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Sean Kolenich March 8 Recap
Photo Courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26
Sean Kolenich
4
Haverford HAVERFOR 1-2
11
Winner Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN 5-2
Haverford HAVERFOR
1-2
4
Final
11
Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN
5-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Haverford HAVERFOR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 1
Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 X 11 14 1

W: Kostura, Brit () L: Sam Cohen ()

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Handles Haverford (Pa.) in First Game of Florida Trip

Fort Myers, Fla. – The Baldwin Wallace University baseball team defeated Haverford (Pa.) College by a score of 11-4 at Terry Park Sports Complex for their third consecutive win. 

The Yellow Jackets' offense was the story of the day for the second time in the streak. They were led by senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference third baseman Sean Kolenich (Parma/St Edward), who had four hits, his second game of the season with at least four hits, as BW moves to 5-2 on the season.

Scoring Summary 

Bottom 1st - Junior designated hitter Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) started off the scoring in the top half of the first with a single that scored two runs

Bottom 2nd - Kolenich singled to right, which scored a run, and BW went up 3-0 

Bottom 2nd - Kolenich scored a run on a sequence in which senior center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) stole second base

Bottom 3rd - Senior shortstop Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) had an RBI single to second, scoring a run to make it 5-1 Yellow Jackets

Bottom 3rd - Terzola advanced to third, and Junior infielder Jake Druschel (Tampa, Fla./George Steinbrenner) each scored on the very next play

Bottom 3rd - Another single from West made it 8-1, this time it was to the infield

Bottom 6th - Sophomore catcher Yuri Bellina (Medina/Padua Franciscan) drove in his first run of the season, which scored West

Bottom 6th - Sophomore utility player Maddox Tarquinio (McKees Rock, Pa./Montour) singled to give the Brown and Gold a 10-1 lead

Bottom 7th - Senior John Panstares (Westlake/St Ignatius) contributed for the final run of the day on a sacrifice fly, with the score being 11-1 at the time

At the Plate

  • Kolenich was 4-for-6 at the plate, with all of his hits being singles and bringing in two runs

  • Ritlinger-Nirider was 2-for-5 with a double, and his multi-hit effort was his second of the season

  • West was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs, which tied the most hits and runs he's had in a game this season

  • Tarquinio was also 2-for-3 and had one walk to go with his totals; his two hits are the first multi-hit game he's had this season


On the Mound

  • Senior left-hander Brit Kostura (Tequesta, Fla./Jupiter Christian School) was the starter and winner for BW. In the effort, he went six innings, allowed only one hit, one run, and two strikeouts while allowing just five men on base all day long, while throwing 70 pitches

  • Freshman right-hander Jared Thacker (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) came in relief and went 2 ? innings while striking out six batters

  • Sophomore infielder Matt DelDuca (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) pitched the final out, marking the first time this season a position player threw a pitch for the Brown and Gold


Up Next

The Yellow Jackets are back in action tomorrow, March 9, when they head north to Port Charlotte to play Valley Forge (Pa.) University for a doubleheader. The games are scheduled to start and 12 and 3 p.m.


 
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