Seton Hill baseball has ruled the PSAC West, so it is no surprise the Griffins cleaned up in postseason awards.

Marc Marizzaldi was named the division coach of the year, while Jack Whalen (Norwin) picked up freshman of the year honors for the Griffins, who won their third PSAC title over the weekend and now will get ready to play in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Whalen, senior third baseman Jack Oberdorf (Greensburg Salem), junior outfielder Brandon Bergert and sophomore closer Blake Barker were named to the first team.

Marizzaldi is coach of the year for a seventh time.

Whalen broke through with a .343 average, and led the team in runs (48) and stolen bases (40) going into the PSAC Tournament.

Oberdorf was hitting .341 with a team-high 11 home runs and 46 RBIs, while Bergert was 6-2 with a 2.93 ERA, and Barker was 4-0 with four saves and a 0.42 ERA.

Grad student first baseman Logan Vietmeier, senior shortstop Owen Sabol (Norwin), junior pitcher Jon McCullough, senior pitcher Kevin Vaupel and senior designated hitter Braden Durham were all second-team picks.

The Griffins (44-10) defeated West Chester, 10-0, to win their first PSAC title since 2018. They had 14 hits in the runaway win, their third that was subject to the mercy rule in their tournament run.

Rauso was named the PSAC Tournament MVP. He went 5 for 5 with three RBIs in the final.

Seton Hill earned the No. 2 seed for the NCAA Tournament and will host the Atlantic Regional No. 2. Their first-round game will be Thursday against Shippensburg (27-23).

Baseball

Cal (Pa.): Freshman relief pitcher Jake Kramer (Hempfield) made the All-PSAC West Second team.

Grove City: Junior second baseman Lucca Baccari (Penn-Trafford) delivered a two-run single as the Wolverines reached 30 wins for the first time in program history with a 6-5 win over Saint Vincent in the PAC Tournament.

Mercyhurst: Sophomore outfielder Eric Chorba (Norwin) was named to the All-PSAC West Second Team.

Chorba was third on the Lakers with a .313 average, but led the team with 46 hits. He had eight doubles, four triples, three home runs and 24 RBIs.

Mercyhurst lost to West Chester in the first round of the PSAC Tournament, 8-7, in 10 innings to finish 28-15.

Washington & Jefferson: Senior Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford) set a program record with his 29th career pitching win.

Horvat went 7 1/3 innings and threw 125 pitches as the Presidents defeated Westminster, 8-4. He has been tied with former Presidents hurlers Eddie Nogay and Riley Groves.

Horvat moved to 11-2. That win total was tops in Division III.

W&J won its third straight PAC title over the weekend, routing Saint Vincent, 12-3, in the final. Horvat went 3 for 4 and scored three runs.

Softball

Allegheny: Sophomore infielder Sophia Godzak (Belle Vernon) was named to the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference First Team. Godzak, selected as a designated player, led the team with a .389 batting average and a .461 on-base percentage, and tied for first with 26 runs. She had 14 doubles, three home runs and 24 RBIs.

Marist: Senior pitcher Kiley Myers (Latrobe) was named to the All-Metro Atlantic Conference Second Team. Myers had an 8-1 record and a 1.60 ERA in conference games, and ended the regular season with 19 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings.

She took it a step farther in the postseason. Myers was voted the most outstanding player in the MAAC Tournament as she helped lead the Red Foxes (29-28) to a championship. She pitched seven innings, allowed two runs and struck out four in a 6-2 win over Canisius in the deciding game.

Myers (13-5) retired the last seven batters.

Ohio: Sophomore catcher Emma Hoffner (Hempfield) was named to the All-Mid-American Conference Tournament Team after helping the Bobcats to a runner-up finish. Hoffner ripped a two-run triple in a 7-2 win over Central Michigan that put Ohio in the final.

She finished 2 for 3 with three RBIs and two runs in the win.

Penn State: Grad pitcher Bailey Parshall (Belle Vernon) was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team after one of her best seasons.

Parshall finished 17-9 with a 1.98 ERA, and led the Nittany Lions with 176 strikeouts in 168 1/3 innings.

She had 13 complete games and one save. Opponents hit .175 against her.

Parshall finished her career as PSU’s all-time leader in strikeouts with 783.

Penn State (31-16) went 1-1 in the conference tournament, falling to Indiana, 5-4, in the quarterfinals.

Potomac State: Freshman Ashley Joll (Belle Vernon) was hitting .385 through 40 games, with six doubles, 25 RBIs and 30 runs.

Robert Morris: Grad student pitcher Dana Vatakis (Monessen) was named to the All-Horizon League First Team. Heading into the conference tournament, she was 10-10 with a 2.13 ERA with 12 complete games and six shutouts.

Vatakis also had three saves and 85 strikeouts. She was 7-2 with a 1.01 ERA against Horizon teams.

Saint Vincent: Junior outfielder Alex Dillner (Norwin) was named to the All-PAC First Team, while junior teammate Jessica LaPorte, a designated player, was a second-team pick.

Dillner hit .398 with a conference-high-tying eight home runs, eight doubles, 26 RBIs and 23 runs. She recorded her 100th career hit.

LaPorte batted .320 with five homers, 28 RBIs and 27 runs for SVC (23-15), which finished 1-1 in the PAC Tournament.

Shippensburg: Redshirt senior Maddie Uschock (Hempfield) pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and no runs, to earn the win as the Raiders defeated Kutztown, 5-4, in the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament in Charleston, W.Va.

Uschock was 3-0 with a 4.26 ERA in 13 appearances.

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