As the college spring sports seasons come to a close, area athletes continue to collect postseason accolades.

Aaron Cressley

Nick Grow

In this week’s On Campus notebook, read about a pair of former Erie County 
high school pitching standouts — Corry’s Aaron Cressley and North East’s Nick Grow – earning all-conference honors.

Cressley, a sophomore pitcher at Pitt-Bradford, was named to the AMCC second team after leading the team with a 2.25 ERA.

Grow, a relief pitcher for Westminster, was named to the honorable-mention all-Presidents’ Athletic Conference team. He broke the Titans’ single-season saves record with eight and set the career saves mark with 11.

Three area softball players recently were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association Atlantic Region all-star team. Mercyhurst sophomore Shaina 
Bunker and Edinboro senior catcher 
Marissa Pullo made the first team, while Gannon freshman center fielder Alexa Archambeault made the Atlantic Region second team.

Also featured in this week’s notebook:

• McDowell graduates De’Vion Tate and John Dahlstrand helped Akron’s track team win the Mid-American Conference outdoor championship.

• Fort LeBoeuf grad Anthony Peluso, a sophomore at Seton 
Hill, was a member of a WVIAC-title winning 400-meter relay team.

• Mercyhurst North East recently named Conneaut Lake graduate Aaron Smith its Outstanding Wrestler of the Year.

Get all the details in this week’s On Campus notebook.

Shayne Herold

Gannon starting pitcher Shayne Herold was named first-team all-Atlantic Region by both Daktronics and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association today.

Herold, a redshirt senior righthander, finished the regular season with a 9-0 record and 1.09 earned-run average.

He was joined on the NCBWA first team by Mercyhurst relief pitcher Tanner Delahoy, a junior righthander who finished with a 2.20 ERA.

Gannon pitcher Aaron Cox and Mercyhurst pitcher Ben Rawding and shortstop Zak Blair made NCWBA honorable mention.

Gannon’s Jeff Bellanca made the Daktronics second team as a utility player.

The Gannon women’s basketball program reached its goal of $17,000 raised at the sixth annual Pink Zone event.

It  was announced this week that the program had reached its goal for the Feb. 16 Pink Zone doubleheader against Clarion at Hammermill Center. With nearly 2,000 fans in attendance, the event honored breast cancer survivors while raising funds for breast cancer research.

The funds raised will stay in the area as $8,500 was donated to the Erie chapter of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer/American Cancer Society and $8,500 was given to Linked by Pink.

The Gannon women’s basketball program has raised $85,000 during its six Pink Zone events.

The Gannon baseball team will attempt to stay in contention in the PSAC baseball tournament when it faces Millersville today in Johnstown. Visit the On Campus blog for updates:

Update 1: Millersville 3, Gannon 0, 2nd inning: Millersville strikes for three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Update 2: Millersville 5, Gannon 0, 3rd inning: Gannon will need to rally to stay alive. Millersville scores twice in the bottom of the third to take a five-run lead.

Update 3: Millersville 5, Gannon 0, 6th inning: Gannon has no hits through five innings.

Update 4: Millersville 5, Gannon 1, 8th inning: Gannon’s Shayne Herold breaks up no-hitter with double in eighth and later scores first run.

Update 5: Millersville 5, Gannon 1, 9th inning: Gannon has hope after loading the bases with one out on a single and two hit batsmen.

Update 6: Millersville 5, Gannon 3, 9th inning: Nico Baldelli hits a ground-rule two-run double with two outs to keep Gannon alive.

Update 7: Millersville 5, Gannon 5, 9th inning: Aaron Cox hits a 2-out, 2-run single to tie it. What a comeback. Gannon had no hits and no runs with two outs in the eighth inning.

Update 8: Millersville 5, Gannon 5, 9th inning: Millersville coming up in bottom of ninth. McDowell grad Matt Wilwohl pitching for Gannon.

Update 9: Millersville 5, Gannon 5, 9th inning: Millersville has runner on 3rd with one out in 9th.

Update 10: Millersville 6, Gannon 5, final. Zach Stone’s two-out single to right field brings in the winning run, giving Millersville the win. The loss spoils Gannon’s dramatic comeback and ends the Golden Knights’ season.

PSAC Tournament updates:

Update 1: Cal leads Mercyhurst 5-3 through in the third inning. Check here for live stats.

Update 2: Mercyhurst is batting in the bottom of the sixth trailing Cal 7-6.

Update 3: Mercyhurst trails Cal 8-6 going into the ninth. Cal up in the top of the inning.

Final score: Mercyhurst loses to Cal 8-6 and is eliminated from the PSAC tourney.

PSAC Tournament updates:

Gannon update 1: Gannon takes a 2-0 lead over Slippery Rock in the first inning on Nico Baldelli’s two-run double.

Gannon update 2: A three-run homer by pitcher Aaron Cox has given Gannon a 6-2 lead over Slippery Rock through five innings.

Gannon update 3: Gannon’s Nico Baldelli is now 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs as the Golden Knights lead 8-2.

Gannon update 4: Gannon’s Nico Baldelli is now 5-for-5 with 4 RBIs as the Golden Knights lead 9-2.

Final score: Gannon stays alive in PSAC tourney with 9-3 win. Nico Baldelli goes 5-for-5 with 4 RBIs.

AMCC Tournament updates:

Update 1: Mount Aloysius 3, La Roche 0, final

Update 2: Penn State Behrend leads Pitt-Greensburg 2-0 going into the bottom of the third.

Update 3: Behrend leads 9-3 through eight innings against Pitt-Greensburg in AMCC tourney opener. John Hlavinka and Vinny Rice each have 3 of Behrend’s 16 hits. Rice and and Matt Bittner have three RBIs apiece.

Final score: Behrend beats Pitt-Greensburg 9-3 AMCC tourney opener. John Hlavinka and Vinny Rice each had 3 of Behrend’s 16 hits. Rice and and Matt Bittner had three RBIs apiece.

Brenna Cosgrove

McDowell graduate Brenna Cosgrove, a junior at Edinboro, was among six area softball players to make the PSAC Western Division all-star team today.

Cosgrove made the team as an outfielder after hitting .370 and starting all 31 Edinboro games.

She was joined by teammate Marissa Pullo, a senior utility player who claimed all-PSAC honors for the fourth straight season.

Gannon led area teams with three selections: freshman outfielder Alexa Archambeault, freshman designated hitter Alyssa Bates and junior at-large pick Kristie Cortazzo.

Mercyhurst junior Courtney Smith also made the team as an at-large selection.

Slippery Rock senior catcher Katie Saluga was named player of the year.

JOHNSTOWN — Brandon Shimo pitched a four-hitter as the Kutztown University baseball team beat Mercyhurst University 6-1 Wednesday in the opening game of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament at Point Stadium.

Mercyhurst (30-19) fell into the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament.

The Lakers scored their only run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Anthony Tomasone.

Mercyhurst ace Ben Rawding pitched a complete game but took the loss after allowing six earned runs on 12 hits.

The Lakers will play an elimination game Thursday at 11 a.m. against California.

Gannon (23-17) lost 8-5 to East Stroudsburg (29-11) in a game that was delayed more than 4 hours because of lightning.

Knights ace Shayne Herold (9-1) suffered his first loss as East Stroudsburg’s Chris Knott broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the seventh with a two-out, three-run home run off Herold.

Michael Tomko led the Knights, falling a triple short of the cycle and driving in three runs.

Gannon will face the loser of Thursday morning’s game between Slippery Rock and Millersville at 2 p.m.

Check out a tournament preview from today’s Erie Times-News. To follow the tournament, check out the PSAC website.

Aaron Cox

Shayne Herold

Gannon University’s baseball team had one of its best regular seasons ever, and the Golden Knights were rewarded for their efforts today when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its all-star teams.

Senior pitcher Shayne Herold was named PSAC Western Division pitcher of the year, and pitcher/infielder Aaron Cox was named freshman of the year for Gannon, which tied for the PSAC West title.

Herold also made the PSAC West first team, along with freshman third baseman Jared Wiesen. Second-team honors went to Gannon pitcher Cox, first baseman Jeff Bellanca and outfielder Mike Tomko.

Mercyhurst University, which shared the PSAC West title with Gannon and California, had five honorees. Starting pitcher Ben Rawding made the first team, along with relief pitcher Tanner Delahoy. Second baseman Brendan Cox, shortstop Zak Blair and outfielder Ryan Siegel made the second team.

The PSAC Tournament opens Wednesday in Johnstown.

Seneca wrestler Trevor Beiter signs his letter of intent to Gannon recently as assistant coach Hudson Harrison, left, Principal Keith Miller, center, and athletic director Kris Hudnall watch.

Seneca wrestler Trevor Beiter recently signed a letter of intent with Gannon University.

This past season Beiter won the District 10 Class AA title at 195 pounds, placed third at the Northwest Regional and qualified for the PIAA tournament. He was a two-time section champion and a two-time first-team Region 3 all-star. He also was an Erie Times-News District 10 All-Star after finishing his senior season with a 29-5 record.

Beiter plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Gannon is an NCAA Division II member of the PSAC in wrestling.

Another area wrestling standout, McDowell’s Paul Deitz, committed to Gannon today.

Here’s a bit of info for area women’s basketball fans: Former Gannon coach Cleve Wright has signed his first recruit with the Miami (Ohio) program.

Rachel Goddard of Wadsworth, Ohio signed with the RedHawks Thursday. The 5-foot 6-inch point guard averaged 13.0 points and 3.1 assists per game as a senior.

Wright left Gannon after 11 seasons to become Miami’s head coach on April 19.