Quakers split with Heidelberg

WILMINGTON (March 28, 2003) ­ The Wilmington College Quakers split a double header with the Heidelberg Student Princes on Friday afternoon, with the Quakers winning the first 3-2 before dropping the finale 3-1.

The Quakers and Student Princes traded runs in the first inning before the two teams pitched goose eggs for the next four-and-a-half innings before a Chad Abbott (Hillsboro/Hillsboro) home run ended the scoring slump. The team added an insurance run over the remainder of the inning, as the team held on to a 3-2 win. Jimmy Wolverton (London/Madison Plains) was two-for-two while the team's other six hits came from six different batters. Ben Buehner (Germantown/Valley View), Abbott and Wolverton each knocked in a run for the victors. Derek Wellington (Chillicothe/Chillicothe) pitched seven strong innings, allowing just one earned run while striking out four in the process.

In the second game the Quakers had the Green and White scoring the game's first run in the third inning before Heidelberg knotted the game up at one in their half of the fourth inning. The ŒBerg got a pair of runs in the sixth when Brock Gankosky hit a two-run home run to give the team a split in the season series. The Quakers managed just three hits in the game, with Buehner, Abbott and Wolverton each brought in a hit. Luke Ogden (Peebles/Peebles) pitched all seven innings, striking out five and allowing just three earned runs.

The split brings the Quakers' season record to 10-3-1 on the year and an even 1-1 in conference play while Heidelberg goes to 10-5 and 1-1 in the OAC.

The next game for the Green and White is slated for March 30 when the team travels to Northern Kentucky to face off against the Thomas More Saints with the first pitch set for 1:00 in a double header.