2000 All-PAC Baseball Teams Named

Five members of the PAC champion Bethany Bison were named to the All-PAC First Team in a vote by the league's coaches on Monday, May 22.  Bethany senior catcher Steve Opfermann (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny) earned the PAC Most Valuable Player award for the second straight season after batting .386 with a conference-high 50 RBI and seven homers, which tied for tops in the league.  Bison head coach Rick Carver, who led Bethany to a school-record 27 victories and its third all-time postseason appearance, was voted Coach of the Year.  Waynesburg, the PAC runner-up, placed three on the first team and Grove City had two first-team placements.   

PAC MVP: STEVE OPFERMANN, C, Bethany
PAC COACH OF THE YEAR: RICK CARVER, Bethany

PAC FIRST TEAM 

Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown/High School
P Terry Richardson Waynesburg So. Steubenville, OH/Steubenville
C Steve Opfermann Bethany Sr. Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny
1B Mike Houck Bethany So. Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin
2B Brandon Maravich Waynesburg Fr. Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin
SS D.J. Thomas Bethany Sr. Greensburg, PA/Greensburg-Salem
3B Anthony Bellotte Waynesburg So. Clarksburg, WV/Liberty
OF Matt King Bethany Sr. St. Clairsville, OH/St. Clairsville
OF Nate Kauffman Grove City Jr. Canonsburg, PA/Canon-McMillan
OF Scott Johnson Bethany So. Olathe, KS/Olathe South
DH Adam Myers Grove City Jr. Conneaut Lake, PA/Conneaut Lake

PAC SECOND TEAM 

Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown/High School
P Josh Molnar Bethany Jr. Avella, PA/Avella
C Bob Showman Waynesburg Sr. Vanderbilt, PA/Uniontown
1B Brian Cutlip Waynesburg Sr. Pleasant Unity, PA/Greater Latrobe
2B Joe Koepple W & J Fr. Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park
SS Mike Kashurba Grove City Jr. Latrobe, PA/Greater Latrobe
3B Randy Chiquelin Thiel Fr. Kingston, TN/Hamburg (NY)
OF Adam Booth Grove City Jr. Hartville, OH/Lake
OF Eric Bell Grove City So. Grove City, PA/Grove City
OF Sean DeMauri Thiel Jr. Erie, PA/Central
DH Jason Tremblay Waynesburg Fr. Crafton, PA/Carlynton
Standings

PAC

OVERALL
W L W L
Waynesburg 12 4 19 18
Grove City 10 4 14 17
Bethany 10 6

   27

 22
Washington & Jefferson 4 10 7 27
Thiel 2 14 14 28
BETHANY WINS PAC CROWN WITH SWEEP
The Bethany Bison defended their PAC championship title Wednesday by sweeping the host Waynesburg Yellow Jackets by final scores of 13-10 and 11-6.  The Bison collected their 24 runs on 36 hits led by CF Matt King, who went 7-for-11 with two home runs, six runs scored and six RBI.  3B Marc Paoletta had six hits in 10 at-bats and drove in six runs.  C Steve Opfermann and 1B Mike Houck added five hits apiece.   Justin Deem notched the victory in game one, surrendering just two earned runs on nine hits in six and one-third innings of work.  Josh Molnar won the nightcap in relief of Pat Looman, who yielded four hits and one earned run in four and a third.   Molnar, who shutdown the Jackets in the final two and two-thirds in game one, scattered six hits and gave up three earned runs in the final four and two-thirds of game two.   Waynesburg appeared headed for its fourth tournament crown when it took a 9-3 lead after three frames in the first game.  Bethany rallied with five runs in the fourth and three in the sixth and never trailed in the nightcap.  The Bison cushioned a 7-6 lead in the second game with a four-run ninth.  Bethany, led by head coach Rick Carver, won its first of three tournament titles in 1996.  

Wednesday, April 26
Championship
Bethany 13, Waynesburg 10
Bethany 11, Waynesburg 6
Thursday, April 20
Waynesburg 6, Bethany 5
Thiel 10, Grove City 6
Bethany 23, Thiel 6
Wednesday, April 19
Bethany 13, Grove City 3
Thiel 17, W&J 10
Waynesburg 6, Thiel 4
Grove City 7, W&J 6		 Bison fall in ECAC semifinals
The Bethany Bison (27-22) dropped a 9-0 decision to host Allentown (24-17) in the semifinals of the single-elimination ECAC South Region Tournament on Sunday, May 14.  Allentown, bound for the NCAA playoffs, grabbed an 8-0 lead after four innings with two runs in the first, three in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth.   The Bison committed six errors and were held to six hits in the nine-inning contest.  Winners of back-to-back PAC titles, Bethany earned its third-ever postseason appearance after claiming a school-record 27 victories in the regular season.

Recent Results

THURSDAY, MAY 4
Muskingum 5, Bethany 4

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
Marietta 25, Bethany 1
Oberlin 5, Grove City 4
Grove City 11, Oberlin 0

MONDAY, MAY 1
Geneva 9, Grove City 5

PAC Baseball Team Statistics
F I N A L

BATTING            G    AB    H    AVG
BETHANY           49  1493  495   .332
GROVE CITY        31   912  283   .310
WAYNESBURG        37  1046  324   .310
WASH. & JEFF.     31   838  236   .282
THIEL             42  1149  285   .248

PITCHING        G    IP   R  ER    ERA
GROVE CITY     31 225.0 186 129   5.16
BETHANY        49 350.0 293 210   5.40
WAYNESBURG     37 250.0 211 156   5.62
THIEL          42 292.0 307 217   6.69
WASH. & JEFF.  31 197.2 363 285  12.98

FIELDING        G    PO   A   E    AVG
BETHANY        49  1015 515  44   .941
GROVE CITY     31   670 282  66   .935
WAYNESBURG     37   483 255  53   .933
THIEL          42   876 385 101   .926
WASH. & JEFF.  31   601 266  92   .864

SLUGGING           G    AB   TB    AVG
BETHANY           49  1493  690   .462
GROVE CITY        31   912  409   .448
WAYNESBURG        37  1046  452   .432
WASH. & JEFF.     31   838  326   .389
THIEL             42  1149  387   .337

STOLEN BASES       G    SB  SBA    AVG
BETHANY           49    79   97   1.61
THIEL             42    59   72   1.40
WAYNESBURG        37    24   29   0.65
GROVE CITY        31    20   21   0.65
WASH. & JEFF.     31     5    9   0.16		 SCORING            G      R      AVG
BETHANY           49    341     6.96
WAYNESBURG        37    206     5.57
GROVE CITY        31    162     5.23
THIEL             42    186     4.43
WASH. & JEFF.     31    127     4.10

HOME RUNS          G     HR      AVG
GROVE CITY        31     22     0.71
BETHANY           49     27     0.55
WAYNESBURG        37     19     0.51
WASH. & JEFF.     31     12     0.39
THIEL             42     10     0.24

TRIPLES            G     3B      AVG
WAYNESBURG        37     12     0.32
THIEL             42     12     0.29
BETHANY           49     11     0.22
WASH. & JEFF.     31      5     0.16
GROVE CITY        31      4     0.13

DOUBLES            G     2B      AVG
BETHANY           49     93     1.90
GROVE CITY        31     52     1.68
WASH. & JEFF.     31     50     1.61
WAYNESBURG        37     47     1.27
THIEL             42     48     1.14

DOUBLE PLAYS       G     DP      AVG
BETHANY           49     44     0.90
WAYNESBURG        37     30     0.81
THIEL             42     24     0.57
GROVE CITY        31     13     0.42
WASH. & JEFF.     31     NA       NA

PAC Baseball Individual Statistics
F I N A L

BATTING                       G       AB      H      AVG   
Mike Houck, BET              46      141     69     .489
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31      101     42     .416
Scott Johnson, BET           48      156     62     .397
Steve Opfermann, BET         49      171     66     .386
Anthony Bellotte, WAY        36      131     50     .382
Adam Myers, GRO              29       91     33     .363
Charlie Humes, WAY           37      119     42     .353
Nate Kauffman, GRO           31      102     36     .353
D.J. Thomas, BET             49      136     48     .353
Matt King, BET               48      172     58     .337
Eric Bell, GRO               28       93     31     .333
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35      104     34     .327
Brandon Maravich, WAY        30       96     30     .313
Jay Dahl, THI                28       72     22     .306

SLUGGING                      G       AB     TB      AVG   
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31      101     69     .683
Steve Opfermann, BET         49      172    113     .661
Nate Kauffman, GRO           31      102     65     .637
Mike Houck, BET              46      141     89     .631
Charlie Humes, WAY           37      119     67     .563
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35      104     56     .538
Anthony Bellotte, WAY        36      131     69     .527
Adam Myers, GRO              29       91     46     .505

TOUGHEST TO STRIKE OUT        G       AB     SO      AVG   
Scott Johnson, BET           48      156      7     22.3
Adam Booth, GRO              31       98      6     16.3
Anthony Bellotte, WAY        36      131     10     13.1
Bob Showman, WAY             31       89      7     12.7
Mike Houck, BET              46      141     12     11.8
Eric Bell, GRO               28       93      9     10.3

RUNS BATTED IN                G        RBI        AVG      
Steve Opfermann, BET         49         50       1.02
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35         34       0.97
Mike Houck, BET              46         44       0.96
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31         28       0.90
Charlie Humes, WAY           37         31       0.84
Nate Kauffman, GRO           31         23       0.74

HOME RUNS                     G         HR        AVG      
Nate Kauffman, GRO           31          7       0.23
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31          6       0.19
J.G. Louden, GRO             22          4       0.18
Sam Niesslein, BET           34          6       0.18
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35          6       0.17
Steve Opfermann, BET         49          7       0.14
Brian Cutlip, WAY            34          4       0.12
Charlie Humes, WAY           37          4       0.11

TRIPLES                       G         3B        AVG      
Anthony Bellotte, WAY        36          4       0.11
Charlie Humes, WAY           37          4       0.11

DOUBLES                       G         2B        AVG      
Steve Opfermann, BET         49         22       0.45
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31          9       0.29
Adam Myers, GRO              29          8       0.28
Mike Houck, BET              46         12       0.26
Scott Johnson, BET           48         12       0.25
Matt King, BET               48         12       0.25

RUNS SCORED                   G          R        AVG      
Matt King, BET               48         52       1.08
D.J. Thomas, BET             48         45       0.94
Eric Bell, GRO               28         26       0.93
Steve Opfermann, BET         49         42       0.86
Anthony Bellotte, WAY        36         30       0.83
Mike Houck, BET              46         38       0.83
Brian Cutlip, WAY            34         27       0.79
Scott Johnson, BET           48         38       0.79
Mike Kashurba, GRO           31         24       0.77
Charlie Humes, WAY           37         28       0.76

EARNED RUN AVERAGE            G       IP      R     ER     AVG   
Mike Suchan, GRO             10     42.0     25     10    2.14
J.G. Louden, GRO             10     46.0     26     19    3.72
Pat Looman, BET              13     64.0     48     27    3.80
Jim O'Hara, WAY              10     42.0     24     19    4.07
Josh Molnar, BET             18     61.1     37     31    4.55
Bryan Goble, THI             12     52.2     37     28    4.78
Terry Richardson, WAY        13     50.0     28     27    4.86
Ed Klobusnik, THI            16     64.0     48     35    4.92

STRIKEOUTS PER 9 INNINGS      G       IP     SO      AVG   
Jim O'Hara, WAY              10     42.0     36     7.71
Terry Richardson, WAY        13     50.0     40     7.20
Jim Chester, THI             10     55.1     39     6.34
Bryan Goble, THI             12     52.2     36     6.15
J.G. Louden, GRO             10     46.0     30     5.87
Mike Suchan, GRO             10     42.0     27     5.79
Brian Kaufold, GRO            8     37.1     23     5.55
Justin Magee, GRO            10     42.2     24     5.06
Ed Klobusnik, THI            16     64.0     34     4.78
Josh Molnar, BET             18     61.1     31     4.55
Pat Looman, BET              13     64.0     32     4.50

STAT MINIMUMS
Batting            2.5 at-bats per game played
Pitching           1.0 inning pitched per game played by team
Participation      75% of team's games played


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