2014 Juniata Baseball News
HUNTINGDON, Pa. - Juniata College baseball pitcher Nathan Strom (Ebensburg, Pa. / Central Cambria) talks about the bond on the team and his plans for the future.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. - On May 19 the Juniata College Athletic Department hosted the annual Golf Outing at Scotch Valley Country Club. Here are some highlights from that day.
Huntingdon, Pa. - On May 17, 2014, 75 Juniata College student-athletes received degrees at the 136th Annual commencement ceremony.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The up and down season for the Juniata College baseball team was not everything the team had hoped, but the Eagles came away with a number of dramatic wins and a lot of hope for the team going forward.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – With each of their respective athletic careers at Juniata College officially over, the Eagle senior student-athletes had their sights on one more milestone, graduation. There were 75 student-athletes who participated in the 136th Annual Commencement on Saturday, May 17 to receive their degrees.
TOWSON, Md. – The Landmark Conference has announced the final All-Sportsmanship Teams for the inaugural season of the award. In the fall of 2013 the leagues’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) established the sportsmanship award as a way to recognize those who are making an impact through their fair play on the field. The team includes one representative from each institution for each sport as chosen by their coaches and teammates.
TOWSON, Md. – For the second time during the 2013-14 season, 40 Juniata College student-athletes earned Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll standing, the league announced this morning. Juniata had 40 members on the fall honor roll and 29 after the winter season.
TOWSON, Md. – Three members of the Juniata College baseball team earned All-Landmark honors for the 2014 season, the league announced this morning. Junior Cody Krepps (Tyrone, Pa./Bellwood-Antis) was one of three outfielders named to the First-Team while seniors Joe Sforza (Pittstown, N.J./Immaculatta) and Dan Gray (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) earned second-team honors at third base/designated hitter and catcher respectively. This is the first all-conference selection for Krepps and the second for both Sforza and Gray.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – It was a night of reflection for the Juniata College athletics department as student-athletes recounted their seasons and the Big Five awards were announced at the annual Athletic Awards Night Sunday evening.
GREENSBURG, Pa. – On the final day of the 2014 season the Juniata College baseball team suffered from a late-inning rally by the University of Pittsburg at Greensburg to fall 5-3 in a rain shortened game. The Eagles finished the season 9-31 overall.
KINGS POINT, N.Y. – On the final day of the Landmark Conference regular season, the Juniata College baseball team was looking to play spoiler for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s playoff hopes. The Mariners got the better of the Eagles, 8-1, to sweep the 2014 series, 3-0, and earn a spot in the postseason tournament. Senior shortstop Derek Heath (Huntingdon, Pa. / Huntingdon) finished 2-for-4 in the game and scored Juniata’s only run.
KINGS POINT, N.Y. – In the final Landmark Conference series of the season the Juniata College baseball team suffered a pair of losses at the hand for the Mariners from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). The Eagles scored early, but not often enough in game one and fell 14-8 before a 5-1 pitching dual went the way of the Mariners in game two.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – In a match rescheduled from almost a month ago, the Juniata College baseball team earned its first Landmark Conference series win of the 2014 season by taking game three against The University of Scranton 15-7. The Eagles had previously earned the doubleheader split with the Royals back on April 2, at Bucknell University. Juniata ripped 17 hits to Scranton’s seven, driving in 15 of the teams’ 17 total runs.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College baseball team bounced back from a rough 13-6 loss to Penn St.-Altoona in game one of a doubleheader to dominate the Lions 25-3 in game two, earning a 2-2 split of the 2014 series. The Eagles managed seven hits in game one to score their six runs, stranding five runners on base, and then pounded out a season-high 24 hits to score a season-high 25 runs in game two, all while still stranding 14 runners.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The 2014 baseball season is drawing to a close and Juniata College will host Penn St.-Altoona in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, on Langdon-Goodale Field for the final home games of the season. The Eagles are coming of a final inning defeat after scoring six runs in the bottom of the ninth before falling to Elizabethtown College 8-7. Juniata faced the Lions of Penn St.-Altoona in a doubleheader last Thursday earning a split.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College baseball team came up one run short of yet another final inning comeback and fell to Elizabethtown College 8-7. Sophomore designated hitter Anthony Lombardo (Altoona, Pa. / Altoona Area) went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs batted in and a run scored and senior catcher Dan Gray (Johnstown, Pa. / Richland) also went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.
