GLENSIDE, Pa. – For the second consecutive season, the No. 21 Arcadia University baseball team will host an NCAA Division III Baseball Regional, as it welcomes No. 23 Rowan, SUNY Brockport, and Susquehanna to Skip Wilson Field. Action begins on Friday, May 19 as the top-seeded Knights take on Susquehanna at 10 a.m. Rowan and SUNY Brockport follow the opening game, with first pitch scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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The losers of each first round game will match up on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the first elimination game while the first-game winners will faceoff at noon. At 3:30 p.m., the winner of game three and the loser of game four face each other for a chance to advance to Sunday's championship round. Sunday's action will start at 11:00 a.m. with an "if necessary" seventh game beginning 45 minutes after the conclusion of game six.
Tickets are required for entry and are available at the following rates.
Single-Session Tickets (good for all games played that day)
Adult $10
Senior Citizen/Veteran $7
Student & Children under 12 $7
Child under 2 years Free
All-Session Tickets (good for all games)
Adult $25
Senior Citizen/Veteran $15
Student & Children under 12 $15
Child under 2 years Free
Tickets must be purchased on site at one of two entrances to the facility while driving up to the parking lot. Cash is strongly recommended but credit card will also be accepted.
Arcadia is making its second consecutive appearance and fourth overall in the NCAA Division III Tournament since 2017 after winning its second straight MAC Freedom Championship on Saturday after downing Misericordia in three games. The Knights won the opening game of the series, 6-2 and the third game, 3-2.
Carson Denham was named the Tournament's MVP after throwing seven innings of one run ball in the series opener. He also tossed a complete game in the Knights' opening game win of the semifinal series against Stevens.
The Knights are led by MAC Freedom Player of the Year and First Team All-MAC Freedom selection
Alex Madera. The back-to-back conference player of the year and the three-time All-MAC Freedom selection led the team with a .453 batting average. He leads the conference with 77 hits and four triples. He is second in the conference in batting average, runs scored (47) and RBI's (50). In total, the Knights had eight all-conference selections as Denham,
Emilio Pallante,
Anthony Bruno, and
Hunter Curley as a utility player all joined Madera on the First Team. Curley was also named to the Second Team as a pitcher and was joined on the team by
Justin Massielo and
Matt Donchez. Bruno set a new program record in RBI with 58, which also led the conference.
Rowan is making its 29
th appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament and third consecutive. It is also the fifth berth in the nine seasons under head coach Mike Dickson. The Profs won the NJAC regular season crown for the third consecutive year and won the first two games of its NJAC Tournament run over Stockton and William Paterson, but fell to eventual champion, TCNJ and Kean, ending their run in the championship.
Phil Sedalis tied the school record in hits with 80 and is tied for third in the country in the statistical category. He also leads the Profs with a .430 batting average. Dickson was named the NJAC's Coach of the Year and Rowan received seven all-conference honors. Dylan Maria, Anthony Schooley and Sedalis were named the first team. Mike Shannon was a second-team selection and Zach Grace, Jason Morgan and Ryan Murphy were All-NJAC Honorable Mention selections. Grace leads the Profs on the mound with a 6-0 record and a 2.98 ERA. He has also struck out 90 batters.
SUNY Brockport qualified for the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament for the second consecutive season as it took down SUNY Cortland in extra innings in the SUNYAC Championship on Sunday. It was the Golden Eagles first conference title since 2010 and sixth in program history. Zach Eldred was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and Andrew Huffman, Patrick Bigham, Justin Pangburn and David Belsito were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Eldred leads the team in batting average (.402), hits (68), RBI (44), doubles (18),) home runs (6) and triples (5). Nicholas Pastore is second on the team in batting average with a .358. Adam Douglas leads the Golden Eagles on the mound, as he has a 2.32 ERA and a 5-4 record. He has struck out 50 batters in 62 innings pitched. Matthew Colucci leads SUNY Brockport in innings pitched with 68.1. He has a 5-3 record and 68 strikeouts., which leads the squad.
Susquehanna earned its first Landmark title since 2019 as it defeated Scranton in back-to-back games in the Landmark Conference Tournament to earn the crown. The River Hawks, who defeated both top-seeded Elizabethtown and Scranton twice and won the conference title on a walk-off win, look forward to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019. Tony Rossi was named the Tournament's MVP.
Rossi is the team leader in batting average at .337, slugging at .605, runs scored at 44, hits at 58, RBI at 44, doubles at 16, home runs at 10, and total bases at 104. His home run tally also ranks third in the Landmark conference. Dillan Weikel has earned five wins on the mound for the River Hawks as he has a 4.99 ERA over 66.2 innings of work. He has struck out 52 batters in his 14 appearances, 13 of which are starts. Tyler Rigot has started 10 games on the mound for Susquehanna and has pitched to a 4.34 in 45.2 innings.
