victory for the sixth-seeded Blue Jays (28-13), who advance to play on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. against Keystone College, which defeated Alvernia University 2-1 in Wednesday's late game with a run in the bottom of the ninth. The third-seeded Red Hawks (26-18) overcame a 2-0 deficit with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings, but left runners on third base in the fifth, sixth and eighth to fall into the loser's bracket, where they will face Alvernia on Thursday at 1:15 in an elimination game. "We got some timely hits tonight, and were very aggressive on the basepaths," said Elizabethtown head coach Cliff Smith. "We made the plays we needed to make, and didn't shoot ourselves in the foot. Adam Hartzell showed too why he's one of the best in the region with his performance on the mound against a quality opponent." Sam Heaps went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Blue Jays, who won their NCAA tournament opener for just the third time in 10 all-time appearances. Rodney Francis stole two bases and scored a pair of runs for Elizabethtown, while Adam Sheibley scored twice and swiped three bags to boost his season total to 50, which leads all divisions of the NCAA. Jay Bionde and Scott Evangelist had RBI singles for the Red Hawks while Zachary Brown went 4-for-4 for Montclair State, which finished with 11 hits as a team but left nine runners on base. With the game tied 2-2 in the eighth, the Blue Jays had runners at second and third with two outs for Matt Vinagro, whose grounder to short was bobbled by Bionde to allow Brian Kiernan to cross the plate with the go-ahead run. Elizabethtown added two insurance runs in the ninth on an RBI single by Tom Semanek and a bases-loaded walk to Kiernan to take a 5-2 lead. Hartzell issued his first walk of the night to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and was removed after 123 pitches in favor of Vinagro. After a single and a forceout, Vinagro struck out Bionde and Michael Boggi to end the game and earn his first save of the season. The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning as Francis reached on a two-base error by Red Hawk left fielder Ed Kloepping and scored on a single to left by Heaps. Elizabethtown extended its lead to 2-0 in the fifth as Sheibley drew a leadoff walk, stole second and third and came home on a sacrifice fly by Heaps. Montclair State loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the fifth on three consecutive singles, but Hartzell induced a force out at the plate and a popup to avoid damage. The Red Hawks got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as Boggi led off with a double and came home on a single by Evangelist, and knotted the game in the seventh as Brown singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a single to right by Bionde. Michael Streaman started for Montclair State and allowed four hits and two runs (one earned) in 4 1/3 innings of work while striking out six. John Masklee (5-5), the second of five pitchers for the Red Hawks, took the loss after giving up an unearned run on one hit in three innings. In all, the Red Hawk staff struck out 12 batters on the night but issued seven bases on balls. In other tournament action earlier Wednesday, College of New Jersey defeated Penn State Behrend 13-1 in the opener while top-seeded Kean University shut out Penn State Berks 10-0 as Colin Feneis threw a one-hitter and struck out 15. NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lakewood, N.J. Elizabethtown Coll. 5, Montclair State Univ. 2 ------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 010 012 - 5 8 0 (28-13) Montclair State Univ 000 001 100 - 2 11 2 (26-18) ------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell, Matt Vinagro (9) and Tom Semanek; Michael Streaman, John Masklee (5), Kevin Wieme (8), Scott Shan (9), Nick Recchia (9) and Kevin Bond. WP-Hartzell (9-2). LP-Masklee (5-5). SV-Vinagro (1). SO-BB: Hartzell 5-1, Vinagro 2-0; Streaman 6-3, Masklee 5-1, Wieme 1-1, Shan 0-1, Recchia 0-1. College of New Jersey 13, Penn State Behrend 1 Kean 10, Penn State Berks 0 Keystone 2, Alvernia 1 Back to top 5/11/2009 Baseball to play Montclair State in NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional opener FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 11, 2009 Baseball to Open NCAA Regional Tournament on Wednesday The Blue Jays (27-13) are seeded sixth in the eight-team regional and will face the third-seeded Red Hawks (26-17) in the third of four games to be played on Wednesday. The tournament continues through Saturday, with an if-necessary game to be played on Sunday afternoon. Elizabethtown is making its 10th all-time NCAA Division III tournament appearance and third in the last four years. The Blue Jays earned an automatic bid to the 54-team field by winning the Commonwealth Conference tournament championship, finishing off a run of four victories in 30 hours by sweeping Widener University in the championship round to claim the title. Montclair State, winners of the NCAA Division III championship in 1987, 1993 and 2000, finished with a 13-5 record in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and were eliminated in the NJAC tournament semifinals by eventual champion College of New Jersey, which is seeded fifth in the regional. A third NJAC team, Kean University, is the top seed and host institution for the regional. Action gets underway at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday as fourth-seeded Penn State Behrend (31-11), the champions of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, will play fifth-seeded TCNJ (24-16-1). Kean (34-9) will battle eighth-seeded Penn State Berks (21-21-1), North Eastern Athletic Conference champions, at 1:15 followed by Elizabethtown and Montclair State at 4:30. The final game of the day is scheduled for 7:45 between second-seeded Keystone College (37-4), winners of the Colonial States Athletic Conference, and seventh-seeded Alvernia University (26-15), which won the Freedom Conference crown. Live stats will be available for all tournament games, and can be accessed from the tournament Web site at http://www.keanathletics.com/NCAA/baseball2009/index. NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, N.J. Tournament Schedule and Results Wednesday, May 13 Game 1 - #5 College of New Jersey 13, #4 Penn State Behrend 1 Game 2 - #1 Kean 10, #8 Penn State Berks 0 Game 3 - #6 Elizabethtown 5, #3 Montclair State 2 Game 4 - #2 Keystone 2, #7 Alvernia 1 Thursday, May 14 Game 5 - Penn State Berks 8, Penn State Behrend 5 (Penn State Behrend eliminated) Game 6 - Alvernia 10, Montclair State 1 (Montclair State eliminated) Game 7 - Kean 7, College of New Jersey 5 Game 8 - Keystone 10, Elizabethtown 8 Friday, May 15 Game 9 - College of New Jersey 8, Alvernia 2 (Alvernia eliminated) Game 10 - Elizabethtown 9, Penn State Berks 2 (Penn State Berks eliminated) Game 11 - Kean 6, Keystone 3 Game 12 - College of New Jersey 3, Elizabethtown 2, top 6th (suspended due to fog) Saturday, May 16 Game 12 - College of New Jersey 5 Elizabethtown 3 (Elizabethtown eliminated) Game 13 - Keystone 11, College of New Jersey 3 (College of New Jersey eliminated) Game 14 - Kean 12, Keystone 6 (Keystone eliminated) Kean wins Mid-Atlantic Regional and advances to Division III World Series Back to top 5/7/2009 Baseball places six on All-Conference teams, claims major awards FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 7, 2009 Baseball Claims All-Commonwealth Conference Honors In addition to five first-team and one second-team selection, senior outfielder Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) was named Player of the Year, senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) repeated as Pitcher of the Year and head coach Cliff Smith was honored as Coach of the Year after leading the Blue Jays to a 27-13 overall record and their third conference championship in the last four years. Joining Sheibley and Heaps as first-team honorees were senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) at second base, junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) in the outfield and junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) at pitcher. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) was a second-team All-Commonwealth pick at catcher. Sheibley earned Player of the Year honors after batting .336 with four home runs and 37 runs batted in, while leading Division III in stolen bases with 47 and the Commonwealth Conference in runs scored with 49. He ranks fifth in the conference in hits with 50 and is second in RBI despite batting out of the leadoff spot in all 40 games. Sheibley, who was conference co-Rookie of the Year in 2006 and an All-Conference pick in both 2006 and 2008, is Elizabethtown's career leader in games played (154), runs scored (158), triples (22) and stolen bases (91). He ranks third in career runs batted in with 112 and is fourth on the career hits list with 175. Heaps has compiled a 6-2 record and a 2.47 earned run average in 10 starts for the Blue Jays, ranking second in the conference in both ERA and strikeouts (81) and third in innings pitched with 69 1/3. He has allowed just five extra-base hits in 240 at-bats and struck out eight or more batters in six of his 10 starts. He was also named first-team All-Conference as a utility player for the second straight year, after hitting .399 with 14 doubles, five triples and 34 runs batted in while stealing 18 bases in 20 attempts. Heaps ranks second in the conference in on-base percentage (.506), hits (55), doubles, triples and steals, third in walks (30), and fourth in batting average and runs scored (37). Heaps has a career record of 24-10 to rank second in program history in victories, and is Elizabethtown's all-time leader in innings pitched (260 2/3) while ranking third in strikeouts with 240. At the plate, he is a career .365 hitter with 116 hits, 86 runs scored an 83 runs batted in. Luff is hitting .344 with 43 hits, 22 runs batted in and 33 runs scored, and has stolen eight bases while starting 38 games overall. In 27 games at second base (25 starts), Luff has made five errors for a .948 fielding percentage and turned nine double plays. In two seasons for the Blue Jays, Luff has a .324 average in 70 games with 71 hits, 37 runs batted in, 54 runs scored and 14 steals. Kiernan leads the Blue Jays and ranks second in the Commonwealth Conference in batting average with a .425 mark, to go with a team-high five home runs and 30 runs batted in. Kiernan ranks third in the conference in slugging percentage (.673) and on-base percentage (.492) and has not made an error in 43 chances in the outfield. He has a career average of .383 with six home runs, 47 runs batted in and 36 runs scored in 53 games. Hartzell leads the Commonwealth Conference with a 1.86 earned run average, and his 8-2 record is tied with teammate Matt Vinagro for the conference lead in wins. He has thrown six complete games in nine starts, including two shutouts, and has struck out 59 batters while walking just 12 in 67 2/3 innings of work. He has a career record of 12-5 with a 2.89 earned run average in 25 career appearances (19 starts) with 100 strikeouts in 127 2/3 innings pitched. Semanek is third on the team in batting with a .349 average to go with three home runs and 36 runs batted in. He is fifth in the conference in runs scored (36) and ranks fourth in hits (51) and RBI, and has made just one error in 250 chances behind the plate. He has a career batting average of .286 in 132 games with 20 doubles, 10 home runs and 92 runs batted in along with 84 runs scored and 126 hits. Smith, who is in his third season as head coach of the Blue Jays, has a 76-43 record and has led the team to the conference championship game in each of his first three years on the bench including titles in 2007 and 2009. The Blue Jays' 27 wins this season are the most since Elizabethtown won 27 games in 1999, and are tied for the fourth-most in program history. The Blue Jays will be making their ninth trip to the NCAA Division III tournament next week, with the field of 54 teams to be unveiled on Sunday night, May 10 and play beginning Wednesday, May 13. Back to top 5/2/2009 Baseball grabs conference title with sweep of Widener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, May 2, 2009 Elizabethtown 6, Widener 4
Elizabethtown 12, Widener 5 Click here for the game 1 box score Click here for the game 2 box score WEST LAWN, Pa. --- Tournament Most Valuable Player Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) threw his second complete game in less than 24 hours as Elizabethtown College defeated Widener University 12-5 to win the Commonwealth Conference baseball championship at Owls Field on Saturday.  The Blue Jays (27-13 overall) won four elimination games in a span of 30 hours to win their third conference title in four years and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Baseball tournament, which begins May 13.Vinagro (8-1) threw 18 innings in a span of just under 20 hours, tossing a five-hit shutout against Albright College in a loser's bracket game that ended at 12:35 on Saturday morning, and coming back just 15 hours later to pitch the Blue Jays to the championship. Playing out of the loser's bracket, Elizabethtown defeated Widener 6-4 earlier Saturday to force the if-necessary game, as junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) broke a 4-4 tie with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning. Game two was all Elizabethtown as the Blue Jays scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and belted 14 hits, including a 4-for-4 performance from senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and two hits each from four other players. In Saturday's first game, the Blue Jays went ahead 1-0 in the top of the first inning on an RBI groundout by Heaps, but the Pride tied the score in the bottom of the frame on an RBI single by Colin McHale. Elizabethtown took a 3-1 lead in the third on an error and a wild pitch, only to see Widener pull within 3-2 in the third on an RBI single by Dan Sieracki and go ahead 4-3 in the fourth on a two-run single by Sean Saverio. The Blue Jays regained the lead in the sixth as a sacrifice fly by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) tied the game at 4-4 and Francis launched his third home run of the year to push Elizabethtown on top 6-4. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) came on in the bottom of the sixth and pitched four scoreless innings for his second save of the season, allowing just two hits while striking out a pair. Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) allowed two runs in two innings or relief, but was credited with his eighth win of the season. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 1-for-3 with a walk and a hit by pitch and scored two runs while stealing four bases for the Blue Jays. Seven different players accounted for the Blue Jays' seven hits in the contest. In game two, Elizabethtown scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning on an error, an RBI double by Heaps, a two-run home run from senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and an RBI single by Luff.  Widener got on the board in the top of the second inning on a two-run home run from Mike Villari, but Elizabethtown answered with two runs in the home half of the fourth on a two-out, two-run single by junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City).The Blue Jays put the game out of reach with three runs in the fifth to take a 10-2 lead, as Sheibley had a two-run single and Heaps added an RBI single. The teams traded runs in both the sixth and seventh innings, while the Pride tacked on a run in the ninth to close the scoring. Sheibley went 2-for-5 with three stolen bases and three runs scored in the second game for Elizabethtown, giving him a Division III-best 47 stolen bases for the season. He trails only Rashad Ingram of Division II St. Augustine's College, who finished the year with 48 steals, for the overall NCAA lead. Kiernan, Luff and sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) each went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays while Dennis Morgan led Widener by going 3-for-4 with an RBI. In five tournament games, Sheibley stole 10 bases and scored nine runs, while Sam Heaps went 10-for-19 with 11 runs batted in and Kiernan finished 10-or-19 with two home runs and nine runs batted in for Elizabethtown. Vinagro gave up eight hits and struck out two for the Blue Jays, while Alex Gelegotis (0-1) yielded four hits and five runs (three earned) while retiring just one batter for Widener. Commonwealth Conference finals at West Lawn, Pa. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Widener University 4 ------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 102 003 000 - 6 7 1 Widener University.. 101 200 000 - 4 9 3 ------------------------------------------- Matt Kutz, Adam Hartzell (4), Todd Leister (6) and Tom Semanek; Joe Sessa, Craig Ricks (3), Alex Gelegotis (7) and Sean Saverio. WP-Hartzell (8-2). LP-Ricks (1-1). SV-Leister (2). SO-BB: Kutz 3-1, Hartzell 2-2, Leister 2-2; Sessa 0-5, Ricks 1-0, Gelegotis 3-0. HR-Francis (E). Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Widener University 5 ------------------------------------------- Widener University.. 020 001 101 - 5 8 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 500 231 10X - 12 14 2 ------------------------------------------- Alex Gelegotis, Salvatore Spera (1), Mike Pappas (5), Kevin Culbert (5) and Sean Saverio; Matt Vinagro and Tom Semanek. WP-Vinagro (8-1). LP-Gelegotis (0-1). SO-BB: Gelegotis 0-0, Spera 4-3, Pappas 0-0, Culbert 1-1; Vinagro 2-1. HR-Villari (W), Semanek (E). Back to top 5/1/2009 Baseball remains alive with wins over LVC and Albright ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, May 1, 2009 Elizabethtown 12, Lebanon Valley 1
Elizabethtown 10, Albright 0 Click here for the LVC box score Click here for the Albright box score WEST LAWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College moved into the championship round of the Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament for the fifth consecutive season with wins over Lebanon Valley College and Albright College on Friday at Owls Field. The Blue Jays used a 10-run second inning to defeat Lebanon Valley 12-1 in a game that began Friday morning at 11:00 a.m., and downed Albright 10-0 behind a five-hit shutout from junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford). The second game started at 10:00 p.m. due to rain and a 13-inning game that preceded it, and ended at 12:37 a.m. on Saturday. Elizabethtown (25-13 overall) will return to campus early Saturday morning, then turn around and head back to Owls Field hours later to face Widener University in the championship game beginning at noon. Should the Blue Jays defeat the Pride, an if-necessary game will be played at 3:00 p.m. to determine the conference title. Against Lebanon Valley, junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three runs batted in for Elizabethtown, while senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and Vinagro each had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored. Elizabethtown took advantage of a two-out error to score nine unearned runs in the bottom of the second. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) and Heaps each had a two-run single while Kiernan and Vinagro added two-run doubles during the outburst. Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was beneficiary of the Blue Jays' scoring surge, improving to 7-2 on the year after allowing seven hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings of work while striking out five. Shane Specht (3-4) took the loss for the Dutchmen (19-21-1 overall) yielding eight hits and 10 runs (one earned) in two innings. Dylan Holland went 3-for-4 with a run scored to account for a third of Lebanon Valley's nine hits on the day. Against Albright, the Blue Jays belted out 15 hits, including a bases-clearing triple by Heaps in the second inning and a three-run home run from Kiernan in the eighth, his second of the tournament and fifth of the season. In all, seven of the Blue Jays' 15 hits went for extra bases. Six Blue Jay starters had two hits in the win, as Heaps and senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) each went 2-for-3 and Sheibley finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored along with sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). Vinagro (7-1) threw his second complete game of the season and first shutout by holding the Lions (18-18-1 overall) to just five singles while striking out six. Tyler Storms (2-4) started for Albright and gave up seven hits and five runs (four earned) in five innings of work. Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Lebanon Valley Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------- Lebanon Valley Coll. 00 0 000 100 - 1 9 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 0(10)0 011 00X - 12 11 0 ---------------------------------------------- Shane Specht, Brian Miller (3), Nick Faria (7) and Bert Malloy; Adam Hartzell, Todd Leister (7), Dan Lauletta (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-Hartzell (7-2). LP-Specht (3-4). SO-BB: Specht 0-2, Miller 4-6, Faria 2-0; Hartzell 5-1, Leister 0-0, Lauletta 1-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Albright College 0 ------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 000 000 - 0 5 1 Elizabethtown Coll.. 140 000 23X - 10 15 1 ------------------------------------------- Tyler Storms, Matt Rehrig (6), Brandon Wiegand (8) and Matt Kozlowski, Frank Nastasi (7); Matt Vinagro and Tom Semanek. WP-Vinagro (7-1). LP-Storms (2-4). SO-BB: Storms 3-5, Rehrig 2-0, Wiegand 0-0; Vinagro 6-3. HR-Brian Kiernan (E). Back to top 4/30/2009 Baseball upset by Albright in Commonwealth opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Thursday, April 30, 2009 Albright 6, Elizabethtown 4
Click here for the box score WEST LAWN, Pa. --- Tim Flannery threw a complete game and struck out 10 as fourth-seeded Albright College upended top-seeded Elizabethtown College 6-4 in the opening round of the Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament on Thursday afternoon at Owls Field. The Lions (18-16-1 overall) scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning and added a run in the eighth on an error to advance to Friday's winners bracket game against Widener University, which defeated Lebanon Valley College in Thursday night's game. The Blue Jays (23-13 overall) will play at 11:00 a.m. on Friday against Lebanon Valley in an elimination game. Flannery (4-5) allowed eight hits and four earned runs, but went the distance in outdueling Blue Jay senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), who dropped to 6-2 after giving up nine hits and six runs (four earned) in seven-plus innings of work while striking out nine. Elizabethtown took a 2-0 lead in the third as senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) singled with two outs and stole second and third. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) followed with a walk and a steal, and Heaps singled home both runs. The stolen bases by Sheibley increased his season total to 39, breaking the school single-season record of 38 steals set in 1983 by Charlie Artz. In the top of the fourth, Albright loaded the bases with nobody out on three straight singles, and Rob Mancinelli was hit by a pitch to drive home the Lions' first run of the day. With one out, a foulout by Pat Brady was carried out of play, allowing two runs to score and give Albright a 3-2 lead. The Blue Jays came back to tie the game in the fourth on a groundout by first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely), but Jason Dunkelberger hit a solo home run with two outs in the fifth to put Albright back on top, 4-3. In the bottom of the sixth, junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) hit his fourth home run of the season to knot the game at 4-4, but the Lions went ahead in the seventh without benefit of a hit as Matt Pannella was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice, took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch. Albright tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on a two-out error, and Flannery retired six of the last seven Blue Jay hitters to lock up the victory for the Lions. Justin Danser went 3-for-5 with two runs scored for the Lions, while Dunkelberger finished 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored. Kiernan went 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays, and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Albright College 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 310 110 - 6 9 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 002 101 000 - 4 8 4 ------------------------------------------- Tim Flannery and Matt Kozlowski; Sam Heaps, Matt Kutz (8) and Tom Semanek. WP-Flannery (4-5). LP-S. Heaps (6-2). SO-BB: Flannery 10-1; Heaps 9-1, Kutz 1-1. HR-Jason Dunkelberger (A), Brian Kiernan (E). Back to top 4/29/2009 Baseball to face Albright in Commonwealth tournament opener FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown to Open Play at Commonwealth Baseball TournamentELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa.
–-- Elizabethtown College will open play at the
three-day Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament on Thursday, as the
top-seeded Blue Jays will face fourth-seeded Albright College at 4:00 p.m. at
Owls Field in West Lawn.The Blue Jays (23-12 overall, 12-3 Commonwealth) are making their 11th consecutive conference playoff appearance and are seeking their fourth Commonwealth Conference title, having won the tournament in 2001, 2006 and 2007 while finishing as runners-up in 2004, 2006 and 2008. The Lions (17-16-1 overall, 7-8 Commonwealth) earned the fourth and final berth in the conference playoffs with a sweep of their three-game series against Arcadia University last weekend. It is their first conference playoff berth since 2003. Elizabethtown swept the season series from Albright, winning 6-3 and 2-1 at home on April 4 and coming away with a 16-2 victory in Reading one day later. In Thursday's other first-round game, second-seeded Lebanon Valley College (19-18-1 overall, 10-5 Commonwealth) will play third-seeded Widener University (18-15-1 overall, 8-7 Commonwealth) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday's winners will play on Friday at 3:00 p.m. for the right to advance to Saturday's championship round, while the losers will meet at 11:00 a.m. in an elimination game. Daily admission to Owls Field is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students with children under six admitted free. A tournament pass is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $4 for students with children under six admitted free. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All games played at Owls Field, West Lawn, PA) Thursday, April 30, 2009 Game 1: #1 Elizabethtown vs. #4 Albright, 4 p.m. Game 2: #2 Lebanon Valley vs. #3 Widener, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2009 Game 3: Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2, 11 a.m. Game 4: Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2, 3 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game #3 vs. Loser Game #4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009 Game 6: Winner Game #4 vs. Winner Game #5, Noon Game 7: If Necessary, 3 p.m. Back to top 4/26/2009 Baseball closes regular season at F&M ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Sunday, April 26, 2009 Franklin & Marshall 17, Elizabethtown 2
Click here for the box score LANCASTER, Pa. --- One day after clinching the top seed in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs, Elizabethtown College closed its regular season with a 17-2 loss at Franklin & Marshall College in baseball action on Sunday afternoon. The Diplomats (21-13-1 overall) scored in six of their eight times at bat, including an eight-run outburst in the fourth inning, and finished with 15 hits against five Blue Jay pitchers. Andrew Hanson went 3-for-3 for Franklin & Marshall while Jason Anderson and John Dutton hit home runs for the Diplomats, who saw all nine starters score at least one run. The Blue Jays (23-12 overall) scored both of their runs on sacrifice flies, iin the second inning by junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and in the sixth by sophomore Ryan Donahue (Hatfield, PA/Lansdale Catholic). First-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) finished 2-for-2 with a run scored for the Blue Jays, and senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-3 as Elizabethtown finished with seven hits on the afternoon. Mike Duranti (4-3) allowed five hits and two runs (one earned) over six innings to pick up the win for the Diplomats, while first-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) gave up five hits and four runs (one earned) over two innings to drop to 0-3 for the Blue Jays. Franklin & Marshall 17, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 001 000 - 2 7 1 (23-12) Franklin & Marshall. 301 811 30x - 17 15 2 (21-13-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Ryan Barrett (3), Wayne Leonard (4), Greg Katz (6), Dan Lauletta (8) and Steve Motika, Jon Bacher (5); Mike Duranti, Matt Valente (7), Josh Gray (8), Justin Thacker (9) and John Dutton, Russell Tischler (7). WP-Duranti (4-3). LP-Leister (0-3). SO-BB: Leister 0-0, Barrett 0-1, Leonard 1-5, Katz 2-4, Lauletta 2-0; Duranti 3-4, Valente 1-0, Gray 0-0, Thacker 1-0. HR-Anderson (F&M), Dutton (F&M). Back to top 4/25/2009 Baseball clinches top seed with 16-1 win at Lebanon Valley ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 25, 2009 Lebanon Valley 10, Elizabethtown 5
Elizabethtown 16, Lebanon Valley 1 Click here for the game 1 box score Click here for the game 2 box score ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the first inning, and drove in six runs as Elizabethtown College clinched the top seed in next weekend's Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament with a 16-1 win over Lebanon Valley College in the second game of their conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Dutchmen won the opener 10-5 by scoring six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, setting up a second game in which the winning team would earn the top seed in the conference playoffs. Elizabethtown will open action at the three-day Commonwealth Conference tournament on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. against fourth-seed Albright College, while the Dutchmen earned the second seed and will play third-seed Widener University at 7:30 p.m. The double-elimination tournament will continue through Saturday at Owls Field in West Lawn. In game two, the Blue Jays took advantage of 13 hits and 11 walks by seven Lebanon Valley pitchers to earn the victory. Elizabethtown scored five runs in the first, three in the second and two more in the third to take a 10-0 lead, and added three more in both the sixth and seventh after Lebanon Valley scored its lone run in the bottom of the fifth. Kiernan added a solo home run in the sixth and finished 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays, while junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored and and first-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) went 2-for-4. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored, and seniors Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each scored a pair of runs for Elizabethtown. Nate Blough and Brent Ruminski each went 2-for-3 for the Dutchmen, who managed six hits as a team in game two. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) improved to 6-1 on the season after allowing six hits and one run over five innings for the Blue Jays, while Nick Faria was touched for six runs on three hits and three walks to fall to 3-3 for the Dutchmen. In the opener, the Dutchmen erased a 5-4 deficit with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, using four hits and a pair of Blue Jay errors to take the lead. Brandon Stoothoff knocked in the tying run with a double and scored the go-ahead run on an error, while Derek Helwig capped the rally with a two-run double. The Blue Jays had seen earlier leads of 1-0 and 4-1 erased by the Dutchmen, as four of Lebanon Valley's 10 runs in the game were unearned courtesy of four Elizabethtown errors. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored for the Blue Jays, who mustered seven hits off Lebanon Valley starter and winner Shane Specht (3-3). Helwig finished 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for Lebanon Valley, while Dustin Deibert, Grant Wiest and Colt Zarilla all scored a pair of runs. Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) started for the Blue Jays and worked just four innings, allowing four hits and four runs (two earned) while striking out three. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) relieved Hartzell in the fifth and was charged with the loss for the Blue Jays. Lebanon Valley Coll. 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 103 100 0 - 5 7 4 (22-11, 11-3) Lebanon Valley Coll. 103 006 x - 10 9 1 (19-17-1, 10-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell, Dan Lauletta (5), Kurt Smith (6) and Tom Semanek; Shane Specht and Bert Malloy. WP-Specht (3-3). LP-Lauletta (1-2). SO-BB: Hartzell 3-2, Lauletta 0-0, Smith 0-1; Specht 4-4. Elizabethtown Coll. 16, Lebanon Valley Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 532 003 3 - 16 13 0 (23-11, 12-3) Lebanon Valley Coll. 000 010 0 - 1 6 2 (19-18-1, 10-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Matt Kutz (6) and Steve Motika; Nick Faria, Brian Miller (2), Pete Moro (2), Robert Kinsman (4), Dustin Deibert (5), Grant Wiest (6), Dylan Holland (7) and Bert Malloy, Jacob Rhody (7). WP-Vinagro (6-1). LP-Faria (3-3). SO-BB: Vinagro 1-1, Kutz 2-1; Faria 0-3, Miller 1-2, Moro 2-1, Kinsman 0-0, Deibert 0-1, Wiest 0-3, Holland 0-1. HR-Brian Kiernan 2 (E), Ben Yeager (E). Back to top 4/24/2009 Baseball edges Lebanon Valley 4-3 in series opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 24, 2009 Elizabethtown 4, Lebanon Valley 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and scored the eventual winning run on a throwing error in the seventh inning as Elizabethtown College defeated Lebanon Valley College 4-3 in the opening game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) scattered four hits and struck out seven in a complete-game performance as the Blue Jays (22-10 overall, 11-2 Commonwealth) moved two games ahead of the Dutchmen (18-16-1 overall, 9-4 Commonwealth) in the standings with two games to play. The teams meet Saturday at noon in Annville for a doubleheader, and the Blue Jays need just one win to gain the top seed for next week's conference tournament. Heaps, who improved to 6-1 on the season, also helped himself with the bat by going 3-for-4 at the plate and in the field by handling seven chances without an error, including five comebackers, a line drive and a popup. Joe Soupik hit a two-run home run for Lebanon Valley in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 3-3, and after a hit batsman Heaps retired the final 10 Dutchmen without a ball leaving the infield. The Blue Jays used their speed to generate the winning run in the seventh inning, as Sheibley reached on an infield single with one out and stole second. junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) followed with a walk, and on a double steal attempt the throw to third went into left field, allowing Sheibley to cross with the go-ahead run. The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning against Lebanon Valley starter Caleb Fick (1-1) as Francis reached on an infield single with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, took third on a single by Heaps and scored on a groundout by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban). Elizabethtown added two unearned runs in the second as junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) reached on an error to lead off the frame, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a two-out single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove). Sheibley followed with a triple to left-center to drive home Luff and give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead. Heaps set down the first eight Dutchmen batters, including four via strikeout, before a four-pitch walk to Brent Ruminski with two outs in the third. After another walk to Dustin Deibert, Grant Wiest singled up the middle to drive home Ruminski with Lebanon Valley's first run. Heaps avoided further damage by spearing a liner by Colt Zarilla to end the inning. After the Blue Jays failed to convert on a scoring opportunity in the fifth, the Dutchmen tied the game in the top of the sixth as Zarilla doubled with two out and scored on a towering home run to right by Soupik, his seventh of the season. Francis went 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored for the Blue Jays, while no player on the Dutchmen had more than one hit on the afternoon. Fick worked seven innings for Lebanon Valley, allowing four runs (one earned) on nine hits while walking four and striking out four. Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Lebanon Valley Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon Valley Coll. 001 002 000 - 3 4 2 (18-16-1, 9-4) Elizabethtown Coll.. 120 000 10x - 4 9 2 (22-10, 11-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Fick, Jake Becker (8) and Bert Malloy; Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (6-1). LP-Fick (1-1). SO-BB: Fick 4-4, Becker 0-2; S. Heaps 7-2. HR-Joe Soupik (LV). Back to top 4/20/2009 Adam Hartzell named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 20, 2009 Adam Hartzell Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending April 19, the conference office announced Monday. Hartzell, who was also named Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March 15, allowed one run in 13 innings of work to pick up a pair of road victories last week. He gave up four hits and struck out four in six innings of work in a 6-2 win at Alvernia on Monday, then threw a two-hit shutout and struck out seven to defeat Widener 4-0 on Saturday. For the season, Hartzell (6-2) leads the Commonwealth Conference with a 1.47 earned run average and has pitched six complete games in seven starts. In 55 innings of work, he has struck out 49 and walked just seven while allowing just 31 hits and holding opponents to a .162 batting average. Back to top 4/18/2009 Baseball sweeps doubleheader at Widener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 18, 2009 Elizabethtown 4, Widener 0 Click here for the game 2 box score CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a Commonwealth Conference baseball doubleheader at Widener University on Saturday, winning 4-0 in the opener behind a two-hitter from junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and taking game two 8-5 as junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) went 3-for-4 with a home run. With the sweep, the Blue Jays (21-10 overall, 10-2 Commonwealth) moved one game ahead of Lebanon Valley College (9-3) for first place in the conference standings. The teams finish the regular season with three games next weekend - a single game at Elizabethtown on Friday and a doubleheader in Annville on Saturday. In game one, Hartzell (6-2) was dominant as he allowed just two hits and struck out seven to lower his earned run average to a conference-best 1.47. Hartzell has thrown six complete games in his seven starts, allowing no more than two runs in any of his starts, and in 55 innings of work has allowed just 31 hits and seven walks while striking out 49 batters. Hartzell received early support as the Blue Jays scored twice in the first inning and single runs in the second and sixth, finishing with nine hits despite striking out 10 times against Pride starter Dan Gross (2-4). Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the opener for the Blue Jays, while senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and Kiernan each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Heaps' first hit of the day was the 100th of his career. Elizabethtown scored twice in the first inning on RBI singles by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and Kiernan, and extended its lead to 3-0 in the second as senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) walked, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a balk by Gross. The Blue Jays closed the scoring in the sixth as Francis doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Heaps. In game two, the Blue Jays scored single runs in the second through fifth innings then plated four in the sixth to take an 8-2 lead, only to see the Pride (16-14-1 overall, 6-6 Commonwealth) score once in the sixth and twice in the seventh before leaving the bases loaded to end the game. Kiernan hit a solo home run in the second and added an RBI single in the fifth to lead the Blue Jay attack, while sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) went 2-for-3 and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 2-for-4 in the contest. Dennis Morgan went 3-for-4 with a home run for the Pride in the nightcap, with Sean Saverio finishing 2-for-2 with an RBI and Josiah Fischer going 2-for-4. Widener took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single by Saverio off Elizabethtown junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford), but the Blue Jays tied the game at 1-1 in the second as Kiernan led off with a home run. Sheibley single-handedly gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead in the third as he walked, stole second and third, then stole home as part of a double steal with Gordon. Sheibley's three stolen bases in the inning increased his career total to 78, breaking the program career record of 76 set by Mike Gore from 1985-88. Sheibley also boosted his season total to 34, just four shy of the program single-season record of 38 set in 1983 by Charlie Artz. Morgan knotted the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the third with a two-out home run, but the Blue Jays went back on top 3-2 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Francis. Kiernan's RBI single in the fifth pushed the Elizabethtown lead to 4-2, and in the sixth the Blue Jays struck for four runs on RBI singles by Francis, Gordon and Heaps and a sacrifice fly by Semanek. Widener pushed home a run in the bottom of the sixth on a fielder's choice to move within 8-3, and in the ninth pulled within 8-4 as two walks and a single set up a bases-loaded walk to Bill Hollingsworth with one out. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) came on and recorded a strikeout, but then allowed a single to Morgan to cut the Blue Jay lead to 8-5. However, Leister retired Tom Mahoney on a fly ball to Sheibley in left to end the game and earn his first save. Vinagro (5-1) allowed seven hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out six over six innings to pick up the win for Elizabethtown, while Mike Pappas (3-2) surrendered four hits and four walks in three innings to take the loss for Widener. Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Widener University 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 210 001 0 - 4 9 0 (20-10, 9-2) Widener University.. 000 000 0 - 0 2 1 (16-13-1, 6-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek; Dan Gross and Sean Saverio. WP-Hartzell (6-2). LP-Gross (2-4). SO-BB: Hartzell 7-2; Gross 10-3. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Widener University 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 114 0 - 8 10 2 (21-10, 10-2) Widener University.. 110 001 2 - 5 9 0 (16-14-1, 6-6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (7), Todd Leister (7) and Tom Semanek; Mike Pappas, Joe Sessa (4), Kevin Culbert (6) and Sean Saverio. WP-Vinagro (5-1). LP-Pappas (3-2). SV-Leister (1). SO-BB: Vinagro 6-2, A. Heaps 1-3, Leister 1-0; Pappas 2-4, Sessa 1-2, Culbert 0-0. HR-Brian Kiernan (E), Dennis Morgan (W). Back to top 4/17/2009 Baseball opens Widener series with 5-1 setback ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 17, 2009 Widener 5, Elizabethtown 1 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Widener University broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning and went on to post a 5-1 victory over Elizabethtown College in the opening game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. The Pride (16-12-1 overall, 6-4 Commonwealth) scored all of its runs with two outs, overcoming a 1-0 deficit with a run in the seventh, two in the eighth and two more in the ninth to come away with the win over the Blue Jays (19-10 overall, 8-2 Commonwealth). Jason Ferrie (4-0) scattered four hits and one run while striking out seven to earn the win for Widener. Rick Kazigian whiffed three over the final two innings to earn his second save of the season for the Pride. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and his 30th stolen base of the season for the Blue Jays, who managed just four hits on the afternoon. Jason Brooke and Mike Villari each went 2-for-5 for the Pride while Tom Mahoney went 2-for-4 with an RBI, accounting for six of Widener's seven hits on the afternoon. Trailing 1-0 entering the seventh, Widener tied the game as Villari singled with one out, moved to second on a bunt and came home on a single to center by Mahoney. The Pride went ahead 3-1 in the top of the eighth off Blue Jay reliever Dan Lauletta (1-1) on a pair of two-out RBI singles by Bill Hollingsworth and Villari. In the ninth, Brooke hit a two-run double to left-center to give Widener a 5-1 lead. The Blue Jays broke through for the game's first run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, as senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) reached on an infield single and scored on a double to left-center by Sheibley. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and worked seven innings, allowing four hits and one earned run while striking out six. With his seven innings pitched, Heaps became the Elizabethtown career leader in innings pitched with 244 2/3, surpassing the 243 2/3 innings worked by Gene Maderness from 1961 to 1964. Widener University 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Widener University.. 000 000 122 - 5 7 1 Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 000 - 1 4 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Ferrie, Rick Kazigian (8) and Sean Saverio; Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8), Kurt Smith (8), Todd Leister (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-Ferrie (4-0). LP-Lauletta (1-1). SV-Kazigian (2). SO-BB: Ferrie 7-1, Kazigian 3-1; S. Heaps 6-3, Lauletta 0-1, Smith 1-2, Leister 1-0. Back to top 4/13/2009 Baseball sweeps twinbill with Alvernia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Monday, April 13, 2009 Elizabethtown 6, Alvernia 2 Click here for the game 2 box score READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a non-conference baseball doubleheader from host Alvernia University on Monday afternoon, winning 6-2 in game one and holding on for a 6-5 victory in eight innings in game two. In the opener, junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) allowed four hits and one run over six innings to improve to 5-2 on the season, while the Blue Jays provided plenty of support by scoring four runs in the third and two more in the sixth. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-3 with a run scored and three stolen bases while junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) had a two-run double as part of the Blue Jays' four-run third inning. Hartzell, who lowered his earned run average to 1.69, allowed only a fourth-inning RBI single to Chris Stoudt which pulled the Crusaders within 4-1. Alvernia scored its other run on a two-out double by Eric Domitrovits in the seventh inning. Jeff Helm (1-3) allowed five hits and four runs in five innings of work to take the loss for the Crusaders in game one, while Domitrovits and Stoudt each went 2-for-3 with an RBI. In game two, the Blue Jays (19-9 overall) broke a 3-3 tie with three runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban), an RBI double from junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and an RBI single by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). The Crusaders (17-13 overall) pulled within 6-5 in the bottom of the inning on a two-out, two-run home run by Stoudt, but sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) struck out the final batter to secure the victory and improve to 3-0 on the season. Elizabethtown led 3-0 after five innings courtesy of an RBI single by sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) in the second and a sacrifice fly by Kiernan in the fifth along with a run-scoring passed ball. Alvernia pulled within 3-2 in the sixth on a two-run triple by Stoudt and tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Tyler Runkle off Heaps, who came on in relief of Blue Jay starter Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) in the sixth. Semanek went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in game two for Elizabethtown while Kiernan finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs scored as part of a 10-hit attack. Vinagro tossed 5 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing four hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts. Six pitchers worked for the Crusaders, with Andrew Kirk (1-2) giving up five hits and three runs in two innings to take the loss. Stoudt went 2-for-4 with four runs batted in for Alvernia in game two, which managed seven hits as a team in the contest. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 004 002 0 - 6 6 0 (18-9) Alvernia University. 000 100 1 - 2 5 1 (17-12) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell, Dan Lauletta (7) and Tom Semanek; Jeff Helm, Steve Smerecki (6), Mike Lloyd (7) and Adam Vrabel. WP-Hartzell (5-2). LP-Helm (1-3). SO-BB: Hartzell 4-0, Lauletta 1-1; Helm 1-0, Smerecki 0-2, Lloyd 3-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 020 03 - 6 10 0 (19-9) Alvernia University. 000 002 12 - 5 7 2 (17-13) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (6) and Steve Motika; Zach Grey, Matt Barrett (2), Kyle Schollenberger (4), Mike Lloyd (5), Austin Rohrbach (6), Andrew Kirk (7) and Matt Bruno, Jeff Smith (8). WP-A. Heaps (3-0). LP-Kirk (1-2). SO-BB: Vinagro 4-2, A. Heaps 3-1; Grey 0-0, Barrett 3-3, Schollenberger 0-1, Lloyd 0-3, Rohrbach 1-0, Kirk 0-2. HR-Chris Stoudt (A). Back to top 4/13/2009 Sam Heaps repeats as Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 13, 2009 Sam Heaps Repeats As Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- For the second straight week, Elizabethtown College senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball, the conference office announced Monday. In his only appearance of the week, Heaps allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings of work as the Blue Jays defeated Penn State Harrisburg 15-1 on Friday. Heaps matched his career high with 12 strikeouts and retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced to improve to 5-1 on the season.The victory was the 23rd of Heaps' career, moving him within three wins of the school record of 26 wins set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998, and he also moved past Brad Hassinger into fifth place on the school's career strikeout list with 218. This season, Heaps has a 5-1 record and a 2.14 earned run average and has allowed just 25 hits in 46 1/3 innings while striking out 59 and walking just nine. He leads the Commonwealth Conference in strikeouts and is third in earned run average. The Blue Jays (17-9 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth) return to action on Tuesday hosting Juniata College at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 4/10/2009 Baseball rolls past Penn State Harrisburg, 15-1 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 10, 2009 Elizabethtown 15, Penn State Harrisburg 1 MIDDLETOWN, Pa. --- Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) allowed one hit and struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, and finished 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored as Elizabethtown College defeated Penn State Harrisburg 15-1 in non-conference baseball action on Friday afternoon. Senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) finished with four hits and three RBI for the Blue Jays (17-9 overall), while junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, four runs scored and three RBI and first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) also went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in, all part of a 19-hit attack. Heaps (5-1), who equaled his career high of 12 strikeouts set in his most-recent start against Albright last Saturday, retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced, allowing just a single to the Lions' Garret Piper to lead off the bottom of the second inning. The victory was the 23rd of Heaps' career, moving him within three wins of the school record of 26 wins set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998, and he also moved past Brad Hassinger into fifth place on the school's career strikeout list with 218. This season, Heaps has a 2.14 earned run average and has allowed just 25 hits in 46 1/3 innings while striking out 59 and walking just nine. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the first inning after Penn State Harrisburg starter Andrew Haden retired the first two batters. Junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) had an RBI double, Reade added an RBI single and Luff followed with a two-run single to give Elizabethtown a 4-0 lead. An RBI double by Reade in the third gave the Blue Jays a 5-0 lead, and in the fourth junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led off with a home run and Heaps added an RBI double later in the inning to extend the Elizabethtown advantage to 7-0. Yeager homered to lead off the fifth and push the Blue Jays ahead 8-0, and in the eighth RBI singles from Yeager and Luff gave Elizabethtown a 10-0 lead. The Blue Jays scored five runs in the ninth again after the first two batters were retired, courtesy of three Lion errors. Elizabethtown Coll. 15, Penn St. Harrisburg 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 401 210 025 - 15 19 1 (17-9) Penn St. Harrisburg. 000 000 001 - 1 5 4 (12-9) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8), Anthony Heaps (9) and Tom Semanek, Steve Motika (9); Andrew Haden, Chris Finch (5), Logan Zugay (8), Brett Harmony (9), Austin Kulp (9) and Matt Umberger, Josh Kefauver (9). WP-S. Heaps (5-1). LP-Haden (0-1). SO-BB: S. Heaps 12-0, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 2-0; Haden 3-1, Finch 4-0, Zugay 1-1, Harmony 1-1, Kulp 0-1. HR-Ben Yeager (E), Rodney Francis (E). Back to top 4/7/2009 Baseball downed by Rowan, 11-4 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Rowan 11, Elizabethtown 4 GLASSBORO, N.J. --- Rowan University scored nine unanswered runs to overcome an early 2-0 deficit and defeat Elizabethtown College 11-4 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Ready went 2-for-2 with two walks and drove in three runs for the Profs (14-8-1 overall), who received seven strikeouts in seven innings of work from starter and winner Tony Cavalier (1-2). Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-5 with a stolen base and a run scored for the Blue Jays (16-9 overall), who finished with six hits on the afternoon as a team. Elizabethtown jumped to a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by first-year student Tim Rosser (Wilmington, DE/Salesianum) in the second and an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) in the third. Rowan took the lead with four runs in the bottom of the third on a two-run double by Pete Delleani, a wild pitch and an error, and added three more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Ready, a wild pitch and an RBI single by John McMullin. The Profs tacked on two more runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Ready to take a 9-2 lead, and the Blue Jays responded in the eighth as junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) hit a sacrifice fly to cut the Rowan lead to 9-3. Rowan tallied twice more in the eighth on an RBI single by Nick Turano and a groundout, and the Blue Jays scored once in the ninth on a sacrifice fly off the bat of first-year student Jon Bacher (Wilmington, DE/Concord). First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) dropped to 0-2 on the season for Elizabethtown after surrendering four runs (two earned) on just two hits in four innings of work. Rowan University 11, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 000 011 - 4 6 1 (16-9) Rowan University.... 004 032 02x - 11 12 1 (14-8-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Greg Katz (5), Wayne Leonard (6), Ryan Barrett (8) and Tom Semanek, Jon Bacher (8); Tony Cavalier, Kyle Norman (8) and Tom Reindel, Nick Turano (8). WP-Cavalier (1-2). LP-Leister (0-2). SO-BB: Leister 1-2, Katz 1-0, Leonard 2-1, Barrett 0-0; Cavalier 7-3, Norman 2-3. Back to top 4/6/2009 Sam Heaps named Commonwealth baseball Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 6, 2009 Sam Heaps Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending April 5, the conference office announced Monday. Heaps improved to 4-1 on the season with a 6-3 win over Albright College on Saturday, striking out a career-high 12 batters and allowing just four hits and one earned run. With the win, Heaps moved into sole possession of second place on the Elizabethtown career wins list with 22, four shy of the record of 26 set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998. Heaps also became the fifth pitcher in program history to surpass 200 career strikeouts, increasing his career total to 206. For the season, Heaps is 4-1 with a 2.52 earned run average in six starts. In 39 1/3 innings of work, he has allowed just 24 hits and struck out 47 batters while issuing just nine walks. At the plate, Heaps is batting .376 with eight doubles, a team-high four triples and 19 runs batted in along with 10 stolen bases in 10 attempts. The Blue Jays (16-8 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth) travel to Rowan University for a non-conference game on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 4/5/2009 Baseball finishes sweep of Albright with 16-2 win ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Sunday, April 5, 2009 Elizabethtown 16, Albright 2 READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College pounded out 19 hits and finished off a three-game sweep of Albright College with a 16-2 victory in the final game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Sunday afternoon. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), who went 3-for-4, and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each scored four runs scored and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Blue Jays (16-8 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth), who have won eight consecutive conference games. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) picked up his 100th career hit with a single in the sixth inning, and ended the afternoon 3-for-5 with three runs batted in. Adding two hits each were senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry), junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and sophomore Ryan Donahue (Hatfield, PA/Lansdale Catholic). Jason Dunkelberger finished 2-for-3 and Matt Pannella went 2-for-2 with an RBI for the Lions (10-12-1 overall, 1-5 Commonwealth), who scored just six runs in the series against the Blue Jays while allowing 24 runs. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) improved to 4-1 on the season for the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out five. Tyler Storms (0-2) took the loss for Albright as he allowed nine earned runs on nine hits in 2 1/3 innings of work. The Blue Jays jumped to a quick 3-0 lead as Sheibley scored on a wild pitch and Semanek and Yeager added RBI singles. The Lions answered in the bottom of the second on a two-out infield single by Pannella to pull within 3-1. Elizabethtown put the game out of reach in the third with six runs. With one out a walk and two singles loaded the bases, and first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) followed with an RBI single to give the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. A bases-loaded walk to senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove), a two-run double by Francis and an RBI single by Sheibley pushed the Elizabethtown lead to 8-1, and Sheibley scored during a rundown to cap the inning with Elizabethtown ahead 9-1. The Blue Jays tacked on another run in the fourth on an RBI single by Yeager, and went ahead 13-1 in the sixth on a two-run error and a sacrifice fly by Reade. Casey Lawrence singled home a run in the bottom of the sixth to bring the Lions within 13-2, but Elizabethtown added three more in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk to Yeager and RBI singles from Luff and Francis. Elizabethtown Coll. 16, Albright College 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 306 103 300 - 16 19 2 (16-8, 8-1) Albright College.... 010 001 000 - 2 9 2 (10-12-1, 1-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Kurt Smith (6), Dan Lauletta (8), Anthony Heaps (9) and Tom Semanek, Steve Motika (8); Tyler Storms, Matt Rehrig (3), Kevin Thomas (7), Kevin Butler (9) and Matt Kozlowski, Frank Nastasi (7). WP-Vinagro (4-1). LP-Storms (0-2). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-2, Smith 1-1, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 0-1; Storms 2-3, Rehrig 0-4, Thomas 2-1, Butler 1-0. Back to top 4/4/2009 Baseball sweeps Albright behind pitching of Heaps, Hartzell ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 4, 2009 Elizabethtown 6, Albright 3 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept Albright College in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader on Saturday, winning the opener 6-3 behind senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and taking game two 2-1 on an RBI single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) with one out in the bottom of the seventh. In the opener, Heaps (4-1) struck out a career-high 12 batters and allowed just four hits, while senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 4-for-4 with a triple and a two-run home run and three runs batted in, becoming the eighth player in program history to reach 100 career runs batted in. The Blue Jays finished with 13 hits off Albright ace Casey Lawrence (4-1), who allowed six earned runs and struck out nine. Albright took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly by Justin Danser and an RBI single by Lawrence, but the Blue Jays answered in the bottom of the inning as Luff singled, stole second and scored on Sheibley's fourth home run of the season to tie the game at 2-2. Elizabethtown went ahead 3-2 later in the frame as junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/owen J. Roberts) doubled and scored on an RBI single by junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City). In the fourth, Luff doubled with two outs and scored on a double by Sheibley to extend the Elizabethtown lead to 4-2, and in the fifth Kiernan singled with two outs and later stole home as part of a double steal to give the Blue Jays a 5-2 lead. The Blue Jays tacked on an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI single by Francis, and the Lions closed the scoring in the top of the seventh on an RBI groundout by Matt Pannella. Francis finished 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays in game one while Luff went 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and Kiernan finished 2-for-3. In all, the Blue Jays stole seven bases in the opener with Sheibley and Kiernan each swiping two. In game two, junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) handcuffed the Lions, retiring the side in order in six of the seven innings and finishing with six strikeouts while allowing just three hits to improve to 4-2 on the year. Albright got its only run in the top of the fourth on an RBI double by Lawrence, and carried the lead into the bottom of the fifth where Elizabethtown tied the game on a two-out single by Sheibley. In the bottom of the seventh, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) doubled with one out, and scored easily as Luff blooped a single to right field to end the game. Luff and Vinagro each went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Blue Jays (15-8 overall, 7-1 Commonwealth), who finished with six hits as a team off Lion starter Tim Flannery (1-4). Flannery struck out seven and did not walk a batter in 6 1/3 innings of work for Albright (10-11-1 overall, 1-4 Commonwealth). Elizabethtown will attempt to sweep the three-game series from Albright when the teams meet Sunday in Reading beginning at 1:00 p.m. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Albright College 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 002 000 1 - 3 4 0 (10-10-1, 1-3) Elizabethtown Coll.. 003 111 x - 6 13 1 (14-8, 6-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Casey Lawrence and Matt Kozlowski; Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (4-1). LP-Lawrence (4-1). SO-BB: Lawrence 9-1; Heaps 12-2. HR-Adam Sheibley (E). Elizabethtown Coll. 2, Albright College 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 100 0 - 1 3 2 (10-11-1, 1-4) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 1 - 2 6 1 (15-8, 7-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Flannery and Matt Kozlowski; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Hartzell (4-2). LP-Flannery (1-4). SO-BB: Flannery 7-0; Hartzell 6-0. Back to top 3/31/2009 Baseball drops non-conference game to Susquehanna, 6-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Susquehanna 6, Elizabethtown 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Pinch-hitter Erik Tuomisto hit a three-run home run to cap a five-run fifth inning as Susquehanna University defeated Elizabethtown College 6-3 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Stadium. The Crusaders (13-8 overall) have won four consecutive games and eight of their last nine, while the Blue Jays (13-8 overall) saw a five-game winning streak come to an end. Tyler Reichard and John Lunardi each went 2-for-5 for Susquehanna, which finished with 10 hits in the contest, while junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) finished 3-for-4 with a run scored for Elizabethtown. Trailing 3-1 entering the fifth, the Crusaders scored all five of their runs with two outs. Reichard drove home the first run with a triple and scored on an infield single by Chris Price to tie the game at 3-3. Two batters later, Tuomisto connected on a three-run home run to left field to give the Crusaders a 6-3 lead. The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as junior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) led off with a walk, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove). Susquehanna answered in the top of the second on an RBI single by Don Kirkland. and the Blue Jays went back ahead 3-1 in the fourth on RBI singles by junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco). Elizabethtown mounted a rally in the eighth inning, putting two runners on base with one out, but Susquehanna reliever Jordan Thomas got back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat. Matt Lottes (3-0) worked six innings for Susquehanna to get the win, allowing five hits and three earned runs while issuing four walks. Three relievers each followed with a scoreless inning, with Ben Leonard pitching the ninth to earn the save. Senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) gave up nine hits and six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings to drop to 1-3 for Elizabethtown. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) struck out three in 2 1/3 innings of relief and senior Kurt Smith (York, PA/Eastern York) tossed a scoreless ninth for the Blue Jays. Susquehanna Univ. 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Susquehanna Univ.... 010 050 000 - 6 10 1 (13-8) Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 200 000 - 3 8 2 (13-8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Lottes, Keith Needham (7), Jordan Thomas (8), Ben Leonard (9) and Don Kirkland; Matt Kutz, Todd Leister (6), Kurt Smith (9) and Jon Bacher, Steve Motika (5). WP-Lottes (3-0). LP-Kutz (1-3). SV-Leonard (1). SO-BB: Lottes 0-4, Needham 0-0, Thomas 2-0, Leonard 0-0; Kutz 5-0, Leister 3-1, Smith 0-0. HR-Erik Tuomisto (S). Back to top 3/28/2009 Baseball sweeps series with Arcadia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 8, Arcadia 1 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept Arcadia University in Commonwealth Conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon, winning the opener 8-1 and game two 10-4 to finish off the sweep of the teams' three-game series. The Blue Jays (13-7 overall, 5-1 Commonwealth) used pitching, hitting and baserunning to pick up the wins over the Knights (3-18 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth), as junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) pitched a three-hitter in the opener, senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) hit a grand slam in game two, and the Blue Jays stole a combined total of 14 bases in the doubleheader. In game one, Hartzell (3-2) allowed a run on two hits in the first inning, then held Arcadia to just two baserunners the rest of the way on a single in the sixth and an error in the seventh. He struck out four and did not walk a batter in his fourth complete game in as many starts this season. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the bottom of the first on a two-run triple by Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), an RBI single by Semanek and a sacrifice fly by first-year student Tim Rosser (Wilmington, DE/Salesianum), and added a run in the second on an RBI single by Heaps to take a 5-1 lead. Elizabethtown tacked on a run in the fifth on an RBI single by junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City), and plated two more in the sixth on RBI singles by senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) and Heaps. Heaps finished 3-for-4 with four runs batted in for the Blue Jays in game one, while Sheibley went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and two runs scored. In all, the Blue Jays finished with nine hits off Knight starter Stephen Vassalotti (0-6), who walked four and struck out one in six innings on the mound. In game two, the Blue Jays broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Kiernan, and pushed across five insurance runs in the last of the sixth on an error and a grand slam by Semanek. The home run was Semanek's second of the season and increased his team highs in batting average to .451 and runs batted in to 25. Elizabethtown scored twice in the first inning on a two-run double by Kiernan, only to see the Knights answer with a pair of runs in the second on an RBI double by Rich Schlamowitz and an error. The Blue Jays went ahead 4-2 in the third on a two-out, two-run double by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts), and the Knights responded in the fifth with a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly by Tim Wiand and an RBI single from Schlamowitz to tie the game at 4-4. Heaps went 2-for-2 with two walks, stole three bases and scored four runs for the Blue Jays, while Kiernan finished 2-for-3 with three runs batted in as Elizabethtown finished with nine hits in the game. Schlamowitz led the Knights by going 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and worked four-plus innings, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned) while striking out three. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) finished the fifth inning to pick up his first win of the season for the Blue Jays, and sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) pitched the final two innings to record his second save of the year. Zach Spece (0-4) took the loss for Arcadia in game two, allowing six hits and five runs while issuing six walks. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Arcadia University 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 100 000 0 - 1 3 1 (3-17, 0-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 410 012 x - 8 9 1 (12-7, 4-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Vassalotti and Jason Karlowski; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Hartzell (3-2). LP-Vassalotti (0-6). SO-BB: Vassalotti 1-4; Hartzell 4-0. Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Arcadia University 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 020 020 0 - 4 6 1 (3-18, 0-3) Elizabethtown Coll.. 202 015 x - 10 9 4 (13-7, 5-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zach Spece, Joe Rafanelli (6), Dan Manning (6) and Jason Karlowski; Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (5), Anthony Heaps (6) and Tom Semanek. WP-Lauletta (1-0). LP-Spece (0-4). SV-A. Heaps (2). SO-BB: Spece 1-6, Rafanelli 0-3, Manning 0-0; Vinagro 3-2, Lauletta 1-0, A. Heaps 2-0. HR-Semanek (E). Back to top 3/27/2009 Baseball uses 15-hit attack to defeat Arcadia, 12-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 12, Arcadia 3 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- A 15-hit attack powered Elizabethtown College to a 12-3 victory at Arcadia University in the opener of their three-game Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and four runs batted in, while senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI for the Blue Jays (11-7 overall, 3-1 Commonwealth), who posted multi-run innings in the second, third, fifth and seventh and took advantage of four errors by the Knights (3-16 overall, 0-1 Commonwealth). Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) improved to 3-1 on the season after scattering six hits and two earned runs while striking out seven in seven innings of work, and added a two-run single as part of a four-run second inning for Elizabethtown. The victory was the 21st of his career, tying him with Brad Hassinger (1987-90) and Carmen Coppol (1974-76) for second place on the Elizabethtown all-time wins list behind the 26 victories by Bob Lindsey from 1995-98. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) went 3-for-6 for Elizabethtown, and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) extended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) scored three runs for the Blue Jays as seven of the nine starters crossed home plate on the afternoon. Arcadia scored the game's first run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by John Curreri, but Elizabethtown answered with four runs in the top of the second on RBI singles by Luff and Francis and a two-run single from Heaps. Elizabethtown added two runs in the third on a two-run double by Luff, and two more in the fifth on a two-run double off the bat of Sheibley to take an 8-1 lead. An infield single by Matt Pempkowski in the bottom of the fifth gave Arcadia its second run of the game, but the Blue Jays came right back in the top of the sixth with a run on a passed ball. In the seventh, Sheibley hit a two-run home run, his third of the season, and Francis followed with a solo blast to extend the Blue Jay lead to 12-2, and the Knights closed the scoring in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch. Pempkowski and Dan Morris each went 2-for-4 with a run scored for Arcadia, which managed seven hits as a team in the contest. Steve Romond fell to 2-4 after allowing 11 hits and eight runs (four earned) in five innings of work. Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Arcadia University 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 042 021 300 - 12 15 1 (11-7, 3-1) Arcadia University.. 100 010 001 - 3 7 4 (3-16, 0-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8) and Tom Semanek; Steve Romond, Dan Manning (6), Bobby Mulholland (8) and Jason Karlowski, Adam Planamento (8). WP-S. Heaps (3-1). LP-Romond (2-4). SO-BB: S. Heaps 7-0, Lauletta 1-0; Romond 2-4, Manning 2-1, Mulholland 1-0. HR-Adam Sheibley (E), Rodney Francis (E). Back to top 3/23/2009 Baseball holds off Messiah, 12-10 to take series ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 12, Messiah 10 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) each went 3-for-4 with two runs scored as Elizabethtown College defeated Messiah College 12-10 in the final game of their three-game Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Monday afternoon at Boyd Stadium. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) scored three runs to become Elizabethtown's career leader in runs scored with 130, breaking the mark of 128 set by Jon Hendl from 1992 to 1995. The Blue Jays (10-7 overall, 2-1 Commonwealth) finished with 15 hits on the afternoon against the Falcons (7-12-1 overall, 1-2 Commonwealth) and won two of three games in the series. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) each finished with two hits for the Blue Jays, while Yeager, Luff and first-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) each drove in a pair of runs. Semanek knocked in three runs on the day for Elizabethtown on an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run single in the seventh that proved to provide the winning margin for the Blue Jays. Jordan Zimmerman went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and three runs batted in for the Falcons, while Dan Etter finished 3-for-4 with three RBI as the duo accounted for six of Messiah's eight hits in the game. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) allowed five unearned runs over the first three innings, but improved to 3-1 on the year as he went six innings and struck out eight for the Blue Jays. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) threw the last three innings for his first save of the season for Elizabethtown. Messiah opened the scoring in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Sheldon Witmer, but Elizabethtown came back with four runs in the bottom of the frame off Falcon starter Eric Spring. Sam Heaps tied the game with an infield single, then a bases-loaded walk to Yeager and a two-run single by Motika gave the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. Each team scored in the second, with the Falcons pushing across a run on an error and the Blue Jays answering as Sheibley walked, stole second and scored on a single by Gordon to break the career record for runs scored at Elizabethtown. Messiah took advantage of Elizabethtown's third error in as many innings to score three unearned runs in the top of the third, on an RBI double by Zimmerman and a two-out, two-run single from Etter which tied the game at 5-5. Elizabethtown regained the lead for good in the bottom of the frame off Messiah reliever Thor Arnesen (1-2) as Yeager walked, moved up on a wild pitch and a ground out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luff. The Blue Jays expanded their lead to 8-5 in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of two-out runs, driven home on an infield single by Luff and a double to right field by junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). In the sixth, the Falcons got two runs back as Etter tripled home a run, then scored on a wild pitch to cut the Blue Jay lead to 8-7. The Blue Jays came back with two runs in the bottom of the frame, as Heaps tripled with one out and scored when Semanek singled through a drawn-in infield, followed by a two-out RBI double to deep left by Yeager that gave Elizabethtown a 10-7 lead. Once again, the Falcons responded with two runs in the top of the seventh off Anthony Heaps as Kirk walked with two outs and scored when Zimmerman roped an 0-1 pitch over the left-field fence for his first home run of the season. In the bottom of the seventh, the Blue Jays loaded the bases on a single and two walks, and Semanek delivered with two outs as he lined a 2-2 pitch back through the box to drive home a pair and give Elizabethtown a 12-9 lead. The Falcons scored a run in the ninth on a fielder's choice, but Anthony Heaps struck out Zimmerman with a runner on second to finish the game, his fifth strikeout in three innings of relief. Spring allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and four walks in two innings of work for the Falcons, while Arnesen took the loss after giving up five earned runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Messiah College 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Messiah College..... 113 002 201 - 10 8 2 (7-12-1, 1-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 411 022 20x - 12 15 3 (10-7, 2-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Spring, Thor Arnesen (3), Elliot Thomas (6) and Ben Kirk; Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (7) and Tom Semanek. WP-Vinagro (3-1). LP-Arnesen (1-2). SV-A. Heaps (1). SO-BB: Spring 3-4, Arnesen 1-1, Thomas 2-3; Vinagro 8-1, A. Heaps 5-2. HR-Jordan Zimmerman (M). Back to top 3/21/2009 Sheibley's seventh-inning homer salvage twinbill split with Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Messiah 4, Elizabethtown 1 Click here for the game 2 box score GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) hit a three-run home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to give Elizabethtown College a dramatic 4-2 victory over Messiah College in the second game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. In the opener, winning pitcher Sheldon Witmer connected on a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie and give the Falcons a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays. In game two, the Falcons trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the sixth and had just two hits off Blue Jay junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts), but a pair of walks set up a two-out, two-run double by Jordan Zimmerman that gave Messiah a 2-1 lead entering the final inning. Messiah starter Travis Thome got the first two outs in the top of the seventh, but a single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) and a walk to sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) set the stage for Sheibley's go-ahead blast. Elizabethtown had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the third as Luff and Sheibley singled, and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) grounded out to drive home Luff with the game's first run. Sheibley went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays in game two, while Luff finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Hartzell (2-2) struck out six and allowed three hits in his third complete game of the season, while Thome (1-3) gave up four earned runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. In the opener, senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) knocked home the game's first run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning, but the Falcons evened the game in the last of the fourth on a groundout. In the sixth, back-to-back singles by John Brubaker and Jonny Ebersole with one out brought Witmer to the plate, and he connected for a three-run home run off Blue Jay senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) to give Messiah a 4-1 lead. Witmer (3-1) allowed five hits and struck out two in a complete-game performance for Messiah, while Heaps (2-1) was charged with four earned runs on four hits in six innings of work while striking out eight. Elizabethtown (9-7 overall, 1-1 Commonwealth) will host Messiah (7-11-1 overall, 1-1 Commonwealth) in the final game of their three-game series on Monday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium. Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 000 0 - 1 5 0 (8-7, 0-1) Messiah College..... 000 103 x - 4 4 0 (7-10-1, 1-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek; Sheldon Witmer and Ben Kirk. WP-Witmer (3-1). LP-S. Heaps (2-1). SO-BB: S. Heaps 8-1; Witmer 2-1. HR-Witmer (M). Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Messiah College 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 000 3 - 4 6 1 (9-7, 1-1) Messiah College..... 000 002 0 - 2 3 2 (7-11-1, 1-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek; Travis Thome, Elliot Thomas (7) and Ben Kirk. WP-Hartzell (2-2). LP-Thome (1-3). SO-BB: Hartzell 6-3; Thome 3-4, Thomas 0-0. HR-Adam Sheibley (E). Back to top 3/18/2009 Baseball captures 7-5 win at Dickinson ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 7, Dickinson 5 CARLISLE, Pa. --- Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) each had three hits and two runs batted in as Elizabethtown College defeated Dickinson College 7-5 in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Jays (8-6 overall) scored twice in the seventh and three times in the eighth to turn a 2-1 lead into a 7-2 advantage, only to see the Red Devils (3-8 overall) score three times in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 7-5. However, sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) worked out of trouble in the eighth and retired Dickinson in order in the ninth to preserve the win. Francis finished with a pair of double among his three hits and scored a run, while Gordon strole three bases and scored twice for the Blue Jays. In his last three starts, Gordon is 10-for-14 with seven runs scored while Francis has hit safely in six straight games. Ben Sciambi, Bart Marchant and Andrew Sterling all had two hits apiece for Dickinson, which managed eight hits in the contest off three Elizabethtown pitchers. The Blue Jays finished with 12 hits as a team, including two doubles by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). Elizabethtown opened the scoring in the second inning as Yeager doubled and scored on an RBI single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove). The Blue Jays moved ahead 2-0 in the third when Gordon singled, moved to second on an error, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Yeager. Dickinson was held scoreless for the first five innings by Elizabethtown junior righthander Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) before scoring in the sixth on an RBI single by Sterling. In the seventh, the Blue Jays scored twice on an error and an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) to take a 4-1 lead, but Dickinson got a run back in the bottom of the frame on a solo home run by Sciambi. Elizabethtown tallied three runs in the eighth on a two-run double by Francis and an RBI single by Gordon to take a 7-2 lead, but Dickinson came back with three runs of their own on an RBI single by Sciambi and a two-run single by Jordan Kaufman to move within 7-5. Vinagro (2-1) allowed four hits and two earned runs while striking out five in 6 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, while Drew Swomley (1-1) gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits in four innings to take the loss for the Red Devils. Elizabethtown Coll. 7, Dickinson College 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 000 230 - 7 12 0 (8-6) Dickinson College... 000 001 130 - 5 8 3 (3-8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (7), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Drew Swomley, Evan Fitzpatrick (6), Brett Friedman (7), Brian Kullas (8) and Evan Hennessy. WP-Vinagro (2-1). LP-Swomley (1-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-1, Lauletta 0-1, A. Heaps 2-1; Swomley 3-1, Fitzpatrick 1-2, Friedman 0-0, Kullas 0-0. HR-Ben Sciambi (D). Back to top 3/16/2009 Baseball defeated 9-2 at York ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL York 9, Elizabethtown 2 YORK, Pa. --- A four-run first inning propelled York College to a 9-2 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Monday afternoon. Ryan Poff went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs batted in for the Spartans (12-2 overall), who won their 12th straight game by scoring eight runs in the first four innings against the Blue Jays (7-6 overall). Seniors Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) each went 3-for-4 for Elizabethtown, which matched York with 10 hits but could only push single runs across in the fourth and seventh innings. The Spartans bolted to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on RBI doubles by Mike Connolly and Poff, an error and a sacrifice fly by Matt Monti. York tacked on a run in the second on an RBI single by Poff, and another in the third on a bases-loaded walk to Kyle Cook which gave the Spartans a 6-0 lead. Elizabethtown got on the board in the fourth as junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led off with a double and scored on a single by Heaps. However, York answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame on a pair of wild pitches to take an 8-1 lead. In the sixth, the Spartans plated their final run of the day on an RBI double by Chris Young, and the Blue Jays closed the scoring in the top of the seventh on an error. Jason Christenberry scattered seven hits and one run in six innings to improve to 4-0 on the season for York, while senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) allowed four runs on four hits in the first inning to drop to 1-2 on the year. York College 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 100 100 - 2 10 1 (7-6) York College........ 411 201 00x - 9 10 2 (12-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Kutz, Ryan Barrett (2), Todd Leister (4), Kurt Smith (6), Dan Lauletta (7), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Jason Christenberry, Jeff Benchich (7), Chris Frankenfield (8), Brandon Ullom (9) and Rob Andrews, Jim Meehan (6). WP-Christenberry (4-0). LP-Kutz (1-2). SO-BB: Kutz 0-1, Barrett 2-5, Leister 2-2, Smith 0-1, Lauletta 1-0, A. Heaps 2-0; Christenberry 1-1, Benchich 0-0, Frankenfield 2-0, Ullom 0-0. Back to top 3/16/2009 Adam Hartzell named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Adam Hartzell Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the WeekELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- Elizabethtown College junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending March 15, the conference office announced Monday. Hartzell tossed 12 1/3 scoreless innings last week, including a 6-0 shutout of Muhlenberg College on Saturday in which he scattered four singles and struck out nine. On Tuesday, he threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief in a 9-6 loss to Franklin & Marshall College, allowing two hits and striking out three. The Blue Jays (7-5 overall) played at York College on Monday, and travel to Dickinson College on Wednesday before opening Commonwealth Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader at Messiah College. Back to top 3/14/2009 Baseball gets CG's from Heaps, Hartzell in sweep of Muhlenberg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 5, Muhlenberg 1 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon
Grove) threw a two-hitter in the opening game and junior
Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) pitched a four-hit shutout while striking out nine batters as Elizabethtown College
swept Muhlenberg College in non-conference baseball action at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium on Saturday, by scores of 5-1 and 6-0. In game one, the Blue Jays took the lead in the first inning by scoring twice. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) singled, moved to second on an errant pick-off attempt and went to third when Heaps singled to left. Francis scored on a double steal as Heaps stole second base, then junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) knocked an RBI double to score Heaps. In the third, senior leadoff hitter Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) hit a deep blast into the right centerfield gap for an inside the park home run to give Etown a 3-0 lead. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) led off
the bottom of the sixth with a single, Yeager followed his
second hit of the day and the runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt by junior
Steve Shuleski (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs). Junior
Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) drilled a two-run single to put the Blue Jays up 5-1. Heaps (2-0) had eight
strikeouts on the day, allowing singles to Dan Fisher in the third and Edward Risener in the sixth. Jason Daniels took the loss for the Mules, allowing five earned runs on nine hits in six innings. In game two of the doubleheader, Elizabethtown's bats caught fire in the bottom of the fourth, lighting up the Mules for four runs on six hits. Sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) led off the inning with a double, then Heaps drilled an RBI triple to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead. Semanek singled in Heaps, and
Yeager hit another single to put runners on first and second.
Shuleski advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt and first
year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) hit an RBI
single to score Semanek and give Etown a 3-0 lead. Vinagro hit into a fielder's choice
to drive in Yeager and push the lead to 4-0. In the fifth, Gordon led off with a single and scored on Semanek's RBI single. Later, Shuleski's grounder to third was overthrown and Semanek scored to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead. Hartzell (1-2) scattered four singles and fanned nine without allowing a walk in his second complete game in as many starts this season. Brent Morris gave up six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Mules to take the loss. Gordon finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the nightcap for Elizabethtown, while Heaps, Semanek, Motika and Francis all went 2-for-4. Elizabethtown Coll. 5, Muhlenberg College
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0 Back to top 3/12/2009 Baseball falls in slugfest to King's, 12-11 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL King's 12, Elizabethtown 11 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Jon Venarchick went 4-for-4 with a double, home run and four runs scored to lead King's College to a 12-11 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Thursday afternoon. Matt Unger added three hits and two runs scored while Pat Harsch had four runs batted in as part of a 15-hit attack by the Monarchs (9-3 overall), who picked up their eighth consecutive victory. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-6 with five runs batted in for the Blue Jays (5-5 overall), while sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored as Elizabethtown also recorded 15 hits in the contest. With King's trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, Venarchick hit a two-run home run to bring the Monarchs within 5-4. Three Blue Jay errors in the inning contributed to four runs which gave King's a 6-5 lead. The Monarchs added four more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a three-run double by Harsch that boosted the King's lead to 10-5. Elizabethtown trailed 12-5 entering the top of the eighth, but scored on a two-run double by Sheibley to pull within 12-7 entering the ninth. A pair of errors by King's in the final frame helped the Blue Jays score four times, including another two-run double by Sheibley, but he was stranded at second base to end the game. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) went 3-for-5 for Elizabethtown, while senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) had two hits apiece. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and dropped to 1-1 on the season after yielding six runs (three earned) on nine hits in five innings of work. Dan Jenkins improved to 3-0 for King's as he gave up five earned runs on 10 hits in seven innings while striking out four. King's College 12, Elizabethtown Coll. 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 310 024 - 11 15 4 (5-5) King's College...... 100 144 20X - 12 15 2 (9-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (6), Wayne Leonard (7), Todd Leister (7), Ryan Barrett (8), Kurt Smith (8) and Tom Semanek; Dan Jenkins, Tom Rozelle (8), Jeremy Bonser (8) and Matt Unger. WP-Jenkins (3-0). LP-Vinagro (1-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 3-1, Lauletta 2-1, Leonard 0-1, Leister 1-0, Barrett 0-0, Smith 0-0; Jenkins 4-2, Rozelle 1-2, Bonser 1-0. HR-Jon Venarchick (K). Back to top 3/10/2009 Baseball drops home opener to F&M, 9-6 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Franklin & Marshall 9, Elizabethtown 6 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Bill Murray went 4-for-5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored as Franklin & Marshall College defeated Elizabethtown College 9-6 in non-conference baseball action at Boyd Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. John Dutton hit a three-run home run as part of a four-run third inning for the Diplomats (1-1 overall), who finished with 12 hits as a team. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each finished 2-for-5 with an RBI, and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Blue Jays (5-4 overall), who trailed 8-2 after four innings. The Diplomats plated three runs in the top of the second inning against Blue Jay senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) on a sacrifice fly by Eric Bornstein and RBI singles by J.T. Triantos and Andrew Hanson. Elizabethtown answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame off Diplomat starter Matt Metsch an RBI single by Yeager and a sacrifice fly off the bat of sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco). F&M responded with four runs in the top of the third on an RBI single by Murray and a three-run home run to left by Dutton. The Diplomats tacked on a run in the fourth as Murray singled home Shea Moriarty for his third hit of the game to extend the F&M lead to 8-2. The Blue Jays scored again in the seventh as Sheibley roped an RBI triple to the right-center field gap with two outs, and tacked on two more runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Yeager and an RBI double by junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) to pull within 8-5. Murray knocked in his third run of the game on an RBI single in the top of the ninth for the Diplomats, and Semanek answered with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the frame for the Blue Jays to close the scoring. Metsch (1-0) allowed two unearned runs on four hits in five innings to earn the win for Franklin & Marshall, while Kutz (1-1) allowed eight earned runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss. Franklin & Marshall 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin & Marshall. 034 100 001 - 9 12 1 (1-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 020 000 121 - 6 10 2 (5-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Metsch, Jason Anderson (6), Brendan McCreary (9) and John Dutton; Matt Kutz, Adam Hartzell (4), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek. WP-Metsch (1-0). LP-Kutz (1-1). SO-BB: Metsch 1-2, Anderson 2-3, McCreary 0-0; Kutz 0-3, Hartzell 3-0, A. Heaps 2-2. HR-Dutton (F&M). Back to top 3/5/2009 Baseball rallies again for win over Marywood ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 14, Marywood 7 FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- The Elizabethtown College baseball team concluded its seven-game spring break trip to Florida with a 5-2 record by scoring 10 runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat Marywood University 14-7 on Thursday morning. The Blue Jays (5-3 overall) trailed 7-4 entering the top of the ninth inning, but exploded for 10 runs on four hits, six walks and an error. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) capped the rally with a bases-clearing double as Elizabethtown pulled out its second straight dramatic win over the Pacers. On Sunday, the Blue Jays scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Marywood 10-9. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) scored four runs and stole four bases for Elizabethtown, while Heaps finished 2-for-4 with four runs batted in. First-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) added two hits and an RBI while junior Steve Shuleski (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) went 2-for-2 with a run scored. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) improved to 2-0 on the season for the Blue Jays by tossing two scoreless innings of relief, while Mike Siciliano took the loss for the Pacers after allowing four walks in the ninth. Matt Newcomb and Shane Miller each went 4-for-5 with an RBI for Marywood, whch scored four runs in the bottom of the third to take a 5-2 lead and held a 7-4 lead from the fifth inning to the ninth. Pacer starter Sam Webster overcame 10 walks to take a three-run lead into the final inning, but departed with a no-decision. Elizabethtown Coll. 14, Marywood University 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 101 020 00(10) - 14 9 3 (5-3) Marywood University. 104 110 000 - 7 14 2 (1-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Leonard, Ryan Barrett (3), Kurt Smith (3), Dan Lauletta (5), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Sam Webster, Mike Siciliano (9), Stefano Curto (9) and Jason Bugno. WP-A. Heaps. LP-Siciliano. SO-BB: Leonard 2-2, Barrett 0-2, Smith 0-1, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 3-2; Webster 8-10, Siciliano 0-4, Curto 1-0. Back to top 3/3/2009 Baseball comes away with sweep of Kenyon ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 6, Kenyon 4 Click here for the game 2 box score FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Elizabethtown College swept Kenyon College in a non-conference baseball doubleheader at the Lawnwood Complex on Tuesday, winning the opener 6-4 and taking the nightcap by a score of 8-3. Game one saw the Blue Jays score twice in the first inning and three more in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead. Senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) finished 2-for-4 and drove in a run for the Blue Jays. Senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) went five innings to earn the win, allowing eight hits and four runs while striking out five. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) picked up the save after fanning three in two scoreless innings of relief. James Wendt finished 2-for-3 for the Lords, while Jake Calcei was 2-for-4 with a double. Mike Kalis took the loss for Kenyon after allowing eight hits and six runs (two earned) in five-plus innings on the mound. In game two, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) made his collegiate pitching debut and threw a complete game, holding Kenyon without a hit for the first 4 2/3 innings before yielding three runs in the fifth. He finished with five strikeouts and no walks and gave up seven hits in the win. Meanwhile, the Elizabethtown offense staked Vinagro to an early lead by scoring twice in the first and four more times in the second. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) hit a two-run home run in the first inning and finished the day 3-for-5 with four runs batted in, while Sheibley went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two steals for the Blue Jays (4-3 overall). The Lords (2-2 overall) were led by Calcei who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run batted in. Jon Myers allowed eight hits and six runs in three innings to take the loss for Kenyon, which had swept Lebanon Valley College in its season-opening doubleheader on Monday. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Kenyon College 4 (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenyon College...... 000 130 0 - 4 10 3 (2-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 200 301 x - 6 8 1 (3-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Kalis, Andrew Davenport (6) and James Wendt; Matt Kutz, Dan Lauletta (6) and Jon Bacher. WP-Kutz (1-0). LP-Kalis (0-1). SV-Lauletta (1). SO-BB: Kalis 1-3, Davenport 1-0; Kutz 5-1, Lauletta 3-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Kenyon College 3 (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 240 101 0 - 8 16 0 (4-3) Kenyon College...... 000 030 0 - 3 7 1 (2-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro and Tom Semanek; Jon Myers, Dan White (4), Evan Baum (6) and Tom Hardacker. WP-Vinagro (1-0). LP-Myers (0-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-0; Myers 2-1, White 2-0, Baum 0-2. HR-Semanek (E). Back to top 3/2/2009 Baseball swept by Alvernia in Florida ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Alvernia 1, Elizabethtown 0 Click here for the game 2 box score FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Alvernia University came away with a pair of one-run wins over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Monday afternoon, winning the opener 1-0 and taking game two by a 10-9 score. In game one, Alvernia lefty Chris Stoudt tossed a one-hitter and struck out seven, allowing only a third-inning single to junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). Stoudt also accounted for the game's only run in the top of the fifth inning as he roped an RBI triple, part of a 2-for-3 performance at the plate. Elizabethtown junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was the hard-luck loser, yielding six hits and one earned run while striking out nine and walking a pair. In game two, the Crusaders (7-2 overall) erased deficits of 4-0 and 7-3 to finish off the sweep, as Tyler Runkle went 3-for-4 and hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third to give Alvernia a 8-7 lead. Four Blue Jays picked up two hits in the game, including first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) who had a two-run single in the first and an RBI single in the third. Yeager went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, while senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) each finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits in three innings of work to take the loss for Elizabethtown (2-3 overall) in his collegiate debut. Andrew Sellers picked up the win for Alvernia after allowing two runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings in relief of starter Mike Lloyd, who was touched for seven runs (five earned) in 2 1/3 innings. Alvernia University 1, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvernia University. 000 010 0 - 1 6 0 (6-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 1 2 (2-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Stoudt and Steve Bealer; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Stoudt (1-0). LP-Hartzell (0-2). SO-BB: Stoudt 7-1; Hartzell 9-2. Alvernia University 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 9 (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 403 002 0 - 9 11 1 (2-3) Alvernia University. 404 110 X - 10 11 3 (7-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Kurt Smith (4) and Tom Semanek; Mike Lloyd, Andrew Sellers (3), Andrew Kirk (7) and Steve Bealer. WP-Sellers (1-0). LP-Leister (0-1). SV-Kirk (1). SO-BB: Leister 4-3, Smith 1-1; Lloyd 3-2, Sellers 0-1, Kirk 3-1. HR-Tyler Runkle (A). Back to top 3/2/2009 Baseball sets runs record in win over Mass Maritime ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 34, Massachusetts Maritime 3 Click here for the Mass. Maritime box score Against Massachusetts Maritime, the Blue Jays needed just four innings to break the school record of 28 runs set against Franklin & Marshall College in 1960. Elizabethtown scored eight runs in the first and added seven in the second, 11 in the third and three in the fourth to take a 29-0 lead. Elizabethtown finished off the win with five more runs in the ninth inning, and tallied 26 hits in the contest. At the plate, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) went 4-for-5 with five runs scored, senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished 4-for-7 with two triples, five runs batted in and three runs scored, and senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) went 4-for-7 with four runs batted in. Heaps was the beneficiary of the offensive surge, allowing six hits and one run in seven innings on the mound to pick up his first win of the season. Corey Murphy started for the Bucs and did not record an out in the second inning, allowing 10 runs to take the loss. Against Marywood, the Blue Jays (2-1 overall) overcame a 9-5 deficit entering the bottom of the ninth by scoring five runs. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) drove home the winning run with a single in the hole at shortstop to cap a 2-for-5 performance at the plate. Marywood led 5-0 after 1 1/2 innings and held a 6-2 lead entering the bottom of the eighth, only to see Elizabethtown score three runs to pull within 6-5. The Pacers tacked on three runs in the top of the ninth to take a seemingly safe 9-5 lead, but the Blue Jays took advantage of five walks to rally in the bottom of the frame. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) joined his brother in the win column after striking out four in 2 1/3 innings of relief for the Blue Jays, while Joseph Valvano took the loss for the Pacers. Sophomore Wayne Leonard (Newark, DE/Delaware Military) kept the Blue Jays close after allowing two hits and one run in 4 2/3 innings of relief. Elizabethtown Coll. 34, Mass. Maritime Acad. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 87(11) 300 005 - 34 26 1 (1-1) Mass. Maritime Acad. 000 000 120 - 3 7 4 (0-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Kurt Smith (8), Pat Mulligan (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (1-0). LP-Murphy. SO-BB: S. Heaps 6-1, Smith 0-1, Mulligan 2-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Marywood Univ. 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Marywood Univ....... 140 010 003 - 9 (0-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 020 000 035 - 10 (2-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Korey Evans, Josh Plisko (8), Rick Clifford (9), Joseph Valvano (9) and Pat Diskin; Ryan Barrett, Wayne Leonard (3), Anthony Heaps (7) and Tom Semanek. WP-A. Heaps (1-0). LP-Valvano (0-1). SO-BB: Evans 3-1, Plisko 1-0, Clifford 0-5, Valvano 0-0; Barrett 1-2, Leonard 3-4, A. Heaps 4-3. Back to top 2/24/2009 Baseball tied for first in Commonwealth preseason poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Elizabethtown Baseball Tied for First in Commonwealth Conference ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College and Messiah College are tied for first in the Commonwealth Conference baseball preseason coaches poll, the conference office announced Tuesday. Elizabethtown and Messiah each received three first-place votes and 29 points to share the top spot in the poll, followed by Widener University (24 points), Albright College and Arcadia University (16 points apiece) and Lebanon Valley College (13 points). The
Blue Jays finished in first place last season with a 10-2 league mark, but lost to the Falcons 7-3 in the conference championship game. Seven members of the starting lineup as well as nine of last year's 10 pitchers return for head coach Cliff Smith, who begins his third season on the Elizabethtown bench. Senior left fielder Adam Sheibley was also a first-team All-Conference selection after hitting .371 with five home runs, 32 runs batted in, 48 runs scored and a league-best 28 stolen bases. Junior center fielder Rodney Francis and junior shortstop Matt Vinagro are also back after being named second-team All-Commonwealth last year. The Blue Jays, who opened their season with a 7-4 loss at Shenandoah University on Saturday afternoon, will travel to Fort Pierce, Fla. for seven games from March 1-5. Elizabethtown is slated to play its home opener on Sunday, March 8 against Franklin & Marshall College, and will open its 15-game Commonwealth Conference schedule on Saturday, March 21 with a doubleheader at Messiah. Back to top 2/21/2009 Baseball falls 7-4 at Shenandoah in season opener ELIZABETHTHOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Shenandoah 7, Elizabethtown 4 WINCHESTER, Va. --- Shenandoah University scored seven runs over the final four innings to erase a 4-0 deficit and defeat Elizabethtown College 7-4 in non-conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon. Trailing 4-0 entering the bottom of the sixth, the Hornets (5-1 overall) scored four runs to tie the game at 4-4, then added two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to pick up the win over the Blue Jays (0-1 overall). Kevin Brashears hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh for Shenandoah, while Scott Van Dusseldorp went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs batted in for the Hornets. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) went 2-for-4 with two doubles, including a two-run double in the first inning, while junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) added a two-run single in the fourth inning for Elizabethtown to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead. In the sixth, the Hornets used a three-run double by Greg Van Sickler and an RBI single by Van Dusseldorp to tie the game at 4-4. Brashears roped a two-run home run in the seventh to give Shenandoah a 6-4 lead, and Van Dusseldorp added a solo shot in the eighth to close out the scoring. Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) took the loss for Elizabethtown after allowing four hits and three earned runs in 1 2/3 innings of relief, while Bryce Sears (2-0) picked up the win with 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief. Gage Levac picked up his third save by recording the final five outs for the Hornets. Shenandoah Univ. 7, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 Back to top 2/3/2009 Etown to battle Lancaster Barnstormers in exhibition game FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Elizabethtown to Play Lancaster Barnstormers in Exhibition Game ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College baseball team will play the Lancaster Barnstormers in an exhibition game at Clipper Magazine Stadium on Thursday, April 16 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. The Barnstormers, members of the Atlantic League, will welcome the Blue Jays in the first of six exhibition games prior to their season opener against the Newark Bears on Thursday, April 23. Elizabethtown head coach Cliff Smith is a former member of the Barnstormers, having pitched in 33 games for the team in their inaugural season of 2005. Last season, he led the Blue Jays to a 26-12 overall record and a 10-2 mark in the Commonwealth Conference. "Playing in a facility like Clipper Magazine Stadium against the kind of professionals on the Barnstormers is something pro athletes sometimes take for granted," Smith said. "This was an experience for our team that we just couldn't pass up." Lancaster will also play Franklin & Marshall College in an exhibition on Monday, April 20 in addition to two games each against Atlantic League rivals Somerset Patriots and York Revolution. |
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