Baseball | 3/6/2017 2:02:00 PM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, March 6-12, 2017 — Featuring softball, men's basketball and baseball. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
LAST SERIES
- Earned their first victory of the 2017 campaign with a 1-0 score over Calumet College of St. Joseph.
- The Golden Bears then dropped the final game of the day to Hannibal-LaGrange University, 3-8.
- In Sunday's win, freshman Karina Atanacio scored Tech's winning run and pitched a complete game for the Golden Bears.
- Game One | WVU Tech 1, Calumet 0 | Box Score
- Off a single from junior MaKayla Waugh, who finished 2-for-2 at the plate, Atanacio crossed the plate in the second inning for Tech's winning run.
- Atanacio (1-4) pitched a complete game for her first collegiate win in the circle.
- The Middletown, Delaware native struck out four batters and gave up six hits.
- Game Two | Hannibal-LaGrange 8, WVU Tech 3 | Box Score
- Senior Lexi Huck propelled her third career and first home run of the season in the second inning for Tech's first score.
- Runs two and three came from a single hit by junior Kayla Harbin that drove in Waugh and sophomore Skylar Connelly.
- Connelly finished with two hits including a double in the loss while Harbin also marked two hits to go with two RBI.
- In the circle, senior Genna Trippett (0-2) pitched 3.1 innings for the loss.
- Trippett struck out two batters while giving up four hits and one earned run.
- Freshman Sydney Smith drew the start, putting in 2.2 innings of work, scattering three hits and two earned runs while retiring two batters via strikes.
Baseball
Live Coverage
Historic Dodgertown Invitational
Tournament Information
Tuesday, 3 p.m., vs. Grace College
Wednesday, 1 p.m., vs. Penn State Brandywine
Vero Beach, Florida
Saturday, 12 p.m. (DH), vs. Point Park University
Sunday, 12 p.m. (DH), vs. Point Park University
Douglas M. Epling Field | East Bank, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 8-8, 4-0 (RSC) |
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| Grace Lancers | 4-7-1 |
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| Penn State Brandywine Lions | 1-9 |
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| Point Park Pioneers | 6-6, 1-3 (RSC) |
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LAST SERIES
- Earned a 5-0 shutout in game three and a 9-6 victory in the final contest, earning the series sweep (4-0) against Cincinnati Christian University to open up River States Conference play in 2017.
- The Golden Bears (8-8, 4-0 RSC) defeated the Eagles (2-10, 0-4) 4-2 and 3-2 on Saturday in East Bank, West Virginia.
- On the mound, senior Chris Davidson (2-1) threw a complete game, scattering four hits while striking out five Eagles in the 5-0 shutout.
- Freshman Michael Rotenberry (1-0) earned his first collegiate win in the night cap, putting in 2.0 innings of work, giving up just three hits and no earned runs.
- Redshirt junior Garrison Vandeventer (0-1-3) recorded his third save of the weekend, pitching for the third out on bases loaded in the final game of the series.
GETTING TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
- Received an at-large berth and enters the tournament as a No. 7 seed.
- The trip to Point Lookout will mark the second national tournament appearance for men's basketball since 1988 and first appearance at the DII level.
- The Golden Bears competed in the NAIA DI tournament in 1957, 1982, 1988 and 2015 with an 0-4 overall record.
- In 2015, Tech fell to top seed Hope International 70-67 in the first round.
- Tech finished the season with a 23-8 overall record after falling in a semifinal of the River States Conference Tournament to No. 5 Indiana University Southeast, 90-81.
- Robert Morris (26-6) earned an automatic berth by being the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference's (CCAC) regular season champions.
- The Golden Bears hold six top-five rankings in the NAIA DII including top spot in offensive rebounds per game (15.387).
- Tech is No. 2 in total rebound margin (12.645) while ranking No. 3 in total rebounds per game (44), No. 4 in scoring margin (16.032) and No. 5 in both total rebound offense (1,364) and total rebound defense (31.355).
