'Ville baseball continues homestand with series vs. Mountain Cats

Saturday, March 14

Millersville, PA

1:00 PM

Millersville University

Pitt-Johnstown

Photo by: Kaya Wagner 2026

'Ville baseball continues homestand with series vs. Mountain Cats

3/12/2026 12:02:00 PM | Baseball

By: Ethan Hulsey, Director of Athletic Communications

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Mar 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM

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ABOUT THE GAME

Millersville has started its lengthy homestand by winning seven of eight, and the Cooper Park residency continues Saturday and Sunday with four games against Pitt-Johnstown from the PSAC West. It is the first time that Pitt-Johnstown has made the trip to Millersville.
After losing the home opener on Feb. 28 to drop to 4-4, Millersville has ripped off seven consecutive wins including four against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament in 2025. The Marauders have scored double-digit runs three times in the last seven games, averaging 8.3 runs per game. At 11-4, Millersville was No. 3 in this week's NCBWA Atlantic Region poll, receiving votes in the NCWBA's national poll while ranking No. 24 by D2 Baseball. Pitt-Johnstown received votes in this week's NCBWA Atlantic Region poll.

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SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS

Millersville is coming off a three-game sweep of Concord in which it outscored the opponent 28-5. The Marauders have experienced a power surge lately. Sammy Laux and Marco Pulizzi both hit their first home runs of the season on Sunday. Millersville has hit seven homers in the last six games with at least one homer in five of the games. Matthew Williams leads Millersville in nearly every offensive category, batting .448 with 19 runs, four homers, 20 RBIs, an .809 slugging percentage and .609 OBP. Williams leads the PSAC in OBP and OPS and ranks second in runs, RBIs and homers. He's gone 12 for 24 with 14 RBIs in Millersville's eight home games. Williams' 39 career home runs rank fourth among all active Division II players. He also ranks sixth among active players in career RBIs with 170. Williams already owns Millersville's home run record and is 12 away from tying the PSAC record. Williams is just 23 RBIs away from tying Luke Trainer '22 for the Millersville record. He is 32 away from the all-time PSAC record. Williams has also reached base safely in 29 consecutive games.
Brady Ebbert has also enjoyed hitting at Cooper Park. In his eight games at home, he's hit .346 with three doubles and a home run. Ebbert ranks second on the team in OBP (.470), walks (14), and RBIs (17).
On the mound, Rece Ritchey has turned in back-to-back stellar starts, totaling 12 strikeouts to two walks, seven hits and one unearned run allowed over 12 innings. He has pitched a career high in innings in each of his last two starts, going five against Goldey-Beacom on March 1 and seven against Concord on March 8. Ritchey has struck out 17 while walking three in his last 15 innings. Alex Kuehn tossed his first complete game of the season last week against Concord, allowing just one first-inning run before pitching six consecutive scoreless with six strikeouts and no walks. Eli Simonton and Joe Morrissey have been super relievers for the Marauders. Both pitchers boast a 1.29 ERA in five appearances and 14 innings. Morrissey has two wins and two saves while piling up 22 strikeouts to just four walks. Simonton has fanned 16 while issuing just three walks and six hits.

SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN

Pitt-Johnstown was picked seventh in the PSAC West Preseason Poll after going 15-33 (6-22) and finishing last in the division in 2025. The Mountain Cats have finished below .500 in five consecutive seasons and have not made the PSAC Tournament since joining the conference in 2015. The 2026 Mountain Cats are off to a solid start, having took three of four from West Virginia State to start the season and then split a series with PSAC East preseason favorite East Stroudsburg. They have won four of the five with an extra-innings loss to Georgian Court the only blemish.
Pitching is a strength for the Mountain Cats. They've held opponents to five runs or fewer 11 times, going 9-2 in those games. The staff has already pitched two shutouts and boasts a 4.96 team ERA and .251 batting average against. Jared Downey pitched just three games and seven games in 2025, but he's already logged four starts with five-plus innings in each start. His 1.71 ERA leads the team. Brian Pirone has struck out 24 in 17 innings, most recently fanning 11 in 6 ? against Georgian Court on March 6.
At the plate, the Mountain Cats have hit just two home runs, but four regulars have on-base percentages over .400. Alex Ebeling is hitting .390 with a .510 OBP. Calvin Iseminger, who started his career at Millersville in 2023, leads the team in doubles (5) and RBIs (10). Karson Reffner is hitting .414 in 10 games.

SERIES HISTORY

Millersville and Pitt-Johnstown have played just seven games all-time with Millersville winning six. Saturday's games mark the Mountain Cats' first visit to Cooper Park. The first six games were played between 2015-17 in Williamston, N.C. Millersville won the first six matchups by a combined score of 62-18. UPJ's lone win over Millersville was on Feb. 18, 2017 by a 7-5 score. UPJ improved to 5-0 with the win. All seven runs were scored in the first inning. Chas McCormick and Jimmy Cain led Millersville with two RBIs, and Bobby Dorta pitched 4 ? scoreless innings in relief. The most recent meeting between the teams was on Feb. 25, 2023 in Glenville, W.Va. The Marauders won 9-8 on a walk-off, bases-loaded walk drawn by Keegan Soltis in the bottom of the 11th.