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Washington & Jefferson (37-11)

Champion of Salisbury Regional

5/17	at Salisbury	W, 4-1	BX RC
5/18	vs. Rowan	W, 2-0	BX RC
5/19	vs. Rowan	W, 6-5	BX RC

Champion of Misericordia Super Regional

5/24	at Misericordia	W, 8-3	BX RC
5/25	at Misericordia	W, 5-4	BX RC RC

D-III College World Series

5/31	at Chapman	L, 6-3	BX RC RC RC P P
6/1	vs. Webster	W, 3-2	BX RC P
6/2	vs. Chapman	L, 8-4	RC RC P RC BX

2019 schedule and results

Statistics

Runs per game

7.33

Earned run average

3.62

On-base percentage

.389

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

2.87

Slugging percentage

.435

Walks+hits/IP

1.24 Key hitters

2B Mullen Socha

Socha earned All-ECAC honors for a second straight year while picking up D3baseball.com All-Mideast accolades for the first time this season

.358, 51 R, 8 HR, 49 RBI, 9 SB

Key pitchers

RHP Ben Marsiso

Marsico was named the PAC Pitcher of the Year emerging as the Presidents' ace pitcher in 2019. He also earned All-ECAC and D3baseball.com All-Region recognition.

3.29, 11-1, 2 CG, 0 Sv, 82.0 IP, 54 K

OF Dante Dalesandro

Dalesandro earned All-PAC honors for a second straight season as he was lauded with First Team recognition in 2019. He was named PAC Hitter of the Week three times.

.360, 50 R, 2 HR, 41 RBI, 4 SB

RHP Mitchell Taufer

Taufer joined eight other players on the 2019 All-PAC team with Honorable Mention status.

0.83, 3-0, 0 CG, 0 SV, 332.2, 42 K

Scouting report

The Presidents enter the D-III College World Series with nine straight victories. W&J holds a 8-0 record in postseason play in 2019. After a 3-7 start to the season, the Presidents have won 34 of their past 38 games, including their 12th Presidents' Athletics Conference title with an 8-1 win over Bethany on May 11.
Washington & Jefferson will be making their second trip to the D-III College World Series in three years. In 2017, they won their bracket and lost to the Cal Lutheran in the final best of three series.
Washington and Jefferson was one of two teams that advanced to the championship round without hosting either of the two rounds in the regional playoffs. Webster also advanced without hosting a regional or super regional.
"We proved a lot of doubters wrong. The regional with Salisbury and Rowan was a good one and that gave us a lot of confidence." - Head coach Jeff Mountain.

Roster

No.	Name	Yr.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	B/T
1	Ryan Mele	Jr.	RHP	5-11	177	R/R
2	Joey Bolick	So.	IF	5-9	185	R/R
3	Mullen Socha	Sr.	IF	5-11	177	R/R
4	Dante Dalesandro	Sr.	OF	5-11	185	R/R
5	Alex Shapiro	So.	IF	5-9	175	R/R
6	Mitchell Taufer	Sr.	RHP	6-3	185	R/R
7	Cole Reese	Sr.	OF	6-2	207	L/R
8	Mario Lombardi	Sr.	LHP	6-3	183	L/L
9	Spencer Howell	Sr.	IF	5-9	174	R/R
10	Shayne Erny	Sr.	OF	6-0	206	R/R
11	Nick Guercio	Jr.	OF/P	6-2	180	R/R
12	Josh Palma	Jr.	LHP	6-3	196	R/L
13	Justin Griffin	Sr.	C	5-11	199	R/R
14	Matt Benicky	Jr.	RHP	6-5	191	R/R
15	Mike Graziani	So.	C/OF	5-10	180	R/R
16	Santino Platt	Sr.	RHP	5-11	204	R/R
18	Michael Zito	So.	Util.	6-2	175	L/R
19	Brach Herzig	Jr.	RHP	5-9	182	R/R
20	Adam Jaworski	Jr.	IF	6-1	187	R/R
21	Ryan Pallone	Jr.	C	6-0	193	R/R
22	Nolan Kosh	Jr.	LHP	5-10	184	R/L
23	James Trainor	Sr.	RHP	6-0	210	R/R
24	Josh Crummer	Sr.	IF	6-2	217	R/R
25	Jansen Eichenlaub	Jr.	RHP	6-6	213	R/R
27	Alec Jackson	Fr.	1B/C	6-3	261	R/R
28	Jason Gregovits	Fr.	IF	5-9	160	S/R
29	Jackson Russell	Fr.	OF	5-8	215	R/R
31	Ben Marsico	Jr.	RHP	6-2	194	R/R
32	James Artale	Sr.	OF/IF	6-4	223	R/R
33	Garrett Harstine	Sr.	RHP	6-1	241	R/R
34	Tanner Gaerke	Sr.	RHP	6-2	221	R/R
35	Jameson Campbell	Fr.	C/OF/RHP	6-0	174	R/R
38	Henry Litman	Fr.	RHP	6-2	183	R/R
40	Clay Martin	Sr.	RHP	6-0	184	R/R
41	Robby Heberle	So.	LHP	5-10	190	L/L
44	Adam Moore	So.	1B/OF	6-3	220	R/R
45	Nick Drake	So.	RHP	6-3	220	R/R
46	Spencer Blackburn	Fr.	IF/OF/RHP	6-0	180	R/R
48	Kamden Kautz	Fr.	RHP/IF	5-10	145	R/R
49	Peter Kalinski	Fr.	C	5-10	172	R/R
50	Tyler York	Fr.	OF/IF	5-11	156	R/R
51	Nick Garofoli	Fr.	IF	5-10	170	R/R
52	Johnathan Nixon	Fr.	RHP/IF	6-0	181	R/R
54	Luke Giffen	Fr.	IF	5-8	152	R/R
55	Nicholas Krugh	So.	OF	6-2	184	R/R