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Baseball
2006 NCAA Division II North Atlantic
Regional
May 18-21, Institute, WV last updated
03/25/08 08:42 AM
TOURNAMENT COVERAGE
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 18,
2006
Game
2: Kutztown 7, Ohio Valley 0
Game 1: WV State 13 Pitt-Johnstown 1
Friday, May 19, 2006
Game 3: West Chester 9, Shepherd 5
Game 4: Ohio Valley 2, Pitt-Johnstown 1 (UPJ eliminated)
Game 5:
WV State 18, Shepherd 5 (Shepherd eliminated)
Game 6: West Chester 5, Kutztown 1
Saturday, May
20, 2006
Game 7: West Chester 9, West Virginia State 4
Game 8: KU 10, Ohio Valley 3 (Ohio Valley eliminated)
Game 9: Kutztown 15, West Virginia State 11 (WVa State eliminated)
Sunday, May 21,
2006
Game 10: Kutztown 7, West Chester 4
Game 1: West Chester 14, Kutztown 3
Results
Thursday, May 18,
2006
Game 1: Kutztown 7, Ohio Valley 0
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV –
Philip Rummel pitched eight shutout innings and Kutztown turned
six double plays as the Golden Bears defeated Ohio Valley, 7-0, in
the opening game of the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional at
West Virginia State Thursday morning.
Josh
Fink was 2-for-5 with two runs scored, while Gary Stricker
was 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and a home run. Kyle Costello
and Nate Kranz each drove in a pair of runs for the Golden
Bears.
Rummel (5-3) was superb on the mound for KU. He struck out
just one and allowed seven hits, but forced 12 ground outs in the
hitter-friendly confines of Calvin Bailey Field.
“I
never really strike a lot of guys out,” Rummel said. “I usually
just try to let guys put it in play and let my defense make plays.
The guys did a great job behind me turning all those double plays.”
Rummel
was the beneficiary of a season-high six double plays turned by his
defense. Derick Reis hurled a scoreless ninth inning to
close the door on the Fighting Scots.
“Rummel went out and did an outstanding job,” KU head coach
Chris Blum said. “He has been as good as any of our pitchers over
the last month and a half, which is saying something. His fastball
has a lot of movement on it, and it gets batters to hit ground
balls. The defense did a great job at turning double plays and
stopping any momentum Ohio Valley had.”
OVU had
11 base runners in the game, but six were doubled off, including one
twin killing off a diving catch by left fielder Garrison Rausch,
who threw to Mike McCardell at first to double off the runner
in the seventh. Another baserunner was caught stealing by KU
catcher Matt Dierolf.
“Dierolf throwing that guy out really set the tempo for the game,”
Rummel said. “After that, I was able to keep guys close and they
never tried to run after that.”
With
the win, Kutztown (41-12) , the #2 seed in the tournament, advances
to Friday’s game 6, where it will face the winner of Thursday’s game
between third seeded West Chester and fourth-seeded Shepherd. That
game starts at 4:00 PM. Ohio Valley (36-26), the #5 seed, will
face the loser of the game between #1 seed West Virginia State/#6
seed Pitt-Johnstown on Friday.
Kutztown got on the board in the bottom of the first. Fink
doubled to lead off the inning, then came around on Costello’s
single. The duo combined on another run in the third, when Fink
singled and eventually scored on Costello’s groundout.
KU
broke it open in the sixth. Kranz hit a two-run single
followed by RBI hits by Stricker and Craig.
Stricker’s solo homer in the eighth capped the scoring.
D.J.
Schreckengost was 2-for-3 for the Scots. Adam Copeland pitched a
complete-game for OVU, striking out two.
Friday, May 19,
2006
Game 6: West Chester 5, Kutztown 1
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV –
Chris Powl pitched a complete game, leading West Chester to a 5-1
win over Kutztown in game six of the NCAA Division II North Atlantic
Regional Friday afternoon at West Virginia State.
West
Chester (36-17) advances to face West Virginia State, which remained
unbeaten in the double-elimination tournament with an 18-5 win over
Shepherd. That game starts at 9:00 AM Saturday. Kutztown (41-13)
falls to the loser’s bracket to face Ohio Valley at 12:30 PM on
Saturday. Ohio Valley stayed alive with a 2-1 win over
Pitt-Johnstown.
Powl
scattered eight hits in the complete-game win, striking out four.
He forced 17 ground outs in the game.
The
Golden Rams took the lead in the third. With runners at second and
third, Nate Guers grounded to first and handcuffed Paul Cashin.
Both runners scored on the error.
Kutztown cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third on an RBI
single by Jeff Craig that drove in Gary Stricker.
WCU
scored twice more in the fifth. Brett Wallace drove in the first
run on a single. He scored later on one of KU’s five errors in the
game. WCU capped the scoring in the eighth when pinch runner John
Molyneux scored on a groundout.
Joey
Yeager, Wallace and Matt Cotellese each had two hits for the Golden
Rams.
Josh
Fink, Craig and Nate Kranz were all 2-for-4 for
the Golden Bears. Mike McCardell (6-1) suffered his first
loss of the year. He pitched 6.2 innings, allowing seven hits and
four runs, three earned. He struck out six.
Saturday, May 20
Game 8 - Kutztown 10, Ohio Valley 3
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV -
Kutztown stayed alive in the North Atlantic Regional, with a 10-3
win over Ohio Valley Saturday Afternoon at West Virginia State
University.
Kutztown advances
to face the host Yellow Jackets in another elimination game Saturday
afternoon.
Ohio Valley is eliminated.
Derick
Reis (3-0) pitched
3.1 scoreless innings to pick up the win. He had five
strikeouts. Ryan Loper went the first 4.2.
Justin Jachowicz
hurled a scoreless ninth.
GarrisonRausch was 3-for-6
with two runs and two RBI. Jeff Craig was 3-for-5.
Loper was
3-for-5 with two RBI. Matt Dierolf and Mike McCardell had two hits
apiece. Gary Stricker drove in three runs.
The Golden Bears
had to come from behind to defeat the Fighting Scots. KU
trailed 3-2 heading into the top of the sixth. Dierolf laced a one-out double to right field.
Stricker
ripped the next pitch over the left field fence to give KU a 4-3
lead. Two batters later, Rausch hit an inside the
park home run, when OVU left fielder Kenny Balderson dove after the
line drive and missed it. The ball rolled to the fence as
Balderson was injured on the play.
In the seventh, KU
broke it open. Dierolf and Rausch wrapped RBI singles around a
sacrifice fly by Stricker.
KU capped the
scoring in the ninth on a leadoff homer by Nate Kranz and an RBI
single by Matt Jones.
KU had 17 hits in
the game, 10 after the fifth inning as OVU controlled the game
early.
The Scots took a
1-0 lead in the second when Zack Carte scored from first after Loper's pickoff attempt went into right field and
Jeff
Craig's throw home went into the OVU
dugout. The Scots could have scored two runs on the play, but
Branden Durben, who started on second, missed third base coming around
on the play and was out on appeal.
Loper got the run
back himself in the third, ripping an RBI single to drive in Fink. OVU retook the lead in the fourth on an RBI single by Durben.
KU answered again, as Loper singled in Rausch in the top of the
fifth.
OVU again took the
lead in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Balderson.
The Scots loaded the bases with two outs to chase Loper. Reis
came on in relief and struck out Andrew Lore to end the threat.
Lore and Durben had
three hits each for OVU. Zach Fairbanks was the losing
pitcher.
Saturday, May 20
Game 9 - Kutztown 15, West Virginia State 11
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV -
Kutztown outslugged West Virginia State, 15-11, to stay alive in the
North Atlantic Regional Saturday afternoon.
Kutztown jumped out
to an 8-0 lead, saw it disappear, only to retake a six-run lead,
which proved to be enough against the potent Yellow Jackets.
Bill Loskiewictz
got the win (5-3), allowing 10 hits, but only 2 runs over 4.2
innings of relief. Bryan Batten (0-2), one of eight hurlers
utilized by West Virginia State, was the losing pitcher.
Kutztown now
advances to Sunday's championship round, where it will face West
Chester, which defeated WVSU 9-4 earlier on Saturday. KU will
need to defeat the Golden Rams twice on Sunday to advance to the
NCAA Division II Championship in Montgomery, AL.
Josh Fink
(3-4, 2 RBI) and Ryan Loper (3-for-5, 3 runs) combined for
six of KU's 15 hits. Mike McCardell, Kyle Costello
and Nate Kranz had two hits each, while Jeff Craig,
Costello and Gary Stricker drove in two runs apiece.
West Virginia State
pounded out 21 hits of its own, led by Jeff Miller (Pine Grove, PA),
who was 4-for-4 with five RBI, and Tyler Courts (4-for-6).
KU went up 8-0
after the third inning, highlighted by a two-run single by
Stricker in the second, and Josh Fink's two-run single in
the third.
WVSU stormed back
in the fourth, scoring seven runs off KU starter Matt Maradeo.
The Jackets had eight hits in the inning, including a two-run single
to cap it by Miller.
KU made it 9-7 in
the fifth when Nate Kranz scored on a wild pitch, but WVSU
put two runners on in its half of the fifth to chase Maradeo.
Loskiewictz came on in relief, but State tied it after RBI
hits by Miller and Kyle Jones (Pottstown, PA).
Kutztown finally
took the lead for good in the sixth on an RBI single by Costello
that scored McCardell. Bryan Riggins' pinch-hit
sacrifice fly made it 11-9 later in the frame.
In the seventh, the
Bears got some much needed insurance runs on a two-run homer by
Craig and a sacrifice fly by Costello. KU stretched
it to 15-9 in the eighth when Stricker scored on an error.
Miller gave the
Yellow Jackets one last hope in the bottom of the ninth, with a
two-run homer. But Loskiewictz clamped down for the
final three outs to close the door.
Sunday, May 21
Game 10 - Kutztown 7, West Chester 4
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV -
Kutztown remained alive in the North Atlantic Regional, defeating
West Chester, 7-4, to force a decisive Game 11 at the NCAA North
Atlantic Regional.
Kutztown (44-14)
was led by Garrison Rausch, who was 3-for-4 with two runs and
an RBI. Gary Stricker was 2-for-4 with two runs
and three RBI.
Mark Gilliford was
2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI for West Chester.
Philip Rummel
(6-3), working on two-days rest, pitched 7.2 innings, allowing five
hits and four runs with six strikeouts for the win. Mike
McCardell pitched a scoreless ninth to record his 13th save of
the year bettering both his single-season record, while eclipsing
the career mark of 16.
Jeff Craig
laced a two-run double in the third and Stricker belted a
three-run homer in the fourth inning, as KU built a 5-0 lead.
West Chester
answered in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run homer by Mark
Gilliford and an RBI single by Drew Pare.
KU stretched its
lead in the seventh on a safety squeeze by McCardell that
scored Garrison Rausch.
In the bottom of
the eighth, West Chester loaded the bases with two outs.
Bill Loskiewictz relieved Rummel. An error on a
grounder by Matt Cotellese allowed one run to score, but
Loskiewictz got Pare to strike out to end the threat.
KU added an
insurance run in the ninth on an RBI single by Rausch and
McCardell pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth for the save.
Game 11 – West Chester 14 Kutztown 3
COMPLETE
STATS
INSTITUTE, WV –
Kutztown University’s baseball season came to a close with a 14-3
loss to West Chester in the championship game of the NCAA Division
II North Atlantic Regional.
Kutztown forced the decisive second game after defeating West
Chester 7-4 earlier in the day on Sunday.
West
Chester (38-18) earns its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II
Championship in Montgomery, AL. Kutztown (44-14), which set a
school record with 44 victories this season, saw its bid for its
fourth trip to the national tournament falls one game short.
“This
has been a memorable season,” KU head coach Chris Blum said.
“The guys fought hard all year long, and even more so here the last
few games to get to the championship game. We lost to a really good
West Chester team today.”
Kutztown, which had to battle back through two elimination
games on Saturday and another on Sunday to force the 11th
game of the tournament. The Golden Bears, however, ran out of
pitching as the Rams rapped out 18 hits in the game.
The
Golden Rams jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The
Rams got a stellar pitching performance from Frank Gailey, who won
his second game in the tournament. Gailey pitched eight innings,
striking out 11.
West Chester took a
4-0 lead after the fifth inning, scoring on a double play in the
first, a two-run double by Blair Dameron in the second and a RBI
single by Mark Gilliford.
The Rams broke it open with four runs in the sixth, three in
the seventh and three in the ninth.
Mike McCardell had a solo homer in the sixth and
Garrison Rausch and Dan Gavlick had RBI singles in the
eighth to account for KU’s runs.
Sean
Bond was 4-for-6 with three runs. Joey Yeager was 3-for-6 with five
RBI.
Jeff
Craig was 3-for-5 to lead KU. Ryan Loper (6-3) was the
losing pitcher.
All Tournament Team: P-Frank
Gailey (WCU), P-Philip Rummel (KU), C-Brett Wallace (WCU),
1B-Jeff Miller (WVSU), 2B-Kyle Bechter (WCU), 3B-Nate Kranz
(KU), SS-Gary Stricker (KU), OF-Tyler Courts (WVSU), OF-Jeff
Craig (KU), OF-Matt Cotellese (WCU), DH-Kyle Jones (WVSU)
MVP:
Brett Wallace (WCU)
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