Bison swept by Penn St.-Abington

Recap, photo courtesy of Gallaudet University

WASHINGTON - Gallaudet University understood it was going to be a tough conference opening weekend as it went up against two of the top teams in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC). The Bison were swept Friday by Penn St.-Berks and on Sunday they dropped two games to Penn St.-Abington on a cold and windy day at Hoy Field.

Gallaudet (3-21-1, 0-4 NEAC) battled in the first game but came up short, 8-5, while Penn St.-Abington (11-7, 3-0 NEAC) won the second game going away with a 19-3 win. The Bison have now lost their last 10 games. Gallaudet still has 14 conference games left in front of them so there is still time for the Bison to make a move and climb the NEAC standings as they aim for a playoff appearance.

Game 1: Penn St.-Abington 8, Gallaudet 5

Gallaudet drops NEAC opener to rival Penn St.-Berks

Recap, photo courtesy of GU

WASHINGTON - The Gallaudet University baseball team missed an opportunity to pick-up some key North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) games against Penn St.-Berks on a windy and cool Friday afternoon at Hoy Field. GU held a 5-2 lead in the first game against the Nittany Lions but threw away the game with several miscues and lost 11-6. In the second game, Gallaudet kept it close with Penn St.-Berks but couldn't gain the lead as they lost 3-2 after eight innings as the game was called due to darkness.

Game 1: Penn St.-Berks 11, Gallaudet 6
Gallaudet fought hard in the first game and battled back to tie the Nittany Lions twice and even held a 5-2 lead after four innings. Penn St.-Berks outscored the Bison 9-1 the rest of the game as the visitors scored four times in the top of the fifth, twice in the sixth and three times in the seventh. GU committed one of its three errors in three of the four innings that Penn St.-Berks scored runs.

Junior Cameron Upton (Vicksburg, Miss.) smacked a RBI triple to right-center field in the bottom of the third inning to drive in GU's first run. Upton scored, moments later, when senior first baseman Justin Strong (Charlotte, N.C.) doubled to left field as the Bison knotted the game at 2-2.

In the bottom of the fourth, senior center fielder Kyle Gumm (Dallas, Texas) doubled down the left-field line to plate freshman Darren Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.). Two batters later, Upton singled up the middle to score senior catcher Jake Grindstaff (New Market, Md.) and Gumm as Gallaudet claimed a three-run lead, 5-2.

Freshman pitcher Ethan Denson (Huffman, Texas) walked three batters and had an errant throw during the four-run fifth for the Nittany Lions. The visitors took a brief 6-5 lead before GU answered back with a run in the bottom half to tie the game at six. Drolsbaugh tripled to right field as Strong scored GU's sixth and final run.

GU relief pitcher Quintan Polito (Omaha, Neb.) took his fourth loss of the season as he allowed two runs on two hits and two walks as he recorded no outs in the sixth.

Penn St.-Berks reliever Alex Laudenslager (2-0) earned the win as he threw the final three innings where he allowed one run on three hits, walked two and struck out one.

Game 2: Penn St.-Berks 3, Gallaudet 2
Penn St.-Berks got on the scoreboard twice in the second inning and added a third run in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead before Gallaudet got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh. The Bison (3-19-1, 0-2 NEAC) scored twice but couldn't tie the game as the game was called for darkness in the top of the ninth.

Penn St.-Berks (7-7, 2-0 NEAC) had scored three additional runs in the ninth with no outs but the umpire called the game because of limited visibility and the game went back to the last completed inning where the Nittany Lions led 3-2.

GU manufactured two runs in the seventh as the Bison took advantage of two Nittany Lions errors. Upton had a sacrifice fly to bring home Grindstaff for GU's first run. Sophomore Winston Lane (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) then reached due to a throwing error as senior Dylan Hayes (Endicott, N.Y.) scored.

Hayes, the starting pitcher, went seven innings where he allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits, walked five and struck out five.

Penn St.-Berks starting pitcher Tyler Comport (3-0) threw a complete game where he allowed two unearned runs on four hits, walked four and struck out nine.

UP NEXT
Gallaudet will next host Penn St.-Abington (9-7, 1-0 NEAC) on Sunday, April 8, at 1 p.m. at Hoy Field in a conference doubleheader.

Bison doubled up by No. 24 Catholic, 18-9

Recap, photo courtesy of Gallaudet University

WASHINGTON - Gallaudet University made the short trip over to The Catholic University of America to face the No. 24 Cardinals in a non-conference game here Wednesday.

The Bison (3-17-1) fell behind early 7-0 and later trailed 16-5 before falling 18-9 as the game was called for darkness in the bottom of the eighth inning.

GU scored four runs in the fifth inning as senior first baseman Justin Strong (Charlotte, N.C.) delivered a two-run double to center field. Sophomore Winston Lane (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) and senior Dylan Hayes (Endicott, N.Y.) both drove in runs to cut Catholic's lead to 10-5 before the Cardinals added six runs in the bottom half.

Gallaudet added two more runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Strong brought home two runs in the sixth on a single. In the seventh, a Bison runner scored from third base on a passed ball and junior Cameron Upton (Vicksburg, Miss.) singled in senior Kyle Gumm (Dallas, Texas), who had walked for the fourth time in the game.

Sophomore Frank Diaz (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) took the loss as the starter lasted three innings where he allowed seven runs (five earned) on eight hits, two walks and one strikeout.

MJ Dziczkowski (2-0) picked up the win for the Cardinals as he pitched two innings of relief. Catholic had six doubles and 17 hits in the game.

BISON TRACKS

• Strong went 3-for-5 with four RBI
• Gumm scored three times
• GU had two extra-base hits 
• Seven different Bison had a hit

UP NEXT
Gallaudet returns home to begin North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) play this weekend against Penn St.-Abington (8-7) and Penn St.-Berks (5-7).

BIG HIT ELUDES GEORGETOWN IN SETBACK TO UNCG

Recap, photo courtesy of Georgetown

The Hoyas outhit UNCG, led by three hits by Jake Bernstein

Box Score

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Georgetown University baseball team outhit UNC Greensboro, 10-8, but fell by a 5-2 score on Friday evening at UNCG Baseball Stadium. With the loss, the Hoyas fall to 7-18, while the Spartans improve to 19-6.

Jack Cushing (Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus) started on the mound and went 5.0 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while striking out five. Jeremiah Burke (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem Central/La Salle Institute) made his season debut and fired two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts. Matt Randolph (Concord, N.C./Cannon School/Emory) recorded two strikeouts for a scoreless inning of work for the second-consecutive day.

Jake Bernstein (Frederick, Md./St. John’s College HS) led the offense with three hits. Ryan P. Davis (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) had two hits, including a double, and was on base four times. Freddy Achecar III (Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School) and Alex Bernauer (Sunnyvale, Calif./Fremont) each had a pair of hits.

For the second-straight game, the Hoyas jumped out to a quick lead, scoring a run in the top of the second inning. Bernauer singled with one out and moved up to second on a two-out walk by James Gabor (Wyndmoor, Pa./William Penn Charter School). Davis lined an RBI single into right field, scoring Bernauer to give GU a 1-0 lead. 

UNCG answered right back in the bottom of the second, using a single, two doubles and a triple to go ahead, 3-1. Single runs in the fourth and fifth innings extended Georgetown’s deficit to 5-1.

The Hoyas had their chances, loading the bases in both the fifth and sixth innings, but couldn’t cut into the deficit. In all, GU left 13 runners on base.

An Achecar single, Bernauer double and a passed ball tallied the final run for the Hoyas in the ninth inning.

Hoyas Cruise Past Delaware State, 10-5

Box Score

BETHESDA, Md. - Jacob Grzebinski (Bellaire, Texas/Emery Weiner) won his first career game and the Georgetown University baseball team tied a season high with six doubles, defeating Delaware State, 10-5, on Tuesday afternoon at Shirley Povich Field. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 7-16, while the Hornets fall to 2-21.

Grzebinski started on the mound and put together his best outing of the season, going 6.0 strong innings and allowing just one run on three hits while striking out six. He retired 12-straight batters at one point. Beau Dana (Marblehead, Mass./Deerfield Academy) allowed two unearned runs in two innings of relief. Matt Randolph (Concord, N.C./Cannon School/Emory) recorded the last out with the bases loaded for his first career save.

Richie O’Reilly (Hermosa Beach, Calif./Loyola HS) was on base three times with two hits and a walk, scored two runs and had an RBI. Ryan Weisenberg (Parkland, Fla./San Ramon Valley [Calif.]) had two doubles, and also had an RBI and scored a pair of runs. Kai Nelson (New York, N.Y./Fieldston) also had a multi-hit game with a single and a double.

After Delaware State manufactured a run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead, the Hoyas answered with a three-run bottom half of the first to go ahead. Freddy Achecar III (Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School) opened the scoring with an RBI ground out, pushing Jake Bernstein (Frederick, Md./St. John’s College HS), who had reached on a fielder’s choice, across the plate. Eddie McCabe (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) then scored on a wild pitch to give GU the lead. O’Reilly restarted the rally with a single, stole second and scored on an error to make it 3-1.

Georgetown extended its lead to 7-1 with a four-run third inning. McCabe was hit by a pitch to lead off, went to second on a balk and scored when Achecar reached on a throwing error. O’Reilly then launched a double into the right-center field gap, scoring Achecar all the way from first. After an infield single by Ryan M. Davis (Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley), Nelson lined a double over the centerfielder’s head, his first career hit, to score another run. A sacrifice fly by James Gabor (Wyndmoor, Pa./William Penn Charter School) scored Davis to give GU a 7-1 lead.

Nelson led off the fifth inning with a single and raced all the way home on a double to right by Weisenberg. Two batters later, Austin Shirley (Strafford, Pa./Conestoga) lofted a sacrifice fly to score Weisenberg and extend the lead to 9-1.

The Hornets scored two unearned runs off of Dana in the seventh inning, but the Hoyas answered with back-to-back doubles by Weisenberg and Michael DeRenzi (Mendham, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) in the bottom half of the inning to make it a 10-3 game.

Delaware State scored two runs off of Conor Cuse (Sherman Oaks, Calif./Harvard-Westlake/Stanford) in the ninth to provide the final score, 10-5.

The Hoyas will head back out on the road for a three-game series at UNC Greensboro this weekend. Due to the Easter holiday, the teams will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Links to live stats and a video stream will be available at GUHoyas.com.

Bison swept by Keuka in NEAC doubleheader at home

Recap, photo courtesy of Gallaudet University

WASHINGTON – Needing wins to remain alive in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) postseason picture, Gallaudet University fell short here Sunday as it lost both games of a conference doubleheader against Keuka College at Hoy Field.

Keuka (14-13, 5-5 NEAC) bats accounted for 12 runs in the first game en route to a 12-2 win in nine innings. The second game was very close at the end as Gallaudet (9-27, 4-8 NEAC) mounted a late rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. GU trailed 5-0 heading into the seventh and stormed back to score four runs and had the tying run on base before the last batter popped up to end the game, 5-4.

Game 1: Keuka 12, Gallaudet 2
Keuka strung together four runs on three hits, an error and a wild pitch in the third inning as the

LeWarne Leads GW Baseball Past Dayton, 4-2

Senior Bobby LeWarne struck out a season-high seven batters in GW's 4-2 win over Dayton on Friday.

Senior Dominates on Mound as Colonials Take Game One

Box Score
DAYTON, Ohio - Senior Bobby LeWarne allowed just three hits across eight dominant innings on the mound to lead the George Washington baseball team past Dayton, 4-2, in the series opener on Friday afternoon at Woerner Field.

GW (18-21, 7-3 A-10) has now won six of its last seven games and will look to clinch its second consecutive A-10 series in game two todayon Saturday.

LeWarne allowed just two unearned runs on three hits with one walk and a season-high seven strikeouts to improve to 6-2 on the season. He also lowered his team-best ERA to 2.80.

GW took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when junior Kevin Mahala reached on an error

Hoyas Drop Tough One at Butler, 3-2, in 13 Innings

Matt Smith gave up just one earned run in seven innings while striking out five.

WASHINGTON - Butler University scored a run with two outs in the bottom of the 13th inning to defeat the Georgetown University baseball team, 3-2, on Friday afternoon in a BIG EAST Conference game at Bulldog Park. With the loss, GU fell to 18-21 and 3-4 in the BIG EAST, while Butler improved to 11-27 and 2-5 in conference play.

Matt Smith (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) started on the mound and was strong through seven innings, giving up two runs, one earned, on five hits while striking out five. Tim Davis (Vienna, Va./James Madison HS) pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing just one hit and one walk while registering three strikeouts. David Ellingson (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands College Park) allowed one run on one hit in 2.1 innings.

Michael DeRenzi (Mendham, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) had two hits and scored two runs to lead the

GU scores over 30 runs in NEAC sweep at Cazenovia

Photo is courtesy of Gallaudet University

CAZENOVIA, N.Y. - The Gallaudet University baseball team was able to come out victorious in a critical North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) doubleheader sweep of Cazenovia College on the road Sunday to wrap up the road portion of its 2016 regular-season schedule. Gallaudet (8-24, 3-5 NEAC) hit its way to a 18-9 win in the first game and a 13-7 victory in the second game over the host Cazenovia (4-16, 0-6 NEAC).

Note: Official statistics from the host school are not available until Monday. This story will be updated upon receiving them. 

Game 1: Gallaudet 17, Cazenovia 9
Cazenovia got on board first with a four-run second inning and added another run in the bottom of the third inning off Gallaudet's junior starting pitcher Ian Evans (Murphy, N.C.).

Gallaudet's offense exploded in the top of the fourth inning with a nine-run frame as it had 14 batters come to the plate thanks to six walks, two hits and a hit batter. The Bison would follow up with a seven-spot in the top of the sixth inning off six hits, two walks and a hit batter. The Bison would add one more run in the eight and the ninth inning to round out their offensive attack.

Evans earned his second win of the season as he pitched a complete game, surrendering nine runs on eight hits and nine walks and struck out six batters. Cazenovia senior starting pitcher Dan Colburn took the loss.

Game 2: Gallaudet 13, Cazenovia 7
Gallaudet was able to win the second leg of the doubleheader as its batters continued to make solid contact by collecting 15 hits, including a solo home run by junior first baseman Justin Strong (Charlotte, N.C.) in the seventh and final inning. Strong's first home run of the season was the first for the Bison as well.

The Bison offense scored first with a two-run first inning before Cazenovia came back to tie the game with a two-spot of its own in the bottom of the second inning. Gallaudet spread out its 13-run scoring attack with another two-run inning in the third, one in the fourth followed by a seven-spot in the fifth. Cazenovia cut the nine-run lead to five after the bottom of the sixth inning before Strong's home run in the seventh.

Gallaudet senior starting pitcher Ben Coleman (St. Paris, Ohio) pitched a complete game, surrendering seven runs on 10 hits and four walks while striking out four batters. Cazenovia junior starting pitcher Ryan Meyer took the loss.

UP NEXT
Gallaudet returns home to play out its last seven remaining regular-season games at Hoy Field, starting with a conference doubleheader against Penn College (10-17, 1-5 NEAC) this Saturday, April 23, at noon.

Albert Blake masterful as Bison win in extra innings over Lancaster Bible

WASHINGTON – The visiting Gallaudet University baseball team battled back to defeat Lancaster Bible College 8-2 in eight innings in the second game of a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) doubleheader here Sunday at Hoy Field. The Bison (6-22, 1-3 NEAC) were the visiting team for today's doubleheader as Lancaster Bible's home field was not playable as the games got shifted to the nation's capital. The Chargers (10-12, 2-2 NEAC), the home team, won the first game 9-0 in nine innings against the Bison.

Game 1: Lancaster Bible 9, Gallaudet 0
Gallaudet collected eight hits in the first leg of the doubleheader, however they could not push a run across home plate as Lancaster Bible freshman starting pitcher Frank McCreary (1-2) picked up his first win of the season in a complete game shutout, allowing eight hits, walked two and struck out one.

Bison junior starting pitcher Blake Phillips (Dalton, Ga.) pitched well through the first five innings,

Bison clipped by Cardinals, 7-1

WASHINGTON – The Gallaudet University baseball team made the short trip over to the Brentwood community to face Catholic University of America on Tuesday afternoon and lost 7-1 at Robert J. Talbot Baseball Field.

The Cardinals (9-11) broke open a scoreless game with one run in the third inning and six in the fourth. Gallaudet (4-18) was plagued by missteps in the field as the Bison committed six errors that extended innings for Catholic.

Gallaudet starting pitcher Blake Phillips (Dalton, Ga.) took the loss as he allowed two runs (one

McDaniel stays perfect with win over Gallaudet

WASHINGTON – The Gallaudet University baseball team fell short against an undefeated McDaniel College team on a mild Monday afternoon at Hoy Field as the Green Terror blanked the Bison, 7-0.

McDaniel (6-0) was able to maintain its unblemished record thanks to senior starting pitcher Marty Windisch (2-0) who threw seven scoreless innings where he allowed five hits, walked two and struck out five. Fellow senior pitcher Ben Van Put pitched the eighth inning and freshman D.J. Biscoe finished out the final inning to preserve the shutout victory for the Green Terror.

Gallaudet (3-10) had a runner on third in the fourth and fifth innings, and two runners on in the seventh inning; however, the Bison failed to capitalize on the scoring opportunities.

McDaniel scored a run in the third, fifth and the sixth inning off Gallaudet junior starting pitcher Ian Evans (Murphy, N.C.) who pitched 5.1 innings and kept the game close before being replaced by senior reliever Albert Blake (New Derby, Conn.).

Blake gave up four more runs (two earned) in the eighth inning. Junior Ken Genztke (Scottsville, N.Y.) pitched the final inning, recording his first collegiate strikeout on the first batter he faced.
Sophomores Dylan Hayes (Endicott, N.Y.) and Kyle Gumm (Dallas, Texas) accounted for four of Gallaudet's six hits in the game, including a triple for Hayes and a double for Gumm.

BISON TRACKS

• Junior Justin Strong (Charlotte, N.C.) smacked a double down the right field line in the seventh inning
• Hayes recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season
• Gumm's multi-hit game was his third of the season
• McDaniel's seven runs is its lowest scoring output of the season
• The last time Gallaudet was shutout in consecutive games was in a doubleheader against Franklin & Marshall on March 15, 2015

UP NEXT
The Bison baseball squad will next travel to Florida for six games at the RussMatt Invitational during Spring Break, starting with a game against Suffolk University on Saturday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m.

Mo'ne Davis Movie, "Throw Like MO," In Development For Disney Channel

-- Davis and espnW on Deck to Consult, Debra Martin Chase to Executive Produce --

Development is underway on a Disney Channel Original Movie "Throw Like Mo" – a biographical movie that will tell the inspiring story of Mo'ne Davis, the 13-year-old sports prodigy who made history in August 2014 as the first female to pitch a shutout in the Little League World Series. Davis, a member of Philadelphia's Taney Dragons and the first Little League player to make the cover of Sports Illustrated, will consult on the movie.

"Throw Like Mo" will be executive-produced by the Emmy Award-nominated producer Debra Martin Chase ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," Disney Channel's "The Cheetah Girls" movies and "Lemonade Mouth"). The writers are Sheldon Candis (writer and director of "LUV," "A Slave in the White House" and director of Under Armour's Misty Copeland campaign "I Will What I Want") and Justin Wilson ("LUV," "A Slave in the White House"). espnW, which has extensively covered the achievements of Mo'ne Davis, will also consult on the movie.

Naketha Mattocks, Vice President, Original Movies, Disney Channels, said, "Mo'ne is not only a top-

BREAKING NEWS: Boston Red Sox WINS World Series

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BOSTON, Massachusetts - The Boston Red Sox has just won the World Series against the Cardinals by a score of  6-1, first at FENWAY since 1918.