Rosemont, PA- Rosemont's Baseball team competed in their first ever game in college history, Saturday February 19^th. FR Jamen Palladino earned the first RBI for the program in the first inning by hitting a single to left field, advancing JR Jake Meisel to second, FR Derek Shillingsford to third, and FR Luke Franklin to score the run. However, Penn State Brandywine answered with 6 runs to end the first inning.

PSU Brandywine scored another 6 runs in the second inning. The Ravens answered in the third inning with 2 runs with an RBI from FR Bobby DiDonato to third base, allowing FR Alex Rausch to score. FR Jamen Palladino also scored with a throwing error by PSU's third basemen.

In the fourth inning, the Ravens earned another 2 runs with an RBI from FR Derek Shillingsford allowing FR Brage Davis to score and an RBI from FR Anthony Ranauto allowing Shillingsford to score. PSU rallied with 7 runs, leaving the score 19-5 at the bottom of the 4^th.

FR Nick Tanella hit a single earning two RBI's from FR Dom Younger and FR Chris Walton. FR Luke Franklin flied out right field allowing FR Jack Woods to score. The Ravens finished the game with 8-19 loss.

Head Coach Ross Trachtenberg shared "I am extremely proud of the members of the Rosemont College Baseball team that took the field together for the first time on Saturday, February 19th. They committed to building this new program together and are such a deserving group to represent Rosemont College during this inaugural season.  I know how special it was for them to put on their Ravens uniform for the first time.
 
Freshman Luke Franklin stepped to the plate as the first Raven batter in program history and teammate Jamen Palladino delivered the first hit and RBI later that first inning when he knocked in Franklin for the program's first run scored.  Transfer Mike Denton threw the first pitch in program history to fellow transfer and his roommate Jake Meisel.  This season will be full of exciting moments and firsts like these.
 
The team fully appreciated the support from family members and Rosemont Community on this Opening Day as well.  There was a great deal of pride in Ravens Baseball that fueled the excitement for this first game."
 
While the result was not the outcome the team had hoped for, the team is very young, made up of 31 freshmen and 4 transfers, and we expect to see great things from this program in the future.