Bloomsburg Athletics

 

No.	Player	Year	Pos.	Hometown (High School)
1	Cory Rizzardi	Fr.	P	Pottsville (Minersville)
2	Steve McCamant	So.	C	Ephrata (Ephrata)
3	Ben Henicle	Fr.	OF	Waynesboro (Waynesboro)
5	Chet Henicle	Sr.	C/OF	Waynesboro (Waynesboro)
7	Dave Moser	Fr.	2B	Boyerstown (Boyerstown)
8	Keith Kabrhel	So.	SS	Philadelphia (George Washington)
9	Greg DiPippo	Fr.	P	Doylestown (Central Bucks West)
10	Rob Harter	Jr.	P	Wapwallopen (Nanticoke)
11	Tim Transue	So.	OF	Bethlehem (Freedom)
12	Brent Beiler	Sr.	P	Morgantown (Lancaster Mennonite)
13	Scott Wilson	Fr.	P	Horseheads, N.Y. (Horseheads)
14	Tom Fiorelli	So.	P	Jessup (Valley View)
15	John Stillo	So.	OF	Alpha, N.J. (Phillipsburg)
20	John Goodshall	Fr.	1B	Philadelphia (Abington Friends)
21	Mike Carmosky	Fr.	OF	Harleysville (Souderton Area)
22	Matt Croyle	Sr.	3B	Churchville (Council Rock)
25	Todd Myers	Sr.	1B	Hughesville (Hughesville)
26	Jed Custer	Jr.	P/2B	Jonestown (Northern Lebanon)
29	Jon Fritz	Jr.	P/3B	Washington Crossing (Council Rock)
30	Eric Hoffmayer	So.	P	Holland (Council Rock)
31	Jon D. Fritz	So.	C	Benton (Hughesville)
33	Chad Arnold	Sr.	P	Macungie (Southern Lehigh)

 

The 1995 Bloomsburg University baseball team experienced its finest season in school history, culminating with the Huskies' first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament.

Head Coach Matt Haney's squad got off to a fast start, going 10-5 in an early stint in Florida. The Huskies continued to display confidence and sound execution, as they reeled off a school-record 11-game winning streak, putting Bloomsburg in excellent position to challenge for a berth in the PSAC Championships.

After a doubleheader sweep of Wilkes, the Huskies earned their first-ever national ranking, jumping into the Top 25 poll at the No. 19 position.

Bloomsburg suffered a midseason slump, falling to 8-5 in the PSAC East, but righted themselves with another six-game winning streak to jump back into contention. During that time, a 7-6 win over York (Pa.) gave Haney his 100th career win.

The Huskies and Shippensburg finished the regular season tied for second in the PSAC East with 14-6 records. To break the tie, the teams met at Kutztown for a play-in game after the squads split their four games during the regular season. The Huskies chipped away at Red Raider starter Ben Berra, scoring runs in the first three innings for a 3-0 lead. Bloomsburg starter Brent Beiler carred a shutout into the seventh before the Red Raiders scored two runs in that inning to cut the Huskies lead to 3-2. With Bloomsburg leading 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Bloomsburg scored three insurance runs. John Stillo keyed the three-run outburst with a triple. Chet Henicle followed with an RBI double as the Huskies carried a four-run lead to the ninth. In the final inning, Jed Custer nailed down his 11th save of the season as Bloomsburg earned a 7-3 victory.

Bloomsburg won its first game at PSAC Championships over Slippery Rock, 7-6, to move into the winner's bracket. The Huskies then overcame a five-run deficit and rallied for a 6-5 win over Mansfield behind a complete game on the mound by Jon Fritz. Chet Henicle and Todd Myers led the comeback with two hits apiece. Bloomsburg was swept by Mansfield in the next two games of the double-elimination tournament, but the Huskies still earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament as the regional selection committee gave the Huskies an at-large bid. Chet Hencile was named PSAC Championships Co-Most Valuable Player along with Mansfield's John Michael Cook.

The Huskies traveled to Erie for the North Atlantic Regional, facing PSAC East rival Mansfield in the first game of the double-elimination tournament. Chad Arnold rose to the occasion for Bloomsburg, tossing a complete game nine-hitter as the Huskies stifled Mansfield, 7-1, in game one. John Stillo went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, and two runs scored. Ben Henicle added two hits with three RBI and Jon D. Fritz contributed two RBI.

In game two, Bloomsburg played host Mercyhurst and Beiler pitched eight solid innings with Myers drawing a bases loaded walk to snap a 4-4 tie in the Huskies' 5-4 win over the Lakers, setting up a re-match with Mansfield.

Bloomsburg lost the first game to the Mountaineers, 10-7, setting up a winner-take-all in the second game.

Rob Harter started the game, but was forced to leave in the second inning due to a sore elbow. Arnold again rose to the occasion, pitching eight innings of relief in Bloomsburg's 11-7 victory, giving Bloomsburg its first-ever berth in the NCAA Championship round. The hitting was supplied by Chet Henicle, Ben Henicle and Keith Kabrhel, each with three hits apiece in a 14-hit Bloomsburg attack.

Bloomsburg made the trip to Montgomery, Ala., for the Division II Championships, dropping game one to top-ranked Florida Southern, 7-0, but then defeated Ashland, 9-4, behind solid pitching from Jon Fritz and home runs from John Godshall and Dave Moser. Bloomsburg's fine season came to a close in the third round as Valdosta State defeated BU, 9-2. The Huskies finished the year with 37 victories, one of 22 school records set during the year.

Named a First Team All-American, Arnold was joined on the All-North Atlantic Region Team by Chet Henicle and Custer. Three-time All-PSAC pick Matt Croyle also finished his Huskies career with a 21-game hitting streak.

Croyle was named First Team All-PSAC at third base while Chet Henicle (OF), Chad Arnold (SP) and Jed Custer (RP) were also first team all-conference picks. Jon D. Fritz (C) and Jon Fritz (SP) were second team picks.

 

 

BATTING
Name	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	SB	AVG.	OB%	SLG%
Jed Custer	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
Matt Croyle	213	50	83	25	12	5	0	10	.390	.519	.493
Chet Henicle	202	51	73	31	23	4	3	24	.361	.529	.559
John Stillo	179	51	62	30	16	4	3	16	.346	.537	.531
Mike Carmosky	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
Todd Myers	171	40	57	38	11	0	4	2	.333	.476	.468
Ben Henicle	201	40	61	45	10	4	7	19	.303	.424	.498
Brent Beiler	62	10	18	12	5	1	1	2	.290	.414	.452
Jon D. Fritz	175	30	50	47	12	1	3	7	.286	.433	.417
Dave Moser	182	32	49	23	10	1	1	7	.269	.447	.352
John Godshall	105	17	28	20	3	0	6	5	.267	.430	.467
Keith Kabrhel	164	27	42	19	3	0	1	5	.256	.424	.293
Tim Transue	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.500	.500
Steve McCamant	9	9	5	6	3	0	1	4	.135	.378	.297
Rob Harter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
BU TOTALS	1710	362	533	298	108	20	31	101	.312	.467	.453
OPP. TOTALS	1694	285	464	220	52	9	43	38	.274	.405	.391

 

PITCHING
Name	GS-GC (G)	SV	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	WP	B	ERA
Chad Arnold	15-12 (21)	1	12-4	121.7	118	52	35	88	20	4	0	2.59
Jon Fritz	12-4 (13)	0	5-5	74.3	73	49	28	51	34	1	0	3.39
Scott Wilson	0-0 (2)	0	0-0	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50
Eric Hoffmayer	5-1 (8)	0	3-1	32.3	37	23	17	24	18	2	1	4.74
Brent Beiler	12-3 (13)	0	8-4	74.7	76	50	43	36	21	5	0	5.18
Tom Fiorelli	4-2 (7)	0	2-2	27.0	36	18	18	17	10	1	0	6.00
Jed Custer	2-1 (24)	12	4-3	44.4	50	34	32	38	33	2	0	6.49
Cory Rizzardio	0-0 (3)	0	0-0	6.7	12	6	5	4	5	1	0	6.72
Rob Harter	8-1 (12)	0	2-2	42.3	50	41	37	27	16	6	0	7.87
Greg DiPippo	0-0 (5)	0	1-0	7.6	11	11	8	3	7	0	0	9.47
BU TOTALS	58-24	13	37-21	433.0	461	285	224	288	164	36	1	4.66
OPP. TOTALS	58-19	4	21-37	425.3	533	362	278	235	213	34	8	5.88

   

February	25	at Norfolk State	9-4
	26	at Newport News	5-4
March	4	vs. Kutztown*	1-2
		vs. Elizabeth City State*	8-0
		at Newsport News*	6-3
	5	at Newsport News*
	10	vs Edinboro #	5-2
	10	vs. SIU-Edwardsvillw #	2-3
	11	vs. Bryant #	5-4
	12	vs. Edgewood #	11-0
	12	vs. Marian #	1-4
	14	vs. Stonehill #	6-7
	15	vs. Mansfield #	2-4
		vs. North Dakota	5-4
	16	vs. Wisconsin-Stout #	9-1
	24	vs. Mansfield ^	3-13
		vs. Gannon ^	8-4
	25	at Shippensburg ^	3-18
		vs. Slippery Rock ^	0-5
	26	vs. Dowling ^	13-6
		vs. Mansfield ^	11-8
April	1	MANSFIELD [2]	11-6, 4-1
	4	at East Stroudsburg [2]	9-2, 3-1
	8	KUTZTOWN [2]	4-0, 5-1
	9	WILKES [2]	5-4, 2-1
	12	at Millersville [2]	9-8, 9-10
	15	at Shippensburg [2]	1-4, 10-2
	18	at Mansfield [2]	5-9, 11-12
	20	BUCKNELL	6-7 (10)
	22	EAST STROUDSBURG [2]	2-4, 8-7
	24	at Susquehanna	3-5
	26	at Kutztown [2]	12-8, 5-2
	29	MILLERSVILLE [2]	23-3, 8-3
May	4	YORK (Pa.)	7-6
	6	SHIPPENSBURG [2]	2-1, 6-8
	7	vs. Shippensburg (PSAC play-in)	7-3
	12-14	PSAC Chmps.	Williamsport, Pa.
		Slippery Rock	7-6
		Mansfield	6-5
		Mansfield	5-9
		Mansfield	8-9
	19-20	NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional	Erie, Pa.
		Mansfield	7-1
		Mercyhurst	5-4
		Mansfield	7-10
		Mansfield	11-7
	27-1	NCAA Division II Chmps.	Montgomery, Ala.
		Florida Southern	0-7
		Ashland	9-4
June	1	Valdosta State	2-9
* at Newport News Tournament		# at Fort Myers, Fla.	^ at Shippensburg Tournament