Johnstown, Pa. - Millersville made some magic in its run to the PSAC Championship game, but the magic ran out against a white-hot Seton Hill club as the calendar turned from Saturday to Sunday. The Griffins, broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth and scored four unanswered runs for a second consecutive PSAC Championship. 

Millersville made its fourth championship game appearance in the last five years and finished as the runner-up for the third time. The Marauders had rallied from behind and won in extra innings in each of the first two games of the tournament, and then topped Bloomsburg 6-1 Saturday's semifinal. Seton Hill extended its winning streak to 10 and won for the 21st time in the last 26 games. The Griffins laid waste to its first three opponents, beating West Chester 8-1 before mercy-ruling Bloomsburg 19-8 and Shippensburg, 11-1.

Seton Hill didn't have it so easy against Millersville. Millersville starter Drew Miller, making his first career postseason start, kept the Griffin offense (which entered the game hitting .412 as a team in the tournament) in check for his 4 2/3 innings of work. Seton Hill, which stole a PSAC-leading 124 bases during the season, tested Millersville's young pitchers and catcher Ben Snyder. Snyder, however, threw out two runners and Miller and reliever Tyler Yankosky both picked off runners. 

The first run scored in the second when Mark Collela tripled and scored on a wild pitch. Millersville knotted the score on a Jimmy Cain RBI ground out in the top of the fourth. 

Seton Hill benefited from seven walks and five hit batsmen, and its experience in the lineup--led by four seniors--showed itself late. Senior Tyler Sullivan, who was named the tournament MVP, broke the tie with a two-out single in the fifth, and he delivered again in the seventh, hitting a two-out RBI single to center. That gave his club a 3-1 lead. 

A senior also played a key role on the mound for the Griffins. Perry Della Valle, who had throw seven innings just three days earlier against West Chester, entered in the top of the seventh when Millersville had the tying run at third and the go-ahead run at second. Della Valle promptly scored the third out with a strikeout. He went on to blank Millersville and allowed just one hit--an eighth inning single from Ted Williams--over the next 3 1/3 innings. He struck out six without issuing a walk. 

Michael Bryja picked up the win for the Griffins after allowing one run on five hits and striking out three in 5 2/3 innings. 

Six Marauders finished with one hit--all of them singles. 

Millersville is expected to land one of the five at-large bids to the seven-team NCAA Atlantic Regional field. Millersville was ranked No. 2 in the last ranking. The regional begins May 17. The NCAA selection show is Sunday at 10 p.m.