Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Matt Frey homers for Michigan

Matt Frey finally connected with the lineup at Michigan, then connected for his first home run in Blue and Maize.

Frey, a grad student from Franklin Regional, launched his first homer, a three-run blast in the ninth inning of a wild, 20-13 victory over Florida Atlantic. He was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs in the win.

Frey, who previously played at Davidson, missed all of the 2021 season with an injury.

He was batting .324 with nine RBIs and walked 13 times in 10 starts.

His first hit as a Wolverine came Feb. 19 against Kansas State. He had four hits and three RBIs in a win over Florida Atlantic.

Frey has been playing third base or designated hitter.

Baseball

Gannon: Redshirt senior pitcher Deven Judy (Belle Vernon) is 1-0 with a 4.97 ERA in two appearances this season. He has 13 strikeouts and one walk in 12 2/3 innings.

Grove City: Sophomore shortstop Lucca Baccari (Penn-Trafford) had two RBIs in a 9-7 loss to Saint Mary’s.

Saint Vincent: The Bearcats (4-2) have been an offensive force early in the season, erupting for 57 runs in six games. They topped Dubuque in the season opener, 12-6, and added wins over Finlandia (9-2 and 13-1) and Fitchburg State (22-5).

Sophomore Billy Perroz (Kiski Area) is hitting .400 (8 for 20), while junior Jason Sabol (Penn-Trafford) has a .389 average, and grad student TJ Dailey has a team-best nine RBIs and four doubles.

The offense is coming from timely hitting but oddly, SVC has yet to hit a home run.

Seton Hill: Senior Isaiah DiAndreth (Hempfield) and junior Owen Sabol (Norwin) each had two hits and grad student Neal McDermott (Greensburg Central Catholic) added a three-run double as the Griffins beat Walsh, 5-2.

Oberdorf also doubled, and Sabol homered.

A 3-1 win over Winona State followed and as freshman second baseman Max Mandler hit the first two home runs of his career and finished 4 for 4. Junior Kevin Vaupel pitched five solid innings, giving up two hits and striking out seven, and freshman Brian Pirone (Franklin Regional) picked up his first win, in relief.

In a 10-1 victory over Ashland, five pitchers combined on a three-hitter, junior Jack Oberdorf (Greensburg Salem) went 3 for 6 and McDermott 3 for 5. Sophomore catcher Zachary Ramach added a homer and three RBIs for the Griffins (6-1).

Waynesburg: Sophomore third baseman Mike Bell (Yough) had two hits and scored a run in an 8-7 loss to Calvin in 12 innings.

Bell also pitched in the game, taking the mound in the eighth and striking out the first two batters he faced.

When Waynesburg defeated Wartburg, 4-2, senior pitcher Joe Sabolek (Belle Vernon) allowed one run and two hits with four strikeouts and one walk over six innings.

Softball

Gannon: Senior pitcher Rebecca Tatone (Latrobe) is 1-2 with a 3.26 ERA in seven games this season for the Knights. In her win, she gave up two hits in four innings of relief as Gannon edged past Fairmont State, 3-2.

Penn State: Senior pitcher Bailey Parshall (Belle Vernon) earned her fourth shutout of the season — the ninth of her career — in 12-0 victory over North Carolina.

Point Park: Junior Angalee Beall (Franklin Regional) pitched a complete game, retiring the last seven batters, as Point Park downed Cleary, 6-2, in Kissimmee, Fla.

Senior outfielder Carissa Scekeres (Latrobe) had a single in the win.

Beall worked another seven-inning victory against Michigan-Dearborn, striking out four and scattering seven hits in the 4-1 game.

Saint Vincent: Sophomore Olivia Persin (Hempfield) went 3 for 4 with a triple and four RBIs, while senior Abbey Ginter and senior Kelsey Tobin (Hempfield) had two RBIs apiece as the Bearcats opened the season with a 10-1 victory over Penn State Behrend.

Seton Hill: Grad pitcher Morgan Ryan (Hempfield) pitched her second complete game of the season, a 13-strikeout, two-walk gem where she allowed four hits, as the Griffins blanked West Liberty, 1-0.

Morgan, who played at Notre Dame, is 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA and 23 strikeouts so far this season.

Seton Hill took a 5-0 record into The Spring Games in Winter Haven, Fla. The Griffins were slated to play six games in three days.

Waynesburg: Freshman Hannah Yorty (Monessen) delivered a run-scoring double as the Yellow Jackets blanked Purchase College, 10-0.

Men’s indoor track & field

Thiel: Freshman Keith Rager (Derry) advanced to the PAC Championships in the weight throw and shot put.

Women’s indoor track & field

Clarion: Freshman Leah Perry (Derry) qualified for the PSAC Championships in the pentathlon with 2,589 points.

Perry won the 55-meter hurdles title at the Baldwin Wallace Invitational with a time of 8.98 seconds.

Duquesne: Sophomore Hannah Seitzinger (Belle Vernon) broke a school record in the 500-meter run in the race prelims at the ECAC Championships with a time of 1 minute, 12.54 seconds. She went on to finish second (1:12.9).

Wheeling: Freshman Tara Perry (Derry) won the Mountain East Conference high jump title with a meet-record mark of 5 feet, 4.5 inches.

She also took fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.2 seconds, and fourth in the long jump (16-6).

Men’s lacrosse

Washington & Jefferson: Freshman Austin Hopkins (Hempfield) had four ground balls and caused two turnovers for the Presidents in a 19-12 win over Marian.

Women’s lacrosse

Gannon: Sophomore Kendra Delissio (Franklin Regional) came on in a backup role and made five saves as the Knights defeated Lenoir-Rhyne, 11-8.

Waynesburg: Junior Eve O’Sullivan (Latrobe) had three goals and junior Rachel Caldwell (Ligonier Valley) added an assist in a 22-9 loss to La Roche.

Women’s tennis

Pitt-Greensburg: Sophomore Abby Rosman set the school record with her 11th doubles win of the season, teaming with sophomore Emily Ruhlman for a win, and she also broke the single-season mark for total wins with 22 as she picked up a singles win as UPG downed Juniata, 9-0.

In addition, UPG broke the program record for wins in a season with its 11th.