2022 OCCAC Baseball News
Edison State Community College Athletics is the 2021-22 OCCAC All-Sports Award recipient. This marks the Chargers’ second such accolade in the last three seasons after not competing due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21.
Spring semesters across the conference are officially wrapped up, and a plethora of OCCAC student-athletes have earned Academic All-Conference distinction.
Ohio Community College Athletic Conference champions, Owens Softball and Clark State Baseball, garnered seven and five all-league honorees, respectively, including four First Team nods for each program. Edison State hauled in the most combined honors, totaling 11 between the two sports. Thirteen teams representing seven different schools picked up at least one laurel.
Owens Athletics seized both Pitcher of the Week accolades for of April 25-May 1 while Mia Cipriano (Lakeland) and Ben Scartz (Clark State) were named Players of the Week.
Two truncated no-hitters from Bailey Cravens (Lakeland) and Zayvier Beachy (Owens) resulted in OCCAC Pitcher of the Week honors for their 5-inning outings. Olivia Place (Edison State) and Ben Scartz (Clark State) rounded out the April 18-24 honorees thanks to offensive outbursts from each.
Bryant & Stratton (OH) Athletics snagged three of the five OCCAC honors this week (April 11-17) while Kylie Ulch (Owens) and Jacob Savina (Clark State) joined the party. The three Bobcat honorees were Sam Goode, Dominick Prevesk and Tyler Schlick.
Week 7 of spring sports competition brought along five weekly award winners from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. Lakeland’s Tatianna Matuz and Bailey Cravens swept the softball accolades while Clay Jacobs (Edison State) earned player of the week and a pair of no-hitters by Kevin Bellamy (Edison State) and Breven Deckosh (Owens) resulted in co-pitcher of the week recognition.
Noah Blank (Owens), Tatianna Matuz (Lakeland), Ben Scartz (Clark State) and Grace Shaffer (Edison State) all put forth extraordinary effort March 28-April 3, and each earned a weekly honor from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference.
On Sunday, April 3 CCBC Catonsville Cardinals hosted Camden County College for a two-game double header. Throughout the first game was a back and forth fight.
April 2, 2022 – – The Lorain County Community College baseball team picked up vital wins this weekend against regional opponent Terra State Community College, going 3-1 in the series which culminated in a nail-biting comeback win in the finale against the Titans, 7-6.
April 2, 2022 – – The Lorain County Community College baseball team picked up vital wins this weekend against regional opponent Terra State Community College, going 3-1 in the series which culminated in a nail-biting comeback win in the finale against the Titans, 7-6.
The Edison State trio of Jaren Slusher, Hanna DeLong and Morgan Pike were joined by Bryant & Stratton (OH)’s Jackson Homage as the OCCAC’s athletes of the week for March 21-27. Slusher and Pine earned Pitcher of the Week honors while DeLong and Homage were voted as the Players of the Week.
March 25, 2022 – – The Lorain County Community College baseball team stumbled against DII Lakeland Community College Friday afternoon at Mercy Health Stadium, falling 15-0 in game one and 11-8 in game two in their first taste of Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) competition.
March 25, 2022 – – The Lorain County Community College baseball team stumbled against DII Lakeland Community College Friday afternoon at Mercy Health Stadium, falling 15-0 in game one and 11-8 in game two in their first taste of Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) competition.
Owens Softball began its 2022 season with a Spring Break trip that included a 5-1 mark and award-winning effort by Maddie Mockensturm. The second baseman/pitcher earned the OCCAC’s Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for March 14-20. Edison State teammates Mannee Wells and Kevin Bellamy were named the league’s baseball player and pitcher of the week, respectively.
March 22, 2022 – – The Lorain County Community College baseball team went 1-3 against Hocking College in two doubleheaders over the weekend at Sports Force Park in Sandusky, Ohio.
