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updated 08/24/2009

  Rose-Hulman News Eitel, Sadzeck Help Crystal Lake Cardinals Win NABF World Series; Four Engineers Complete Successful Summer Seasons
 

Derek Eitel recorded a miniscule 0.16 earned run average to lead the Crystal Lake Cardinals to the NABF World Series crown.

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Four returnees to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball program enjoyed standout campaigns in various summer leagues, highlighted by two Rose-Hulman pitchers who helped a team earn a World Series crown.

Derek Eitel (Marshall, Ill.) and Gannon Sadzeck (Crystal Lake, Ill./Central) helped pitch the Crystal Lake Cardinals squad to the National Amateur Baseball Federation College Division World Series title.

Eitel recorded a 5-0 record in six starts with a microscopic 0.16 earned run average.  The senior to be allowed just one earned run in 43.1 innings of work with 14 walks and 49 strikeouts as part of a squad that finished 51-15 on the season.

Following the Crystal Lake season, Eitel was a late addition to the Richmond RiverRats roster in the Prospect League.  He compiled a 2-0 record with a 2.00 earned run average in three starts, including 16 strikeouts in 18 innings of work.

Sadzeck provided solid depth to the Crystal Lake rotation with a 4-3 record and a 3.25 earned run average in nine starts.  He scattered 64 hits in 51.2 innings of work with 23 strikeouts.

Keenan Long (Park Ridge, Ill./Northwestern University) enjoyed a successful summer as both a catcher and first baseman in two leagues.  Long batted .380 for the Addison Braves with 19 hits, two doubles, two stolen bases and a .500 on-base average in the wood bat league.  He later appeared in 19 games as a Richmond RiverRat with a .371 average, seven doubles, two home runs and 12 runs scored.

Tim Tepe (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) rounded out Rose-Hulman's Summer League list by appearing in 17 games for the Hamilton Joes of the Great Lakes League.

Eitel, Long, Sadzeck and Tepe are four of the 23 returning letter winners for the Fightin' Engineer program in 2010.  Rose-Hulman has appeared in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament during each of the past two seasons and finished 32-14 in 2009.

   

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