FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Monday, April 26, 1999

PRICE, NESS POWER ETOWN TO 7-6 VICTORY OVER MARY WASHINGTON; PAUKOVITS EARNS THIRD WIN AS BLUE JAYS HANG ON

Keith Paukovits (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) worked eight strong innings to earn his third victory of the season for Etown while Chris Romig went 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  Nolan Cassell (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) and Tim Downing also rapped out a pair of hits in the winning effort.

Brian Sabatelli led the Mary Washington offense with three hits, including a triple, and two RBI.  Nick DiJulio and Eric Guyton also added two hits apiece as the Eagles (19-12) rallied for four runs in the ninth inning before stranding the tying run on third base.

Trailing 2-1, Etown used the long ball to climb back into the game.  With one out in the fifth inning, Price hammered a solo drive over the leftfield fence for his first collegiate home run to tie the game at 2-2.  One inning later, Ness cracked a two-run shot for his first collegiate roundtripper that plated Romig and put the Blue Jays ahead to stay at 4-2.

Etown scored twice in the seventh to make it 6-2 when Scott Weigle drove in Price with a two-out single and scored on Romig's RBI triple that chased Eagle starter Erik Dorman from the contest.  Price then capped the day with a two-out triple in the eighth that scored Cassell to give the Jays a 7-2 lead.

Etown's late-inning insurance runs proved crucial when Mary Washington pushed four runs across in the top of the ninth inning.

Tad St. Clair doubled to open the frame and Guyton singled to put runners on the corners.  Blue Jay reliever Derek Lobb walked Brad Poole to load the bases, struck out Scott Chapman and walked Ryan Kaye to force in a run before being lifted for Weigle.

Sabatelli singled home Guyton and pinch-runner Christian Buchakjian to pull the Eagles within 7-5, but Weigle recovered to strike out Mark McEathron.  DiJulio drove a single to leftfield that scored Kaye and put pinch-runner Nate Angelo on third as the tying run, but Aaron Vradenburgh grounded into a force out to end the game.

Etown returns to action on Wednesday, April 28 with an MAC Commonwealth League doubleheader at Juniata College.  Game time is 2 p.m.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	R	H	E
Mary Washington (19-12)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-	6	10	0
Elizabethtown (21-8)	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	x	-	7	13	0

Erik Dorman, Rob Boese (7) and Brad Poole; Keith Paukovits, Derek Lobb (9), Scott Weigle (9) and Kiah Sheppard. WP: Paukovits (3-1). LP: Dorman (5-5). SV: Weigle (2). SO-BB: Dorman 3-1, Boese 1-0, Paukovits 4-2, Lobb 1-2, Weigle 1-0. 2B: Tad St. Clair (M). 3B: Brian Sabatelli (M), Chris Romig (E), Shawn Price (E). HR: Price (E), Jared Ness (E).