ELIZABETHTHOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Elizabethtown Sweeps Northland 6-3 and 3-1 at Ft. Pierce, Fla.

FT. PIERCE, Fla. --- Elizabethtown College improved to 3-4 overall Wednesday as the Blue Jays swept Northland College 6-3 and 3-1 in a doubleheader at Ft. Pierce, Fla.

In the first game, Etown first-year pitcher Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) started and pitched the first 5-2/3 innings en route to earning the win. He allowed three hits and struck out seven batters in that span. Matt Woehnker (Colts Neck, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) earned the save.

Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) batted 1-for-4 with a triple and a run scored for the Blue Jays in the first game, and Dean Whetham (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine) went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored. Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) batted 1-for-2 with two RBI, and Jon Kalejta (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) hit 1-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

In the second game, Heaps took the mound and pitched the full seven innings, striking out eight and allowing five hits in the process. Sheibley, Kalejta and Brian Torresani (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) all scored runs for Etown, and Sheibley, Kalejta and Zach Bradley (Havertown, PA/Cardinal O’Hara) each had a stolen base. Whetham batted 1-for-3 in the second game.