Brooklyn, NY – The City College of New York Beavers secured the program's second CUNYAC Championship and its first since 1994 after sweeping Lehman College on Friday to win the 2023 CUNYAC Baseball Championship at Maimonides Park. The Beavers shut out the Lightning in the first game, 10-0, and rallied back in the ninth inning of game two to win, 20-8.

James Dean Johnstone was named the championship's Most Valuable Player. Over the course of the tournament, the pitcher gave up one run over 12.0 innings of work with 12 strikeouts.

The CUNYAC Championship is CCNY's first under 11th-year head coach Steve Macias, who led the Beavers to a 16-18 record this season, tying for the most wins and their best finish since 2007.

Game 1: CCNY 10, Lehman 0
CCNY's bats continued to sizzle, scoring a run in all eight innings at bat. Rich Cirigliano went 3-for-4 with one run scored and another run batted in. John Creegan went 2-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored, while Michael Chasanov finished with two runs scored and one RBI.

Johnstone went the distance, tossing 8.0 scoreless innings with five strikeouts to pick up his sixth victory on the season, finishing 6-3 for the year.

Game 2: CCNY 20, Lehman 8
Creegan had another strong outing at the plate, going 4-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored. Jonathan Rivera and Ethan Angress produced three hits, two runs scored, and two RBI apiece in the victory.

Trailing 6-4 in the seventh inning, the Lightning plated four runs to take their first lead of the contest, going up 8-6 thanks to a two-run single from Elias Fermin.

CCNY added a run in the eighth and exploded for 13 more runs in the top of the ninth, taking the lead for good on a two-run single from Chasanov. The Beavers went on to score 11 more times to secure the victory.