Baseball – Hornets quest for a third straight EPC title begins this afternoon as they host Pocono Mountain East in the quarterfinals. PREVIEW:

Photo courtesy: Emmaus Baseball

Who – No. 4 seed Emmaus (13-7 overall) vs No. 5 seed Pocono Mountain East (14-5)

What – EPC Quarterfinals

When/Where – Thursday, May 11 @ 4 p.m./Church Lane Park

What’s on the line – A berth in the EPC Semis on Monday at 7 p.m. at DeSales University vs winner No.1 Parkland/No.8 Pleasant Valley

Coverage – LIVE on The Eastern Pa Sports Network (Pregame: 3:50 pm). https://easternpasportsnet.mixlr.com/events/2338725

Coaches – Emmaus: Jeremy Haas (5th year); PME: Matt DelGiudice (5th year)

Probables Emmaus – Jr. CF Wiley Fleck (.414), Jr. RF Noah Hogan (.397), Sr. 1B Zach McEllroy (.322), Jr. 3B Chad Kauffman (.356), Jr. CF Colin Wilson (.366), Jr. 2B Emmit Budick (.404), Fr. DH Cole Moreau (.364), Jr. SS Cohen Schadler (.371), Jr. C Michael Kernechel, P Sr. TJ Geist (3-2, 1.96 ERA) or Sr. P Ryan Latchford (2-1, 4.06 ERA)

PME key players – Sr. P/OF Gavin Sopko (.426/5-2, 2.16 ERA), Jr. P/OF Adam Horvath (.421/4-1 1.42), Sr. P/INF Evan Schmelz (.321), Jr. Nate Meinweiser (.317)

GAME NOTES – The two-time defending EPC champs being their quest for a third straight title today hosting PM East. This is the first time since 2021 that the programs are meeting –Emmaus won that game 7-4 in Swiftwater … The Hornets ended the regular-season with a pair of losses — 3-2 to Parkland and 9-4 to Cedar Cliff … PME has won six straight. Their five losses this season have come against Stroudsburg (10-7), PV (6-5), Parkland (6-1), Liberty (7-0) and Nazareth (5-2).