When the dust settled after a flurry of action over the final two innings, EMU’s baseball men had their win, taking down Southern Virginia 9-5 in Buena Vista, Va. The Royals improve to 16-17 with the road decision, giving them the most wins in a season since 2002.
For perspective, the 2002 team featured senior Erik Kratz, a current farmhand in the Toronto Blue Jays system, behind t ...More
The Royals baseball team finished their play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational with a bang on Friday, winning three games in less than the span of 12 hours. Eastern Mennonite won four of five in Florida, and returns home with an 11-5 record, just four wins from their win total from last spring.
EMU 6, MCLA 5
The Royals opened with an afternoon game aga ...More
The only thing that could stop the EMU baseball team Sunday afternoon was darkness. The Royals offense continued its roll, plating 31 runs in 11 offensive innings of a doubleheader sweep of visiting Mount Saint Vincent. Eastern Mennonite scored a total of 76 runs in 31 at-bats in five wins in Harrisonburg this weekend.
EMU 23, Mount Saint Vincent 10
The Royals ...More
Eastern Mennonite University set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as 80 Royals were honored. Last year EMU landed 61 on the list.
All of EMU’s ODAC-sponsored sports were represented on the All-Academic Team. Men’s volleyball competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference and is not eligible for the ODAC tea ...More
Six Eastern Mennonite University student-athletes have been honored by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), earning spots on the ODAC/StellarOne Sportsmanship Teams. A total of 103 players from around the conference were named to the teams.
The six honorees are: senior Micha ...More
The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) baseball and softball teams combined for eight all-conference awards following the 2013 season.
Softball
Senior Courtney Allman (Mt. Solon, VA/Fort Defiance) leaves with her first-ever All-ODAC First Team honor, a ...More
Erik Kratz, a 2002 Eastern Mennonite University graduate, went from taking pictures for fans to being the subject of their pictures during a roller-coaster 2012 Major League Baseball season with the Philadelphia Phillies. Spring training for the 2013 season began in February and fans believe Kratz is poised for a stellar season as starting catcher.
“It’s an honor to make the ...More
The Eastern Mennonite baseball team earned an impressive sweep on the road Saturday, taking down Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) by a combined total score of 15-3. The Royals used just two pitchers in the twinbill, as each starter threw all nine innings.
EMU 8, Hampden-Sydney 3
The Royals scored the first run of the game in the top of the second, but HSC answered w ...More
The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) baseball men are now riding a three-game winning streak after taking a sweep from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Friday to wrap up play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The Royals went 3-2 in Florida and return home with a record of 11-8, tying their win total from each of the previous three seasons with 21 games still to go in the ...More
EMU’s baseball men are now 7-5 after a pair of doubleheader sweeps over the weekend in Harrisonburg. The Royals powered past Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday, plating 25 runs in two, seven-inning games.
EMU 9, Mount Saint Vincent 1
The men pounded out 13 hits in the opener and jumped ahead in the bottom of the first when ...More
