Caldwell, N.J. – For the first time since 2019, the Post University baseball team won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division regular season title, sweeping Caldwell, 7-4 and 10-5 on Sunday afternoon.
It is the third time the Eagles have taken home the North Division title, winning it in 2018 and 2019.
With the regular season title, the Eagles earned a bye in the upcoming CACC Tournament and will host the winner of Goldey-Beacom and Jefferson on May 12 at 2 p.m. at Municipal Stadium. Municipal Stadium will be the host site of the double elimination portion of the tournament from May 12-14.
The Eagles wrapped up the regular season at 22-25 and 17-8 in the CACC.
In game one, after falling behind 2-0, the Eagles bats woke up, scoring three runs in the top of the fifth, including an RBI single by Robert Olah, who broke the CACC record, previously held by Matt Diesel, who had 65 for Felician in 2018.
The Eagles extended its lead to 6-2 in the top of the sixth on a bases clearing double by Hunter Keller, who drove in Michael Pavelchak, Rian Balbino and Evan Cornwell.
Balbino would add one more RBI single in the eighth for the Eagles' final run of the game.
Keller finished the game 1-for-5 with three RBI. Jimmy Brennan was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Cornwell was 2-for-2 with two runs. Balbino was 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI.
Dan Raglievich earned the win, pitching five innings, allowing just two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four. Matt Goehrig earned the save, his third of the season, after pitching three innings, allowing one run – unearned – while striking out four.
In game two, the Eagles used a big sixth inning to blow the game open.
With Post leading 4-2 heading into the top of the sixth, back-to-back errors from Caldwell put Balbino and Shane Lindemuth on base, Pavelchak loaded the bases with an infield single before Keller drew a bases loaded walk to make it a 5-2 game.
Brennan followed with an RBI single before Olah's fielder's choice drove in Pavelchak. Evan Cornwell would get the big hit in the inning with a two-run double, making it a 9-2 game.
Olah would add another RBI to his season total – his 68th – with an RBI single in the seventh.
The Eagles got on the board with a run in the third on a sacrifice fly from Keller. They added three more in the fourth as Cornwell hit an RBI triple and Lindemuth and Pavelchak hit back-to-back RBI singles.
Pavelchak finished 2-for-5 with a run and RBI. Keller had two RBI and a run. Olah had two RBI and a run and was 1-for-4. Cornwell was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run. Balbino scored three runs.
Nico Gaudio earned the win, pitching 6.1 innings, giving up four earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out five.
Caldwell finished the regular season at 14-25 overall and 9-16 in the CACC.
