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Baseball
1999 ALL-PAC TEAMS
League champion Bethany placed six players on the All-PAC first and second teams
as voted by the baseball coaches' committee on May 6. Bethany junior C Steve
Opferman (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny) claimed the highest honor, winning the MVP award for
his league-best .479 batting average and .735 slugging percentage. Grove City's
second-year head coach Rob Skaricich was named Coach of the Year after leading the
Wolverines to a school-record 24 wins and back-to-back second-place finishes in the
conference. Waynesburg also received six All-PAC placements, including four
first-team selections. Grove City won four spots on the first team as well, and one
on the second. Washington and Jefferson claimed second-team honors at three
positions.
MVP: Steve Opferman, Bethany
Coach of the Year: Rob Skaricich, Grove City
| Pos. |
PAC First Team |
Yr. |
Hometown |
High School |
| P |
Ben Westrick, WAY |
Jr. |
Stonesboro, PA |
Northern Cambria |
| 1B |
Brian Cutlip, WAY |
Jr. |
Pleasant Unity, PA |
Greater Latrobe |
| 2B |
J.G. Louden, GRO |
So. |
Morgantown, WV |
University |
| 3B |
Ron Jones, GRO |
Sr. |
Butler, PA |
Knoch |
| SS |
Mike Kashurba, GRO |
So. |
Latrobe, PA |
Greater Latrobe |
| OF |
Matt King, BET |
Jr. |
St. Clairsville, OH |
St. Clairsville |
| OF |
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY |
Sr. |
Homer City, PA |
United |
| OF |
Eric Kephart, GRO |
Sr. |
Osceola Mills, PA |
Philipsburg-Osceola |
| C |
Steve Opferman, BET |
Jr. |
Oakdale, PA |
West Allegheny |
| DH |
Nate Cline, WAY |
So. |
Richmond, PA |
Edison |
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| Pos. |
PAC Second Team |
Yr. |
Hometown |
High School |
| P |
Josh Molnar, BET |
Jr. |
Avella, PA |
Avella |
| 1B |
Mike Yonover, BET |
Jr. |
Coral Springs, FL |
Taravella |
| 2B |
Mark Axel, WAY |
Jr. |
Smithtown, PA |
Yough |
| 3B |
Perry Gaddis, W&J |
So. |
Hopwood, PA |
Laurel Highlands |
| SS |
D.J. Thomas, BET |
Jr. |
Greensburg, PA |
Greensburg-Salem |
| OF |
Lucas Kromer, BET |
Sr. |
Escondido, CA |
Escondido |
| OF |
Dave Santorella, W&J |
Fr. |
Mammoth, PA |
Mount Pleasant |
| OF |
Nate Kauffman, GRO |
So. |
Cecil, PA |
Canon-McMillan |
| C |
Bob Showman, WAY |
Jr. |
Uniontown, PA |
Uniontown |
| DH |
Sean Bristor, W&J |
So. |
Washington, PA |
Trinity |
BETHANY WINS PAC TITLE
Top-seeded Bethany defeated second seed Grove City, 11-4, Tuesday to claim the
1999 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament title. Grove City,
making its second straight appearance in the championship game, forced a winner-take-all
in the double-elimination tournament by winning 4-1 earlier in the day. Bethany
junior CF Matt King (St. Clairsville, OH/St. Clairsville) went 3-for-4 and drove in four
runs in the title game, while junior C Steve Opferman (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny)
collected a pair of hits, including a two-run homer. The Bison, who entered the
tournament as the top seed for the fourth time in five years, last won a PAC crown in 1996
as the first seed. Grove City, who hadn't placed higher than fourth in the first
four years of the six-year-old tournament, was seeking its first ever PAC title.
Saturday, April 23
Thiel 6, W&J 5 @ Bethany
Waynesburg 8, Grove City 3 @ W&J
Bethany 14, Thiel 2 @ Bethany
Grove City 5, W&J 3 @ W&J
Monday, April 26
Bethany 4, Waynesburg 3 (11 inn.) @ Thiel
Grove City 10, Thiel 1 @ Grove City
Grove City 10, Waynesburg 3 @ Grove City
Tuesday, April 27
Championship Game(s)
Grove City 4, Bethany 1 @ Bethany
Bethany 11, Grove City 4 @ Bethany
FINAL STANDINGS
League
Overall
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W |
L |
Pct. |
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W |
L |
Pct. |
| Bethany |
12 |
4 |
.750 |
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20 |
18 |
.526 |
| Grove City |
11 |
5 |
.688 |
|
24 |
13 |
.649 |
| Waynesburg |
10 |
6 |
.625 |
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19 |
17 |
.528 |
| Wash. & Jeff. |
7 |
9 |
.438 |
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9 |
31 |
.225 |
| Thiel |
0 |
16 |
.000 |
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2 |
20 |
.091 |
PAC BASEBALL NOTES
NATION'S BEST: The following PAC teams and individuals rank among
the best in the NCAA Division III through games of May 10:
| Name/Team |
Stat |
D-III Rank |
| Bethany |
Batting |
20th |
| Steve Opferman, BET |
Batting |
11th |
| Mike Kashurba, GRO |
Stolen Bases |
14th |
PAC Baseball Team Statistics
(FINAL)
BATTING
G AB H
AVG
BETHANY
38 1176 406 .345
WAYNESBURG 36 1123
387 .345
GROVE CITY 37
1049 354 .337
WASH. & JEFF. 40 1139
360 .316
THIEL 22
562 136 .242
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PITCHING
G
IP R
ER ERA
BETHANY 38
280.0 220 166 5.34
GROVE CITY 37 252.0
204 167 5.96
WAYNESBURG 36 257.0
219 180 6.30
WASH. & JEFF. 40 258.1
419 321 11.18
THIEL 22
137.0 266 203 13.34
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FIELDING
G PO
A E PCT
GROVE CITY 37 753
315 57 .949
BETHANY 38
846 329 73 .942
WAYNESBURG 36 765 272
70 .937
WASH. & JEFF 40 771
377 106 .915
THIEL 22
411 165 84 .873
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SLUGGING G AB
TB PCT
WAYNESBURG 36 1123
576 .513
GROVE CITY 37
1049 515 .491
BETHANY 38
1176 574 .488
WASH. &
JEFF 40 1139
519 .456
THIEL 22
562 163 .290
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STOLEN BASES G SB
SBA AVG
GROVE CITY 37
87 90 2.35
BETHANY 38
58 72 1.53
WAYNESBURG 36 27
38 0.75
WASH. & JEFF 40
15 34 0.38
THIEL
22 4
8 0.18
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SCORING
G
R AVG
WAYNESBURG 36 270
7.50
GROVE CITY 37 273
7.38
BETHANY 38
269 7.08
WASH. & JEFF. 40 200
5.00
THIEL 22
60 2.73
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HOME RUNS
G HR AVG
WAYNESBURG 36 35
0.97
WASH. & JEFF. 40 27
0.68
GROVE CITY 37 21
0.57
BETHANY 38
13 0.34
THIEL 22
1 0.05
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TRIPLES G
3B AVG
BETHANY 38
16 0.42
GROVE CITY 37 13
0.35
WASH. & JEFF. 40 10
0.25
WAYNESBURG 36 7
0.19
THIEL 22
2 0.10
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DOUBLES
G
2B AVG
BETHANY 38
97 2.55
GROVE CITY 37 72
1.95
WAYNESBURG 36 70
1.94
WASH. & JEFF. 40 58
1.45
THIEL 22
20 0.91
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DOUBLE PLAYS
G DP
AVG
WASH. & JEFF. 40 30
0.75
BETHANY 38
24 0.63
GROVE CITY 37 16
0.43
WAYNESBURG 36 11
0.31
THIEL 22
4 0.18
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PAC Baseball Individual Statistics
(FINAL)
BATTING G AB H
AVG
Steve Opferman, BET 38 131
61 .466
Sean Bristor, W&J 33 88
39 .443
Brian Cutlip, WAY 36 129
55 .426
Eric Kephart, GRO 37 119
50 .420
Nate Cline, WAY 35 111
46 .414
Matt King, BET
38 129 52 .404
Mike Yonover, BET 38 126
50 .397
Bob Showman, WAY 36 112
44 .393
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 136
53 .390
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 131
51 .389
Ron Jones, GRO 37
116 43 .371
J.G. Louden, GRO 34
109 40 .367
Nate Kauffman, GRO 36 112
40 .357
David Paterra, W&J 36 112
39 .348
Lucas Kromer, BET 36 115
40 .348
Drew Hoagland, GRO 31 91
31 .341
Adam Booth, GRO 28
65 22 .338
Jeremy DeBord, BET 37 101
34 .337
Dave Popp, WAY 33
94 31 .330
Steve Castor, W&J 31 82
27 .329
Jim Moore, W&J 40
131 43 .328
Jaron Minford, W&J 32 92
30 .326
Perry Gaddis, W&J 33 105
34 .324
Charlie Humes, WAY 32 116
37 .319
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RUNS BATTED IN G
RBI AVG
Mike Yonover, BET 38
42 1.11
Nate Kauffman, GRO 36 37
1.03
Steve Opferman, BET 38 39
1.03
Brian Cutlip, WAY 36 36
1.00
J.G. Louden, GRO 34 33
0.97
Bob Showman, WAY 36
33 0.92
Charlie Humes, WAY 32 28
0.88
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 31
0.82
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 28
0.77
Scott DeUnger, BET 38 28
0.74
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HOME RUNS
G
HR AVG
Charlie Humes, WAY 32
8 0.25
Brian Cutlip, WAY 36 7
0.19
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 7
0.18
Nathan Frank, W&J 34
5 0.15
Bob Showman, WAY 36
5 0.14
Ron Jones, GRO 37
5 0.14
Steve Opferman, BET 38 5
0.13
Sean Bristor, W&J 33
4 0.12
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 4
0.11
Scott DeUnger, BET 38 4
0.11
Jim Moore, W&J 40
4 0.10
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TRIPLES
G
3B AVG
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 5
0.13
Eric Kephart, GRO 37 4
0.11
Max Schimmel, BET 31 3
0.10
Jason Sperlazza, BET 34 3
0.09
Matt King, BET 38
3 0.08
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DOUBLES
G
2B AVG
Steve Opferman, BET 38 15
0.40
Mike Yonover, BET 38 15
0.40
Scott DeUnger, BET 38 14
0.37
J.G. Louden, GRO 34
12 0.35
Ron Jones, GRO 37
13 0.35
Eric Kephart, GRO 37 12
0.32
Matt King, BET 38
12 0.32
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 11
0.31
Bob Showman, WAY 36
11 0.31
Dave Popp, WAY 33
10 0.30
Sean Bristor, W&J 33
9 0.27
David Santorella, W&J 38 10
0.26
Nate Kauffman, GRO 36 9
0.25
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TOUGHEST TO STRIKE OUT G AB
SO AVG
Scott DeUnger, BET 38 128
8 16.0
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 136
9 15.1
Anthony Bellotte, WAY 34 104 8
13.0
David Paterra, W&J 36 112
11 10.2
Nate Cline, WAY 35
111 11 10.1
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RUNS SCORED G R
AVG
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 40
1.11
Charlie Humes, WAY 32 35
1.09
Eric Kephart, GRO 37 40
1.08
Ron Jones, GRO 37
39 1.05
Lucas Kromer, BET 36
36 1.00
J.G. Louden, GRO 34
32 0.94
Steve Opferman, BET 38 35
0.92
Brian Cutlip, WAY 36 33
0.92
Matt King, BET 38
34 0.89
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 34
0.89
Mike Kashurba, GRO 37 33
0.89
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SLUGGING PERCENTAGE G
AB TB AVG
Steve Opferman, BET 38 131
97 .740
Dave Santorella, W&J 38 131
92 .702
Brian Cutlip, WAY 36 129
88 .682
Bob Showman, WAY 36 112
74 .661
Ron Jones, GRO 37
116 73 .629
Eric Kephart, GRO 37 119
73 .613
Mike Yonover, BET 38 126
74 .587
Ryan Mytrysak, WAY 36 136
78 .574
Charlie Humes, WAY 32 116
66 .569
Nate Kauffman, GRO 36 112
62 .554
J.G. Louden, GRO 34 109
60 .550
Nate Cline, WAY 35
111 61 .550
Matt King, BET 38
129 70 .543
Nathan Frank, W&J 34 100
51 .510
Jim Moore, W&J 40
131 66 .504
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VICTORIES G IP
W-L AVG
Ben Westrick, WAY 12 63.2
8-3 .727
Jeff Meyers, GRO 6 46.2
6-1 .857
Jim Peck, WAY 10
56.1 5-3 .625
Justin Deem, BET 11 59.0
5-5 .500
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EARNED RUN AVERAGE G
IP R ER AVG
Josh Molnar, BET 15 45.2
25 13 2.56
Ben Westrick, WAY 12 63.2
23 20 2.83
Terry Richardson, WAY 9 40.1 27 20
4.47
Jeff Meyers, GRO 9 46.2
29 24 4.63
Justin Deem, BET 11 59.0
42 32 4.88
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STRIKEOUTS/9 INNINGS
G IP SO AVG
Terry Richardson, WAY 9 40.1 38 8.49
Pat Blake, BET 12
40.2 38 8.41
Ben Westrick, WAY 12 63.2
52 7.35
Mike Suchan, GRO 8 37.2
29 6.93
J.G. Louden, GRO 9 42.2
28 5.91
Pat Looman, BET 13 58.1
38 5.86
Ron Jones, GRO 10
45.0 29 5.80
1999 Composite
Schedule
1998 All-PAC Baseball Teams
1998 Final PAC Baseball Stats
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