Boyertown, PA – Tyler Gurman (Bronx, NY/Lehman) singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the top of the eighth inning and Adam Krebs (Commack, NY/Commack) came on and nailed down the save as Keystone College defeated Neumann University 3-2 in Saturday afternoon's Colonial States Athletic Conference baseball championship game to give the Giants' their fifth straight CSAC title.  The Giants who are currently ranked 12 in the country and have now won 14 consecutive games, improve to 33-7 on the season and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.      
 
Keystone third baseman Lymbel Guerrero (Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical) was named the CSAC Championship MVP after going 5-12 with seven RBIs and two home runs in this weekend's tournament. 
 
After a strikeout, throw-out double play to end the top of the first inning, Kevin Catherina (Ridgefield, NJ/St. Mary (Rutherford)) led off the home first with a triple to the right field wall before scoring on an RBI groundout to first by Austin Straub (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) for the game's first run.  Gurman then blasted solo home run deep over the centerfield fence to double the Giants' lead at 2-0.
 
Neumann (29-13) put runners on second and third with one out in the top of the second inning and following a strikeout by Keystone starter Patrick Robinson (Goshen, NY/Goshen), a hit by pitch loaded the bases for the Knights.   Robinson escaped the jam though by getting an inning-ending flyout to left.
 
Will Flores reached on a leadoff walk to start the third inning, stole second, and advanced to third on a ground.  Flores then got the Knights on the board after scoring on a throwing error by the Giants to cut Neumann's deficit to 2-1.
 
The Knights tied the contest in the top of the fifth inning when Tyler Drinkard hit a double to left field to score Flores from second to knot the game up at 2-2-.
 
With a runner on second with one out in the visitor's eighth, Adam Sosnowski (Dickson City, PA/Mid Valley) was called on out of the bullpen and induced a pair of groundouts to escape the treat.
 
Straub singled through the left side with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning before pinch runner Jose Garcia (Trenton, NJ/Trenton Central) stole second to put a runner in scoring position.  Gurman then hit a 3-2 pitch past a diving Knights' first baseman to score Garcia with the go-ahead run.
 
After hitting the leadoff batter, Krebs recorded a strikeout before the Knights put runners on the corners following an error by the Giants.  Krebs then struck out the final two batters to earn his seventh save of the season.
 
Robinson went 7.1 innings on the mound for Keystone, allowing four hits and walking three while striking out six batters.  Sosnowski was credited with the win to improve to 5-0 on the season after recording the two huge outs in the eighth inning while Krebs notched his seventh save of the year with three strikeouts in the ninth.
 
Gurman was 2-4 with a pair of RBIs and a run scored to lead Keystone's offense.
 
Neumann starter Erik Klimoff (5-1) suffered his first loss of the season after allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three batters while going the distance on the mound.
 
Flores, Drinkard, Bill Pace, and Joey Armata accounted for the Knights four hits on the day with Drinkard driving in Flores both times to give Neumann their two runs on the day. 
 
Keystone, who will learn the regional bracket fate in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament on Monday, May 13^th, will host Montclair State University in a non-conference game on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Christy Mathewson Field.