Southern Virginia Takes Two Against Mont Alto
Game 1
Game 1
Penn State Mont Alto
0-3, 0-0
0
Southern Virginia
5-2, 0-0
7
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
Penn State Mont Alto
0-4, 0-0
5
Southern Virginia
6-2, 0-0
9
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 | 13 | 2 |
February 22, 2020
By: Frank Maira, Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Information Director
BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Penn State Mont Alto baseball team fell by a 7-0 score in the first game and their bats came alive, but Southern Virginia earned the sweep with the 9-5 win in the doubleheader. With the losses, the Nittany Lions fall to 0-4 on Saturday.
Southern Virginia 7, Penn State Mont Alto 0
- The Knights were able to build a 6-0 lead scoring six off of freshman Tyler Moreland (Spring Mills, W.Va. / Spring Mills) who wasn't able to settle in with five walks in two innings.
- With an early 2-0 lead, Mitch Tyse hit a 2-run homer to center field within the first inning. Southern Virginia ended the second frame up 6-0.
- The Knights scored the final run in the bottom of the fourth when Tyse singled home teammate Cannon Anderson.
- PSUMA finished with three hits, which were all singles.
Southern Virginia 9, Penn State Mont Alto 5
- The Knights plated a run in the bottom of the first and four more in the third inning to build a 5-0 lead. All of the runs were charged to Matt Huston (McConnellsburg, Pa. / McConnellsburg). The Nittany Lions bats woke up in the bottom of the fourth inning when Chayse Fisher (Mercersburg, Pa. / James Buchanan) sent a two-run shot over the right field fence.
- The Knights responded with two more runs in the bottom of the frame. PSUMA stayed hot with Chance McClure (Chambersburg, Pa. / Chambersburg Area) ripping an RBI single in the top of the fifth. They added another run with when Caleb Leggett (Williamsport, Md. / Williamsport) crossed home plate on an RBI off the bat of Owen McCleaf (Waynesboro, Pa. / Waynesboro Area) that made it 8-4.
- The Knights plated a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 9-4, but Leggett doubled home Brady Topper (Littlestown, Pa. / Littlestown) in what turned out to be the final run scored of the game.
Penn State Mont Alto will be idle before beginning their Spring Break trip with a doubleheader with Mid-Christian Atlantic on Saturday, March 6.
