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Point Park wins MEC tourney title

Photo courtesy of MEC Point Park captured the MEC baseball tournament title with a 7-0 win over Fairmont State Sunday at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston.

CHARLESTON — Top-seed Point Park (Pa.) captured the Mountain East Conference Baseball Championship with a 7-0 win over Fairmont State Sunday at GoMart Ballpark.

Despite the loss, Fairmont State earned the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division II tourney as the runner-up because of Point Park’s transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II,.

Point Park is not yet eligible for the NCAA postseason until it becomes a full NCAA member.

Fairmont State defeated Frostburg State, 7-0, Saturday night to secure the automatic qualifier and advance to the championship game.

Saturday’s games

Point Park 7

West Virginia State 4

MEC Player of the Year Jared Campbell homered in the top of the third to put the Pioneers ahead, 2-0, and they never relinquished the lead from there.

Campbell, who has homered four times in three MEC Baseball Tournament games, hit a two-run homer in the third.

Frostburg State received a two-run homer from Ryan Bouma in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 4-2, but PPU added a run in the sixth and two more in the ninth for insurance.

The Bobcats’ Mikey Guy hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, but that capped the scoring.

Campbell finished 2-for-4 with two runs, a walk, and a stolen base. Crixtian Taveras also went 2-for-4, scoring a pair of runs.

Orlando Leon pitched 4 2/3 innings of relief to earn the win.

Fairmont State 8

Frostburg State 0

In an elimination game and with the MEC’s Automatic Qualification spot on the line, Fairmont State used a six-run third inning to pull away from Frostburg State.

Connor Bailey led the Falcons with a three-hit night, while Noah Canterbury and Quintin Reep each had a pair of hits. Ryan Goff drove in two runs, as did Canterbury.

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