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FT.
MYERS, Fla. – The Lock Haven
University baseball team (7-5) out-hit the University of
New Haven to a 12-7 win before getting burned by the long
ball in a 3-2 loss to Regis University (15-7) today (March
11) at the Gene Cusick Collegiate Classic. LHU has gone
5-2 so far in this tournament.
Against
UNH, the Chargers held a commanding 6-1 lead after four
innings. LHU would break out with six runs in the fifth,
getting two more in the sixth and three in the seventh for
the 12-7 final tally.
Senior
shortstop
Brett Kelley
(Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport)
smacked his first home run of the season, a
three-run shot. Sophomore catcher
Travis Ruane (Hughesville, Pa./Shippensburg Univ.)
drove in three with a 2-for-5 effort, while
Aaron Neideigh
(Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) and
Dave Miller
(Tyrone, Pa./Bellwood-Antis) both plated two runs.
Sophomore
Ian M.
Whinnery (Towanda, Pa/Towanda) picked up his first
win of the season (1-0) with 2.1 innings of relief, while
senior Andy
Leakey (State College, Pa/State College) got the
final five outs for his second save of the year.
Regis
took the Bald Eagles by a 3-2 tally, scoring all three
runs on home runs, “just fly balls that got caught in a
strong wind,” revealed LHU assistant coach Heath Stover.
LHU’s
Blake Barbini
(Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area)
was the hard-luck loser today, falling to 1-2 with seven
innings of eight-strikeout ball. Craig Deaver was the
winning pitcher for the Rangers.
Senior
third baseman
Derek
Megargell (Orangeville, Pa./Alleghany College(Md.))
finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, Miller added a double and
senior
Kyle Elbin
(Bedford, Pa./Delgado C.C.)
brought home the other LHU run with a sacrifice fly.
Kelley,
Ruane, Neideigh, Miller, Whinnery, Leakey, Stover, Barbini,
Megargell, Elbin and the rest of the Bald Eagles are back
in action Saturday, March 12 at 9 a.m. against the College
of St. Rose. |
