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Box Score 2 GREENVILLE, PA - March 31, 2018 – Offensively, the Cougars totaled 31 hits in Saturday's doubleheader at Thiel but fell to the host Tomcats, 14-11 in game one and 8-6 in game two.
RECORDS: Chatham is now 7-10 (0-4 PAC) while Thiel is 7-10 (3-1 PAC).
WHAT'S NEXT: The Cougars host Thomas More on Wednesday, April 4 in a DH starting at 1 pm, with the games held at Kelly Auto Park in Butler, Pa.
GAME ONE (Thiel 14, Chatham 11)
AT THE PLATE: The Cougars collected 17 hits, including a 2-for-4 performance from sophomore outfielder
Jonathan Scarsella (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park), who ripped a three-run homer to left center in the top of the sixth.
Sophomore outfielder
Hunter Steele (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and junior second baseman
Paul Nussbaum (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pine-Richland) combined to go 6-for-12 with three RBI and four runs scored in the leadoff and second spot.
Sophomore DH
Justin Silvious (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and first-year third baseman
Ryan Shawley (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) went 3-for-5 while junior shortstop
James Bolander (Fairmont, W.V./East Fairmont) tallied a pair of hits.
ON THE MOUND: Sophomore righty
Connor Paul (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) started and pitched 4 2/3 innings in the start, fanning three.
Bryan Crawford (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton),
Adam Cerar (Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic),
Austin Andonisio (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and
Austin Ferris (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) all appeared out of the bullpen.
GAME TWO (Thiel 8, Chatham 6)
AT THE PLATE: The Cougars pounded out 14 hits as the top five hitters - Steele, Nussbaum, senior
Carmen Jansante (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park), Silvious and sophomore
Tyler Peyman (Penn Borough, Pa./Penn Trafford)– combined to go 11-for-21 with six RBI and three runs scored.
Sophomore outfielder
Drew Brannon (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area) and Scarsella both finished 2-for-5 with one run scored.
ON THE MOUND: Shawley earned the start and pitched 6 1/3 innings, fanning three. Bolander and Andonisio appeared in relief.
For more information on the Chatham baseball team, please visit gochathamcougars.com.
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham University unveiled a renovated weight room on Sept. 1, 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 2018 as well as women's squash, beginning in 2018-19. Chatham has added five men's sports competing this academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham added two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; hockey and lacrosse, as well as men's squash, starting in 2018-19 and men's soccer starting in 2019-20.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com.
