Zach Jones no-hitter was the first no-hitter for McDaniel in twelve years. McDaniel athletics photo by David Sinclair

Senior Zach Jones threw McDaniel's first no-hitter in nearly 12 years to lead his team to a doubleheader sweep of Penn State-York in non-conference baseball action on Saturday 9 March 2013.

Jones struck out a career-high 12 batters and allowed just one baserunner – a fifth-inning, one-out walk – in a 10-0 game-one win for the Green Terror (5-2), who completed the sweep with a 14-2 victory in the nightcap. Freshman Zach Kronick nearly bettered his namesake, retiring the first 18 batters of his collegiate career with eight strikeouts before allowing a leadoff single in the seventh and exiting the game with his team in command, 14-0.

Travis Hamberger broke up Kronick's bid at a perfect game with one of three hits for the Lions (0-2), who plated a pair of runs in the seventh inning to avoid the double shutout.

After Jones sat down the first three batters with a pair of strikeouts, Sean Sivo led off the bottom of the frame with a single up the middle. A two-out error allowed Cameron Bahr to reach and open the gates for five unearned runs. Sivo, who stole second and took third on a flyout, scored on the error for a 1-0 lead.

James Chiorello followed with a single to right before Marshall Betts was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Brandon Hayward, who doubled off the wall in left to clear the bases. A second error put runners at the corners for Tyler Jackow, whose infield single scored Hayward for a 5-0 lead.

After Jones struck out the side in the top of the second, Chad Nazelrod led off the home half of the inning with a bunt single.

Pat Christopher slammed a ball up the middle and took second on the throw to put runners at second and third. Bahr lofted a ball to deep center field, scoring both runners with his sacrifice fly for a 7-0 lead.

Jones ended the visitor third with a pair of strikeouts looking after a defensive gem by Jackow in the hole before a pair of flyouts and groundout retired the side in order in the fourth.

Jones got his eighth strikeout of the game to open the fifth before a walk, comebacker and his ninth K kept the no-hitter in order.

Two more strikeouts in the sixth got Jones to double figures before a one-out walk to Bahr in the bottom of the inning started a three-run frame.

Chiorello and Betts followed doubles each before a throwing error allowed Betts to score for the 10-0 lead.

Jones finished off the Green Terror's first no-no since Dan Elbaz against Lincoln on Mar. 14, 2001 with a pair of lineouts and his career-best 12th K. Elbaz's game was shortened to five innings. The last seven-inning no-hitter was by George Cossabone against Vassar on Mar. 20, 1995.

Chiorello and Hayward each had two hits in the win.