W&J hands Geneva baseball 9-2 loss

Beaver Falls, PA – Washington & Jefferson College visited College Hill to start the three game Presidents' Athletic Conference series. The visiting Presidents handed Geneva a 9-2 loss in the single nine inning game before hosting the Golden Tornadoes tomorrow in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. The loss lowers Geneva’s overall record to 13-25, 5-17 in the conference.

Geneva kept the game close scoring a run in the fourth making the game 2-1. Aaron Witman (Greencastle, PA/Shalom Christian Academy) doubled to right field and advanced to third base on JC Ackerman’s (Lewis Center, OH/Worthington Christian) ground ball. Shane Wingard (Clarksburg, PA/Apollo Ridge) stepped up for an rbi single bringing Witman home.

W&J pulled away for good in the seventh, tallying six runs to Geneva’s one. Geneva was only able to muster up a second run in the seventh off two W&J errors.

The freshman outfielder, Ryan Sciullo, homered for the Presidents in the ninth for two more runs for the post-season contenders ninth run.

Jeff Parker (Green Brook, NJ/Timothy Christian) was charged with the loss.

“Jeff pitched a very good game but we let them pull away in the later innings,” said Head Coach Alan Sumner.

“We did a lot of good things offensively against one of the best pitchers in the league.”

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 2 the Golden Tornadoes close out their 2015 season in Washington, PA to face the Presidents in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

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