Poll
Question:
Who will win the AMCC?
Option 1: La ROCHE
votes: 2
Option 2: FROSTBURG
votes: 2
Option 3: HILBERT COLLEGE
votes: 1
Option 4: LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
votes: 1
Option 5: MEDAILLE COLLEGE
votes: 0
Option 6: MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
votes: 0
Option 7: PENN STATE ALTOONA
votes: 0
Option 8: PENN STATE BEHREND
votes: 4
Option 9: PITT-BRADFORD
votes: 1
Option 10: PITT-GREENSBURG
votes: 2
http://www.amcconf.org/
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
FROSTBURG STATE http://sports.frostburg.edu/teams/spring/baseball/index.cfm
HILBERT COLLEGE http://www.hilbert.edu/Athletics.asp?sport_id=3
LA ROCHE COLLEGE http://www.laroche.edu/athletic-department/m-baseball.asp
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE http://www.lec.edu/athletics/ba/news05.htm
MEDAILLE COLLEGE http://www.medaille.edu/mavericks/baseball/
MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE http://mypage.mtaloy.edu/~lalfa1/baseball.htm
PENN STATE ALTOONA http://www.aa.psu.edu/sports/baseball/
PENN STATE BEHREND http://pennstatebehrend.psu.edu/athletics/baseball/index.htm
PITT-BRADFORD http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics/varsity_sports/baseball/index.htm
PITT-GREENSBURG http://www.pitt.edu/~upgncaa/Html/_baseball/baseball.html
Frostburg wins 1 of three with Greensboro College
Frostburg evens record at 2-2
http://sports.frostburg.edu/news/releasedetail.cfm?id_number=4093
Pitt-Bradford 13 Eastern Menonite University 7
Tough couple days for the conference
Penn State Altoona lost a DH to Shanandoah Univ(I dont have the scores)
Pitt-Bradford lost a DH to Eastern Menonite Univ 9-5 and 9-1
La Roche lost twice to Thomas More on Friday 6-5 and 3-1
and than lost two to Transyvania 6-4 and 6-3
My 'Cats got bounced from their regional after pulling two upsets over higher ranked teams.
The Penn State Behrend Lions are off to a hot start in 2007 going 8-1 in the their spring trip to Florida
It's been awhile huh. Well we almost upset the #1 team in the country. We were up 5-1 but ended up losing the game. Now spring ball is over and it's time to open up conference play.
Hello FSU Bobcat! Welcome back!
Thanks for the report!
Not sure how FSU losese to Lake ERie
AMCC Tournament
Opening Round
Best-of-Three Series
(3) Frostburg State 4 (6) Pitt-Greensburg 3 [10]
(3) Frostburg State 13 (6) Pitt-Greensburg 8
*Frostburgh wins series 2-0
(5) Pitt-Bradford @ (4) Penn State-Behrend
AMCC Tournament
Semifinals & Finals (next weekend)
*Four-team, double-elimination format
(1) LaRoche vs. Penn State-Behrend/Pitt-Bradford
(2) Medaille vs. (3) Frostburg State
Can anyone believe Frostburg fired Coach McKnight and is cutting back the baseball program?! >:(
Quote from: rjburke on July 04, 2007, 02:53:05 PM
Can anyone believe Frostburg fired Coach McKnight and is cutting back the baseball program?! >:(
Can you provide a link to this story?
My Google-search of Frostburg MD newspapers and the Cumberland MD paper is not showing this.
Nor is there a press release on the FSU web site.
Thanks
No press release yet. The baseball team got phone calls. But Frostburg has taken down all baseball coach information and removed the McKnight story regarding the White House.
I have a real hard time believing Frostburg fired McKnight. Unbelievable. Especially rumor has it they had a good recruiting class. Any idea where McKnight will land.
I wonder if McKnights players will transfer and follow him. Better yet, I wonder how many recruits will follow McKnight. Any other shake ups in the conference?
Coach McKnight is gone, but I never heard anything about cutting back the baseball program?
I am guessing a poor choice of words by the original poster. Picture "de-emphasizing" rather than "eliminating."
Anyone know who has the best recruiting class out of
FROSTBURG STATE
HILBERT COLLEGE
LA ROCHE COLLEGE
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
MEDAILLE COLLEGE
MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
PENN STATE ALTOONA
PENN STATE BEHREND
PITT-BRADFORD
PITT-GREENSBURG
Any freshman or transfers to watch?
I would have to think FSU, followed by Penn State Erie, but I heard from players that at least 6 of FSU's top players are leaving and looking elsewhere, including FSU Male athlete of the year Aaron Main. That would put PS-Erie on top.
Quote from: triplesforme on July 17, 2007, 11:10:21 AM
I would have to think FSU, followed by Penn State Erie, but I heard from players that at least 6 of FSU's top players are leaving and looking elsewhere, including FSU Male athlete of the year Aaron Main. That would put PS-Erie on top.
Probably not too surprising in a coaching change.
Are they looking to go by Erie again or are they sticking with Penn State-Behrend?
I would agree the FSU probably had the best recruiting class. Rumor has it their top pitchers may be leaving and the top tier of their recruiting class may be going elsewhere. FSU apparently had a lot of out of state recruits committed to play (NH, NJ, RI, Ga and NH), but who knows.
If FSU's recruiting class falls apart, I would say Erie then Penn State.
A couple of Frostburg State current players said that the baseball program and some others will not have asst.coaches, only GA's. They really are cutting stuff and losing players.
What??? Never heard of such a thing. NO assistant coaches. Do they really expect to retain their title of league champs? The AMCC teams must be licking their chops. I wonder how the fall workouts will go. It will not take any time for other AMCC programs which have great coaches to suprpass FSU-quickly.
What are FSU's top tier recruits doing. FSU's recruits Collier, Sutcliffe, Oberman and Guarino are all DI players, are they still goin to FSU. I saw these guys last summer. FSU will be hurting if they jump ship, and other vetern players depart.
This has to be good news for Behrend, Erie and La Roche
It is rumored that the Lake Erie Storm Head Baseball Job opening which was made vacant by the recent release of head coach Ken Krsolovic looks pretty atractive to former Cleveland Indians pitcher Brian Anderson. The southpaw pitched for the Tribe in the late 90's and made another stint a few years back. Let me know your thoughts.
-LECBASEBALL 15
IFTHE POSITION IS PART TIME DO YOU THINK HE WOULD LOOK AT IT? IS THE COACH 100% OUT- IN THE NEWSPAPER IT SAID THAT THE SCHOOL MIGHT BE TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH HIM
Rumor has it Krsolovic is 100% out, which is interesting. They really did not have to bad of a recruiting year.
Two (2) names popped up as possible candidates, and one was Frostburg's former coach and another DI coach from South Carolina or North Carolina.
I have not heard anything about Anderson under consideration.
Quote from: LECBASEBALL15 on July 30, 2007, 03:07:12 PM
It is rumored that the Lake Erie Storm Head Baseball Job opening which was made vacant by the recent release of head coach Ken Krsolovic looks pretty atractive to former Cleveland Indians pitcher Brian Anderson. The southpaw pitched for the Tribe in the late 90's and made another stint a few years back. Let me know your thoughts.
-LECBASEBALL 15
Moderator's note--
I will move this over to the conference board to draw more attention to the AMCC.
Thanks and good luck. Ralph Turner
The job is looking to be full-time so that the Storm can put a a good resume up for the D2 commitee. I'm pretty confident when I say that the Storm players would have a hard time warming up to a Frostburg guy!!! The Storm has a nice class coming in with some big names out of the local high schools...The Storm won't be a push over team in their last year in the AMCC....That's a fact!
Interesting. Any other teams looking to move to D2. I did not hear much about Storms out of state recruiting, except they were expected to have a good recruiting year for in-state players. I know Behrend stayed mostly local for recruiting and from Frostburg's release, they are bringing in a lot of out of state recruits.
I just could not see Storm hiring a Frostburg coach.
Quote from: LECBASEBALL15 on July 31, 2007, 02:56:26 PM
The job is looking to be full-time so that the Storm can put a a good resume up for the D2 commitee. I'm pretty confident when I say that the Storm players would have a hard time warming up to a Frostburg guy!!! The Storm has a nice class coming in with some big names out of the local high schools...The Storm won't be a push over team in their last year in the AMCC....That's a fact!
Did the New York Yankees have a hard time warming up that Ruth fellow?
Quote from: hank stein on July 31, 2007, 09:10:47 PM
Interesting. Any other teams looking to move to D2. I did not hear much about Storms out of state recruiting, except they were expected to have a good recruiting year for in-state players. I know Behrend stayed mostly local for recruiting and from Frostburg's release, they are bringing in a lot of out of state recruits.
I just could not see Storm hiring a Frostburg coach.
Uh OK. Frostburg is in a geographic situation that allows them to recruit from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and even parts of West Virginia and as far as away as New York and New Jersey.
You guts must have done one heck of a recruiting job getting a kid from Georgia to come to FSU. We have never been able to get kids from the southeast (maybe it's the weather).
The previous coaches at fsu-mcknight and trufant did a great job at recruiting.
Must have been
Quote from: hank stein on August 02, 2007, 08:07:19 AM
You guts must have done one heck of a recruiting job getting a kid from Georgia to come to FSU. We have never been able to get kids from the southeast (maybe it's the weather).
It's not the weather at FSU, I can tell you that much. We have some wicked nasty winters up there. But the field is first rate, especially now that the soccer teams can play in the football stadium and don't tear up the outfield by using it for their matches. Plus we have a nice weight room and some decent majors for athletes. Not coast majors, but our education department is top notch and the sports medicine program is getting better.
During FSU's coaching transition, will FSU continue its fall game schedule. Its sometimes difficult, but we have in the past during our transition period. From all indication, a few conference teams are looking to increase their fall exhibition game schedule.
I think you can only play one game in the fall-from sources inside the athletic department say that the baseball program is cutting games- No games before spring break and cutting the budget no extra stuff. The program is on the fast track to nowhere.
Not good. Not good. Not good. Good luck hiring a coach and good luck keeping players and McKnights recruits.
From what sources tell us in the Frostburg State U ath. dept- three possible replacements have been named and are meeting next week on campus with the search committee. A former coach who was fired once before is rumored to be one of the possible replacements-for the head coaching position
Sources tell me that they should "really" hire a coach with good credentials, who is ready to build on what they have in order to immediately compete for a D3 championship, otherwise the top 5-7 recruits this year are gone after one year, and recruiting for the next few years will be a mess.
Just by looking at the available talent there already and the recruiting class, a coach with a serious off season program has the ability to compete at the national level, immediately.
I still think that FSU had one of the best recruiting years they ever had in the AMCC, which is potentially bad for the rest of us.
Frostburg hired a coach by the name of Guy Robertson. Anyone know anything about him.
He was the Head coach at coppin state and worked for the baseball factory.
He was 64-131 at Coppin state. story about the coach on examiner.com regarding the way he left. Coppin State: A baseball year lost.
FSU should still do well with the returning players and recruiting class. Any success they have will be due to the players and former coaching staff.
Not a flattering story, but it sounds like he was in an "bad" situation at Coppin State. But, everyone desires a second chance.
Can you post the URL for the examiner story about Coach Roberston?
http://www.examiner.com/a-697932~Coppin_State__A_baseball_year_lost.html
Sounds like Guy Roberston had a tough time at Coppin. Judgment should not be passed until one knows "all" of the details. Coaching at some schools is not a glorious adventure.
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BALTIMORE (Map, News) - "Due to recent occurrences within the athletic department I have decided to resign as baseball coach at Coppin."
With that brief statement at the top of a letter last summer, Guy Robertson wrote off an entire season of Coppin State baseball. At least, that's what some associated with the program think.
"I feel like it was undermined," one Coppin State baseball parent said of the program. "If he made a commitment to the institution and the boys, he shouldn't leave."
That parent also questioned the mid-summer timing of Robertson's departure, blaming it for the struggles of this year's team, which remains winless. That parent, who also accused Robertson of sabotaging the team by getting players to leave the school when he did, provided The Examiner with a copy of a letter, dated July 3, 2006, in which Robertson told his players that he would be leaving to pursue a new job. Robertson is now the director of college recruiting for the Columbia-based Baseball Factory.
People who read this also read:
Coppin State enters '08 with high hopes
"I'm sorry that anyone feels that way," Robertson said. "Anybody who played for me, I think that they know I tried to keep the players' best interest in mind. I'm just sorry that they feel that way. I don't know what else to say other than that. It's probably difficult for them to speak. They never worked at Coppin. They don't know the circumstance."
This year's team, 0-36 heading into this weekend's home series against Florida A&M, carries just 11 players on its roster. While he feels for first-year coach Harvey Lee, Robertson had just 12 players in his first season in 2003, and only one played out his four-year eligibility for the Eagles.
The team's home field, Joe Cannon Stadium, is located 17 miles from campus. According to one source, the equipment budget in recent years made it difficult to buy baseballs, let alone catcher's equipment.
Coppin State administrator of athletics, Dr. Mary Wanza, whose department also oversees an 0-24 softball program, declined comment on the baseball team. An athletic department spokesperson relayed a message from her: "I really don't know much about baseball. I don't have much to say."
The team's new coach, Lee — a former New York Yankees farmhand — is doing his best. Not only is he filling out a lineup card of players in unfamiliar positions, but he's also trying to build the program from the bottom up. When he was hired in late October, the team didn't have enough players to field a team.
"I respect Guy as a person, but — this is just me speaking — I don't respect him as a coach," Lee said. "If I'm the captain of a ship and my dying day is tomorrow, I'm going to jump off ship and tell everyone to come with me? That's not right."
While Robertson attached a letter of intent release form to his resignation letter to players, he said he did not ask anyone to leave with him.
"You can say what you want, but when kids that have been there for three years decide to go somewhere else for their senior season, you read between the lines," Robertson said. "It certainly has nothing to do with me."
COPPIN STATE BASEBALL SERIES
This is the first in a multi-story series in which The Examiner will look at the struggles surrounding the Coppin State athletic program. Up next: The plight of Coppin State's current baseball players.
I agree 100%-but as a coach you should not send a letter of release with your own letter-that is for the schools AD to address. At least he is in a better situation at Frostburg.
Quote from: hank stein on September 06, 2007, 10:03:53 AM
http://www.examiner.com/a-697932~Coppin_State__A_baseball_year_lost.html
Thanks
Who will win the AMCC?
Teams to watch?
Seniors to watch?
Juniors to watch?
Sophmores to watch?
Freshman to watch?
It's almost time folks!!!!!
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FROSTBURG STATE
HILBERT COLLEGE
LA ROCHE COLLEGE
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
MEDAILLE COLLEGE
MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
PENN STATE ALTOONA
PENN STATE BEHREND
PITT-BRADFORD
PITT-GREENSBURGl
Right now I would go with FSU as a repeat-they won it the last two years and I think most of the team is back for 08-unless the new coach messes with success. 2. would be Penn State Erie followed by Greensburg and then Altoona if Petulla comes back for his last season.
I would agree, but it would depend of how quick Frostburg's freshman class can get adjusted to the big show and contribute. FSU's soph./jr/sr class may not be enough. FSU had some good players transfer.
Penn St (2)
Greensburg (3)
Altoona (possibly 4th)
Never leave out Erie or Roche
I am going to go out on a limb: If FSU's soph/jr and current recruiting class stayes in tact and matures (some of these freshman just turned 18), they could make a run for the NCAA III championship (much to my dismay).
However, some other AMCC teams (Erie Roche Penn-Bre) have some very good returning players and also had a good recruiting class.
Guy is a quality coach with a quality background and should be able to continue the success at Frostburg that was created previously. They are also not cutting back on the program that I know of. They have 2 GA's, and looking to hire an assistant, I believe part-time. Aaron Main, their ace from last season has transfered to a JUCO, but at last report he injured himself over the summer.
From what I heard, Coach Robertson should thank the 2 GA's for keeping the team in tact, especially the freshman recruiting class, who from all indication, probably would have followed McKnight to any school he was hired to coach before the school year started.
Apparently, some schools tried to get some of the fesh/soph to transfer but they refused. I don't think FSU's athletic director or FSU's administration had much to do with that.
If I was FSU's coach, I would keep Sidorowicz and Shields around for a "while".
Where did Main transfer to?
Again, this is my understanding of the information from what I have heard from other coach's and posts:
Guy will be keeping the GA's around, and will be giving them a chance to stay on board with the program. Again he is a good guy and wouldn't pull the rug out from anyone. As for Main, I had orginally heard from a friend of his that he was going to Chesapeake CC, but I just learned from a very reliable source he is at Barry U, upon looking at their website he is there as a newcomer.
I don't know much about their recruiting class, what's in tact and what moved on. I can say we are fairly close and I haven't heard of anyone looking to move from there. So my guess is they will be keeping their class intact, and returning most of their team. Anytime you lose a coach and a top 3 pitcher, there is going to be some concern, but they are still probably on top or close in the AMCC. We'll see!! Season starts in T minus 5 months for opening day (ish).
Lake Erie hired former Greensboro College coach Brian McGee as the new head coach. He takes over for Ken Krsolovic
:-[Frostburg state played Garrett College and got beat pretty bad-I think we only scored 3 runs the entire game. Where is Gitzen and Webb?
Frostburg is in trouble. Gitzen (.383, 9 HR, All-Conference), Webb (.400, 8HR, All-Conference 2nd Team), and Holmes (.287, 5HR) - 1/2 of their HR total and 1/3 of their starting line-up - graduated. Burke (.426, 25 extra base hits, 25 SB, 3.75 ERA, .249 BA Against, All-Conference, All-Region (ABCA, ECAC), Rawlings Gold Glove) transfered to Kean. Main (2.84, 78 K, All-Conference, All-Region (ABCA, ECAC))transfered to Barry. Crystal ( .383, 4.35 ERA, 77K in 2006-injured in 2007) may not return. Big loses. And I heard a rumor that Jones is back after missing 2007 for disciplinary reasons. Subtraction by addition?
We've always had an ability to reload with talent. We might not stay on top of the conference, but rest assured that any dip in performance is going to be very short.
Crystal is going somewhere-but I heard he is not staying at FSU-probably in the AMCC. Unless the young pitchers do well for FSU, I agree that the hitting will be down from last year. They will challenge for the AMCC top spots but after this season, that remains to be seen after Sidorowicz and the other asst. coach leaves.
I did hear that Frostburg got beat bad and they could be in trouble this spring. I will tell ya that the recruited freshman class will have to produce (they will have to mature quick). The soph and jr.'s are the potential weak link. The seniors have good leadership.
It was my understanding that one of the freshman pitches may be hurt, and potentially out for the season, and one of the freshman outfielders had some kind of finger injury so he missed a good part of fall practice, but he is expected to be ok I believe.
Whether the players will respond to their new coach will have to be seen.
I think Frostburg's work in the off-season will determine its success in the spring. IT'S A LONG SEASON.
William Shields-Frostburg's assistant coach resigned. Apparently some of the players never new about if until they saw it on Frostburg's website. Things just keep on getting better over there. WHY would you not tell your players before it is released to the public.
Can anyone clarify Coach William Shields status with Frostburg. I am hearing conflicting data. Has he resigned or is he just coaching a summer league? Hopefully he is staying and my information is wrong. I have heard that he is doing a good job with the new coaching transition.
Frostburg's schedule is up:
No Florida trip, no nationally ranked opponents, only two regionally ranked and one regional playoff opponent. Probably will get in 30 of 39 scheduled because of weather.
Definitely a downgrade from past two years.
Didn't Frostburg go overseas a few years ago?
Crystal is not staying in conference. I hear he may be going to Salisbury. Frostburg is having serious issues with games and players. I heard some players were in some off campus trouble. The returning seniors also said they would rather be sponsored by under armour or nike rather than spending the money on 10 extra games. I can't believe they have 40 games now and about 30 will be played. The new president and athletic director over there are tearing that baseball program apart.
Frostburg: WOO. I did not hear about the off campus trouble-what is that all about.
I did hear that one of the freshman catchers Frostburg recruited is not returning and one of their freshman pitcher recruits may be ineligible due to grades. That means at least 2 of their top 5 recruits probably will not be on the field in the spring.
I also heard that other schools are shaking out their freshman also. That first quarter is tough!
I have watched Frostburg close, if Frostburg can develop and keep their freshman, they will be major contenders.
Now that we are almost ready to crank up the season, any last minute news. I did hear that some top teams in the conference may have been hit with player eligibility issues (grades, etc...)???
Bradford staying under the radar where Butler likes it
great soph class
nice pitching staff
Do Not discount this team
With the season well under way, who are the top seniors, suniors, soph's and freshman sop far?
Any thoughts or opinions on the upcoming AMCC season? I'm not familiar with the conference and would be interested for some info on what to look for this upcoming season.
Hawk
Welcome to the AMCC. My son plays for LaRoche, but I wanted to give you a neutral opinion of the Conference based on last years All-Conference teams as well as what I saw last year.
Top Teams: PSU Behrend, Frostburg St., LaRoche, Pitt Bradford, and Pitt Greensburg
Top Pitchers: Behrend- D. Koerbel (Returning Player and Pitcher of the Year)
A. Chrobak, B. Cain
Frostburg St-G. Wolfe,F. Forshay,T.Conner
LaRoche- P. Avolio, A. Cirocco
Pitt Bradford- B. McCracken
Pitt Greensburg- M. Zukowski
PS Altoona- P. Keith
Mt. Aloysius- D. Hutzell-Ellis( If he's still there, may have graduated)
Top Position Players:
Behrend- D. Dubensky,J. Fyffe,J. Gray,G. Lang
Frostburg St- J. Clark, J. Kroboth
LaRoche- J. Alessio, K. Borman, G. Nahay,D. Bosco,C. Kirkwood
Pitt Bradford- J. Bifano, M. Seech
Pitt Greensburg- C. Hoffner, M. Stanziano, S. Molyneaux
PS Altoona- G. Luzier, RJ Barnard
Hilbert- M. Schoepflin
Mt Aloysius- D. Clark, B. Nolan
Medaille- B. Lumadue
Franciscan- New to the Conference this year
I hope that's a pretty fair assessment! Lots of good players, lots of good games, hope you enjoy everything about it! I'm sure I missed some great players, hopefully somebody can add some players to watch!
RC,
Thanks alot for the info, I really appreciate it! I'm really looking forward to the spring and seeing some good competition. Good luck to your son and to all the teams this season! I'll be following the action and checking in here for any insight.
Thanks again,
Hawk
Ha gang:
It's almost show time.
Hawk, good luck to your son. It's a great day when you can watch your son play a little ball.
Behrend may be the team to beat, with Frostburg in 2nd. Frostburg has a very young team with a lot of potential. If Frostburg's sophmores and juniors come to play, Behrend will be in for a battle.
Hank, good to see you back in action!
with the release of the new regional rankings, does anyone think the ANCC could get two teams into the Mid-Atlantic Regional?
Quote from: rjburke on April 30, 2009, 11:51:23 PM
with the release of the new regional rankings, does anyone think the ANCC could get two teams into the Mid-Atlantic Regional?
I doubt it. Assuming that Frostburg wins the tournament, no other AMCC team has the credentials for a Pool C bid. If Frostburg doesn't win the tournament, those two tourney losses coupled with a modest 6th regional ranking will probably keep them from at large consideration. Upsets of Shenandoah and Salisbury might make a difference, but I think it unlikely.
What was everybodies take on the AMCC this year?
Mark your calendars!
The Penn State Behrend baseball team will host Mercyhurst in a fall non-traditional doubleheader on Saturday, September 21 at 10:30 a.m. on the Behrend Diamond.
Come out and support the reigning AMCC Champions!
I wish more D# teams would do this. While intra-squad stuff is all right, I would like to see the new kids in game situations against other teams.