BALTIMORE, Pa. – Penn College split a United East baseball doubleheader against Notre Dame Saturday. The Wildcats dropped the first game 10-9, before taking the nightcap, 13-0. PCT improved to 11-5 UE, 18-16 overall.

In game one,
Penn College jumped out to 5-1 lead through the first four innings. Doubles from Ethan Stahl and Dallas Griess, and a single by Levi Purnell, gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead in the third before a wild pitch and a Griess RBI fielder's choice in the fourth made it 5-1. John Croasdale's one-run single in the sixth, and Matt Munoz' RBI grounder in the seventh put PCT ahead, 7-2. Notre Dame plated four in the seventh to get within one, 7-6, before RBIs from Griess and Shawn Townsend in the eighth made it 9-5. The Gators exploded with five runs in the eighth to grab its first, and final lead, 10-9.

Croasdale paced the offense with three hits, while Stahl and Jaydon Goebel added a pair, and Griess finished with a game-high three RBI.

In game two,
After four scoreless innings, Penn College plated 13 runners in the final five frames. Griess' sacrifice, and doubles from Nathan Gustkey and Townsend, made it 3-0 in the fifth, Croasdale's fielder's choice and a basses-loaded walk by Gustkey and Purnell in the sixth put PCT ahead 6-0. Another Griess sacrifice in the eighth made it 7-0, before an error, RBIs from Shane, Stahl, and Gustkey, and a two-run double by Purnell tacked on six more in the ninth.

Croasdale finished with three hits, while Stahl and Shane picked up a pair. Purnell and Gustkey drove in three each and Ethan Hannevig improved to 3-3, after allowing no runs, on three hits, with two strikeouts and three walks in seven innings of work.

Up next: Penn College will compete in next week's conference playoffs as a top-5 seed.