Elizabethtown College Baseball
Wednesday, March 14, 2001

ETOWN FALLS TO D-II WEST CHESTER,
13-12, IN HOME OPENER

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown fell to 5-4 in 2001 with a 13-12 loss in its home opener to Division II West Chester Wednesday. West Chester improves to 8-7 with the win.

Etown took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third only to see West Chester go ahead 5-3 by the top of the sixth. The Blue Jays regained a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the sixth, but it slipped away the next inning as West Chester went ahead 8-7. The Golden Rams went ahead to stay with four more runs in the top of eighth to break an 8-8 tie.

Jared Ness (York, PA./McPherson, KS) hit three for five for the Blue Jays with two runs driven in. Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) hit three for six with two runs scored and two RBIs as well for Etown.

The Blue Jays return to action on the road for a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Susquehanna Saturday, March 17. Game time is 1:00 p.m.

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