Elizabethtown College Baseball News 
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. |
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