RELEASE DATE: 7/11/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GREG MARTIN AND JES RICKER NAMED MU SPRING ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

MANSFIELD – Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) an All-American on the baseball team and Jes Ricker (Shillington/Governor Mifflin) and standout on the softball team have been named the Mansfield University Male and Female Spring Athletes of the Year.

Martin, who became the 34^th Mountaineer player to be selected by a Major League team since 1969 when he was signed by the Montreal Expos in June, was one of the top pitchers in NCAA Division II this season. 

Martin was named to 3rd Team All-American honors after setting a school and PSAC record by winning his first 13 starts of the season. The senior lefty posted a 13-2 overall record with a 2.63 ERA. In 106.0 innings worked, Martin struck out 96 batters while walking just 37. He set new school records for wins, complete games (12), innings pitched and strikeouts. In addition, Martin finished second in NCAA Division II in wins and 34th in ERA. Over the span of his four-year career at Mansfield, Martin finished second in career wins (29) and strikeouts (256), third in innings pitched (275) and complete games (17). All the above marks set new school records for a left-handed pitcher. The son of Robert and Ruth Martin of Scranton, Martin majored in business at Mansfield.

Ricker  becomes the first player in Mansfield University softball history to earn All-PSAC East honors in each of her first three seasons. Ricker was named to second team honors at third base for the second straight season after being named to 1st Team honors as a freshman. A starter in all 39 games this season, Ricker was second on the team in hitting with a .314 batting average rapping out 36 hits in 114 at-bats including a team best 10 doubles along with 18 RBI. She also had at team best .421 slugging average. Ricker is the daughter of Tom Ricker and Donna Yetter, Ricker is a business and accounting major at Mansfield.

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RELEASE DATE: 6/14/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES GREG MARTIN SIGNS WITH MONTREAL EXPOS – REPORTS FOR ASSIGNMENT TODAY IN FLORIDA

MANSFIELD – Mansfield University senior pitching standout Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) has signed a contract to pitch for the Montreal Expos.

Martin reports to Jupiter, FL today for assignment.

Martin, who becomes the 34^th Mountaineer player to be selected by a Major League team since 1969, was on the top pitchers in NCAA Division II this season.

Martin was named to 3^rd Team All-American honors after setting a school and PSAC record by winning his first 13 starts of the season. The senior lefty posted a 13-2 overall record with a 2.63 ERA. In 106.0 innings worked, Martin struck out 96 batters while walking just 37. He set new school records for wins, complete games (12), innings pitched and strikeouts. In addition, Martin finished second in NCAA Division II in wins and 34^th in ERA.

Over the span of his four-year career at Mansfield, Martin finished second in career wins (29) and strikeouts (256), third in innings pitched (275) and complete games (17). All the above marks set new school records for a left-handed pitcher.

Martin will probably be assigned to Gulf Coast Expos in the Florida Gulf Coast League or the Vermont Expos of the New York-Penn League. Vermont plays a three game series at Bowman Field against the Williamsport Crosscutters July 4, 5, and 6.

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RELEASE DATE: 6/4/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES JASON MANWARING NAMED NCBWA NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

MANSFIELD – The honors keep coming in for Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads).

The junior slugger capped off one of the most impressive seasons in Mountaineer baseball history by being named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association North Atlantic Regional Player of the Year.

It marks the inaugural year for the awards at the NCAA Division II level. The awards, which honor the best position player and pitcher from each of the eight regions that compete in collegiate baseball at the NCAA Division II level.

The top slugger in NCAA Division II this season, Manwaring was selected to 1^st team honors as designed hitter. In 54 games this season more than half of his 69 hits went for extra bases including 14 doubles, a triple and a school and PSAC record 23 home runs. He batted .388 with a school record 79 RBI and .865 slugging percentage. Manwaring’s 23 home runs topped NCAA Division II and he currently ranks second in RBI in the nation. The final NCAA Division II statistical report has not yet been released with the NCAA Division II National Championship just concluding on Saturday, June 1.

Manwaring earlier was named to 1^st All-PSAC East, All-North Atlantic Regional and NCAA Division II All-America honors.

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RELEASE DATE: 5/28/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES JASON MANWARING NAMED TO 1^ST TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS – GREG MARTIN EARNS 3^RD TEAM HONORS – MU PLACES FOUR ON NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL TEAM

MANSFIELD – Junior Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads) was named to 1^st Team NCAA Division II honors while Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) earned 3^rd Team honors in voting conducted among the eight member American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-American Committee and release today.

Manwaring and Martin along with Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) were also named to the 1^st Team All North Atlantic Regional team with Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport) selected to the All North Atlantic Regional 2^nd Team.

Manwaring and Martin are the 18^th and 19^th Mountaineers selected to ABCA/NCAA Division II All-American honors since 1992. Manwaring is the 10^th Mountaineer to earn 1^st Team honors.

The top slugger in NCAA Division II this season, Manwaring was selected to 1^st team honors as designed hitter. In 54 games this season more than half of his 69 hits went for extra bases including 14 doubles, a triple and a school and PSAC record 23 home runs. He batted .388 with a school record 79 RBI and .865 slugging percentage. Manwaring’s 23 home runs topped NCAA Division II and he currently ranks second in RBI in the nation.

Martin was named to 3^rd Team All-American honors after setting a school and PSAC record by winning his first 13 starts of the season. The senior lefty posted a 13-2 overall record with a 2.63 ERA. In 106.0 innings worked, Martin struck out 96 batters while walking just 37. He set new school records for wins, complete games (12), innings pitched and strikeouts.

Brown was named to 1^st Team All North Atlantic Region at first base. In 55 games this season, Brown rapped out 60 hits including 13 doubles and 13 home runs. He batted .319 on the year and was second in the PSAC in home runs and RBI (59).

Frame was selected to 2^nd team All North Atlantic Region honors at third base. The senior had a team best 72 hits in 193 at-bats including 17 doubles, a triple and eight home runs. He posted a .596 slugging percentage while driving in 39 runs and batting .373.

The Mountaineers finished the season with a 41-14 overall record and won the PSAC East Division to advance to the PSAC and North Atlantic Regional playoffs.

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RELEASE DATE: 5/17/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES ELIMINATED FROM NCAA DIVISION II NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL WITH 3-2 SETBACK TO KUTZTOWN AND 11-5 LOSS TO SHEPHERD – 41-14 MARK SECOND BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY

KUTZTOWN – One of the most successful seasons in school history drew to a heartbreaking close as the Mansfield University Mountaineers were eliminated from the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Tournament with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Kutztown in the winner’s bracket before suffering a season ending 11-5 setback to Shepherd College.

“You come this far, you win 41 games and it’s still hurts to lose,” head coach Harry Hillson said. “Baseball is a game of opportunities and we just couldn’t take advantage of the opportunities we had in the first game. We still have one of the best records in baseball and even though we are all disappointed, I’m proud of what our guys achieved.”

The opener was truly a classic baseball game. Kutztown scored a solo run in the second inning and it stood up until the Mountaineers tied with a run in the bottom of the seventh on a RBI single by Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads) driving in Travis Wurster (Montoursville/Montoursville).

Kutztown retook the lead with a run in the top of the eighth and added another in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) led off with a double to center field that just missed being a home run. After an out, Kutztown replaced starter Paul Garber with Bob McCuen.

McCuen faced Manwaring who doubled to right to score Hafich, closing the gap to 3-2. But McCuen got the final two outs, one on a line shot by the third basemen by Eddie Frame, to end the game.

The Mountaineer out hit the Golden Bears 11-8, but stranded 13 runners on base and twice failed to score with the bases loaded. Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) took the loss to end his record setting season with a 13-2 mark. Martin threw an exceptional game, scattering eight hits and striking out nine. Manwaring was 3-4 with two RBI while Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) and Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) each had two hits.

In the nightcap, Shepherd scored eight runs in the final three innings to earn a spot in the championship round against Kutztown on Saturday.

Mansfield pounded out 14 hits, but again stranded 13 base runners in the loss. Chris Hafich was 3-5 with a home run and two doubles with Travis Wurster, Brett Brown, Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) and Jason Fischer each had two hits.

John Cronin (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) took the loss going 6.2 innings.

GAME ONE

Kutztown            010            000            011            3-8-0

Mansfield             000            000            101            2-11-4

Kutztown (34-21): Paul Garber (W,10-2), Rob McCuen (9) (s) and Clay Kuklick

2b – Al Fitch, Dennis Smeding, Mike Waldt 2

RBI – Waldt

Mansfield (41-13): Greg Martin (L, 13-2) and Craig Barkey

2b – Chris Hafich, Jason Manwaring

RBI – Manwaring 2

GAME TWO

Shepherd             001            020            251            11-15-2

Mansfield             000            010            032            5-14-2

Shepherd (36-11-1): Jimmy Jackson (W, 7-0) and Charlie Drummond

2b – Preston Miller 2, Mike Spry

HR – Spry , Jake Ellifritz

RBI – Jason Walck 3, Brian Powell 2, Spry 3, Ellifritz, Miller

Mansfield (41-14): John Cronin (L, 6-3), Kane Stein (7), Jeff Papi (8), Alan Peterman (8) and Barkey

2b – Chris Hafich 2, Doug Evans

HR – Chris Hafich (6)

RBI – Hafich 2, Jason Fischer

RELEASE DATE: 5/16/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES RALLY WITH FOUR RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 10^TH INNING TO DOWN WEST VIRGINIA STATE 8-4 IN OPENING GAME ON NCAA DIVISION II NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University Mountaineers scored four runs in the top of the 10^th inning to pull out an 8-4 win over West Virginia State in the opening game of the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional at Kutztown University’s North Campus Field Thursday afternoon.

With one out in the top of the 10^th inning, Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads) singled to right center and was then replaced by pinch runner John Stanek. Eddie Frame (Linden/Williamsport) followed with a single to center to move Stanek to third.

West Virginia State then replaced starting pitcher Scott Patterson with Neal Defazio. Brandon Brokaw, who had replaced starting right fielder Doug Evans an inning earlier, drilled a single through the middle scoring Stanek and breaking a 4-4 deadlock.

Josh Rearick, who had been a defensive replacement an inning earlier, followed with a single to left center driving in Frame and Brokaw. One out later, catcher Craig Barkey would drive in the final run of the inning giving Mountaineer starter Mike Ruth a four run cushion.

Ruth improved to 9-4, scattering 12 hits over 10 innings while striking out four.

“This is what people mean when they talk about a team effort,” head coach Harry Hillson said. “Our big hitters kept us in the game, but it was the guys off the bench that stepped up and won the game when the opportunity presented itself. Mike Ruth really came up big for us on the mound and just seemed to get stronger as the game went on. He was throwing harder in the ninth and tenth innings than he was in the first and second.”

The Mountaineers trailed 2-0 before erupting for four runs in the top of the fourth inning of four straight hits.

Brett Brown led off the inning with a single to right and moved to second on a single by Manwaring. Eddie Frame then singled to center to score Brown before Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) drilled a double down the left field line to score Manwaring and Frame. Evans later scored on a fielder’s choice.

West Virginia added a run in the bottom of the fourth and tied the game at 4-4 with a solo run in the bottom of the seventh.

In the top of the ninth, Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) walked and advanced to third with two outs but Chris Hafich deep fly was caught at the wall to end the threat.

West Virginia State mounded a threat of their own in the bottom of the ninth, advancing a runner to third base with two outs before Ruth got the final batter to fly out to center.

Hafich, Manwaring and Frame, the 2,4,5 hitters in the Mountaineers lineup each had two hits to lead Mansfield 13-hit attack.

Mansfield now moves on to the winner’s bracket where they will face Kutztown, a 4-2 winner over Shepherd College, at 1 p.m. The two teams have split four games played during the regular season.

Mansfield University        000            400            000            4            8-13-1

West Virginia State          101            100            100            0            4-12-0

Mansfield (41-12): Mike Ruth (W, 9-4) and Craig Barkey

2b – Doug Evans

RBI – Evans 2, Josh Rearick 2, Barkey 2, Eddie Frame, Brandon Brokaw

West Virginia State (28-19): Scott Patterson (L, 6-2), Neal DeFazio (10), Justin Clyde (10) and Jean-Gilles Larocque

2b – Larocque, Tom Pearce

RBI – Gerrad Talkington, Pearce 2, David Smith

RELEASE DATE: 5/15/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES PLACE SIX ON ALL-PSAC EAST BASEBALL TEAM – EDDIE FRAME, CHRIS HAFICH, JASON MANWARING AND GREG MARTIN NAMED TO FIRST TEAM HONORS

MANSFIELD – Eddie Frame (Linden/Williamsport), Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan), Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads) and Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) were all named to All-PSAC East 1^st Team honors while Brett  Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) and Travis Wurster (Montoursville/Montoursville) were earned second team recognition in voting conducted among the PSAC head coaches released today.

 Mansfield had a division best six players selected to All-PSAC East honors.

Frame was selected to first team honors at third base where he ranked among the conference leaders in batting, hits, doubles, and RBI’s. In 178 at-bats so far this season, Frame has rapped out a team best 69 hits for a .388 average including 17 doubles, a triple and eight home runs. He has scored 50 times while driving in 38 runs with a .629 slugging percentage.

Hafich was named to first team honors in the outfield where he lead the team and ranked fifth in the PSAC in batting with a .394 average. In 170 at-bats, Hafich smacked 67 hits including 12 doubles, a triple and five home runs. He also led the team in walks with 33 while gunning out five runners from his outfield position. It marks his All-PSAC East selection after earning 1^st Team honors in 2000.

Manwaring was selected to first team honors as designated hitter after shattering the PSAC record for home runs this season. A junior, Manwaring is batting .386 and tops the nation in home runs and RBI. In 166 at-bats, he has 64 hits including 13 doubles, a triple and 23 home runs. Manwaring also set the school season record with 77 RBI’s. He has a remarkable .892 slugging percentage.

Martin is one of the top pitchers in the nation this year after winning his first 13 starts of the season. The senior lefty has a school record 13-1 mark with a 2.60 earned run average. In 15 games this season, Martin has struck out 87 batters in a school record 97.0 innings worked. His 13 wins are the most in NCAA Division II this season.

Brown earned second team honors after finishing second the PSAC in home runs and RBI this season. In 175 at-bats this year, Brown has 55 hits including 13 doubles and 13 home runs. He has scored a team best 62 times this season while driving in 59 runs.

Wurster is the only freshman position player to be named to All-PSAC honors this season. In 179 at-bats this year, Wurster has 51 hits including 10 doubles and a home run. He has scored 42 times while driving in 24 runs and has been a stellar defensive player.

The Mountaineers are 30-12 on the season and ranked 30^th in NCAA Division II. They are currently at the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Tournament in Kutztown. The winner of the Tournament will advance to the NCAA Division II World Series in Montgomery, AL.

-2002-

RELEASE DATE: 5/13/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MANSFIELD EARNS NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH – MOUNTAINEERS FOURTH RANKED TEAM IN NCAA DIVISION II NORTH-ATLANTIC REGIONAL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team will be heading back to the NCAA Division II National Tournament after earning a berth to NCAA Division II Mid Atlantic Regional late Sunday night.

The Mountaineers (40-12) are the fourth seed in the four-team tournament along with #1 seed West Virginia State (28-18), #2 Sheperd College (34-10-1), and #3 Kutztown University (31-21).

West Virginia State won the South Division of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) and beat Sheperd College in the WVIAC Championship Tournament Sunday afternoon. Shepard won the North Division of the WVIAC.

Kutztown won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship Tournament on Saturday. Mansfield won the Eastern Division of the PSAC and split the four games they played with Kutztown this season.

Kutztown will also serve as host site with all games being played at North Campus Field.

Mansfield will play top ranked West Virginia State in the opening round on Thursday at noon with Kutztown hosting Sheperd at 3:30 p.m.

The winner of the Mid Atlantic Regional joins the winners of the seven other NCAA Division II regional tournaments in the NCAA Division II World Series in Montgomery, AL.

Mansfield has advanced to the NCAA Division II World Series three times (1992, 1993, and 1994). They finished second in 1992 after dropping an 11-8 decision to the University of Tampa. It was the highest finish for a Northern team in NCAA Division II World Series history.

-2002-

RELEASE DATE: 5/13/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES RANKED #30 IN THIS WEEK’S COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/NCAA DIVISION II TOP 30 POLL – ONE OF THREE NATIONAL RANKED TEAMS IN NCAA DIVISION II MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team is ranked #30 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II Top 30 poll. The Mountaineers went 1-2 during the week to fall from #19.

Three of the four teams selected for the upcoming NCAA Division II Mid Atlantic Regional Tournament are also ranked in the Top 30.

Top seeded West Virginia State (28-18) is ranked at #27 with number two seeded Sheperd (34-10-1) at #29.

Mansfield will meet West Virginia State at noon on Thursday in the opening round of the tournament.

-2002-

RELEASE DATE: 5/11/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES DROP 9-8 HEARTBREAKER TO FINISH THIRD AT PSAC TOURNAMENT – JASON MARWARING GOES 4-5 AND BELTS 23^RD HOME RUN OF THE SEASON

BOYERTOWN – The Mansfield University baseball team could not hold an early lead in falling to Lock Haven 9-8 at the PSAC Baseball Championship Tournament Saturday morning.

Mansfield got on the board with three runs in the top of the first keyed by a Jason Manwaring (Elmira,NY/Horseheads) RBI singe and run scoring double by Eddie Frame (Linden/Williamsport) before Lock Haven scored two in the bottom of the inning.

Mansfield added two more runs in the top of the second with Marwaring adding another RBI single, but Lock Haven scored twice in the bottom of the inning cutting the Mountaineers lead to 5-4.

MU added a solo run in the top of the third, but Lock Haven came right back to score three to take a 7-6 lead.

Manwaring led off the fourth inning with his 23^rd home run of the season to tie the score, but Lock Haven added solo runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth to take a 9-7 advantage.

Mansfield closed to within one in the top of the seventh with Aaron Kilgo led off with a doubled followed by an RBI double by Jason Fischer. Craig Barkey singled Fischer to third but a suicide squeeze was pop in the air and Lock Haven picked off the runner at third to effectively end the rally.

The Mountaineers pounded out 13 hits, including four by Manwaring who also had three RBI. Eddie Frame, Aaron Kilgo and Craig Barkey each had two hits.

Mansfield falls to 40-12 overall and await a hoped for NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional bid late Sunday night. The Mountaineers 40 wins are the most in the region.

Kutztown won the PSAC Championship with a 4-3 win over Lock Haven to earn the conference’s automatic regional berth.

Mansfield             321            100            100            8-13-2

Lock Haven            223            011            00            x            9-15-1

Mansfield (40-12): Kane Stein, Brandon Brokaw (3) (L, 3-1), Greg Martin (6) and Craig Barkey

2b – Eddie Frame 2, Aaron Kilgo, Jason Fischer

HR – Jason Manwaring (23)

RBI – Manwaring 3, Frame, Kilgo, Fischer

Lock Haven (25-19-1): Chad Schell, Matt Pile (4) (2-0), Aaron Leakey (7) (s) and Matt Isnor

2b – Brian Kelley, Ernest Woods

3b – Matt Vogt

RELEASE DATE: 5/06/02

BELLEFONTE’S BRETT BROWN NAMED PSAC EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK – JUNIOR HIT’S .500 WITH FIVE RBI OVER FOUR GAME SPAN

MANSFIELD – Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Player of the Week for his outstanding performance in the week ending 5/5/02.

The junior first baseman helped lead the Mountaineers to the PSAC East crown by rapping out six hits in twelve at-bats (.500) including a double and home run. He was 3-3 with a double and two RBI in a win at West Chester.

Brown ends the regular season with a .321 batting average, collecting 52 hits in 162 at-bats including 12 doubles and 13 home runs. He is second on the team with a .636 slugging percentage while driving in 56 RBI. Brown ranks second in the PSAC in both home runs and RBI’s.

The son of Belinda and Greg Brown of Bellefonte, Brett is majoring in criminal justice administration at Mansfield.

The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a school record 39-10 record and won the PSAC East with a 18-6 mark. They will play Lock Haven in the opening round of the PSAC Championship Tournament at 7 p.m. this Thursday at Bear’s Stadium in Boyertown, PA.

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RELEASE DATE: 5/6/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES #19 IN THIS WEEK’S COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL BASEBALL POLL

MANSFIELD – Although they clinched  the PSAC East crown, the Mansfield University baseball team fell three spots in this week Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II National Poll coming in at #19.

The Mountaineers, who posted a 2-2 record during the week, finished the regular season with a school record 39-10 mark. Mansfield won it’s 8^th PSAC East crown in head coach Harry Hillson’s 16^th season at the helm.

MU will play Lock Haven University, the number two seed in the PSAC West, at 7 p.m. in Bear’s Stadium in Boyertown this Thursday night. California University, the PSAC West winner, will meet Kutztown University, the number two team in the PSAC East at 3:30.

The winner of the double elimination tournament will be crowned on Saturday.

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RELEASE DATE: 5/04/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES WIN PSAC EAST CROWN IN SPLIT WITH KUTZTOWN – MANWARING SET NEW HOME RUN RECORD WITH GRAND SLAM IN NIGHTCAP – DOUG EVANS HITS TWO HOME RUNS IN ONE INNING

MANSFIELD – Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) blasted his school record 21^st home run of the season with a grand slam and Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) hit two home runs in the same inning to lead Mansfield University to the 2002 PSAC East crown with a 10-6 win over Kutztown University in the second game of a doubleheader at Shaute Field Saturday afternoon. Kutztown won the opener 6-4.

“Winning the PSAC East was the first goal this team set for itself before the season began,” said head coach Harry Hillson. “These two games had that playoff atmosphere and our guys really come through when they needed to. It’s always a big accomplish to win this division, but we still have a long way to go to get to where we want to be and the next step is the PSAC Championships starting Thursday.”

In the nightcap, the Mountaineers were held hitless until Doug Evans led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a home run to break a scoreless tie. Aaron Kilgo (Honesdale/Honesdale) then doubled before Craig Barkey (New Eagle/Ringgold) delivered an RBI single. Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) and Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) reached to load the bases for Manwaring who hit a 0-2 pitch over the right centerfield wall to break the Mansfield and PSAC record of 20 home runs in a season set by John Michael Cook (Elmira,NY/EFA) in 1995 and Scot Wilcox in 1998.

“I was just looking to put the ball in play with a 0-2 count and bases loaded,” Manwaring said. “He threw an outside fastball and I just tried to go with the pitch and it went over the fence. But the biggest thing about it is -- it helped win the game. No matter how many you hit, the only ones that really count are the ones that help win a game.”

Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport) followed Manwaring’s shot with a solo home run to centerfield and then Evans followed Frame with his second home run of the inning to give the Mountaineers an 8-0 lead.

Mansfield added two more in the sixth with starter John Cronin (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) taking a 10-0 lead into the top of the seventh. But Kutztown would not go down easily, reaching a tiring Cronin for six runs including a grand slam home run by Dave Rode before Alan Peterman recorded the final two outs.

In the opener the Mountaineers staked Kutztown to a 5-0 lead before Manwaring hit a two run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kutztown scored once in the top of the seventh before the Mountaineers staged a two out rally with a two run single by Brett Brown and had Manwaring at the plate with a runner on before he ground out to end the game.

In addition to setting a new home run record, Manwaring also became the first player in the Mountaineers 135-year baseball history to hit the 70 RBI mark.

The win sets a new school record for wins in the regular season as the Mountaineers close out with a 39-10 mark. It also marks the eighth time in Harry Hillson’s 16 years as head coach the Mountaineers have won the PSAC East crown.

Mansfield will play Lock Haven, which swept Slippery Rock on Saturday to finish second in the PSAC West, in the opening round of the PSAC Championship Tournament at 7 p.m. in Boyertown this Thursday. California, the PSAC West Champ, takes on Kutztown at 1 p.m.

GAME ONE

Kutztown             200            201            1            6-9-2

Mansfield             000            002            2            4-6-2

Kutztown (29-20, 16-7): Glenn Woolard (W, 11-2) and Clay Kuklick

2b – Joe Bosack, Dave Devereux

HR – Dennis Smeding, Greg Rada

RBI – Rada 2, Smeding, Devereux, Dave Rode, Mike Waldt

Mansfield (38-10, 17-6): Kane Stein (L, 4-2) and Craig Barkey

HR – Jason Manwaring (20)

RBI – Manwaring 2, Brett Brown 2

GAME TWO

Kutztown            000            000            6            6-8-1

Mansfield             000            082            x            10-7-1

Kutztown (29-21, 16-8): Rob McCuen (L, 2-6), Pat Gladfelter (5), Michael Rehman (6), Rick Pugh (6) and John Yearsley, Gary Canuso (6)

HR – Dave Rode

RBI – Rode 4, Smeding, Jimmy Iles

Mansfield (39-10, 18-6): John Cronin (W, 6-2), Alan Peterman (7) and Barkey

2b – Aaron Kilgo

HR – Doug Evans 2 (9), Jason Manwaring (21), Eddie Frame (8)

RBI – Manwaring 4, Evans 2, Travis Wurster, Frame, Barkey

RELEASE DATE: 5/3/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES SPLIT AT WEST CHESTER – MARTIN, MANWARING SET NEW SINGLE SEASON WINS AND RBI RECORDS – MOUNTIES SET SCHOOL RECORD FOR REGULAR SEASON WINS

WEST CHESTER – Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) broke the single season record for wins and Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) broke the single season record for RBI’s to help Mansfield University to a record 38 regular season wins with a 8-7 win over West Chester in the first game of a PSAC East doubleheader Friday afternoon. West Chester rallied to win the nightcap 5-4 in eight innings.

In the opener, Greg Martin scattered eight hits while striking out six and allowed just two earned runs to improve his record to a perfect 13-0 on the season. In the process, Martin broke the single season win record set by Steve Micknich (Elmira Hts.,NY/Horseheads) in 1992. Martin has now won 14 straight games going back to his final start of last season.

The Mountaineers scored three runs in the top of the first inning on four straight singles to start the game including RBI singles by Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) and Manwaring.

West Chester would come right back and score four unearned runs in the bottom of the inning before the Mountaineers retook the lead in the top of the second on an RBI double by Brown and RBI single by Manwaring.

Mansfield would add two more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Manwaring and RBI single by Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport). Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) led off the top of the seventh with a solo home run to round out the Mountaineers scoring.

With his three RBI’s in the opener, Manwaring broke the school record for RBI’s in a season set by Tom McCauley with 63 in 1995. Manwaring now has 64.

In the nightcap, Mansfield built a 4-1 lead after the first three innings keyed by a two-run home run by Craig Barkey (New Eagle/Ringgold) in the second and Brett Brown’s 13^th on the year on a solo shot in the third.

The Mountaineers improve 38-9 overall and are in first place in the PSAC East two games ahead of Kutztown with a 17-5 mark. West Chester ends its season at 30-25, 11-13.

Mansfield will host Kutztown in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday afternoon at Shaute Field. Both Mansfield and Kutztown have already qualified for the PSAC playoffs with tomorrow’s games determining first and second place seeding.

It will also be Senior Day and Little League Chicken BBQ at Shaute on Saturday. The Mountaineers will honor seniors Eddie Frame, Chris Hafich, Greg Martin, Mike Ruth and Joe Visconti in pregame ceremonies.

GAME ONE

Mansfield                     320            201            0            8-13-2

West Chester               400            010            2            7-8-3

Mansfield (38-8, 17-4): Greg Martin (W, 13-0) and Greg Barkey

2b – Brett Brown, Travis Wurster

HR – Chris Hafich (5)

RBI – Jason Manwaring 3, Brown 2, Doug Evans, Eddie Frame, Hafich

West Chester (29-25, 10-13): Stephen Fleck (L, 2-4), Dan Gentekos (4) and Jared Nace

2b – Eric Boettcher, Ryan Flynn, Dan Newton

RBI – Newton 3, Josh Wagner 2, Nace

GAME TWO

Mansfield                     121            000            00            4-6-0

West Chester               100            102            01            5-9-1

Mansfield (38-9, 17-5): Mike Ruth (L, 7-5) and Barkey

HR – Barkey (2), Brown (13)

RBI – Barkey 2, Brown, Frame

West Chester (30-25, 11-13): Jeff Brennan, Bob Truskey (8) (W, 5-1) and Nace

2b – Wagner

RBI – Dan Newton 2, Brian Jakubowski

RELEASE DATE: 4/29/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES MOVE UP TO 16^TH IN LATEST COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/NCAA DIVISION II POLL
 

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team moved up one spot to #16 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II National Baseball Poll released today.

The Mountaineers improved to 37-8 overall by posting a 6-1 mark during the week.

Mansfield, which sports the fifth best winning percentage in NCAA Division II (.816), is the highest ranked northern team in the nation. There are 233 NCAA Division II baseball programs.

The Mountaineers lead the PSAC East with a 16-4 record and will play West Chester in a PSAC East doubleheader Friday, May 3rd.   The Mountaineers were the first PSAC East team to clinch a PSAC playoff spot.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/27/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES SWEEP KING’S COLLEGE 11-6, 13-6 IN NON-CONFERENCE BASEBALL ACTION – IMPROVE TO 37-8 OVERALL TO TIE SCHOOL RECORD FOR REGULAR SEASON WINS

MANSFIELD – Brandon Brokaw (Altoona/Altoona) picked up the win in both games while Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte), Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) and Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) all hit home runs to lead the Mansfield University baseball team to a 11-6, 13-6 sweep over King’s College in a non-conference doubleheader at Shaute Field Saturday afternoon.

The Mountaineers have now won 13 of their last 14 games to improve to 37-8 overall and tie the school record for regular season wins set in 1994 (also 37-8) with six games remaining in the regular season.

Mansfield trailed 6-5 in the opener until they exploded for six runs in the sixth inning, keyed by a three run home run by Chris Hafich. Brett Brown hit his 12^th home run of the season with a solo shot in the fifth inning while Jason Fisher belted a two run shot in the fourth.

Brokaw allowed no hits over the final 2.2 innings to pick up the win.

In the nightcap, the Mountaineers scored 13 times on 11 hits with Travis Wurster (Montoursville/Montoursville), Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport), Aaron Kilgo (Honesdale/Honesdale) and D.J Houshauer (Hamburg/Hamburg) each had two hits in the game.

Brokaw got his second win of the day by going the final 3.2 innings scattering four hits.

Mansfield will travel to Lock Haven on Sunday for a non-conference doubleheader.

GAME ONE

King’s College            200            400            0            6-7-0

Mansfield University            011            216            x            11-14-2

King’s College (11-22): Andy French (L, 3-3), Bill Serifan (6), Branden Kieffer (6) and Jeremy Sauers

RBI – Sauers 2, Jason Melendez 2, Jon Deroba

Mansfield University (36-8): Jeff Papi, Alan Peterman (4), Brandon Brokaw (5) (W, 2-0) and Craig Barkey

2b – Brett Brown, Jeason Manwaring, Doug Evans 2, Craig Barkey

HR – Brett Brown (12), Chris Hafich (4), Jason Fischer (2)

RBI – Hafich 3, Brown 2, Fischer 2, Travis Wurster, Doug Evans, Joe Visconti, Aaron Kilgo

GAME TWO

King’s College            201            210            0            6-8-5

Mansfield University            224            221            x            13-11-1

Kings College (11-23): Gary MacDonald (L, 1-2), Branden Kieffer (4), Matt Loringer (6), Kyle Ellis (6) and Andy French

2b – French

RBI – Deroba, Sauers 2

Mansfield University (37-8): T.J. Dincher, Brandon Brokaw (4) (W, 3-0) and D.J. Houshauer

2b – Chris Hafich, Josh Rearick, Aaron Kilgo, Houshauer

RBI – Travis Wurster, Brett Brown, Eddie Frame, Joe Visconti, Houshauer

RELEASE DATE: 4/26/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES CLINCH PSAC PLAYOFF SPOT WITH SWEEP OVER BLOOMSBURG – GREG MARTIN TIES SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS IN SEASON WITH 12 – MANWARING HITS 19^TH AS MOUNTIES BLAST SIX ROUND TRIPPERS ON THE DAY

BLOOMSBURG – It’s off to Boyertown for the Mansfield University baseball team, as they become the first team to clinch a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoff spot with an 8-3, 5-4 sweep over Bloomsburg University Friday afternoon.

“It’s great to be back in the PSAC playoffs,” said head coach Harry Hillson. “And these guys certainly deserve it, but the goal of this team has always been to win the division and the conference championship and we haven’t done that yet.”

In the opener, senior Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) continued his perfect season scattering eight hits with eight strikeouts in a complete game victory. It gives Martin a perfect 12-0 record on the season and ties him with Steve Micknich (Elmira Hts./Horseheads) for the single season win record set in 1992.

Up 4-3, the Mountaineers put the game out of reach with four runs in the top of the sixth inning. Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) led off with a solo home run and Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) added a three run homer later in the inning. Hafich went 2-4 with a double and three RBI while Evans was 2-4 with two RBI.

In the nightcap the Mountaineers put on a home run show with Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte), Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport), Aaron Kilgo (Honesdale/Honesdale) and Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) all going yard.

Kilgo hit a solo shot in the third with Brown adding a solo home run in the fourth along with Frame who belted a two-run shot in the same inning. Manwaring hit his 19^th of the season with a solo shot in the sixth. He is now one shy of the single season MU and PSAC record of 20 set by John Michael Cook (Elmira/EFA) in 1995 and Scot Wilcox in 1998.

Mike Ruth (Akron/Ephrata) went the first six innings for his seventh win of the season and got help in the seventh from John Cronin (Horseheads/Horseheads).

It marks the 10^th time in his 16 seasons as head coach Hillson has directed the Mountaineers to the PSAC playoffs. This year the PSAC Championship will be held in Boyertown, PA on May 9-11.

Mansfield improves to 35-8 overall and 16-4 in the PSAC East. The Mountaineers will host King’s College in a non-conference doubleheader at Shaute Field on Saturday.

GAME ONE

Mansfield             100            124            0            8-9-0

Bloomsburg            010            020            0            3-8-3

Mansfield (34-8, 15-4): Greg Martin (W, 12-0) and Greg Barkey

2b – Chris Hafich

HR – Chris Hafich (3), Doug Evans (7)

RBI – Hafich 3, Evans 2, Brett Brown

Bloomsburg (22-19, 6-11): Matt Wiltrout (L, 4-3), Charlie Reed (7) and Jeremy Arner

2b – Brian Zorger 2

RBI – Zorger, Arner, Andy Howard

GAME TWO

Mansfield             001            301            0            5-7-1

Bloomsburg            000            011            2            4-7-1

Mansfield (35-8, 16-4): Mike Ruth (W, 7-4), John Cronin (7) and Barkey

2b – Eddie Frame

HR – Brett Brown (11), Aaron Kilgo (4), Eddie Frame (7), Jason Manwaring (19)

RBI – Frame 2, Brown, Manwaring, Kilgo

Bloomsburg (22-20, 6-12): Mike Robertson (L, 4-2) and Arner

2b – Brian Sperling, Jason Helcoski, Chris Husted, Andy Howard

HR – Husted

RBI – Husted, Pesci, Howard

 RELEASE DATE: 4/25/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MANSFIELD-BLOOMSBURG GAME POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY APRIL 26

MANSFIELD - The Mansfield-Bloomsburg baseball game scheduled for Thursday April 25 will be postponed due to weather.  The game is scheduled to be made up on Friday April 26 at Bloomsburg University.   

RELEASE DATE: 4/24/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES BEAT ITHACA COLLEGE 9-5 IN BATTLE BETWEEN NATIONAL RANKED PROGRAMS – BRYAN KING PICKS UP WIN

MANSFIELD – Bryan King (Milton/Milton) pitched 6.2 innings of solid baseball to lead the Mansfield University Mountaineers to a 9-5 win over Ithaca College in a battle between national ranked programs Wednesday afternoon at Shaute Field.

King, who was coming off rehab and had not pitched since March 8, kept Ithaca off balance most of the afternoon scattering six hits with two strikeouts for his first win of the season.

The Mountaineers scored three runs in the bottom of the first with two of them coming on a Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) double. Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport) drove in the Manwaring on a sacrifice fly.

Ithaca tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fourth, but the Mountaineers would come right back in the bottom of the inning when Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) and Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) both singled and later scored on an error.

Mansfield would put the game out of reach with four more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on RBI singles by Brandon Brokaw (Altoona/Altoona), Fischer and D.J. Houshauser (Hamburg/Hamburg).

Alan Peterman (Muncy Valley/Sullivan) pitched the final two innings for the Mountaineers allowing no hits and striking out one.

Mansfield entered the game ranked #17 in the nation in NCAA Division II while Ithaca College was ranked #30 in the NCAA Division III poll.

Mansfield improves 33-8 overall while Ithaca falls to 18-11.

The Mountaineers, who lead the PSAC East with a 14-4 record, travel to Bloomsburg on Thursday for a PSAC East double header.

Ithaca               101            110            100            5-6-5

Mansfield             300            240            00x            9-8-1

Ithaca College (18-11): Suzi Guthrie (L, 5-3), Dan Welch (6), Mike Urvalek and Craig Neils

2b – Kyle Wilkins 2, Steve Mardozzi

HR – Nels

RBI – Nels 2, Josh Hunter 2, Nardozzi

Mansfield (33-8): Bryan King (W, 1-0), Alan Peterman (7) (s) and D.J. Houshauer

2b – Jason Manwaring

RBI – Manwaring 2, Eddie Frame, Brandon Brokaw, Jason Fischer, Houshauer

RELEASE DATE: 4/23/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MANWARING BLAST 18^TH HOME RUN OF SEASON AS MOUNTIES SPLIT WITH MILLERSVILLE

MANSFIELD – Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) blasted his 18^th home run of the season and John Cronin (Horseheads/Horseheads) threw a complete game to lead the Mansfield University Mountaineers to a 8-5 win in the opening game of a PSAC East doubleheader at Shaute Field Tuesday afternoon. Millersville won the second game 9-3.

Millersville jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Mountaineers erupted for five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jason Fischer drove in the first run on a sacrifice fly and RBI single by Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) and scored three more times on Millersville errors.

Cronin, who struck out six, settled down after the first two innings allowing just one more run to improve to 5-2 on the season.

Mansfield added three runs in the fifth when Chris Hafich led off with a single and Brett Brown walked before Manwaring blasted a three-run homer over the left field fence.

It was Manwaring’s 18^th home run of the season tying him with Greg Robertson (1995) for the third most in a single season. Scot Wilcox (1998) and John Michael Cook (1995) hold the school record for home runs in a season with 20.

In the nightcap, the Mountaineers held a 3-2 lead before Millersville scored five in the fifth and one each in the sixth and seventh innings.

Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) went 2-3 for the Mountaineers. Haffich went 1-2, drew two walks and scored twice for the Mounties. 

Kane Stein’s (N. Huntingdon/Norwin) record fell to 4-1 with the loss. Mansfield threw four pitchers in the second game.

The Mounties record now falls to 32-8 overall and 14-4 in the PSAC after the doubleheader, while Millersville improves to 18-20 overall and 7-9 in the PSAC.

GAME ONE

Millersville            220 001 0   5 10 3
Mansfield            005 030      8   7 0

Mansfield (32-7) Cronin (W 5-2) and Barkey
HR: Manwaring
RBI: Manwaring 3, Brown, Fischer

Millersville (17-20) Wunderlich (L 5-4) and Randolph
2B: Wokulich
HR: Altieri
RBI: Altieri 2, Wokulich, Roberts

GAME TWO

Millersville            200 051 1   9 10 3
Mansfield            201 000 0   3  7  3

Mansfield (32-8) Stein (L 4-1), Brokaw (5), Dincher (6), Rearick (7) and Barkey
RBI: Manwaring, Frame, Evans

Millersville (18-20) Scheuing (W 2-3) and Shehan
2B: Wokulich, Wunderlich, Altieri
3B: Roberts
RBI: Wunderlich 2, Roberts 2, Wokulich, Altieri, Bowman

RELEASE DATE: 4/22/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GREG MARTIN NAMED PSAC EAST PITCHER OF THE WEEK – SENIOR EARNS HONOR FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON AFTER BREAKING CONFERENCE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE WINS

MANSFIELD – Mansfield University senior Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week for his outstanding performance during the week ending 4/21.

It marks the second time this season Martin has been awarded the honor.

Martin went 2-0 on the week breaking the PSAC record for consecutive wins in a season in improving to 11-0. Timm Brommski of Millersville who posted a 10-0 record in 1998 held the previous record.

For the week, Martin threw 13.0 innings giving up just six hits and two earned runs while striking out 13.

He gave up four hits in six innings with five strikeouts in a win over East Stroudsburg to tie the record and then threw a complete game two-hitter with eight strikeouts and no earned runs in the record breaking win over Shippensburg.

For the season, Martin has 11 starts with eight complete games and two shutouts. In 72.0 innings worked, he has allowed 59 hits while striking out 65 batters.

Mansfield is currently ranked #17 in the nation in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II Poll with a 31-7 record and leads the PSAC East with a 13-3 mark.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/22/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES MOVE UP TO #17 IN NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL BASEBALL POLL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team moved up two spots to #17 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II National Baseball Poll released today.

The Mountaineers improved to 31-7 overall by posting a 6-0 mark during the week.

Mansfield, which sports the fifth best winning percentage in NCAA Division II (.816), is the highest ranked northern team in the nation. There are 233 NCAA Division II baseball programs.

The Mountaineers lead the PSAC East with a 13-3 record and will play Millersville University in a PSAC East doubleheader at Shaute Field on Tuesday. The doubleheader was postponed from today because of inclement weather.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/22/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MANSFIELD'S GAME AGAINST MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN POSTPONED

RELEASE DATE: 3/8/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES MOVE UP TO #13 IN THIS WEEK’S COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL POLL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team continued its steady climb up the charts moving up to #13 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II Poll released today.

The Mountaineers moved up three places from #16 last week on the strength of a 3-1 record during the week.

Their 23-4 overall record is the fifth best current won-loss percentage (.852) mark in NCAA Division II.

Mansfield is in first place in the PSAC East with a 7-1 record. They travel to Ithaca College on Wednesday for a non-conference single game before hosting West Chester, currently in second place in the PSAC East, in a doubleheader at Shaute Field Thursday.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/7/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES SWEEP BLOOMSBURG 1-0, 11-5 IN PSAC DOUBLEHEADER – GREG MARTIN IMPROVES TO 8-0 WITH FOUR-HITTER IN OPENER – JASON MANWARING BELTS TWO HOME RUNS IN NIGHTCAP

MANSFIELD – Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) improved to 8-0 on the season with a compete game shutout in the opener and Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) crushed two home runs with six RBI’s in the nightcap to lead the Mansfield University Mountaineers to a 1-0, 11-5 sweep over Bloomsburg University in a PSAC East doubleheader at Shaute Field Sunday afternoon.

Martin hooked up in a pitching dual with Bloomsburg’s Matt Wiltrout in the opener. The Mountaineers senior lefty scattered four hits while striking out five and pitched out of jams in the sixth and seventh innings.

Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) belted his seventh home run of the season, a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, for the only run of the game.

Bloomsburg had runner at second and third with two outs in the top of the seventh when Mountaineer second basemen Jason Fisher (Williamsport/Williamsport) robbed Mark Reiter of a hit to end the game.

In the nightcap, Jason Manwaring (Horseheads,NY/Horseheads) slammed a pair of three-run home runs, one in the bottom of the first and the second in the fourth, while Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) added a solo home run in the third and Aaron Kilgo (Honesdale/Honesdale) a two run shot in the sixth. Mike Ruth (Akron/Ephrata) went the distance to pick up his fifth win of the season. Chris Hafich (Aston/Bishop Shanahan) went 3-4 while Manwaring, Kilgo and Jason Fischer (Williamsport/Williamsport) each had two hits.

Manwaring, who ranks second in the nation in NCAA Division II in home runs and RBI’s, upped his totals on the season to 13 home runs and 46 RBI. He also extends his PSAC leading hitting streak to 17 games while Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport) extended his streak to 15 games by hitting safely in both games.

The Mountaineers, who are a perfect 10-0 at Shaute Field this season, improved to 23-4 overall and top the PSAC East with a 7-1 record. Bloomsburg falls to 18-12 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

GAME O

Bloomsburg                  000            000            0            0-4-1

Mansfield                     000            100            x            1-6-2

Bloomsburg (18-11, 2-3): Matt Wiltrout (L, 4-1) and Jeremy Arner

Mansfield (22-4, 6-1): Greg Martin (W, 8-0) and Craig Barkey

2b – Jason Fischer HR – Brett Brown             RBI – Brown

GAME TWO

Bloomsburg                  003            101            0            5-10-1

Mansfield                     301            322            x            11-14-2

Bloomsburg (18-12, 2-4): Jim Coombe (L, 3-1), Robert Jewett (5) and Arner

2b – Brian Martin 2, Jason Helcoski, Brian Zorger

RBI – Zorger 2, Martin, Helcoski, Brian Sperling

Mansfield (23-4, 7-1): Mike Ruth (W, 5-3) and Barkey

2b – Travis Wurster, Chris Hafich, Barkey

HR – Jason Manwaring 2, Doug Evans, Aaron Kilgo

RELEASE DATE: 4/6/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SATURDAY’S BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER WITH BLOOMSBURG POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY

MANSFIELD – Saturday’s PSAC East baseball doubleheader with Bloomsburg University scheduled for Shaute Field has been postponed and will be played on Sunday April 7,  starting at 1 p.m.

Sunday’s scheduled doubleheader with Clarion University was postponed by Clarion who moved their PSAC West doubleheader with Edinboro on Friday to Sunday because of extreme cold conditions.

No makeup date has been set for the Clarion doubleheader.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/02/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES SPLIT AT MILLERSVILLE – GREG MARTIN IMPROVES TO 7-0 13-5 WIN IN OPENER – 14 GAME WINNING STREAK ENDS IN 6-5 LOSS IN NIGHTCAP

MILLERSVILLE – Greg Martin (Moscow/Western Wayne) improved to 7-0 on the season with a complete game 13-5 win in the opener, but the Mountaineers 14-game winning streak came to a close with a 6-5 loss in the nightcap as Mansfield University split a PSAC East doubleheader at Millersville University Tuesday afternoon.

 In the opener, the Mountaineers trailed 2-0 before erupting for four runs in the top of the fourth inning and added one in the fifth, six in the sixth and two in the seventh. Eddie Frame (Williamsport/Williamsport) led an 18 hit attack for the Mountaineers going 3-5 with a double, home run and three RBI. Doug Evans (Mansfield/Elmira Notre Dame) was 3-4 with a home run and two RBI while Brett Brown (Bellefonte/Bellefonte) was 2-5 with a double, home run and two RBI. Aaron Kilgo (Honesdale/Honesdale) went 3-4.

Martin won his seventh straight game by scattering nine hits with seven strikeouts in a complete game victory.

In the nightcap, the Mountaineers stranded seven runners and were held hitless by reliever Matt Scheuing over the 1 2/3 innings in suffering their first loss since a 4-1 setback to Ashland University on 3/08/02 in Ft. Myers, FL.

Trailing 3-1, Mansfield scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning, three of which came off Jason Marwaring’s (Horseheads/Horseheads) 11^th home run of the season. Marwaring went 2-4 in game two, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. Aaron Kilgo went 2-4 with a double and RBI while Eddie Frame was 2-4 with a double. Mike Ruth threw a complete game in taking the loss.

The Mountaineer go to 21-4 overall and 5-1 in the PSAC East while Millersville is now 11-10, and 2-2 in the PSAC East.

Mansfield will host Bloomsburg this Saturday.

GAME ONE

Mansfield             000            416            2            13-18-1

Millersville            002            111            0            5-9-2

Mansfield (21-3, 5-0): Greg Martin (W, 7-0) and Craig Barkey

2b – Travis Wurster, Brett Brown, Eddie Frame

HR – Brown, Frame, Doug Evans

RBI – Frame 3, Craig Barkey 2, Wurster 2, Brown 2, Evans 2, Chris Hafich

Millersville (10-10, 1-2): Jeremy Wunderlich (L, 3-1), Ross Fronk (6), Justin Price (6), Jeff Noyer (6), Travis Bowman (7) and Steve Randolph

2b – Luke Coder, Jeremy Wunderlich

HR – Wunderlich, Jeff Moyer

RBI – Coder, Wunderlich, Moyer,Mitch Schueck

GAME TWO

Mansfield             000            140            0            5-9-1

Millersville            200            130            x            6-10-3

Mansfield (21-4, 5-1): Mike Ruth (L, 4-2) and Barkey

2b – Aaron Kilgo, Frame

HR – Jason Manwaring

RBI – Manwaring 3, Kilgo

Millersville (11-10, 2-2): Matt Wagner (W, 4-1), Matt Scheuing (6) (S) and Randolph

HR – Wunderlich

RBI – Wunderlich 3, Moyer, Jon Shehan, Schueck

RELEASE DATE: 4/01/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES JASON MANWARING NAMED PSAC EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK – JUNIOR SMACKS FOUR HOME RUNS WITH 10 RBI’S IN 4-0 WEEK

MANSFIELD – Jason Manwaring (Horseheads/Horseheads)  was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Player of the Week for his outstanding performance in the week ending 3/31/02.

Manwaring led the Mountaineers to a 4-0 week by hitting .411 (7-17) with a double, four home runs and 10 RBI over that span. He posted a 1.176 slugging percentage and scored seven runs while striking out just once.

Manwaring also hit safely in all four games, extending his team leading hitting streak to 13 games and also has a 13 game streak with at least one RBI.

For the season, Manwaring is hitting .418 with 28 hits in 67 at-bats including eight doubles, a triple and a conference best 10 home runs. He has driven in a team high 37 runs while scoring 22 times and tops the team with a 1.015 slugging percentage.

The son of Loretta and Jeff Manwaring of Elmira, Jason is a liberal arts major at Mansfield.

The Mountaineers are 20-3 overall, the best start in the program’s storied 135-year history, and ranked 16^th in the nation in NCAA Division II.

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RELEASE DATE: 4/1/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES RANKED 16^TH IN NATION IN THIS WEEK’S COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/NCAA DIVISION II POLL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team is ranked #16 in the nation in this week’s Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II National Poll released today.

The Mountaineers, the highest ranked northern team, are 20-3 overall after extending their school record-winning streak to 13 games with a 16-15, 13-5 sweep over Shippensburg University on Saturday.

The 20-3 start is the best in MU’s fabled 135-year history and marks the 12^th straight season the Mountaineers have been ranked in the Top 20 of the Collegiate Baseball/NCAA Division II National Poll. There are currently 233 baseball teams competing at the NCAA Division II level.

The Mountaineers will travel to Millersville University on Tuesday for a pair of key PSAC East games before hosting Bloomsburg University in a PSAC East doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.

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