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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday, May 10, 1999

WIDENER TAKES TWO FROM ETOWN TO WIN MAC CHAMPIONSHIP

ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Tom Scartozzi and Dave Feight threw back-to-back complete games an Widener pounded out 25 runs on 26 hits to sweep a doubleheader from Elizabethtown, 14-4 and 11-1, and win the 1999 Middle Atlantic Conference championship on Monday.  The Pioneers (24-12), who fell into the MAC loser's bracket on Wednesday after losing their playoff opener, needed to defeat Etown twice to claim the title.

The Blue Jays fell to 27-11 on the season and were halted in their bid for a third conference championship in the '90s.  The sweep also damaged Etown's chance for a berth in the NCAA tournament.  The NCAA field will be announced on Sunday, May 16.

Joe Guarente led the Pioneer attack, going 6-for-8 on the afternoon with a home run, seven RBI and three runs scored.  Doug Kennedy went 4-for-5 with an home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the opener and added an RBI double in the nightcap.  Joe Dawkins added three hits and four RBI in Widener's game-one win.

Chris Romig went 3-for-5 with his 17th double of the season in game one for Etown while Chris Turtell and Tyler Comp (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) each added a pair of hits.  Scott Weigle drove in the Jays' lone run in game two.

In game one, Widener led 2-1 before erupting for six runs in the fourth inning and four runs in the fifth to cruise to the win and force a deciding final game.  Scartozzi picked up his seventh win of the season, scattering 11 hits over nine innings while fanning four.

In game two, the Pioneers again scored ten runs over a two-inning stretch to break open a tight game.  A three-run blast to leftcenterfield by Guarente capped a five-run seventh inning that helped Widener open up a 6-0 lead.  In the eighth, Guarente capped another five-run outburst with a two-run double that made it 11-1 in favor of the Pioneers.

Feight held the Etown bats to five hits on the game while walking one and striking out two for his third win of the season.
 

MAC Playoffs, Game #6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	R	H	E
Widener (23-12)	1	1	0	6	4	0	2	0	0	-	14	16	3
Elizabethtown (27-10)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	-	4	11	2

Tom Scartozzi and Mark Murray; Bryan Pittinger, Jamie Newton (4), Derek Lobb (6) and Kiah Sheppard, Steve Shayter (9). WP: Scartozzi (7-4). LP: Pittinger (5-6). SO-BB: Scartozzi 4-1, Pittinger 0-3, Newton 0-2, Lobb 2-4. 2B: Chris Ciavatto (W), Joe Dawkins (W), Chris Romig (E). HR: Doug Kennedy (W).
 

MAC Playoffs, Game #7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	R	H	E
Elizabethtown (27-11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	1	5	4
Widener (24-12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	x	-	11	10	0

Derik Aasan, Jared Ness (8), Lobb (8) and Sheppard; Dave Feight and Murray. WP: Feight (3-5). LP: Aasan (6-3). SO-BB: Aasan 2-5, Ness 0-3, Lobb 2-0, Feight 2-1. 2B: Sheppard (E), Joe Guarente (W), Murray (W), Kennedy (W). HR: Guarente (W).