MILLERSVILLE – Senior
Jack Rothenhausler set a record for career games played and moved into second on East Stroudsburg University's hits list in the Warriors' regular season baseball finale on Friday night at Millersville's Cooper Park.
Millersville (38-7, 24-4) took both games Friday, 11-5 and 14-6, and all four games in this weekend's series between the top two teams in the PSAC East. ESU falls to 35-13 (19-9) and will travel back to Millersville as the division's No. 2 seed in the PSAC Tournament, which begins Wednesday.
ESU qualified for the PSAC Tournament for the fourth straight year, and 11th time in the last 15 seasons under head coach
John Kochmansky. The Warriors won the PSAC championship in 2013 and were runner-up in 2015, 2022 and 2024.
Rothenhausler played his 204th career game, breaking the mark of 203 by fellow third baseman Drew Hercik (2013-16).
He reached base in 12 of 16 plate appearances in the series, going 4-for-8 with two home runs, a double, seven walks, one HBP, three RBI and six runs.
The four hits give him 225 in his career, moving past Jacob DeBoer (224, 2004-07) for second on the Warriors' career list and moving him four away from former teammate Brock Kauffman (229, 2018-22). He holds nearly every ESU offensive record with 25 home runs, 65 doubles, 93 extra-base hits, 371 total bases, 350 times reached base, 45 HBP and 188 RBI, and ranks fifth with 154 runs.
Redshirt junior
Parker Frey was 9-for-15 vs. the Marauders with three doubles, a triple, six RBI and three runs. He had three hits in both games on Thursday at Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
How it Happened (Game 1) – Millersville 11, ESU 5
* After trading runs in the 2nd inning, Millersville scored four in the 3rd including a two-out, three-run double by Jimmy Kirk. The Marauders added two in the 5th and four in the 6th.
* Frey singled and scored in the 6th, and had a two-RBI double in ESU's three-run 7th.
* Frey (2-for-4, triple, 2 RBI, 2 runs) and redshirt junior
Walker Zampella (2-for-3, RBI) had four of ESU's six hits.
* Rothenhausler homered in the 2nd inning, his 10th of the year and 25th of his career, and walked twice.
* Redshirt senior
Dennis Pierce had a double and drew a bases loaded walk.
* Alex Kuehn (5.2 IP, 2 runs) improved to 6-1 in his 9th appearance for Millersville.
* Junior
Ethan Woods (2.1 IP, 4 runs) and sophomore
Jake Albert (1.2 IP, 3 runs) worked the first four innings for ESU.
How it Happened (Game 2) – Millersville 14, ESU 6
* The Marauders scored their 14 runs on just eight hits. They led 5-3 going into the bottom of the 5th and plated nine runs on two hits, the last four on a grand slam by Kirk.
* Junior
Shanley Wall had two hits and a walk for ESU.
* Rothenhausler was 1-for-2 in all four games, and had a double, walk and HBP in the series finale.
* Freshman
Easton Albert was 1-for-2 with an RBI and run.
* Redshirt freshman
Ryan Cavanaugh worked 2.0 scoreless innings in the 3rd and 4th frames, scattering three hits.
* Freshman
Caden Leonard threw a 1-2-3 6th with two strikeouts.
