Penn State DuBois Captures 2021 USCAA Baseball Title

DUBOIS, Pa. – Tournament Most Valuable Player Daniel Stauffer went 2-for-4 and earned his tournament record third save as Penn State DuBois defeated Cincinnati-Clermont 10-5 to capture its third straight United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship late Thursday night.

Trailing 3-1 after six innings, Zane Morgan singled in a run and Tyler Corl smacked a three-run home run in a four-run seventh to put the Nittany Lions up 5-3.

UC Clermont answered with a pair in its half of the seventh as Tyler Grant doubled in Peyton Leinhardt and scored on a single by Grant Hessman as the Cougars tied the game at 5-5.

Thayne Morgan drove in a pair of runs with a single in the eighth and the Lions iced the game with a pair of home runs in the ninth.  Trevor Hanna started with a solo blast and Stauffer closed the scoring with a two-run home run which was his fourth of the tournament.

GAME 1 – UC Clermont 11, Penn State DuBois 10

Jack Deeds and Tyler Stewart had three hits each, while Tyler Gulley drove in three with a pair of home runs as the Cougars held off a frantic Penn State DuBois comeback to force the if necessary game with an 11-10 win.

Brian Zix had a solo home run in the top of the eighth to put UC Clermont up 11-5.  His home run set a tournament record for the Cougars as it was their seventh in the game.

The Lions pushed three runs across in the eighth as Logan Wagner had a RBI single and Brandon Sicheri drove in a pair with a double to trim the deficit to 11-8.

In the bottom of the ninth, Thayne Morgan lead off with a double before the Cougars got a pair of strikeouts.  Daniel Stauffer came in with a two-run home run to make it a one-run game at 11-10.  Three walks followed to make things very entertaining before Zach Woodrum forced a flyout from Sicheri to end the game.

Sicheri and Toner Curl had a pair of hits for Penn State DuBois, while Trevor Hanna drove in three.

2021 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

Penn State Brandywine: Tyler Brooks

Bryant & Stratton: Keniel Carrion de Jesus

Penn State Mont Alto: Zach Garlin

Mississippi University for Women: Heath Ford, Trey Petite

UC Clermont: Tyler Gulley, Tyler Stewart, Drew Day

Penn State DuBois: Toner Corl, Brandon Orsich, Daniel Stauffer

Tournament MVP: Daniel Stauffer