April 29, 2007

The 2007 PSUAC Baseball Championship was held at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park - one of the best of its kind in the country. Beaver showed great persistence in winning four games on the final day of competition to win the 2007 PSUAC Championship over Delaware after losing the first game of the tournament to Delaware the previous day. A determined Beaver team showed outstanding competitiveness winning three games in a row on Sunday, April 29 in the tournament that was adjusted because of rain. Field conditions were excellent thanks to the field crew led by Matt Neri, who did an amazing job in questionable weather. Thanks also goes to Spikes General Manager Rick Janac and Penn State Baseball Facility Coordinator, Kevin Henry, for making this fantastic experience possible.

Beaver began play at 9:00AM on Sunday eliminating top seed Penn College and was still playing under the lights over 12 hours later as they defeated Delaware for the championship. The competition at the new Medlar Field at Lubrano Park included some of the best baseball the conference has ever seen. After a rainy start on Saturday, the sun made for perfect baseball weather on Sunday.

Game by game summary is below. To view photos and other PSUAC championship results go to gopsusports.com and click on the PSUAC link.

Championship
Beaver 6, Delaware 5

In the championship Beaver defeated Delaware 6-5. Beaver was lead by the strong pitching of Pat Ringel and two hit performances by Greg Fredrick, Andy Rodenbaugh, Joe Scherer, Ryan Raraigh and Bobby Siegworth. Eric Soring was 2 for 2 to lead Delaware.

PSUAC Championship Summary

Saturday April 28

Game 1
Delaware over Beaver 2-0

Karl Jastrzebski went the distance on the mound to get the win for Delaware. While Joe Scherer and Pat Ringel had two hits a piece for Beaver.

Game 2
Harrisburg over Penn College 6-5

Sean Frailey was 2 for 4 and had the only homerun in the tournament to lead Harrisburg over Penn College in the final game on Saturday. This was the final game of the day because of rain. Mike Leone was 2 for 3 for Penn College.

Sunday, April 29

Game 3
Beaver over Penn College 9-6

Beaver started their amazing comeback by knocking top-seed Penn College out of the tournament in a 9-6 victory. Mike Yost, Ian Thomson, Greg Fredrick and Shane Shrum each add 2 hits for Beaver. Including 3 RBI's for Thomson.

Game 4
Delaware over Harrisburg 16-11

Jim Porreca and Jon Brady each had 4 RBI's to lead Delaware in the win over Harrisburg. Frank Flaim (1 for 2, 3 runs), Eric Soring (2 for 3, 4 runs) Jon Brady (2 for 3) Chris Meccariello (2 for 4) also contributed to Delaware's win. Harrisburg was led by Austin Kulp, Kevin Kreider, Garret Piper and Brandon Bennett who each had 3 hits.

Game 5
Beaver over Harrisburg 10-4

Mike Yost was 3 for 4 and scored 3 runs to lead Beaver in their win over Harrisburg. Ryan Raraigh and Shane Shrum also contributed with 2 hits. Harrisburg was led by Kevin Kreider (3 for 4), Austin Kulp (2 for 4), Kris Aumiller (2 for 3) and Brandon Bennett (2 for 4) in a losing cause.

Game 6
Beaver over Delaware 9-8
Shane Shrum was 3 for 3 including a triple to lead Beaver at the plate and set up the final game. Eric Soring (2 for 3), Chris Meccariello (3 for 4), Lou Pepe (2 for 4) and Jon Brady (1 for 2, 3 runs) were instrumental in taking this game to the wire in Delaware's attempt to clinch the championship.