ABINGTON, Pa – Two solid pitching performances from Michael Dunlap (Princeton, N.J) and Ted Smallwood (Athens, NY) helped the Penn State Abington baseball team (6-0 NEAC) sweep Penn College (1-3 NEAC) Sunday afternoon. In the nine inning game one, the Nittany Lions edged the Wildcats 8-5 and won a seven inning game two 5-0.
 
Smallwood dominated the plate in game two, only allowing four hits in seven innings and struck out six batters.
 
At the plate, Tom Ditro (Philadelphia, Pa) went 4 for 7 with two runs and two RBI's for the afternoon.
 
In game one Penn College struck first, but a 5-0 run highlighted by a Ditro RBI double gave Dunlap a comfortable cushion going into the seventh.
 
The Wildcats tried to overcome an 8-3 deficit in the ninth by adding two runs, but Dunlap was able to close out the inning with an easy ground out to first.
 
Penn College pitcher Kyle Fox held Abington to three consecutive 1-2-3 innings to open game two.  Abington was able to break the deadlock in the fourth inning on a Ditro double to put one across the plate. Anthony Pletscher (Hatfield, Pa) broke open the game with a two-run homer to left center field, giving the Nittany Lions a 3-0 lead.
 
Abington sealed the game in the fifth inning on a Jason Roselli (West Deptford, N.J.) RBI single to left field.
 
The Nittany Lions will return to action when they host non-conference opponent John Jay College of Criminal Justice Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.