PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Shane Stossel struck out 11 hitters in six innings of work and knocked in two runs and combined with Malachi Duka to give the Lebanon Valley baseball team a 3-0 victory in a combined no-hitter over Heidelberg College in the first game of the team's spring break trip to Port Charlotte on Monday. LVC dropped a 15-4 decision to Misericordia University in the second game of the day.

Game 1 vs. Heidelberg

Stossel got the Dutchmen on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center to score Nico Santoro and Jace Fetterman. Santoro got on with a double while Fetterman walked. Neither team was able to amass any offense until the sixth. Andrew Miles was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a Logan Brewer walk, advanced to third on a throwing error on a pickoff, and then scored on a wild pitch. Malachi Duka relieved Stossel on the mound in the seventh and finished off the no-hit bid with three strong innings of work.  

Inside the Box Score

• Stossel threw 90 pitches and struck out 11 hitters. He was one shy of his school record for strikeouts in a game. The junior also had a two-RBI double.
• Duka struck out two while facing 11 batters. He earned his first career save.
• Santoro had a double in the game while Jace Fetterman and Ryan Murphy had singles.
• Peter Botbyl and Fetterman drew two walks each.

Game 2 vs. Misericordia

The Cougars manufactured a run in the first inning and scored on a sacrifice fly to center. LVC struck back in the bottom of the inning as Ryan Murphy knocked in Santoro with a single to the gap in right center. Misericordia added a run in the third, scoring on a wild pitch. The Cougars used a five-run fourth to take a 7-1 lead. 

The Dutchmen fought back as Fetterman crushed his second home run of the year to right center in the fifth. Dave Mangold and Santoro had a pair of RBI singles in the sixth to cut the lead to 7-4. Misericordia responded with three runs in the seventh, two in the eighth, and three more in the ninth to set the final score.

Inside the Box Score

• Mangold was 3-3 at the plate with an RBI. It is the second three-hit game of his career.
• Fetterman had two hits including his home run. He also walked twice.
• Santoro also had two hits to extend his hitting streak to six games.
• Conor Smith and Murphy added a hit each for the Dutchmen.

Up Next

Lebanon Valley will be back in action with two more games tomorrow. The Dutchmen will face Wabash College at 10 a.m. before taking on Saint John's University at 2 p.m. in Port Charlotte.