Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent baseball sweeping past PAC competition

The brooms are going to need new bristles at Saint Vincent.

The Bearcats baseball team earned its fourth straight sweep of a Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponent, and ran its winning streak to 11, with wins of 9-4 and 10-8 against Franciscan.

Junior Jordan Sabol (Penn-Trafford) was the standout of the doubleheader, tallying six hits, including a Game 2 grand slam for his first college home run.

Sophomore Billy Perroz (Kiski Area) went 2 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs, and senior Justin Wright (Hempfield) also homered, in the opener.

Freshman John Evans also had two hits.

In the second game, grad student T.J. Dailey homered and drove in three, while sophomore Julian Santana and sophomore Matt Lockwich had two hits apiece for SVC (15-8, 11-2).

Perroz was named the PAC Hitter of the Week.

Baseball

Allegheny: Junior pitcher Bobby Kusinsky (Penn-Trafford) improved to 6-0 for the season in an 11-1 victory over Thiel. He did not give up a hit in five innings and recorded five strikeouts.

Gannon: Redshirt senior Deven Judy (Belle Vernon) keeps finding his way into the program record books. The right-hander set records for career shutouts (6) and innings pitched (232).

He broke the previous marks when he tossed a three-hitter in a 10-0 victory over Clarion.

Along the way, he also added to his career strikeout total — another school record. After 12 against Clarion, he has 289 strikeouts.

Another record is within reach: Judy has 19 career wins, one shy of Josh Leslie’s mark.

Penn State: Redshirt junior Josh Spiegel (Penn-Trafford) clubbed a two-run home run and had three total RBIs as the Nittany Lions (13-18) defeated Purdue, 12-7.

Through 31 games, Spiegel was slashing .273/.874/.519 with a five homers and 19 RBIs. The homers and his eight doubles were tied for the team lead.

Washington & Jefferson: Junior Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford) struck out a career-best 13 and registered his second straight complete game as the Presidents (17-6, 10-0 PAC) won their 11th straight game, 7-2, over Chatham. Horvat, who moved to 3-1, gave up two runs on five hits and helped his cause with two hits.

Horvat was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week.

Softball

Allegheny: In her second start of the season and third game overall, freshman Sophia Godzak (Belle Vernon) had an RBI single in a 12-1 win over DePauw.

Cal (Pa.): Sophomore outfielder Charity Henderson (Southmoreland) went 2 for 4 with a run as the Vulcans (15-8, 5-1 PSAC) posted a 6-5 victory over Mercyhurst.

Gannon: Senior Rebecca Tatone (Latrobe) tossed a three-hit shutout to move to 4-2 for the season. She struck out a career-high nine batters and did not issue a walk in a 2-0 win over Pitt-Johnstown.

Penn State: Senior pitcher Bailey Parshall (Belle Vernon) picked up her 15th win of the season, striking out seven and giving up two hits as the Nittany Lions blanked Indiana, 6-0. Parshall leads the Big Ten this season with eight shutouts.

Pitt-Greensburg: Freshman Melanie Mienke pitched a complete-game two-hitter with eight strikeouts to lead the Bobcats (3-20) to their first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference win of the season, 3-1 over Mt. Aloysius. Senior Krista Bayus went 3 for 4 with a double, while junior Kayla Santucci (Burrell) and junior Ashley Noel (Latrobe) each had two hits in the victory.

Robert Morris: Senior pitcher Dana Vatakis (Monessen) struck out eight and allowed three hits as the Colonials defeated IUPUI, 3-1. Freshman catcher Bailee Bertani (Norwin) had a hit and scored a run in the second game of the doubleheader, a 4-3 Colonials’ win.

Towson: Junior Emma Armstrong (Penn-Trafford) has a new college home this season after transferring from Hartford where she played in 2020 and ‘21. So far this season, she has appeared in 27 games and has 11 hits, including three doubles, and five RBIs.

Senior Chloe Poulich (Mt. Pleasant), meantime, is hitting .280 with 17 runs, three home runs, three triples and 17 RBis.