2016-17 AMCC Baseball News
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BEHREND BASEBALL HONORED WITH TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
July 20, 2017The Penn State Behrend baseball team was honored with this year's American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award. This award recognizes teams coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the 2016-17 academic year. -
2017 SPRING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAMS ANNOUNCED
June 02, 2017All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
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RUSZCZYK, WOOD EARN FAR AWARDS
May 31, 2017Medaille College's Amanda Ruszczyk and Pitt-Bradford's Brody Wood have been selected as the recipients of the 2017 AMCC Faculty Athletics Representatives Award.
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AMCC LANDS TEN ON BASEBALL'S ALL-MIDEAST REGION TEAMS
May 24, 2017The AMCC has landed ten student-athletes between the D3baseball.com and the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Teams.
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PENN ST. ALTOONA'S HUNTER BREON NAMED ECAC DIVISION III SOUTH ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
May 24, 2017Penn State Altoona freshman shortstop Hunter Breon was announced as the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region Rookie of the Year on Wednesday, when the organization released its postseason All-Star Team.
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PENN ST. ALTOONA COACHING STAFF PARTICIPATES IN HOME RUN DERBY WITH JOSE CANSECO
May 24, 2017Penn State Altoona’s baseball coaches took the field on Saturday for a unique event at Peoples Natural Gas Field prior to the Altoona Curve’s game that evening.
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KEYSTONE SLOWS DOWN REDHAWK OFFENSE IN NCAA REGIONAL
May 19, 2017The La Roche College baseball team dropped their opening game of the NCAA Mideast Regional falling to Keystone 5-2 on Thursday evening.
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LA ROCHE BASEBALL SEASON CONCLUDES IN NCAA REGIONAL
May 19, 2017The La Roche College baseball team's season came to an end after falling to Cortland State 10-2 in an NCAA Mideast Regional elimination game on Friday afternoon
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McCOURT, TUNSTALL TAKE TOP BASEBALL HONORS
May 16, 2017Mount Aloysius College sophomore shortstop Matthew McCourt has been tabbed as the 2017 AMCC Baseball Player of the Year.
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LA ROCHE HEADING TO W&J FOR NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL, OPENING WITH KEYSTONE
May 15, 2017The La Roche College Redhawks are heading to the NCAA Mideast Regional looking to defend their title. The Redhawks will face Keystone College in their opening game on Thursday at Washington & Jefferson in a rematch of last year's College World Series Semifinal.
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Ryan Boyer, Pitt-Bradford, Baseball - Pitcher
May 15, 2017Boyer went 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 15 innings pitched ... in game three of the Panthers' opening round series versus Penn State Altoona, tossed eight scoreless innings to lead the team to a 10-0 victory ... went seven innings in the Panthers' 9-7 win over Mt. Aloysius ... it was his third straight win in an elimination game for the Panthers ... tied a career-high with nine punchouts against the Mounties.
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Corey Lazor, La Roche College, Baseball - Player
May 15, 2017Lazor hit .556 (10 for 18) with a home run, six RBI, five runs and two walks as the Redhawks earned their fourth straight AMCC Championship. Lazor, a senior, was a part of all four championship teams.
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LA ROCHE CAPTURES FOURTH STRAIGHT AMCC TITLE
May 14, 2017The La Roche College Redhawks survived a late game rally by Penn State Behrend to win their fourth straight AMCC baseball championship.
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LA ROCHE, BEHREND FAMILIAR FOES IN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
May 13, 2017Two teams well familiar with each other will face off in the championship game of the AMCC baseball tournament on Sunday.
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BEHREND, LA ROCHE EARN WINS ON DAY ONE OF BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
May 12, 2017The top two seeds scored solid wins on day one to advance in the AMCC baseball championship tournament.
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UPSETS ABOUND IN FIRST ROUND OF AMCC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
May 08, 2017Both series in the first round of the AMCC baseball tournament saw significant upsets by #5 Pitt-Bradford and #6 Mount Aloysius College, both of whom will be advancing to the championship round this weekend at #1 La Roche College.
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Justin Beimel, Pitt-Bradford, Baseball - Pitcher
May 08, 2017Beimel pitched the Panthers to a complete game win in game one of team's opening round AMCC series. It was his second win in his last three starts, as he gave up nine hits and two earned runs while striking out four and walking only two batters.
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Tyler Hoops, Pitt-Bradford, Baseball - Player
May 08, 2017Hoops hit .533 in four games with a double, a triple, two home runs and nine RBIs. He scored 11 runs and had a 6/3 walk-to-strikeout ratio. In a 5-0 victory over Medaille, Hoops accounted for three of the team's five runs, helping the Panthers secure a postseason berth in their final game of the season. The freshman connected for his first career home run in the team's 18-3 victory over Penn State Altoona in the opening round of the AMCC tournament. Then, in game two against Altoona, he swatted his second homer of the day, a three-run shot. On the season, Hoops hit .382 with two home runs, 20 RBI, 42 runs scored and five stolen bases as a freshman.
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BEHREND'S SADA EARNS CoSIDA FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
May 05, 2017Penn State Behrend baseball infielder Scott Sada was named to the 2017 Division III College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team.
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AMCC BASEBALL TEAMS PREPARE FOR FIRST ROUND TOURNAMENT GAMES
May 04, 2017For the fourth time in as many years, the La Roche College baseball team has claimed the AMCC regular season title and hosting rights for the conference championship tournament
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Phil Myers, Penn State Behrend, Baseball - Pitcher
May 01, 2017Myers was stellar on the mound for Behrend in a 3-1 victory over #17 La Roche on Saturday. Myers kept the Redhawks off balance all afternoon, allowing seven scattered hits and just one earned run, for a 1.0 ERA, in his complete game nine inning performance. Myers moved to 6-1 on the season and now holds a 2.01 ERA, which is second in the conference. He is second in wins with six and fourth in strikeouts with 46.
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Mitchel Yard, La Roche College, Baseball - Player
May 01, 2017Yard had a stellar week for the Redhawks, as he hit .409 (9 for 22) with four home runs, 10 RBI, nine runs, a triple and a double. He homered three times and provided seven RBI in a double header sweep at Penn State Altoona, while slugging 1.357 in AMCC action.
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AMCC BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: LA ROCHE AT BEHREND
April 26, 2017The top two baseball teams in the AMCC will square off Saturday afternoon as first place La Roche College (29-7, 14-0 AMCC) travels to Erie, PA to take on second place Penn State Behrend (19-16, 10-4 AMCC) in the AMCC Game of the Week. It is sure to be a battle, as either the Redhawks or the Lions have taken the AMCC baseball title eight of the past nine years, with La Roche winning the past three.
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AMCC BASEBALL: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS
April 25, 2017
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Jared Dailey, Penn State Altoona, Baseball - Pitcher
April 24, 2017
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Tyler Holland, Pitt-Greensburg, Baseball - Player
April 24, 2017Holland hit a home run in three consecutive games to start the week, including home runs in back-to-back games to wrap up the week before (for a total of five straight games). Holland batted .538 (14 for 26) on the week with five extra base hits. He set a school record for most hits in a game with six, going a perfect 6-for-6 at the plate in the 20-11 win at Mt. Aloysius. Holland finished the week with 11 RBI and nine runs scored of his own.
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LA ROCHE BASEBALL SUPPORTS PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS
April 19, 2017The La Roche College baseball team teamed up with Go4theGoal(r), a national non-profit organizatioin dedicated to helping kids with cancer and their families across the country through their Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer(r) initiative.
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AMCC BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: PITT-GREENSBURG @ MEDAILLE
April 19, 2017Pitt-Greensburg (13-11, 5-5 AMCC) and Medaille College (9-22, 5-5 AMCC) will clash on Saturday afternoon in the AMCC Baseball Game of the Week.
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Tristan Gelvin, Mount Aloysius College, Baseball - Pitcher
April 17, 2017Gelvin picked up the save in a big conference win for the Mounties over Medaille. He entered the game with a one run lead in the ninth, with runners on first and second and no outs, surrending zero hits, runs, or walks.
