MOUNT ALOYSIUS, BEHREND BASEBALL TIE ATOP COACHES PRESEASON RANKINGS

AMCC coaches are deadlocked on who they think will finish at the top of league standings, as Mount Aloysius College and Penn State Behrend have tied for the preseason top spot in 2023. Alfred State College is expected to round out the top three.

Mount Aloysius sophomore P/INF Tyler Quade and Alfred State senior P/1B Nick Serce have been named AMCC Preseason Co-Players of the Year, while Quade has also been selected as the Preseason Pitcher of the Year.

Quade was named the 2022 AMCC Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Year, the first player in AMCC history to earn such a feat. He was also named the 2022 D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year and was named a D3baseball.com Pre-Season All-American in January of 2023. He hit .427 with 14 doubles and 92 total bases. On the mound, he went 7-2 with a 2.72 ERA. Quade pitched 76 innings and recorded 63 strikeouts.

Serce was an AMCC first team all-conference selection in 2022. He batted .374 with 11 doubles, one triple, nine homeruns and 35 RBI. On the mound, he recorded 50 strikeouts in 43.1 innings, while also picking up two saves

The AMCC tournament will begin with first round games taking place on Saturday, May 6. The AMCC Championship series is slated for May 11-13 at the site of the highest remaining seed.  The winner will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.

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