Career Statistics
Game-by-Game Statistics
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2010
2013 (Senior): Topped 40 innings pitched for a third consecutive season, doing so in 11 appearances (five starts)...ERA was right in line with his junior totals at 4.87...Ranked second on the team and set a new career-high with 32 strikeouts...Allowed career lows in hits (40), earned runs (22) and walks (12)...Factored into five decisions, going 3-2 for the season and 14-13 for his career...Tossed his fourth career complete game at Stevenson March 23, scattering five hits over seven innings and striking out six in an 11-3 E-town victory...Amassed a season-high seven punch outs in a 4-2 win over Penn State Behrend March 4...Last four games pitched were all out of the bullpen, where he thrived...Did not allow a run in 11 innings over his last four appearances, striking out nine while giving up just five hits...Pitched a hitless final 3.2 innings at Widener April 20, before coming back the next day to limit the Pride to one hit in three innings to pick up a win in relief...Struck out three in 3.1 innings on Senior Day against Lebanon Valley April 26 to register his only save of the season...Save against LVC was the third of his career, moving him into a 10th-place tie on Elizabethtown's career saves list.
2012 (Junior): Started 10 games, logging team and career-highs of 55.1 innings pitched...Went 4-5 with a 4.88 earned run average...Four wins were second most on the team behind
Taras Letnaunchyn's seven...Tied for the team lead with two complete games...Called upon for one relief appearance outside his 10 starts...Led the Jays with 29 strikeouts...Held opposing hitters to a .285 average, fourth best amongst pitchers throwing 30 innings or more...Began the season with three straight quality starts, including a 107-pitch, seven-inning complete game win over Penn State Harrisburg on March 18...Allowed just three hits over six innings and struck out three in a 3-2 win over York (Pa.) March 13.
2011 (Sophomore): One of coach
Cliff Smith's most reliable arms, Cressman fired the third most innings on the team (50.2) during a nine-start season...Suffered a tough start to the season in his two outings, but recovered in a big way...Allowed one earned run in three straight starts from March 7-April 3, and went 6+ innings in each...Tied for the team lead with five wins (5-3)...Registered better than a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (30:14)...His 30 strikeouts ranked second on team to only
Matt Ruth...Finished season with a 4.44 earned run average in 10 appearances (one in relief)...Struck out a career-high 10 batters in a 7-1 win over Arcadia on April 3...Threw six innings of one-run ball and retired six via strikeout as the Blue Jays upset No. 8 Alvernia to advance to the Commonwealth Conference Championship game.
2010 (Freshman): Headed to the mound 11 times and drew five starts...Compiled a 2-3 record and 5.35 ERA...One of five pitchers on the team to throw in excess of 30 innings (37.0)...Only gave up 51 hits, second fewest amongst the regular starters...Tied with three other players for the team lead in saves with two...Fifth on the team in strikeouts with 17...Was the lone E-town pitcher to not hit a batter during the season...Earned the win in his collegiate debut with one earned run and a strikeout over six innings of a 7-2 victory against Westminster (Pa.) on March 10...Picked up first career complete game shutout against Lancaster Bible on April 16.
High School: Member of Pittman baseball and basketball teams that qualified for postseason play in all four years of his scholastic career...Tied for sixth in South Jersey in wins (7-3) as a senior...Helped the Panthers reach the South Jersey baseball finals during his junior and senior seasons...Tri-County Conference All-Star pitcher in 2008 and 2009...Combined to go 18-4 as a junior and a senior...Rotary Student of the Month...Tri-M Honors Society...Key Club member.
Personal: Born Jan. 18, 1991...Son of Rusty and Michele Cressman...Father attended Elizabethtown College...Oldest of four children...Secondary education mathematics major.
