AIKEN, S.C. -- Junior Pete Pignatiello tied a school record with 16 strikeouts and notched USC Aiken's first no-hitter in the program's 15-year history in the NCAA as the ninth-ranked Pacers (27-7) beat Anderson University (16-24) 11-0 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday night at Roberto Hernandez Stadium. It is just the 11th no-hitter in the history of the Peach Belt Conference and only the fifth that was a 9.0 inning no-no. It also was the second time this season that Anderson has suffered a no-hitter. The Trojans were hitless in a seven-inning game against Newberry on Feb. 18. Pignatiello (1-1) struck out 16 batters while walking only one, tying Bryan Ward's 1993 school record set against Augusta State. Getting solid defense behind him, the Pacers did not commit an error on the night. Pignatiello walked just two batters and hit one more, but with the help of one double play and one runner picked off first, he faced just one batter over the minimum. With the win, the Pacers extended their home winning streak to 11 straight while picking up their ninth consecutive non-conference victory. Scoreless through two and a half, the Pacers erupted for six in the bottom of the third on five hits highlighted by RBI doubles off the bats Robert Davis and Casey Derhak and a two-run blast over the left field wall by freshman Ken Raborn. Davis finished 2-for-5, while Derhak's two-bagger extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Ian Kowalchuk was a perfect 3-for-3 while Marc Joehnk also tallied three hits. Leading by the same 6-0 margin entering the home half of the seventh, USC Aiken blew the game open with five runs on two hits and one error to make it an 11-0 margin. Kowalchuk, Montoya Young, and Joehnk all had RBI in the inning. Pignatiello hit Tony Graham with the first pitch of the game, but a double play erased that base runner. John Mac White drew a leadoff walk in the second, but was picked off to end the inning. From that point forward, Josh Harrison's full-count walk with two outs in the ninth was the only other base runner allowed by Pignatiello. Getting stronger as the game went on, Pignatiello struck out 12 of his 16 victims over the final 5.0 innings including striking out the side in the fifth, sixth, and ninth innings. Nate Miller (1-3) was chased in the fourth inning after surrendering six runs, four earned, on seven hits and one walk in 3.1 innings in the loss for Anderson. 2006 Anderson University Baseball Statistics
June 6, 2006
Rutland Joins AU Baseball Staff
May 17, 2006
Anderson Wins Messick Award
May 10, 2006
Anderson Releases Spring Athletic Honor Roll
April 21, 2006
Trojans Drop Two To Fall Out Of CVAC Tourney
April 18, 2006
Trojans Finish On High Note, Rip Lander, 12-6
April 18, 2006
AU Athletics Holds Honors Night
April 17, 2006
Anderson Rolls Past Erskine, 12-7
April 15, 2006
White's Big Day Fuels Anderson Comeback
April 14, 2006
Pitts' Four-Hitter Controls Cobras
April 11, 2006
Two Big Innings Sink Jaguars
April 9, 2006
Late Runs Lead Limestone To Victory
April 8, 2006
Robson's Four-Hitter Gives Anderson A Split
April 6, 2006
Saints Complete Two-Game Sweep Of AU
April 5, 2006
North Georgia Rolls Past Anderson, 10-2
April 4, 2006
Anderson Rallies To Beat Southern Wesleyan
April 2, 2006
Belmont Abbey Completes Sweep
April 1, 2006
Abbey Sweeps Trojans
March 29, 2006
Six Anderson Pitchers Handcuff SWU
March 28, 2006
Aiken's Pignatiello Throws No-Hitter Against AU
March 27, 2006
Lewis, Nye Lead Anderson Past Limestone
March 26, 2006
Knights Salvage Final Game Of Series, 13-4
March 25, 2006
Robson's Shutout Leads Anderson To Sweep
March 23, 2006
Anderson Comeback Nips Jaguars
March 22, 2006
Erskine Slips Past Anderson, 6-5
March 19, 2006
McClain Leads Pfeiffer To Rout Of Anderson
March 18, 2006
Trojans Take Two From Pfeiffer
March 16, 2006
McCann Drives In Five To Lead Lander Past AU
March 13, 2006
Mount Olive Takes Third Game Of Series
March 11, 2006
Trojans Split With Mount Olive
March 8, 2006
UNCP Takes Game Two Of Series
March 7, 2006
Trojans Bomb Braves, 20-11
March 5, 2006
Upstate Doubles Its Way Past Anderson
March 4, 2006
Trojans Split With Division I Kennesaw State
March 2, 2006
Anderson Wins Slugfest Against PC, 17-12
February 28, 2006
Catawba Crushes Anderson
February 27, 2006
Anderson, Erskine Split Doubleheader
February 24, 2006
Fleet Roughs Up Trojans In Series Opener
February 22, 2006
Anderson Loses A Wild One To SWU
February 21, 2006
Eagles Blank Anderson, 8-0
February 19, 2006
Anderson, Newberry Split Again
February 18, 2006
Anderson, Newberry Split Doubleheader
February 16, 2006
AU Places 24 On Academic All-CVAC Team
February 16, 2006
PC Extends Anderson Losing Streak To Four
February 12, 2006
Columbus State Sweeps Anderson
February 11, 2006
Columbus State Takes Series Opener
February 9, 2006
Anderson Rallies To Beat USC Upstate, 12-11
February 8, 2006
Pucetas Leads Limestone Past Anderson, 2-1
February 5, 2006
College Baseball -- USC Upstate 16, Anderson 6
February 4, 2006
Anderson, Barton Split Baseball Doubleheader
February 3, 2006
Anderson Beats Barton In Season Opener
February 1, 2006
AU Baseball Team Opens Season Friday
December 9, 2005
Anderson Announces Fall Signees
November 3, 2005
Whitfield Named Assistant Baseball Coach
September 12, 2005
Anderson Places 111 On CVAC Presidential Roll
August 25, 2005
e-Scores Now Available On AC Website