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10
Winner Seton Hill SHU-B 31-20
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Gannon GAN 32-15
Winner
Seton Hill SHU-B
31-20
10
Final
6
Gannon GAN
32-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seton Hill SHU-B 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 10 14 1
Gannon GAN 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 10 1

W: Marshall McGraw (4-2) L: Bender, John (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Josh Hill, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Baseball’s PSAC Tournament Run Comes to Bitter End With Loss to Seton Hill

THE RUNDOWN
  • Final Score: Seton Hill 10, Gannon 6
  • Records: Gannon (32-15) | Seton Hill (31-20)
  • Location: Point Stadium – Johnstown, Pa. (PSAC Tournament)
 
GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER ­
KEY SEQUENCE
  • After a warning was issued by the home plate umpire to Gannon pitcher Ty Phelps (Pomeroy, Ohio/Meigs), Seton Hill converted on the next pitch with a three-run homer. The big blast blew the game open and capped a six-run seventh inning to give Seton Hill a 10-4 lead. It was part of a difficult day for the Golden Knights, who were eliminated with a pair of losses in the PSAC Tournament on Friday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Gannon notched a pair of singles to short from Justin Hamm (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny) and Elijah Quiceno (Berryville, Va./Stonebridge), putting two runners on base early. Nate Cardy (Franklin, Pa./Franklin) lifted a three-run homer to deep left field for the first inning lead.
  • Seton Hill answered in the second with two runs to trim its deficit to just one. The Griffins recorded back-to-back run producing doubles in the second. Eric Sapp (Deerfield, Ohio/Southeast) made a sliding play to record the final out of the second on a bunt attempt, and the left-hander tossed a scoreless third.
  • The Griffins eventually tied the game at three on a double steal as Nick Stotler stole home on a close play. The tie did not last long as Gannon responded in the bottom of the fourth with a Brandon Wetherholt (Gibsonia, Pa./Mars Area) single to take a 4-3 lead.
  • Stotler delivered the tying run, at the plate this time, with a single to center. John Bender (Wilson, N.Y. / Wilson) entered to pitch in the sixth and worked around a walk for a scoreless frame. The Griffins pieced together a six-run seventh inning to surge ahead 10-4 over the Golden Knights.
  • Elijah Quiceno (Berryville, Va./Stonebridge) sliced into the deficit with a long home run out to center field in the bottom if the seventh as Gannon trailed 10-5. Dominic Mori (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area) launched a double that wedged into the bottom of the left field wall, scoring Cardy to make it 10-6.
  • Neither side scored over the final two innings as the Griffins sealed the 10-6 decision to advance in the conference tournament.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Quiceno, Cardy and Mori picked up two hits apiece.
  • Gannon fell earlier in the day to West Chester, while Seton Hill moves on to play tomorrow at 12:30 PM.
  • Quiceno, who hit his first home run since April 13 against IUP, eclipsed the 40 RBI mark with his 10th long ball of the season in the seventh inning.
  • Sapp went five innings for the fourth consecutive start. He allowed six hits and surrendered four earned runs with three strikeouts.
  • Cardy put together a solid day at the plate, going 2-4 with a home run, three RBI and a walk.
  • After Ryan Kalbfus (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) came on to pinch hit in the seventh, Sawyer Overhoff (Eden, N.Y./Eden) entered the game to play second base in the eighth.
 
UP NEXT
  • Gannon will await its fate and look for an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.
  • The NCAA Selection Show airs on Sunday, May 12 at 10:00 PM.
  • The Golden Knights were slated second in the most recent NCAA DII Atlantic Region Rankings, released earlier this week.
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