Bullets surmount Garnet on field, raucous dugout to earn sweep
By Sean Brower, Staff Writer Less than twenty-four hours removed from a doubleheader split against Washington College, the Gettysburg baseball team played another one, against the Swarthmore College Garnet. The previous day’s events did not affect the Bullets. They went on to sweep Swarthmore, despite their chaotic dugout, and complete a 4-1 weekend. “I feel great. It was great to come out here on a beautiful day and just get a couple...
Good and bad baseball, as Bullets split with Shoremen
By Sean Brower, Staff Writer The Gettysburg baseball team split a doubleheader with the Washington College Shoremen, on April 16. Gettysburg took the first game 6-4, while Washington took the nightcap 12-2. During the course of six hours, two very different games were played. Game one was a back and forth affair, with the two teams tying and taking the lead twice each. “[I] feel pretty good. I mean, [I] don’t feel too good about the...
Seven run third inning pushes Bullets over Red Devils
By Sean Brower, Staff Writer The Gettysburg baseball team pushed seven runs across the board in a huge bottom of the third inning, leading to a 9-5 victory and season sweep of the Dickinson College Red Devils on April 15. In all, the Bullets sent eleven men to the plate. The floodgates opened, when junior third baseman Logan Sneed reached on an error by his Dickinson counterpart, senior Brian McCloud. Consecutive singles by junior...
Power leads Bullets to shutout win over Dickinson
By Sean Brower, Staff Writer Junior pitcher Rich Power tossed 8 1/3 scoreless innings and the Gettysburg baseball team provided him with timely offense and defense, in a 3-0 victory over the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on April 12. “The first time around the order, we just tried to get everybody with fastballs. Then, the second and third time around, we worked in the off speed pitches and we had some success...
Franklin and Marshall slides past Gettysburg 3-2: Diplomats’ pitcher Mike Androconis outduels former teammate and fellow pitcher Brad DeMartino
By Sean Brower, Staff Writer Sophomore pitcher Mike Androconis pitched seven strong innings and led the Franklin and Marshall Diplomats to a 3-2 victory over his high school teammate Brad DeMartino and the Bullets on April 8. “It was a close game the entire way, so I just kept trying to keep our team in it…I’m not down on myself. It was a great game, so I can’t be sad about that,” said DeMartino, who pitched 7 1/3 innings,...
Bullet Shot: Athlete of the Week
By Claire Healey, Staff Writer Sophomore Samantha Sessa has been an all-star performer for the Gettysburg College women’s golf team ever since her debut in the fall of 2014. Sessa had big shoes to fill two falls ago, after Kara McNulty graduated, and she has not disappointed. Sessa won the Gettysburg College Invitational last weekend and did so with an impressive score of 79, also the only 70 of the tournament. She leads a very...
