INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced the 55 Division III Baseball Tournament participants on Monday morning. The participants will compete in eight regional tournaments, including the Mideast Regional Tournament set for May 18-22 at Don Schaly Stadium at Marietta College.
Penn State Altoona was given the No. 7 seed in the Mideast Regional bracket and will face No. 2 seed Heidelberg University in the opening round of the tournament on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
The Lions (28-11) are coming off of an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship victory this past weekend, their second-ever AMCC title. Heidelberg (33-11) is the ninth-ranked team in Division III according to last Sunday's D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll.
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Altoona’s Mitchell Snyder goes up to block the spike of Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic’s Ben Kasun in high school volleyball Monday.
The loser of the contest will play at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, while the winner will play at 1 p.m.
Servello leads Lions
Phil Servello's 15 service points, 14 assists and 13 digs propelled Altoona over Bishop Guilfoyle, 25-20, 25-11, 23-25, 25-18, in high school boys volleyball at the AAHS Fieldhouse on Monday night.
Jeremy Swartz and Mitchell Snyder combined for 25 kills as the Mountain Lions moved to 9-3. The Marauders fell to 4-12.
SERVICE POINTS
ALTOONA: Servello 15, Swartz 11, McGarvey 10, Snyder 6, Gingrich 4, DeGennaro 4, Baumgartner 1.
Team records: Altoona (9-3); Bishop Guilfoyle (4-12).
JV: Altoona, 25-16, 25-12.
Teener Major
Ian Luther and Corey Simpson each drove in two runs, and teammate Joe Smith added two hits, as C&G Savings Bank beat Altoona Lions, 13-6, in an Altoona Teener Major baseball game at Seitz Field.
The Lions, who led 5-2 after two innings, got two hits from Tommy Walter.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Altoona Lions410 100 0 - 6 5 2
C&G Savings203 440 X - 13 6 2
2B-Suckinos, Walter (L), McCaulley (CG). Multiple hits - Smith (CG) 2. RBI-Walter 2 (L), Chadbourn, McCaulley, Luther 2, Simpson 2, Macharola (CG). WP-Huber. LP-Boslet. SO-Huber 5, Smith 1 (CG), Fink 4, Walter 2, Weston 1 (L). BB-Huber 5, Luther 3 (CG), Fink 6, Boslet 3, Walter 5, Weston 2 (L).
Records: C&G Savings (4-2), Altoona Lions (1-7).
Pony League
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Zack Weaver and Max Sheetz had three hits apiece, while Josh Smolko added two as Courtesy Motors clipped Rotary in an 18-17 VFW 13-14-year-old Pony League game at Longer Field. Kyle Murphy had three hits and Zach Simpson two for Rotary.
COURTESY MOTORS 18, ROTARY 17: Multiple hits - Weaver 3, Sheetz 3, Smolko 2 (CM); Murphy 3, Simpson 2, Barton 2 (R). WP-Weaver. LP-Simpson. SO-Weaver 1, Smolko 1 (CM); Simpson 2, Terchanik 1 (R).
Records: Courtesy Motors (3-2), Rotary (0-3).
Correction
Only the top two finishers in each event and anyone achieving the state qualifying standard will advance from today's District 6 Class AA Track and Field Championships to the state meet.
