LATROBE, Pa. – In a game that was postponed twice already due to weather, the Geneva College baseball team finally got its game in at Saint Vincent on Wednesday afternoon, completing the three-game series. Unfortunately for the Golden Tornadoes, they couldn't pick up a second straight win, losing 6-1. Saint Vincent improved to 16-10, 9-5 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Geneva fell to 6-15, 1-10 in the PAC.
Saint Vincent got on the board first against sophomore starter
Jason Bagliore (Brooklyn, N.Y./Millenium), scoring once in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead.
Senior
Mark Overmier (Crofton, Md./Mount St. Joseph) drove in freshman
Dwayne Cameron (Homestead, Fla./Everglades Prep Academy) with a sacrifice fly in the top of the third to even the score at 1-1, but Saint Vincent answered back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to go back ahead, 3-1.
Saint Vincent increased its lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and one more in the sixth, and Geneva could never get its offense going again, losing 6-1.
Bagliore picked up the loss, going 5.2 innings while giving up ten hits and all six runs, though just four were earned. Geneva managed just three hits in the game, with Overmier finishing 1-for-3 with the lone RBI.
Geneva begins a three-game series with Thiel on Friday with a single game at Thiel on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The Golden Tornadoes then finish the series with two home games on Saturday, beginning at 1:00 p.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, fully online Adult Degree Programs, 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.
