GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Allegheny College's eight-game win streak came to an end on Wednesday afternoon after suffering a pair of losses on the road against the Wolverines of Grove City College.

Allegheny (15-10, 8-2 PAC) dropped its first Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) games of the spring against the Wolverines (16-9, 7-3 PAC) by scores of 8-6 and 16-5 at Grove City's Jack Behringer Field.

Grove City 8, Allegheny 6
The Wolverines and Gators traded big innings early in the series opener. Grove City took the first lead of the afternoon with four unearned runs in the bottom of the second. But the Gators responded by hanging a five-spot on the scoreboard in the next half-inning. Errors also plagued the Grove City defense, which committed three in the inning. Allegheny scored the go-ahead run after an errant throw by the catcher sailed into center field on a double steal, allowing Liam Irving (Olney, Md./Sherwood) to put the Gators up 5-4.

Grove City evened the score at 5-all in the bottom of the third on a bases-loaded walk, then retook the lead for good with an RBI groundout in the next at-bat. The Wolverines added two more insurance runs after loading the bases with three consecutive hits in the sixth.

Down by three, Allegheny loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth on singles from Grant Dowden (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) and Garrett Lienhard (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe) and a walk issued to Nick Banez (Edmonds, Wash./Meadowdale). Tyson Bryant-Dawson (Oakland, Calif./Manvel (Texas)) was given a free pass to force home one run, but the Gators left the potential go-ahead run on the bases when Matt Jennings (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) popped up for the final out. A hit-by-pitch in the ninth brought the tying run to the plate, but Irving hit into a double play that ended the contest.

Grove City 16, Allegheny 5
The Gators jumped ahead with two runs in the second inning and added two more in the fifth to pull out in front, 4-3. Allegheny's biggest highlight of the doubleheader came in the fifth inning off the bat of Ty Eberhardt (Pittsburgh, Pa./Hopewell). The second-year infielder, who made his first start since the team's spring break trip in Florida, recorded his first collegiate home run. The long ball briefly erased a 3-2 deficit and put Allegheny up by one.

Things were looking up for the Gators until the sixth inning. Trailing 4-3, the Wolverines put together a 13-run frame in their half of the sixth, turning another competitive contest into a lopsided victory. Allegheny used four different pitchers in the frame, but to no avail, as Grove City hit three doubles and a home run while batting around the lineup twice. 

Inside the Box Score: Game 1

• Allegheny scored five of its six runs in the third inning.
• Six different batters had at least one hit, led by Jennings and Lienhard, who had two apiece.
• Irving finished 1-for-3 with one run, one walk, and a team-high two stolen bases.
• Dawson Thomas (Espyville, Pa./Conneaut Area) took the loss on the mound after giving up six runs (two earned) in 3.0 innings.
• Parker McRay (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) held the Wolverines in check out of the bullpen with 3.0 scoreless innings and four strikeouts.
• David Leslie earned his sixth win of the year for Grove City after scattering six runs (one earned) on eight hits and six strikeouts across 7.2 innings.

Inside the Box Score: Game 2

• The bottom third of Allegheny's lineup provided most of the offense in the nightcap.
• Alejandro Samayoa (Katonah, N.Y./John Jay Cross River), batting seventh, was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
• Noah Philson (Greenville, Pa./Greenville), who hit eighth, was 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI.
• Eberhardt, slotted ninth in the lineup, homered and drove in two runs.
• Four Wolverines finished with multiple hits, led by Colin Marinpetro, who was 2-for-3 with a game-high three RBIs.
• Bryce Trischler pitched a complete game for Grove City, allowing five runs on five hits with four strikeouts for the win.

News and Notes

• Allegheny had two eight-game win streaks end on Wednesday, including a run of eight consecutive PAC wins to start 2025.
• Eberhardt is the ninth different Gator to hit a home run this season.
• In his first career start in the outfield, Philson picked up his first collegiate hit, run, and RBI in the nightcap.
• Bryant-Dawson extended his team-leading on-base streak to 23 games in a row.

Up Next
Allegheny will travel to Bethany College for a PAC twin bill on Saturday, April 12, beginning at 1:00 p.m.