LebCo College Baseball Prospect Tracker: February 20, 2025

By Steve Beard, LebCoSports Senior Baseball Contributor

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First Pitch

Division 1 Baseball kicked off with a Lebanon County pitcher picking up the first win of the 2025 season at D1. Weather knocked out most of the rest of the schedule and looks to cause havoc this week as well. Here’s a Week Two recap with two brothers in our Featured Spotlights.

Featured Player Spotlight

Season Stats  / Upcoming Schedule

Following three years in a utility role of 3B/DH/2B including back to back conference honors at second base, senior Dylan Beard returns to the position at which he was recruited, first base. Messiah traveled to Newport News, VA face nationally ranked #11 Christopher Newport University for a three game set. While Messiah was swept, Beard was among the leaders on both sides of the ball for the Falcons. In game one, offense was at a premium as the big righty tallied one of three hits for MU. He singled, walked, stole a base and scored a run as CNU prevailed 8-2. In game two on Friday, Beard ripped a two run single (Video) to give Messiah a four run lead, which they squandered with walks and errors, falling 9-5 after leading by three runs in the seventh (Game Stories and Box Scores). Messiah again let one get away on Saturday with Beard tallying an RBI single off the wall (Video) in three at bats with two runs and two walks along with several outstanding defensive plays (Video) (Video) (Game Story and Box Score). He finished the weekend 3 for 10 with three runs, three RBI, four walks, and a stolen base. Messiah heads to Ashland VA to face Randolph-Macon College this weekend.

Messiah Senior 1B Dylan Beard in pre-game and in-game action in Newport News, VA on February 15, 2025 against Christopher Newport University.  / Photo Credit: Jolene Beard

Featured Pitcher Spotlight

Season Stats  / Upcoming Schedule

JuCo Junior RHP Austin Beard drew the first game of the D1 Baseball season, a 9:30am Friday tilt with the Dayton (OH) Flyers at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, NC. Following a hard hit double and back-to-back-to-back weak contact singles, Beard found himself down 2-0 with runners on first and second and no outs in the first. Aided by a running catch in centerfield, Beard worked out of the inning and went on to retire nine in a row, including his first NCAA strikeout (Video). After allowing a seeing eye single in the fifth, he recorded three more outs (Video), exiting with a two run lead in the fourth. Monmouth prevailed in the scheduled seven inning contest, 4-2 (Game Story and Box Score). Beard notched his first career NCAA victory after winning fourteen over two years in the National Junior College Athletic  Association. Monmouth swept Dayton and lost two to Michigan State. They face Pitt in Cary this coming weekend.

Austin Beard delivers a pitch for Monmouth University on February 15, 2025 versus the Dayton Flyers in Cary, NC. / Photo Credit: Hawks Open Season With Sweep of Dayton – Monmouth University Athletics

Austin Beard in action against Dayton on February 14, 2025 in Cary, NC.  / Photo Credit: Steve Beard

LebCo College Baseball Prospect Tracker: February 13, 2025

Class of 2020/2021

 Season Stats  / Upcoming Schedule

Dalton Reinhart started both ends of a doubleheader in which Stevenson was swept by Marymount. Reinhart was hitless in seven plate appearances (Game Stories and Box Scores). Stevenson faced Notre Dame of Maryland University in Maryland this weekend.

Class of 2024

Season Stats  / Upcoming Schedule

The freshman right hander threw one-third of an inning allowing a couple of runs  on Saturday in an 8-7 FTCC win over Southeastern Community College (Box Score).

From the Scouts

Kody Boyer – Baseball – Delaware Valley University Athletics

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For more, check out our 2025 College Baseball Preview