2019 AMCC Baseball News

• Baseball
• May 11, 2019

La Roche University (30-13) defeated Penn St. Altoona (28-16), 6-0, to clinch their 7th AMCC baseball title in program history.

• Baseball
• May 10, 2019

Five time defending champion La Roche University will take on Penn St. Altoona for the AMCC baseball title on Saturday.

• Baseball
• May 09, 2019

#1 seed La Roche and #2 seed Behrend easily handled their opening round opponents in the AMCC Baseball championship Tournament..

• Baseball
• May 06, 2019

#4 Mount Aloysius College and #5 Alfred State College battled in an epic game three of their AMCC Tournament 1st round series. The Mounties rallied from an early deficit and won a 14-13 in a 11-inning contest. Mount Aloysius advances to the AMCC Final Four later this week.

• Baseball
• May 06, 2019

Santobuono went 2-0 as he earned a victory over Pitt-Greensburg to help clinch the Pioneers spot in the AMCC tournament and then pitched the Pioneers to a game one victory in their AMCC first round series vs. Mt. Aloysius. In his 14 innings of work he had a 2.57 ERA, allowed 15 hits and two walks while striking out 18. 

• Baseball
• May 06, 2019

Smith hit .583 to lead the Mounties in two thrilling come from behind victories in the three game first round series with Alfred State. In the game one loss, Smith was 2-for-2 with a double. He followed that up with a 3-for-5 performance in the second game, including a frozen rope double off the wall in center field to score the winning run and force a series deciding game three. In the rubber match, Smith went 2-for-5 including a triple to right with two outs in the ninth that saw him tagged out at the plate trying to end the game in regulation. Behind the dish, he caught all 27 innings played without allowing a passed ball and throwing out 4-of-8 base stealers.

• Baseball
• May 04, 2019

#3 Penn State Altoona baseball used a pair of dramatic victories on Saturday afternoon at Stewart Athletic Field to win this weekend's Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament first round, best-of-three series over #6 Pitt-Greensburg. Right down the road in Cresson, PA, #5 Alfred State College and #4 Mount Aloysius College split a doubleheader on Saturday in a first round AMCC tournament series. The Pioneers took the opener 5-1 and the Mounties won a wild 14-13 game to force a deciding game three. 

• Baseball
• May 01, 2019

The 2019 AMCC baseball championship tournament kicks off this weekend with first round games to take place on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 (if needed).

• Baseball
• April 29, 2019

Holman picked up a pair of complete game wins, giving up just one run over fourteen innings while striking out 23 batters and recording 0.64 ERA. 

• Baseball
• April 29, 2019

Professori came up big for the Redhawks in the final week of the regular season to help his team secure the AMCC regular season title and hosting rights for the upcoming postseason tournament. Professori scored at least one run in all but one game, while recording hits in six out of eight games. Professori recorded hits when his team needed them and made them count, as he recorded 11 runs, eight RBI, three home runs and seven walks in a 7-1 week for the Redhawks.

• Baseball
• April 22, 2019

Zbezinski threw his third complete game in a 10-2 win over Pitt-Bradford on Thursday. He struck out six and allowed two earned runs to improve to 5-1 on the mound.

• Baseball
• April 22, 2019

DeMayo had a stellar week at the plate, reaching base in 10 of his 14 plate appearances, good for a .668 on base percentage. The junior infielder went 5-for-9 with a double, triple and home run to finish the week with a .556 batting average. DeMayo picked up five RBI, scored five runs and stole two bases as well, while also posting a perfect fielding percentage in 24 total chances at both 1B and RF over the Hawks 4 conference games this past week. 

• Baseball
• April 17, 2019

The AMCC Baseball Game of the Week features two teams battling it out for prime postseason seedings, as Penn State Altoona travels to Penn State Behrend on Saturday afternoon.

• Baseball
• April 16, 2019

Penn State Altoona junior first baseman Catcher Cumming was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on Tuesday as one of the top performers in Division III baseball last week.

• Baseball
• April 15, 2019

Penn State Behrend senior infielder Scott Sada has earned numerous awards over the past three years, but on Wednesday, he set a national record.

• Baseball
• April 15, 2019

Prentice had a solid week on the mound for Pitt-Greensburg, as he did not allow an earned run over eight innings and struck out seven. In the opening game of the day at Pitt-Bradford, in the AMCC Game of the Week, Prentice tossed a complete-game two-hit shutout and struck out five to earn his third win of the season.

• Baseball
• April 15, 2019

Sada broke the NCAA Division III doubles record with a pair of two-baggers in an 8-3 win over Medaille last week. He hit .333 with six RBIs, six runs, four doubles and one home run. Sada had five extra-base hits in his seven and stole two bases. He had multiple-hit games in the wins over Medaille and Alfred State.

• Baseball
• April 11, 2019

The AMCC Baseball Game of the Week features a showdown between Pitt-Greensburg (8-14, 5-3 AMCC) and Pitt-Bradford (13-9, 6-4 AMCC), as the Bobcats travel to Bradford, PA to take on the Panthers. 

• Baseball
• April 09, 2019

Mount Aloysius College junior right handed pitcher Michael McCourt became the fourth different Mountie to be named to D3Baseball's team of the week on Tuesday.

• Baseball
• April 08, 2019

McWilliams tossed four innings of relief where he did not allow a single hit, and struck out three. McWilliams threw two innings at Mount Union and totaled three strikeouts. He played a vital role in the 8-6 victory over Penn State Behrend when he was brought on in the eighth inning with bases loaded and no outs. McWilliams proceeded to get his first batter to ground into a double play and the next batter to fly out for the final out of the inning. He then sent all three batters down in order in the ninth to earn his first save of the season. 

• Baseball
• April 08, 2019

Cumming had a monster week for the Lions, driving in 16 runs and recording three multi-hit games to help his team go 4-2 in AMCC play. On the week, he hit .500 (10-for-20) with 16 RBI, eight runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, two walks, and one stolen base. The junior slugged .950 and posted a .538 on-base percentage. In the field, Cumming was perfect, recording 52 putouts and one assist in 53 total chances. In game one against Hilbert, Cumming smacked a grand slam and recorded a total of eight RBI, which is tied for the most in a single game in Penn State Altoona baseball history. With a total of 12 combined RBI in the Hilbert doubleheader, Cumming set a Penn State Altoona baseball program record for the most RBI in a doubleheader in team history.

• Baseball
• April 03, 2019

• Baseball
• April 01, 2019

The AMCC baseball game of the week features the La Roche University Redhawks traveling to Erie, PA to take on the Penn St. Behrend Lions in a showdown between two teams that are consistently at or near the top of conference standings. 

• Baseball
• April 01, 2019

Mack tossed a gem as he led the Pioneers to a 3-1 victory over Pitt Bradford. He allowed just three hits and one run (unearned) in a complete game victory. He walked five and struck out 11 on his way to earning the 0.00 ERA.

• Baseball
• April 01, 2019

Belka hit .643 with seven runs scored and four RBI in a 4-0 week for the Mounties. Belka went 5-for-8 in the program's first ever sweep of LaRoche, while scoring two and driving in two. Against D'Youville, Belka went 4-for-6, scoring three runs and driving in another.

• Baseball
• March 25, 2019

Prentice went 2-0 for the Bobcats this past week, where he allowed just one run on four hits and struck out six. Prentice did not allow a hit in one inning of relief against Chatham and allowed just one run on four hits over 6.0 strong innings with five strikeouts, in the opening game of the afternoon against Medaille. He threw 7.0 total innings and surrendered just one run for a 1.29 ERA on the week. 

• Baseball
• March 25, 2019

Green put together an impressive performance at the plate to lead the Bobcats to a 4-1 record, including two wins at Medaille, to open AMCC play. Green posted a .462 batting average, with three home runs, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, a double, and two walks. He drilled home runs against Chatham, at Thiel, and at Medaille and posted multi-hit efforts in four of the five games, including a 4-for-6 performance with four runs, a home run, and three RBI in the second game against Medaille. Green is currently tied for the conference lead in home runs (4) and is third in RBI (15).

• Baseball
• March 19, 2019

Mount Aloysius College senior first baseman Sam Keibler has earned national recognition for his performance for the Mount Aloysius baseball team last week.

• Baseball
• March 18, 2019

Cannon put in two solid performances for the Mounties last week. In his start against Albertus Magnus, Cannon threw a complete game scattering eight hits and allowing two runs in the seven inning contest. He struck out six batters while allowing only one walk, handing them their first loss of 2019. He also threw three innings in relief in against Wells College. Cannon threw the final three innings for the Mounties, allowing one run on four hits. 

• Baseball
• March 18, 2019

Keibler hit .455 (10-for-22), recorded an on base percentage of .556 and slugged .727 this week. He hit three doubles and a home run, stole two bases, drove in six runs and scored five more. He also played an error free first base for the week, recording 63 putouts. 

• Baseball
• March 11, 2019

Kline had a stellar start against Anna Maria on Thursday, leading the Lions to a 5-1 win in Florida. He pitched a complete game for his first victory of the season, going seven innings and allowing only one run on four hits and three walks. He also struck out 14 batters, tying for the second-most strikeouts in a game in Lions baseball history.

• Baseball
• March 11, 2019

Mccourt hit .583 and reached base 60% of the time in a 4-0 weekend in Myrtle Beach. He scored six runs and knocked in another six. He recorded two doubles and a triple.