Owings Mills, Md. - The Stevenson University Baseball team opens their regular season slate on Saturday, Feb. 18 as they travel to Marymount (Va.) to take on the Saints. The doubleheader begins at 12 p.m. at the Nationals Youth Academy in Washington D.C.

A Look Back

Last season the Mustangs went 14-25-1 after getting off to a slow start in the beginning of the campaign. Stevenson went on a season-long five-game win streak starting on April 16, taking a doubleheader with Eastern, a home and home with Hood, and the first of a doubleheader matchup with Widener. Playing 21 games, graduate student Billy McAdam led the squad with a .417 batting average, recording 25 hits in 60 at bats. Junior Amani Jones tallied a team-high 42 hits and 29 RBIs. Senior Matt Reich went 4-1 on the mound pitching 61.2 innings. Reich led the MAC Commonwealth with a low 2.77 ERA, giving up only 23 runs. 

The Team

Head coach Dave Gage welcomes many key players back in the lineup this season. Billy McAdam, Matt Reich, and Tommy Holcomb all return to Stevenson as graduate students for the 2023 campaign. “They know how competitive our conference is, so we are excited to have all those guys back,” said coach Gage when asked about the returning seniors and graduate students. 

Fresh Faces

• Hunter Chase - First Year - OF - Seabrook, N.H.
• Cory Hatcher - First Year - OF - Burnsville, Md.
• Dhruv Indelicato - First Year - Pitcher - Lawrence, N.J.
• Noah Joly - First Year - C - Saratoga Spring, N.Y.
• John Padousis - First Year - C - Elkridge, Md.
• Collin Palmieri - First Year - OF - Forest Hill, Md.
• Christian Pellegrino - First Year - Pitcher - Carle Place, N.Y.
• Brendon Phillips - First Year - Pitcher - Pasadena, Md.
• Graham Sears - First Year - OF - Herndon, Va.
• Nick Tamberino - Junior - C/1B - Forest Hill, Md.
• Bryce Vick - First Year - Pitcher - Midlothian, Va.
• Dylan Young - Junior - Pitcher/IF - King's Park, N.Y.
• Vincent Licor - First Year - 1B - Morris Plains, N.J.

A Look Ahead

The Stevenson baseball team will have a new home on Stevenson's new athletics campus, Owings Mills East. To break in the new facility, the Mustangs are hosting the Stevenson Invitational on Feb. 24-26, welcoming Arcadia, Ithaca, and Ursinus. Arcadia and Ithaca finished last season in 15th and 19th respectively in the D3basball.com poll. MAC Commonwealth contests begin on Friday, March 10 with a home and home series, the Mustangs will host the back half of the series with a doubleheader on Saturday. “We are thankful for our administration for giving us the facility that they have” said Coach Gage on the new Owings Mills East field. 

Scouting Marymount

The Saints finished last season with a 29-15 overall record and won the Atlantic East Championship 10-8 over Cabrini. Marymount has a young team this year with 15 first years and only eight seniors. Stevenson and Marymount have matched up only four times dating back to 2018. The Mustangs hold a 2-2 record, as the Saints took both games in a doubleheader last season 5-4 and 8-5. This Saturday, the first game of a doubleheader with start at noon in Washington, D.C.