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Baseball
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Hilbert HILM 2-4
10
Winner Geneva College GEN 3-2
Hilbert HILM
2-4
1
Final
10
Geneva College GEN
3-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hilbert HILM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
Geneva College GEN 2 0 0 0 1 7 X 10 12 1

W: Grant, Josh (2-0) L: Henry Bowers (0-1)

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Winner Geneva College GEN 4-2
3
Hilbert HILM 2-5
Winner
Geneva College GEN
4-2
11
Final
3
Hilbert HILM
2-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Geneva College GEN 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 11 11 1
Hilbert HILM 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4

W: Rowe, Richie (2-0) L: Tristan Aldinger (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Geneva Dominates in Sweep of Hilbert

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – After losing its first two games since arriving in Florida, the Geneva College men's baseball team was in need of a strong performance as it entered a doubleheader with Hilbert College on Wednesday evening, the team that defeated the Golden Tornadoes a day earlier.  Led by starting pitchers sophomore Josh Grant and senior Richie Rowe, Geneva easily defeated Hilbert in both games, 10-1 and 11-3.  Geneva improved to 4-2 on the season, while Hilbert fell to 2-5.

Grant was outstanding in the first game.  He pitched a complete game, going seven innings and giving up only two hits, two walks, and one unearned run, while striking out nine, including striking out the side to finish off the game in the seventh.  He dominated from start to finish, improving his record to 2-0.

Offensively, Geneva got started in the first inning when senior Forrest Beighley drove in senior Vinny Howells with a double, and then Beighley came around to score on a wild pitch to make it 2-0.  Geneva added a run in the fifth to make it 3-1, and then the Golden Tornadoes broke the game open with seven runs in the sixth inning.  Geneva was aided by a key Hilbert error with two outs that opened the floodgates.  Senior Dan Staub singled twice in the inning, scoring one run and driving in two others, as twelve Golden Tornadoes eventually batted in the inning.

Beighley, Howells, Staub, and seniors Tyler Pagaduan and Joey Luciana all contributed two hits, but Grant was the story of the first game, giving Geneva the performance it needed to bounce back from the prior two games.

The second game brought more of the same formula.  Rowe was just as impressive, throwing five scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and three walks, while striking out six.  He also improved to 2-0 on the season.

Just like in the first game, Geneva used a seven run inning to break the game open, this time in the third inning.  Pagaduan and Beighley both tripled in the inning, and Howells added a double, with all three scoring and driving in a run, as the Golden Tornadoes batted around.  Geneva added four more runs in the fourth inning to go up 11-0, as Luciana contributed a triple in the inning.  From there Geneva coasted to the 11-3 victory.

"This was a great doubleheader win," Head Coach Alan Sumner said.  "We had good pitching with Josh throwing a complete game and Richie going a strong five innings.  Offensively, patience at the plate led to quality at-bats in both games."

Geneva will have tomorrow off before resuming its play in Florida on Friday with a doubleheader against Norwich University starting at 11:00 a.m.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 80 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and classroom options, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world. 
 
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