For the first time in a decade, Delaware Valley has opened a season with three straight wins.
The Aggies swept Rosemont College in a Saturday doubleheader, winning 5–2 and 7–4, to improve to 3–0 on the young season after a 16–4 opening-day victory over Wilson College. The 3–0 start marks the program’s best since 2016, when DelVal began the year with back-to-back doubleheader sweeps of Monmouth and Bethany.
Under first-year head coach Jimmy Gulden, the Aggies have combined aggressive baserunning, opportunistic offense and timely pitching to set the early tone.
Game 1: Delaware Valley 5, Rosemont 2
DelVal wasted little time asserting control.
Gavin Migliori was hit by a pitch to open the game, stole second, advanced to third on a Liam Martin single and then stole home to give the Aggies a 1–0 lead before Rosemont recorded an out.
The Aggies extended the advantage in the second. Kody Boyer singled and stole second before Eli Scott reached to put runners on the corners. A double steal set up Pat Higgins, who tripled to clear the bases and make it 3–0. Later in the inning, Martin lifted a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 4–0.
Sophomore Travis Loewe handled the rest early. Loewe was sharp through four innings, retiring the side in order twice and keeping Rosemont hitless until the fifth. The Ravens capitalized on two Delaware Valley errors in that inning, stringing together RBI singles from Lykes and Bugman to trim the lead to 4–2.
DelVal answered in the sixth when Boyer scored on a two-out error, restoring a three-run cushion.
James DeHaven took over in relief and shut the door over the final two innings, striking out the final two batters of the game to secure the 5–2 win. Loewe earned his first collegiate victory.
Game 2: Delaware Valley 7, Rosemont 4
The Aggies again struck first.
Nathan Fisher doubled to ignite the first-inning rally and eventually scored on a run-producing fielder’s choice by Ben Boyer. In the second, Lucas Santise reached on an error and later came home on Martin’s RBI single to extend the lead to 2–0.
Rosemont cut the deficit to 2–1 in the fourth, but Delaware Valley delivered its biggest inning in the fifth. Fisher was hit by a pitch to begin the frame, Boyer followed with an RBI double, and Santise added a run-scoring single after the bases were loaded. A double-play ball allowed another run to cross, pushing the lead to 5–1.
The Ravens responded with five hits in the bottom half, trimming the margin to 5–3. Delaware Valley’s bullpen stabilized the game from there.
In the seventh, the Aggies created separation without a hit. Jared Ecenroad doubled and moved to third on a groundout. After Santise was hit by a pitch, two passed balls allowed both runners to score, extending the lead to 7–3. Rosemont added one final run, but the Aggies closed it out at 7–4.
Through three games, Delaware Valley has leaned into pressure baseball — stolen bases, hit batters, productive outs and forcing defensive mistakes — a formula that has fueled its best start in ten years.
The Aggies return to action Sunday in Media, Pa., for a rescheduled matchup against Penn State Brandywine.
Elsewhere, Eastern capped its first week of play at The New Yard in style Saturday, sweeping Penn State York behind dominant pitching and a late offensive surge.
The Eagles rode a strong start from Brennan Moloughney to a 7–0 shutout in game one, then erupted for 16 hits in a 15–3 rout in the nightcap to improve to 4–2 on the young season.
The Aggies again struck first.
Nathan Fisher doubled to ignite the first-inning rally and eventually scored on a run-producing fielder’s choice by Ben Boyer. In the second, Lucas Santise reached on an error and later came home on Martin’s RBI single to extend the lead to 2–0.
Rosemont cut the deficit to 2–1 in the fourth, but Delaware Valley delivered its biggest inning in the fifth. Fisher was hit by a pitch to begin the frame, Boyer followed with an RBI double, and Santise added a run-scoring single after the bases were loaded. A double-play ball allowed another run to cross, pushing the lead to 5–1.
The Ravens responded with five hits in the bottom half, trimming the margin to 5–3. Delaware Valley’s bullpen stabilized the game from there.
In the seventh, the Aggies created separation without a hit. Jared Ecenroad doubled and moved to third on a groundout. After Santise was hit by a pitch, two passed balls allowed both runners to score, extending the lead to 7–3. Rosemont added one final run, but the Aggies closed it out at 7–4.
Through three games, Delaware Valley has leaned into pressure baseball — stolen bases, hit batters, productive outs and forcing defensive mistakes — a formula that has fueled its best start in ten years.
The Aggies return to action Sunday in Media, Pa., for a rescheduled matchup against Penn State Brandywine.
Elsewhere, Eastern capped its first week of play at The New Yard in style Saturday, sweeping Penn State York behind dominant pitching and a late offensive surge.
The Eagles rode a strong start from Brennan Moloughney to a 7–0 shutout in game one, then erupted for 16 hits in a 15–3 rout in the nightcap to improve to 4–2 on the young season.
Game 1: Eastern 7, Penn State York 0
Penn State York (0–2) threatened early, loading the bases with two outs in the first inning. Moloughney (1–1) calmly escaped the jam with a pop-up and took control from there.
After allowing three baserunners in the opening frame, the junior surrendered just one more over his final three innings. Moloughney struck out seven across four scoreless innings to earn his first win of 2026.
Eastern’s offense found its rhythm as the game progressed. The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the fourth, capitalizing on a pair of York errors to push across the first run.
In the fifth, Eastern extended the lead to 4–0. Leyton Bamesberger singled to start the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Trent MacDougall. After swiping third, Bamesberger scored on Thomas Kozlusky’s RBI triple — the first triple recorded in the history of The New Yard. Luke Meehan added an RBI double, and Matt McSorley followed with a run-scoring single.
The Eagles put the game out of reach in the sixth when Matthew Gonglik cleared the bases with a two-out double to left-center.
Owen DeLong, Connor Viola and Chris Humphreys combined for three scoreless innings in relief, allowing just two hits to secure the first shutout in The New Yard’s history.
Meehan reached base in all four plate appearances in the opener, finishing with a double, three walks and three runs scored.
Game 2: Eastern 15, Penn State York 3
York struck first in the nightcap, plating two runs in the opening inning. But Eastern answered immediately.
Meehan drove home MacDougall with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the first, and Gonglik tied the game with an RBI single — his fourth hit of the day.
From there, Brady Maerz (1–0) settled in. The Forest Hill, Md., native struck out the side in the second, fanned two more in the third and finished with six strikeouts over four strong innings, allowing just four hits to earn his first collegiate win.
Eastern’s bats did the rest.
Meehan delivered an RBI double in the second to give the Eagles the lead for good. In the third, JJ Matos added an RBI single, Ryan Alfonso lifted a sacrifice fly and MacDougall ripped an RBI double to stretch the advantage.
Gonglik drove in his sixth run of the day in the fourth, and Eastern broke the game open with a six-run fifth inning fueled by three York errors. David Garrido recorded his first collegiate RBI with a single, and Justin DiCesare added a two-run hit to make it 13–3.
Joe Scimone and AJ Sonsini each recorded their first career RBIs in the sixth to cap the scoring.
Blake Weinstein, Landen Lewis and Dylan Labukas combined for three strikeouts in relief, allowing just one earned run over the final three innings.
Eastern now heads south for Spring Break, traveling to the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where the Eagles will open play Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. against Houghton University.
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