Baseball Eliminated From PSUAC Tournament

Freshman pitcher Matt Klena talks things over with his catcher, sophomore Bill Hodgetts
Freshman pitcher Matt Klena talks things over with his catcher, sophomore Bill Hodgetts

Butler, Pa- The Greater Allegheny baseball team entered the day just a win away from returning to the PSUAC Championship for the second straight season.  However, after falling 4-1 in the winner's bracket semi-final game to Penn State Mont Alto, GA was then eliminated by Penn State Beaver after being beaten 8-1. 

  Greater Allegheny fell behind 4-0 early in game against Penn State Mont Alto, and were only able to scratch 1 run across on just 4 hits.  Sophomore outfielder Zak Schmidt (Moon, PA) had the lone RBI on a sacrifice fly, driving in junior third baseman Jason Paris (Chartiers Houston, PA).  Freshman Eddie Emes (New Brighton, PA) suffered the loss, pitching just 2.1 innings.  Emes (5-3) gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, while striking out and walking 2.  Freshman Aaron McGee (Penn Trafford, PA) pitched well in 4.2 innings of relief, giving up just 1 run and striking out 7.

  Against Penn State Beaver, Greater Allegheny again fell behind early, trailing 5-0 through 3 innings of play.  Beaver would tack on 3 more, and allowed just 1 GA runner to score.  Junior catcher Josh Kubisz (Goose Creek, SC) singled home junior Mike Pryor (CCAC-Boyce), who had reached on a walk.  Senior Teddy Fricke (Carrick, PA) took the loss, giving up 8 runs and 10 hits over 5 innings.  Fricke (4-2) struck out and walked 1.  Freshman Matt Klena (Shaler, PA) pitched a scoreless inning, striking out 2.

  With the two losses, Greater Allegheny ends their season at 28-15 overall and 15-6 in the PSUAC.  Unable to repeat as regular season and tournament champions, GA still finished third in both the regular season standings and in the tournament.