YSUsports.com - Baseball: Penguins Look for ‘Eastwood Magic’ Again in Horizon League Tournament

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May 20, 2008

Penguins Look for ‘Eastwood Magic’ Again in Horizon League Tournament

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    Niles, Ohio -- Youngstown State’s quest for another magical run through the U.S. Army Horizon League Baseball Championship at Eastwood Field begins Wednesday at 3 p.m.
    The Penguins, attempting to match their success from four years ago when they captured the tournament title at Eastwood, will take on the winner of Tuesday’s play-in game between Butler and Valparaiso.
    YSU enters the tournament coming off its best week of the season, knocking off 30-win teams West Virginia and Kent State and defeating Milwaukee twice to earn the No. 3 seed. If the Penguins win their opening game, they will play No. 2 Wright State on Thursday at 3 p.m. If YSU falls, it will play an elimination game Thursday morning at 11.
    Horizon League Pitcher of the Year Aaron Swenson will start game one against either Valpo or Butler, teams he went a combined 4-0 against during the regular season. Seniors Chuck Schiffhauer and Adam Kalafos and sophomore Corey Vukovic have also been solid starters.
    YSU has a trio of second-team all-league players in the lineup - Sean Lucas (3B), Joe Iacobucci (OF) and Eric Marzec (UT). Former first-team selection Erich Diedrich and first-team academic all-district pick Josh Page are two of four players on the squad who were members of the 2004 championship team as true freshmen.