Senior Brandon Shimo pitched a complete game shutout to lift the Kutztown University baseball team to a 1-0 win over Millersville University and the 2014 PSAC Championship. Shimo was named the Tournament MVP.
Shimo put together a masterpiece on the mound, earning him the MVP honor. In his nine-inning effort on Saturday, the senior allowed seven hits while striking out seven batters and walking one. Including his two scoreless innings against Seton Hill in the opening round of the tournament, Shimo threw 11 scoreless innings and picked up two wins to move to 7-1 on the year.
"It is an unexplainable feeling," Shimo said following the game. "Everyone wanted this win and I trusted my teammates. I knew I had to go into today like it was any other game, but I knew deep down what was at stake. All of these guys worked so hard to get us here today and to pull off this Cinderella story we have going on right now. We all wanted this win so bad, and I think we proved that today.
"Throughout this past year, I haven't had much of a curveball," Shimo said. "I changed my grip and my arm angle a little bit, and that was the key for me today. I was able to get batters chasing balls out of the zone with it. My defense was excellent behind me and made some fantastic plays, and we got the one run we needed."
The Golden Bears become the first No. 4 seed to win the PSAC Championship. It took down the top seed in the West in Seton Hill in the first round, the third seed in the West in Pitt-Johnstown in the semifinals, and now the top seed in the East in Millersville in the championship. This is Kutztown's seventh PSAC Championships in program history and first since 2008. It also won in 2008, 2006, 2005, 2002, 1999 and 1966. The Golden Bears won three of those under head coach Chris Blum.
