St. Davids, Pa. (April 11, 2026) - Alvernia University (14-17, 6-9) secured the MAC Commonwealth baseball series victory over Eastern University (21-10, 8-7) with a victory in game two of the series but dropped game three Saturday at Eastern. 

The Golden Wolves took game one of the doubleheader and secured the series victory over the Eagles with an 8-1 victory behind a complete game, one run outing from senior lefthander Nick Ferraioli. Alvernia then fell in game three of the series, 4-0, but still took the Commonwealth series, 2-1. 

Game One (7 innings): Alvernia 8, Eastern 1

How it Happened

• The Golden Wolves got to work early, plating three runs in the top of the first. Max Hansen led off the game with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a fielder's choice. Jack Zabarsky then reached on an error as Hanswen advanced to third. A double to left field by Timmy Hitchcock scored Hansen, and Zabarsky came around to score on a sac fly by Will Woodring. Hitchcock then scored on a throwing error to give Alvernia the 3-0 lead. 
• Eastern got a run back in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on an RBI single to the left gap to get on the board, 3-1.
• The Golden Wolves broke the game open in the top of the sixth, scoring five runs on five hits and an Eastern error. Jake Chapman led off the inning by reaching on an error, and advanced to third on a Mike Pulcini double down the third base line. Chapman then came around and scored on a Max Hansen single through the left side, and Pulcini came in to score on a wild pitch to give Alvernia the 5-1 lead without an out on the board.
• After the Eagles got their first out of the inning, Max Hansen scored for Alvernia on another Eastern wild pitch. Hitchcock and Harold Ivery III both reached on singles, and Hitchcock came around to score on a groundout by Bobby Hansen. A Christopher Babkowski single to left field capped off the inning for Alvernia, bringing in Ivery and giving Alvernia the 8-1 lead going into the sixth.
• Nick Ferraioli on the mound for Alvernia allowed just one hit the rest of the way to finish off a stellar outing for the senior. Ferraioli went the distance for Alvernia on the mound, striking out nine batters and scattering just four hits and one run.

Alvernia Batting

• Timmy Hitchcock: 3-for-5, 1 2B, 2 Runs, 1 RBI
• Max Hansen: 2-for-4, 2 Runs, 1 RBI
• Jack Zabarsky: 1-for-3, 1 Run, 1 BB
• Mike Pulcini: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 Run, 1 BB

Alvernia Pitching

• Nick Ferraioli (W, 4-0): 7 IP, 4 Hits, 1 Run, 1 Earned, 2 BB, 9 SO, 26 BF

Game Two: Eastern: 4, Alvernia: 0

How it Happened 

• The Golden Wolves and the Eagles went scoreless for the first five innings of the game but both teams had chances to score. Alvernia had runners in scoring position in four of the first five innings of the game but were unable to scratch a run across. 
• Alvernia starter Matt Mays held the Eagles at bay as well until Eastern grabbed the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning after an RBI single up the middle to score a run and put the Eagles up 1-0. 
• The Eagles then tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning after an RBI double down the third base line made it a 2-0 ballgame. 
• Eastern added two more runs via a two RBI single to right center with the bases loaded to push the lead to 4-0 heading to the top of the eighth. 
• The Golden Wolves had a chance to grab some runs in the top of the ninth after a two out double by Austin Schurman and a pinch hit single by Tim DeGaetano put runners on the corners but the Golden Wolves were unable to push any runs across as the Eagles grabbed game three in the series, 4-0. 

Alvernia Hitting: 

• Austin Schurman: 1-for-1, 2B
• Jack Zabarsky: 1-for-4
• Harold Ivery III: 1-for-4
• Bobby Hansen: 1-for-4
• Max Hansen: 0-for-2, 3 BB
• Mike Pulcini: 1-for-2

Alvernia Pitching: 

• Matt Mays (L, 2-4): 6.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Donovan Hughes: 0.0 IP, H, 0 R, BB
• Ronald Kopcho: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, K

Up Next 

• The Golden Wolves are back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Rutgers-Camden for a non-conference matchup at 6:00 PM.