WASHINGTON, Pa. – No team in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) has had any success in slowing down the Washington & Jefferson baseball team this season, and the Geneva College squad didn't have any success either on Monday afternoon.  The two teams finished up their four-game series with a doubleheader sweep by the Presidents by scores of 9-5 and 9-0.  W&J stayed perfect on the season, upping its record to 16-0 overall, 12-0 in the PAC, while Geneva fell to 5-10 overall, 4-8 in the PAC.

Sophomore Abram King (Washington, Pa./Trinity) got the Golden Tornadoes off to a great start in the top of first inning of game one.  King fouled off eight straight pitches before homering over the left field fence, driving in freshman David Toruno (Menifee, Cali./Paloma Valley), who opened the game with a single, to give Geneva an early 2-0 lead.

Senior starting pitcher Dylan O'Rourke (Hutchinson, Pa./Yough) retired the first six batters before the Geneva defense began to let him down.  A Golden Tornado error allowed W&J to score two unearned runs in the bottom of the third.  The Presidents took the lead in the bottom of the fourth after a leadoff double, on a ball that could have been caught, came around to score.  Another Geneva error in the bottom the fifth opened the door for W&J to add two more runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Two more Golden Tornado errors enabled the Presidents to add again to their lead in the bottom of the sixth with two runs, and W&J scored twice more in the bottom of the seventh to make it 9-2.

W&J starter Nick Drake, who came into the game with a PAC-best 0.98 ERA, settled down nicely after King's home run.  He gave up just one hit over his final 6.2 inning of work, finishing off his day with a scoreless seventh inning.

Geneva added a run in the top of the eighth against the W&J bullpen on an infield single from freshman Donald Dungee (Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown).  In the ninth, sophomore Jarrett Orbin (New Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) and Toruno contributed back-to-back RBI-doubles, finishing the scoring in the W&J 9-5 victory.

O'Rourke took the loss, pitching 6.2 innings and giving up nine hits and nine runs (five earned), along with four walks and three strikeouts.  Toruno finished 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI.  Orbin also added two hits, finishing 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI.  King went 1-for-4 with the first-inning home run.

In game two, the W&J offense struck for a pair of runs in both the first and second innings against sophomore starting pitcher Austin Smith (Chardon, Ohio/Chardon).  The Geneva offense couldn't get anything going against five different W&J pitchers, as the Presidents used a bullpen effort on the mound. 

W&J broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring four times with all four runs unearned after another Geneva error early in the inning.  The Presidents closed out the scoring with a run in the sixth to finish off the seven-inning game, 9-0.

The Geneva offense managed just five hits in the second game of the doubleheader.  Smith earned the loss, going 4.2 innings while giving up eight hits and eight runs (four earned), while walking four and striking out four.

"W&J is obviously very good," said Head Coach Alan Sumner.  "They have three of the best starting pitchers in the league, and their offense is also really strong.  We have to be better defensively that we were today, though.  You can't give a team like W&J extra outs and expect to be successful.  For us to have a chance against a team like W&J, we have to be really good in all three phases, and we didn't do that today."

The Golden Tornadoes return to action this Friday when they host Chatham for a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 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 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva has one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. 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. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).