With the return of wood bats for the 1999 season, the Moravian College baseball team, which posted an overall record of 11-19-1, found itself in many close baseball games. In fact, 18 of the Greyhounds’ 31 games were decided by three runs or less. However, for head coach Ed Little’s club, Moravian had just a 6-11-1 record in those 18 games.

The Greyhounds, who opened the season in California using aluminum bats for the second straight year, finished the season with three straight wins including a season ending doubleheader sweep at Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League rival Albright College.

A pair of Greyhounds made a run at the single season record for base hits. Sophomore outfielder Joe Pochron (Allentown/Salisbury HS) tied the record of 41 set by Jud Frank in 1992 and tied by Daryl Eisenhour in 1997. Junior second baseman Jarrett Hughes (Bangor/ Bangor Area HS) finished the season with 40 hits.

Pochron, who was named to the MAC Commonwealth League All-Star First Team, had a .366 batting average this spring with 41 hits in 112 at-bats. Pochron led the Greyhounds in homeruns with three this season. He also had 19 RBIs, 18 runs scored, 13 walks, four doubles and five stolen bases.

Hughes, a MAC Commonwealth League All-Star Second Team honoree completed the campaign with a .388 batting average with 40 hits in 103 at-bats. Hughes also had a team leading nine doubles and added 19 RBIs, 17 runs scored, 15 walks and a homerun.

Senior infielder/outfielder Scott Fritz (Barnesville/Mahoney Area HS) had 31 hits in 112 at-bats this spring for a .277 batting average. Fritz added 19 RBIs, 19 runs scored, three doubles and team highs in sacrifices with seven and stolen bases with nine.

Sophomore outfielder/designated hitter Shawn Brown (Quakertown/Quakertown Area HS) had 22 hits in 85 at-bats and added 17 RBIs, 14 runs scored and 14 walks. Classmate Mike Gill (Lebanon, NJ/North Hunterdon HS), the team’s starting shortstop, had 23 base-hits with a team high 20 walks, 15 runs scored, nine RBIs and eight stolen bases.

Freshman outfielder Michael Abbate (South Plainfield, NJ/Bishop Ahr HS) scored a team high 25 runs and added 22 hits, 19 walks and seven stolen bases in his debut season. Classmate Curtis Hoff (Kintersville/Palisades HS) saw limited action as a designated hitter and at first base. He had nine hits on the season.

Sophomore catcher Dustin Levy (Vineland, NJ/Vineland HS) had ten hits and seven RBIs in 16 games before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. Freshman catcher Hank Reifsnyder (Upper Black Eddy/Palisades HS) took over behind the plate after Levy’s injury and collected 16 hits with 11 RBIs and 15 walks.

Junior infielder/pitcher Matt Seitzinger (Scranton/Scranton Prep) had ten hits with eight runs scored while classmate Mark Slavin (Stroudsburg/Stroudsburg HS) had four hits and four runs scored in limited action. Slavin, one of the Greyhounds’ starting pitchers played first base at the end of the season due to injuries.

Senior Al Varano (Coal Township/Shamokin HS) and sophomore Travis Hunsicker (Lehighton/Lehighton HS) each had three hits while freshmen Bill Quinn (Lebanon, CT/ Lyman Memorial HS) and Jeremy Kiechel (Allentown/William Allen HS) had a pair of hits this spring.

On the mound, senior Scott Bolasky (Germansville/Northwestern Lehigh HS) paced the Greyhound squad with a 3.17 ERA in 65 1/3 innings of action. Bolasky, who had a 3-6 record, had seven complete games and 47 strikeouts this spring.

Junior David Jelleme (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock HS) posted a 2-1 record with one save this season. He had a 3.52 ERA and 22 strikeouts and just 10 walks in 30 2/3 innings of work. Freshman Randy Woolley (Manahwakin, NJ/Southern Regional HS) also had a 2-1 record in his debut season. He had a 4.93 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 38 1/3 innings.

Slavin posted a 3-5 record with a 5.50 ERA in 52 1/3 innings of work. He had 37 strikeouts on the year and tossed four complete games. Seitzinger hurled 20 1/3 innings with a 7.97 ERA, one save and a 0-3 mark. He had the team’s best strikeout per nine innings ratio with 23 strikeouts this spring. Pochron also tossed 16 2/3 innings this year with a 1-3 record and nine strikeouts.

Off the field, Gill was named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll.