Baseball Thumps Berks 9-2; Make NEAC Tourney

April 30, 2009

Senior Ed Scheoneck drove in three runs on the day.

Senior Ed Scheoneck drove in three runs on the day.

The Keuka baseball team knocked off the visiting Nittany Lions of Penn State-Berks by a score of 9-2 on Monday, April 27.  The game was previously played on March 29 but was suspended in the bottom of the fourth with Keuka leading 5-1. 

With the win, the Storm secure themselves a spot in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Tournament and grab the three seed setting up a first round game against the two seed Penn State-Harrisburg.

Keuka out-hit Berks 9-5 while playing perfect defense.  Berks committed four errors on the day.  Junior Rob Crowley (Attica, N.Y./Attica) picked up the win while going four strong innings.  Sophomore David Janiszeski (Clarence, N.Y./Clarence) pitched the final three innings while allowing just one earned and striking out two.

Senior Ed Schoeneck (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) drove in three runs while batting 2-for-4.  Janiszeski had two hits and scored twice as senior Alex Paquette (Clinton, N.Y./Clinton) went 2-for-2 with two RBIs.

Keuka will next play at R.I.T. this Tuesday, April 28 beginning at 2 pm.

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