[naviga:h3]SRU's Anastas gets scholar award[/naviga:h3]

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University sophomore Chris Anastas has earned the PSAC Baseball Champion Scholar Award, the league announced Wednesday.

The award honors the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing at the site of the PSAC Championships. Anastas is carrying a 4.0 grade point average as a secondary education major.

[naviga:h3]SRU baseball drops tourney opener[/naviga:h3]

The Slippery Rock University baseball team managed just five hits in a 9-2 loss to Shippensburg in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament Wednesday morning at Point Stadium in Johnstown.

Shippensburg jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but The Rock closed to 3-1 in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Mitchell Wood that brought home Joe Campagna, who led off the frame with a triple.

But the wheels came off in the fifth when the Raiders extended a 4-1 lead to 7-1.

The Rock (26-19) was scheduled to play East Stroudsburg today at 9:30 a.m. in an elimination game.