Shenandoah University sweeps #3 Nat'l ranked CNU !

The new D-3 rankings are supposed to be announced tomorrow- Those preseason rankings I think are going to change a lot!!!! Congrats to SU as well.

Great job Hornets!! I knew it wouldn't be long before things started to change at SU. These guys will be back on top within the next couple of years.

SU takes 2 out of 3 from Methodist !



Arvizo’s Homer Lifts SU to Win
From Star Staff Reports

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Mike Arvizo’s two-run homer in the eighth inning helped Shenandoah win two out of three games in a USA South Conference weekend series with Methodist Sunday.

Arvizo drove in three runs in Shenandoah’s 4-3 victory over Methodist on Sunday afternoon.

With the victory, the Hornets notched their 20th victory of the season. Shenandoah (20-15 overall, 7-11 USA South) had 10 hits in the Sunday’s victory.

David Jenkins and Nick Sborz both went 2 for 4 and scored a run and Steve Todd went 2 for 3 for the Hornets.

Keith Fritz pitched eight strong innings to get the victory. Fritz (6-2) scattered eight hits, allowed three runs and struck out four. Jeremy Mason worked the final inning to pick up his first save.

The Hornets split with Methodist in Saturday’s doubleheader.

Shenandoah lost the opener with Methodist 6-3, but rallied with four runs in the eighth inning for a 7-3 victory in the nightcap.

Adam Kuchemba (2 for 4 with three RBIs) and Todd (2 for 4 with an RBI) knocked in three of the Hornets’ four runs with back-to-back doubles in the eighth.

Josh Bosley (1-0) got the victory for SU, pitching 31/3 innings of scoreless relief. The two victories were the Hornets’ first wins in Fayetteville since 2000.

Shenandoah plays at Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday at 3:30.

BTW, Methodist won the USA-South Conference Tourney.

Shenanodah Baseball Wins Finale 04/23/04

WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah University completed its second winningest baseball season ever Friday afternoon with a 8-7 victory over Southern Virginia.

Shenandoah (23-20) scored one run in the first, seven in the second and then was forced to hold on through a 90 minute rain delay and a six-run Southern Virginia rally.

Up 8-1 heading into the top of the sixth, the game was delayed by 90 minutes when a thunderstorm blew through the area. The SU players quickly got in the infield tarp on the field as it began to rain, and when the rain stopped an hour later the decision was made to continue.

The Knights (14-17) then rallied with four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth before relievers JR Creamer (Lovettsville, Va./Loudoun Valley) and Chris Hickerson (Bristow, Va./Nokesville) shut SVA down. Creamer pitched out of a two men on, one out jam in the seventh while Hickerson pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the year.

The relievers performance made a winner of sophomore Keith Fritz (Urbana, Md./Frederick CC). Fritz improved to 8-3 on the season after giving up three runs on eight hits two walks in six plus innings of work. He also struck out three.

The eight wins this season places Fritz second on the single season list at Shenandoah, as does 3.98 ERA. Chris Kees '01 had 11 wins in 2000, the same year Jake Fiedler posted a 2.98 ERA.

Offensively, SU won the contest with the seven run second. The big blow in the frame came off the bat of catcher Mike Arvizo (Palmdale, Calif./Antelope Valley), who plated the Hornets final four runs of the season with a grand slam home run. Arvizo, who drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single to left, finishes the season with a team high eight home runs and 44 RBI.

This is also the second best season at SU since the program was revived in 1988. The 2000 team was 31-11, and the 23 wins this season passes the 1998 team for second best all-time.

A complete box score and play by play for this game can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/bb/2004/042304.htm

David Jenkins and Tyler Daniel from Shenandoah were 1st Team All-Conference.