JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - The Hilbert College Baseball team suffered a pair of set-backs tonight in their Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference double header against Mount Aloysius College.

The Hawks dropped the 10-6 opener to the Mounties before falling 11-7 in the nightcap.

Hilbert (22-16) concluded the most successful regular season schedule and will now focus on the 2023 AMCC postseason tournament which opens next Saturday.  With one additional AMCC DH still to be completed, the overall seeds in the tournament have not been determined.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: 

The Mounties pounded in seven runs through two innings, fueled by a trio of home runs, and then built an 9-2 lead by the top of the 6th.  The Hawks responded with four runs, two the final two frames but ran out of time in the opening game.

• Griffin McAndrews knocked in three runs off two doubles late the game and John Watson went 2-for-3 with one run scored.
• John Riviere-Vejas was credited with a sac fly RBI and Patrick Whelan and Thomas Evans (2) both took a base off a hit-by-pitch at bat.
• Brennen Hediger (4-4) allowed seven runs off seven hits in the opening two innings.  Andrew Cole closed the final four striking out four with three earned runs off five hits.

Game 2:

Hilbert opened the nightcap with a 2-run lead through the middle of the 2nd inning.  The Mounties stacked six runs on the board by the top of the 4th and added five more in the bottom of the 7th.  The Hawks responded with five runs in the 8th but were blanked in their 9th inning rally, falling 11-7.

• Patrick Whelan knocked his first at bat over the fence scoring the first two runs on the game.  
• Mount Aloysius connected two more times, one in the second (3RBI) and again in the third, poking four home runs over the course of the double header tonight.
• Whelan went 3-for-4 and scored two runs.  The Hawks manufactured only six hits, one from Thomas Evans (1 run), John Rivieri-Vejas (1 run) and Alex Ellison (RBI). 
• Michael Contini (3-3) set a new single season record tonight with his 11th start.  He allowed six runs off five hits in three innings.  Brendan Walsh collected all four of Hilbert's strike outs while allowing eight hits and five runs through 3.2 innings. 

UP NEXT

Hilbert has secured a spot in the 2023 postseason but will have to wait to see where they will be seeded after the Monday, May 1st Pitt Bradford vs Pitt-Greensburg double header is played.

2023 Tournament Schedule
Saturday, May 6 (and May 7th, if necessary)
No. 3 host No. 6, and No. 4 hosts No. 5 in best of three series

Thursday, May 11 - Saturday, May 13
No. 1 Alfred State College will host the double elimination tournament