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March 14, 2009

GOLDEN BEARS SWEEP ESU

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University baseball team improved to 4-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division with a sweep of East Stroudsburg on Saturday.

The Golden Bears (16-5, 4-0 PSAC East) beat the Warriors (12-10, 0-4 PSAC East) by scores of 4-3 and 3-2. The wins on Saturday follow the sweep at KU on Friday afternoon, with the Golden Bears winning those games by scores of 6-1 and 4-1.

The Golden Bears will return to action at 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a non-conference contest with Wilmington (Del.) at North Campus Field.

Game 1:
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Kutztown..........001 030 0 -  4  5  1   | RECAP | BOXSCORE
East Stroudsburg..012 000 0 -  3  7  1

Game 2:
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Kutztown..........001 000 2 -  3  8  1   | RECAP | BOXSCORE
East Stroudsburg..010 100 0 -  2  6  1

GOLDEN BEARS EDGE OUT WARRIORS 4-3

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University baseball team extended its winning streak against East Stroudsburg with a 4-3 win in the first game of the doubleheader.

Ryan Cassidy (jr. Langhorne/Archbishop Wood) picked up the win on the mound, going four innings and striking out seven. The Warriors managed three runs and five hits off Cassidy.

Trailing 3-1 entering the top of the fifth, the Golden Bears started a rally going with consecutive singles by Dominick Fantanarosa (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville), Brett Wigder (so. Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) and Shayne Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown). Houck's single knocked in Fantanarosa to pull the Golden Bears within one of the Warriors.

After Mike Kacelowicz (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) reached on an error to load the bases

James Quigley (so. Bensalem/Bensalem) was hit by a pitch to force home Wigder. Houck scored what became the game winning run on an infield double-play.

Jason Herr (so. Harrisburg/C.D. East) pitched two-hit ball in the fifth and sixth inning to maintain the KU lead at 4-3. Mike Bucklin (jr. Shillington/Governor Mifflin) sat the Warriors down in order to earn his fourth save of the season.

GOLDEN BEARS COMPLETE SWEEP OF ESU

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University baseball team completed a four-game sweep of East Stroudsburg with a 3-2 win Saturday afternoon.

The Warriors jumped out to a 1-0 lead with an RBI single by Bryce Muth in the second, but KU came right back with a run in the third.

Mark Renda (so. Lansdale/North Penn) led off with a single and got to third on a double by

Shayne Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown). Renda scored on a Mike Kacelowicz (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) ground out to shortstop.

Trent Mertz (so. Kutztown/Kutztown) surrendered another run in the fourth, lasted five innings while striking out six.

The Golden Bears trailed 2-1 going into their last at bats starting rallying with a one-out double by Houck. Kacelowicz singled and advanced to second on a throw to home which was too late to get Houck and tie the game at 2-2.

An error with two outs on a Jared Frey (so. Mohrsville/Schuylkill Valley) grounder gave the Golden Bears the lead as Kacelowicz scored from second.

Mike Bucklin (jr. Shillington/Governor Mifflin), in his second inning of work, got three groundouts to end the game and earn the win.

Kacelowicz went 3-for-4 for KU, with two RBIs and a run scored.