https://gettysburgsports.com/rss.aspx?full=trueen-us60https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/mens-tennis-gettysburg-earns-conference-win-over-ursinus.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/mens-tennis-gettysburg-earns-conference-win-over-ursinus.aspxMen's Tennis

THE FACTS
Gettysburg (5-9, 1-3 CC) 4, Ursinus (9-7, 1-4 CC)
What: Centennial Conference Men's Tennis Match
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Collegeville, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg defeats Ursinus 4-3 sweeping all three doubles matches over the Bears.

THE LEADERS

• Teo Burgess led the Bullets winning at second singles after forcing a tiebreaker in set one and dropping it 7-2 he went on to win set two 6-1 and ultimately took the 6-3 win in the third set to win the match.
• Burgess and Matt Porreca partnered earn the 7-6 win at first doubles after securing the 9-7 tiebreaking win.  
• JP Damare and Connor McPartland combined winning 7-6 at second doubles after also securing the 9-7 tiebreaking win.

FOR THE FOES

• Deniz Finkel led the Bears winning 6-1, 6-2 at first singles.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Owen Kutlu and Spencer Pompian combined to win 6-2 at third doubles. Kultu also won at No. 6 singles 6-0, 7-5.  
• Ben O'Connor-Skloot took the 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles.   

NEXT UP
Gettysburg is back in action on Tuesday April 14^th in Carlisle against the Red Devils of Dickinson at 4:00 pm.


 
]]>Teo Burgess 4/11Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:38:00 EST1019903https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/baseball-gettysburg-takes-two-at-swarthmore.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/baseball-gettysburg-takes-two-at-swarthmore.aspxBaseball

THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (23-6, 6-3 CC) 15, Swarthmore (19-10, 4-5 CC) 4 (Game 1 – 8 inn.)
No. 21 Gettysburg (24-6, 7-3 CC) 6, Swarthmore (19-11, 4-6 CC) 5 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Swarthmore, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest D3baseball.com poll, held off a ninth-inning rally by Swarthmore to complete a doubleheader sweep. The Bullets won the first game in run-rule fashion 15-4 before completing the sweep, 6-5.

THE LEADERS
• Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) led the Bullets with six hits and seven RBIs on the day. He rapped out two doubles and a grand slam among his knocks.

FOR THE FOES
• Evan Hawkes had multiple hits in both games for the Swarthmore, finishing with four knocks that included a double in game one.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) led off game one with a four-pitch walk before singles from Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) and Mike Coleman loaded the bases. A Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) sacrifice fly staked Gettysburg to an early 1-0 lead.
• That lead held until the fifth when Stellato walked with two outs. Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) followed with a single before Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) tripled to make it 3-0.
• Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) triple with one out in the sixth to force a pitching change. Bercaw greeted the new arm with a single up the middle for a 4-0 lead. A Murphy single and passed ball stretched the lead to 5-0 before Murphy scored on a Coleman single up the middle. After a Stellato base knock, Balsamo went yard to center and pushed the advantage to 9-0. An error and two walks loaded the base before a groundout made it 10-0.
• Swarthmore avoided the seven-inning run-rule with four runs in the bottom of the seventh. A Brad Johnston single and hit batter before an Alessandro Propper-Bowring double got the Garnet on the board. Noam AuYeung and Francisco Mora both had RBI groundouts to make it 10-3 before Aidan Sullivan went deep and cut the deficit to 10-4.
• A one-out error and Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) double put runners at second and third. A Smith infield single scored Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) before a sacrifice bunt and walk loaded the bases with two outs. Coleman then took a 1-0 pitch out to right-center for his third homer of the year, extending the lead to 15-4.
• Luca Tosca (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) worked around two walks and a single that loaded the bases with one out, getting out of the jam with his third strikeout in relief.
• In game two, Smith led off the third with his first career home run for a 1-0 lead.
• A walk and Zac Kahn triple tied the game in the bottom of the frame.
• Bercaw was hit by a pitch and moved to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Murphy single for a 2-1 Bullets lead.
• Hawkes started the home half of the inning with an infield single and stole second with one out before tying the game on a Deven Peterson single. A two-out AuYeung knock to right gave Swarthmore a 3-2 lead.
• In the seventh, Bercaw and Murphy were both hit by pitches to start the frame. A wild pitch and Coleman double turned the one-run deficit into a one-run lead and forced a pitching change. A Stellato single put runners at the corners before a two-out groundout from Amirata stretched the lead to 5-3.
• The Garnet got one back after the stretch on a two-out AuYeung single, stolen base and Propper-Bowring single.
• Gettysburg tacked on one in the top of the ninth. Stellato drew a leadoff walk before scoring on a one-out Amirata double.
• A hit batter and walk put two on with one out before AuYeung singled up the middle to cut the deficit to one. An error on a pickoff attempt put the runners at second and third but Ethan Mitnick (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) got back-to-back strikeouts for his fourth save of the season.

THE INSIDE STORY
• The two wins marked the first season sweep for Gettysburg of Swarthmore since 2016 and the first sweep at Swarthmore since 2007.
• Mike Coleman and Robert Murphy both had four hits in game one while Will Stellato, Dominick Balsamo, Jack Amirata, Will Roche and Henry Smith all had two.
• Alex Wilkie-Viscio (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) tossed 6 2/3 innings in game one with four strikeouts and no walks to improve to 6-0.
• Murphy, Coleman, Amirata and Brendan Laqui each had two hits in game two. Coleman and Amirata both drove in two.
• John Francesconi (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) threw five innings for his third win of the year, striking out five. Ethan Mitnick fanned four in two innings.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at McDaniel on Tuesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
]]>Mike Coleman battingSat, 11 Apr 2026 20:18:00 EST219904https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/womens-lacrosse-gettysburg-rallies-to-topple-haverford.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/womens-lacrosse-gettysburg-rallies-to-topple-haverford.aspxWomen's Lacrosse

THE FACTS
No. 11 Gettysburg (7-5, 3-1 CC) 12, No. 23 Haverford (8-5, 3-1 CC) 10
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 11 in the latest IWLCA Div. III poll, outscored No. 23 Haverford 5-1 in the fourth quarter for a 12-10 win that forced a logjam at the top of the conference standings.

THE LEADERS
• Maddie Passarello (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) led the Bullets with four goals, including the game-tying goal early in the fourth quarter. She also corralled eight draw controls.

FOR THE FOES
• Bella Gattuso led the Fords with three goals.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Julia Daly (McLean, Va./Langley) scored less than a minute into the game before finding Nina Marra (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) just shy of three minutes later for a 2-0 lead. Bella Gattuso then finished a Brooke Epstein feed midway through the opening period before Mikelle Smith scored an advantage goal with 2:17 showing to tie the game after one quarter.
• Sarah Scollin (Orefield, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) and two Maddie Passarello goals in the opening two minutes of the second quarter built a 5-2 lead. Kalli Mullen and Riley Kenrick (Verona, N.J./Verona) traded goals to keep it the margin at three with 9:03 to play. Another Gattuso tally and two from Epstein tied the game at 6-all entering the intermission. The second Epstein goal came with 19 seconds left and was the third advantage goal of the game for Haverford.
• Gattuso finished a Sophie Jaffe pass to give the Fords their first lead with 8:52 to play in the third quarter. Passarello and Smith traded advantage goals three minutes apart before Epstein found Daniela Martini in the final minute to give the visitors a two-goal lead heading to the final period.
• Daly cut the margin to one just 1:29 into the fourth quarter before Passarello netted the equalizer with 10:59 on the clock. Another Daly goal put the Bullets in front just 42 seconds later. Scollin pushed the lead to two a minute later before Mullen made it 11-10 with 7:42 showing but Scollin capped her hat trick with 4:45 to play for an insurance goal.

THE INSIDE STORY
• With her three goals, Julia Daly moved into second place all-time on the Gettysburg career goals list with 229 for her career – one shy of the program record. She also had two caused turnovers and a ground ball.
• The Bullets finished with a 25-20 edge in shots.
• Grace Battle (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) added seven draw controls as part of the 20-6 advantage in the circle.
• With the Haverford loss, the top five teams in the conference standings now all have one loss with two weeks to play in the regular season.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Dickinson on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
]]>Maddie Passarello wins draw controlSat, 11 Apr 2026 19:13:00 EST1719900https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/mens-lacrosse-gettysburg-starts-fast-for-win-at-ursinus.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/mens-lacrosse-gettysburg-starts-fast-for-win-at-ursinus.aspxMen's Lacrosse

THE FACTS
No. 10 Gettysburg (7-4, 4-1 CC) 18, Ursinus 4-8, 0-6 CC) 8
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse game
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Collegeville, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 10th in the latest USILA Div. III coaches' poll, scored three goals in the first five minutes of the game and never looked back in an 18-8 win at Ursinus.

THE LEADERS
• Jackson Barroll (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) led the Bullets with four goals and four assists. He also picked up four ground balls.
• Charlie Johnson (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) scored six goals.

FOR THE FOES
• Daniel Rice led the Bears with two goals and an assist.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Charlie Johnson opened the scoring with a goal 3:31 into the game. Less than a minute later, the junior finished a pass from Ryan Sims (Newtown Square, Pa./Malvern Prep) before Luke Barbera (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) finished a solo run just 30 seconds after that for an early 3-0 lead. Daniel Rice and Johnson traded goals just over a minute apart before Chris Bryant made it 4-2 with 5:40 on the clock. Johnson had the answer once again 44 seconds later before Daniel Rice and Jackson Barroll traded tallies in the final 24 seconds to make it 6-3 after one.
• Barroll then dished to Barbera and Cooper Savoy (Killingsworth, Conn./Notre Dame West Haven) for tallies 35 seconds apart and an 8-3 edge with 13:00 showing. Bryant made it 8-4 but Barbera connected with Johnson to make it 9-4 at the break.
• Barroll hit Benny Kasoff (Leesburg, Va./Riverside) then Jackson Hearn (Houston, Texas/Episcopal Bellaire) handed out his second and third assists of the day, finding Barroll and Johnson to wrap up a 4-0 run and build a 12-4 lead with 7:36 showing. Daniel Kupiec momentarily halted the run but Savoy netted his second then Jackson Alpaugh (Darien, Conn./Westminster School) scored a man-up goal. After another Kupiec goal, Barroll scored twice in the final 1:57 of the third to make it a 10-goal lead heading to the final quarter.
• Griffin Hough (Bourne, Mass./Tabor Academy) and Vincent Ferrara (Sparta Twp., N.J./Delbarton School) both scored their first goals of the season in the fourth quarter around two Harry Sweitzer tallies.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Charlie Johnson has scored five or more goals in each of the last three games. He also had three ground balls.
• Gettysburg finished with a 48-30 advantage in shots.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
]]>Jackson Barroll shootingSat, 11 Apr 2026 18:35:00 EST719899https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/softball-gettysburg-works-extras-for-split-with-swarthmore.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/softball-gettysburg-works-extras-for-split-with-swarthmore.aspxSoftball

THE FACTS
Gettysburg (13-16, 4-3 CC) 2, Swarthmore (21-8, 8-1 CC) 1 (Game 1 – 8 inn.)
Swarthmore (22-8, 9-1 CC) 14, Gettysburg (13-17, 4-4 CC) 3 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg and Swarthmore played seven scoreless innings in game one before the Bullets walked off a 2-1 win in the eighth innings. The Garnet then broke out the bats for a 14-3, five-inning victory to earn the split in game two.

THE LEADERS
• Abby Todd (Roebling, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional) had two hits in each game to lead the Bullets.
• Lexi Waring (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) went the distance in game one, striking out six to earn the win in the circle.

FOR THE FOES
• Iris Barone paced the Garnet offensively with four hits on the day, recording a pair in each contest.
• Elisabeth O'Connor went 3-for-3 with three extra-base hits and five RBIs in the nightcap.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Neither team even had a runner reach third base until the game went to the international tiebreaker in the eighth inning. With Regan Valenzuela at second, Serafina Tinio doubled her home with one out for the game's first run. Gettysburg worked around a two-out walk with a groundball to keep it just a 1-0 game.
• With Lauren Bickler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) at second, a flyout to right field allowed the freshman to tag and move to third with one out. She then beat the throw home on a ground ball to tie the game. After a wild pitch and single put the winning run at second base with one out, a deep fly ball was dropped to allow Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) to score from second for the 2-1 win and hand Swarthmore its first conference loss of the season.
• After a 6-up, 6-down first inning, the first seven Garnet players recorded a hit in the second inning for a 6-0 lead. Ava Babcock had a two-run double in the inning and Elisabeth Connor roped a two-run triple to the fence in left for the big knocks of the inning.
• Doubles from Kate Borza and O'Connor around a Lia Fong walk made it 8-0 in the third.
• Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) led off the home third with a single through the left side before moving up to second on a groundout and scoring on a Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) single up the middle. A Pelekis single, fly out and throwing error made it 8-2.
• The Garnet responded with another six runs in the fourth to open up a 14-2 lead. O'Connor had her second triple of the game after a Babcock two-run single and Fong two-run double to make it 13-2 before O'Connor scored on a wild pitch for the 12-run advantage with just one out.
• Bickler tripled with one out in the bottom of the fifth before scoring on a two-out Pelekis single up the middle for the final score.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Jamie Shaw and Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) joined Abby Todd with two hits in game one.
• Each team recorded eight hits in the opener but could only muster the three combined runs.
• Todd and Anika Pelekis had two hits apiece in the nightcap.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Franklin & Marshall on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
]]>Abby Todd swingingSat, 11 Apr 2026 19:36:00 EST1919901https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/womens-track-field-mercer-and-judge-earn-two-top-10-all-time-marks-at-susquehanna.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/womens-track-field-mercer-and-judge-earn-two-top-10-all-time-marks-at-susquehanna.aspxWomen's Track & Field

THE FACTS
Gettysburg sends Mercer and Judge to Susquehanna Multis
What: Women's Outdoor Track & Field Meet
When: Thursday-Friday, Apr. 9-10
Where: Selinsgrove, Pa. – Susquehanna University

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg sent Georgia Mercer and Lillian Judge to compete in the two-day multis meet hosted by Susquehanna. Both added made top-10 all-time marks in their performances.

THE LEADERS

• Georgia Mercer (Elkton, Md., Rising Sun) led the Bullets with a fourth place finish in the heptathlon with Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying and personal-best score of 3,617 points which ranks third in program history.
• Lillian Judge (Beverly, Mass., Beverly) placed fifth in the heptathlon with a CC-qualifying score of 3,406 points which ranks fifth in program history.

FOR THE FOES

• It was a non-scoring meet.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Georgia Mercer (Elkton, Md., Rising Sun) finished first in shot put with a CC-qualifying and personal-best toss of 10.23 meters. She added four more CC-qualifying finishes in long jump, high jump, javelin and the 100-meter hurdles. Finishing third in long jump with a personal and season-best time leap of 4.91 meters, fourth in high jump with another personal and season-best leap of 1.42 meters, sixth in javelin with a personal-best toss of 23.84 meters and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal and season-best time of 18.08 seconds.
• Lillian Judge (Beverly, Mass., Beverly) came in first in high jump with a CC-qualifying, personal and season-best leap of 1.51 meters. She added two more CC-qualifying finishes in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. Coming in third in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal and season-best time of 16.82 seconds and in sixth in long jump with another personal and season-best leap of 4.62 meters.

THE INSIDE STORY

• Mercer placed third in the 800 with a personal-best time of 2:32.51. She also came in tenth in the 200 with a time of 29.75 seconds.
• Judge finished fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:35.25. She added a sixth place finish in the 200 with a time of 28.71 seconds. Judge rounded out her heptathlon performance with a toss of 15.26 meters to place tenth in javelin and a throw of 6.12 meters to place 11^th in shot put.

NEXT UP
The Bullets head to Messiah to finish the Messiah Invitational tomorrow Saturday, April 11^th at 10:00 am.
]]>Georgia Mercer 4/10Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:02:00 EST2219898https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/mens-track-field-orlando-represents-gettysburg-at-multis.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/mens-track-field-orlando-represents-gettysburg-at-multis.aspxMen's Track & Field

THE FACTS
Gettysburg sends Orlando to Susquehanna Multis
What: Men's Outdoor Track & Field Meet
When: Thursday-Friday, Apr. 9-10
Where: Selinsgrove, Pa. – Susquehanna University

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg sent Stefano Orlando to compete in the two-day multis meet hosted by Susquehanna.

THE LEADERS

• Stefano Orlando (Norwalk, Conn., New Canaan) competed in the decathlon for the Bullets placing eleventh with a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying score of 4,440 points.

FOR THE FOES

• It was a non-scoring meet.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Orlando placed second in shot put with a CC-qualifying distance of 11.55 meters. He added three more CC-qualifying finishes in the 100, 110-meter hurdles, and long jump. Finishing the 100 in sixth with a time of 11.74 seconds, the 110-meter hurdles in tenth with a time of 18.64 seconds and long jump in 11^th with a leap 5.69 meters.

THE INSIDE STORY

• Stefano Orlando (Norwalk, Conn., New Canaan) placed sixth in discus with a season-best toss of 28.24 meters. He added five more season-bests in javelin, pole vault, the 400, the 1500m and high jump. Placing seventh in javelin with a toss of 38.42 meters, pole vault in tenth with a height of 2.90 meters, the 400 in 11^th with a time of 1:00.81, the 1500 in 11^th with a time of 6:08.27, and high jump in 12^th with a leap of 1.48 meters.

NEXT UP
The Bullets head to Messiah to finish the Messiah Invitational tomorrow Saturday, April 11^th at 10:00 am.
]]>Stefano OrlandoFri, 10 Apr 2026 21:50:00 EST1119897https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/womens-tennis-gettysburg-defeats-ursinus-in-conference-bout.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/11/womens-tennis-gettysburg-defeats-ursinus-in-conference-bout.aspxWomen's Tennis

THE FACTS
Gettysburg (7-7, 1-4 CC) 5, Ursinus (6-8, 0-4 CC)
What: Centennial Conference Women's Tennis Match
When: Saturday, Apr. 11
Where: Collegeville, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg defeats Ursinus 5-2 winning two of three doubles matches and four of six singles.

THE LEADERS

• Eden Levkov led the Bullets winning 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.
• Arina Zheliaskova and Gabby Mazzeo partnered for a perfect 6-0 win at first doubles. Both also won their singles matches; Zheliaskova 6-0, 6-3 at first singles and Mazzeo 6-1, 6-1 at second singles.  

FOR THE FOES

• Morgan Coupe led the Bears winning at third singles 7-5, 3-6, 10-8. She also combined with Kate Rubinkam to take the 6-2 second doubles win.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Lindsay Paullin and Harper Wood combined to win 6-3 at third doubles.  
• Claire Carroccio won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
• Emma Ward fell at third singles but not before winning set two 6-3.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg is back in action tomorrow Saturday April 12^th as hosts against Stevens and Stevenson at 11:00 am and 2:30 pm.  


 
]]>Eden Levkov 4/11Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:29:00 EST2119902https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/mens-tennis-gettysburg-defeats-penn-state-harrisburg.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/mens-tennis-gettysburg-defeats-penn-state-harrisburg.aspxMen's Tennis

THE FACTS
Gettysburg (4-9) 4, Penn State-Harrisburg (7-6) 3
What: Non-Conference Men's Tennis Match
When: Friday, Apr. 10
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg defeats Penn State-Harrisburg 4-3 winning two of three doubles and three of six singles matches.

THE LEADERS

• Owen Kutlu (Mendham, N.J., West Morris Mendham) led the Bullets with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles. He and Spencer Pompian (Clayton, Mo., Clayton) also took the 6-1 win at third doubles. Pompian also secured his singles match win; 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.

FOR THE FOES

• Cooper Wheeler led the Lions with a 6-4, 6-3 win at first singles as well as partnering with Damir Cuturic for the first doubles win 7-6 after winning the 7-2 tiebreaker.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Connor McPartland (Furlong, Pa., Central Bucks East) and JP Damare (Raleigh, N.C., Cardinal Gibbons) combined to win a 6-2 at second doubles.
• Ben O'Connor-Skloot (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Dobbs Ferry) snagged the 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles.
• Teo Burgess (Rockville, Md., Wheaton) forced his second singles match into a third set after winning set one 6-4 however the Lions ultimately took the win with a 6-3 third set.  

NEXT UP
Gettysburg is back in tomorrow Saturday, Apr. 11 in Collegeville, Pa. against Ursinus at 2:30 pm.


 
]]>Owen Kutlu 4/10Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:20:00 EST1019896https://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/baseball-gettysburg-completes-sweep-of-dickinson-with-run-rule-win.aspxhttps://gettysburgsports.com/news/2026/4/10/baseball-gettysburg-completes-sweep-of-dickinson-with-run-rule-win.aspxBaseball

THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (22-6, 5-3 CC) 16, Dickinson (16-12, 2-6 CC) 5
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 10
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest D3baseball.com poll, used a seven-run fifth inning to push the game into run-rule territory and eventually a 16-5 victory over Dickinson in seven innings.

THE LEADERS
• Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) led the Bullets with two hits and five RBIs, including a third-inning grand slam. He also threw out three runners on the bases.

FOR THE FOES
• Freeman Hunt was 2-for-3 to lead the Red Devils with a walk and run scored.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• With one out in the bottom of the first, Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) poked a single through the left side before a two-out, two-run Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) home run staked Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead.
• Doubles from Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) and Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) made it 3-0 in the second.
• Freeman Hunt walked to start the third inning before an error on the ensuing sacrifice put two runners on. A pickoff by Brendan Laqui erased the lead runner but another fielding error and a two-out single by Will Ferris made it 3-1.
• With two outs in the bottom of the third, Stellato was hit by a pitch before a pair of walks loaded the bases. Laqui then took a 1-2 pitch down the left-field line and out for a grand slam and 7-1 lead.
• Kyle Bailey led off the fourth with a double before Luke Gartland walked. A one-out Hunt single loaded the bases before a Ben Milligan RBI groundout made it 7-2. Matt Conforti followed with a double to the gap to close the margin to 7-4.
• Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) led off the bottom of the inning with a single and took second on an error and third on a groundout. A Murphy sacrifice fly made it 8-4 before Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) lined the Bullets' third home run of the day out to right.
• In the fifth, Amirata doubled before taking third on a groundout. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases. A wild pitch on the first pitch after a pitching change stretched the lead to 10-4. Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) singled to right, scoring both baserunners to make it a 12-4 game. Two more walks laded the bases. With two outs, Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) singled home two runs then Amirata and Laqui both poked an RBI single to right for a 16-4 lead.
• A two-out Milligan single, walk and Dylan Posencheg set the 16-5 final in the top of the sixth.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Jack Amirata went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a walk and RBI.
• Will Stellato and Henry Smith each had two hits.
• Zach Klein (West Chester, Pa./West Chester Henderson) threw 2 1/3 innings of relief with two strikeouts for his fourth win of the year on the mound.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Swarthmore on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.
]]>Brendan Laqui celebrates the grand slamFri, 10 Apr 2026 19:05:00 EST219894