The field of teams is set and the pursuit of the 2023 Postove Cup Championship Season is ready to begin. The Edenton Steamers, 2022 PCL Champions, will be looking to repeat, while the Tarboro River Bandits, 2021 Champions and Greenbrier Knights, 2020 Champions will both be in the hunt. Making things even more interesting is the return of the Outer Banks Daredevils, who with 4 TSL Championships and 2 CPL Championships, will join the fray knowing what it takes to win a championship. Returning for their second season in the PCL are the Norfolk Redbirds and Virginia Beach Sea Dogs, who hope to build on their experience from last summer as they make their chase for the 2023 Postove Cup.
ABOUT THE PREMIER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE
The Premier Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The Premier Collegiate League follows all rules and regulations of the NCAA.
The Premier Collegiate League is a division of the Tidewater Summer League, with teams located throughout Northeast North Carolina and Southeast Virginia.
The close geographic proximity of our teams ensures short travel times for our players and fans who enjoy traveling to opposing team’s ballparks to cheer on their team while visiting the great towns and communities that host our teams.
Premier Collegiate League’s teams will play approximately 42 games, including regular season league games, exhibition games, plus our All Star Game and Post Season Championship Tournament.
Our season typically runs from late May through the first few days of August each summer. The PCL is a wood bat league, as are most collegiate summer leagues.
The Premier Collegiate League, was established in 2020, with the goal of providing elite collegiate players the opportunity to compete against some of the top collegiate players from around the country, connecting transitioning players with collegiate programs and providing a platform for players to further develop and showcase their talents, in a professional baseball setting.
The Premier Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The Premier Collegiate League follows all rules and regulations of the NCAA.
The Premier Collegiate League is a division of the Tidewater Summer League, with teams located throughout Northeast North Carolina and Southeast Virginia.
The close geographic proximity of our teams ensures short travel times for our players and fans who enjoy traveling to opposing team’s ballparks to cheer on their team while visiting the great towns and communities that host our teams.
Premier Collegiate League’s teams will play approximately 42 games, including regular season league games, exhibition games, plus our All Star Game and Post Season Championship Tournament.
Our season typically runs from late May through the first few days of August each summer. The PCL is a wood bat league, as are most collegiate summer leagues.
Summer baseball continues to be an important part of a collegiate players development and exposure. The majority of collegiate coaches now consider summer baseball to be a third leg of their player’s season.
With the expanded fall season, the traditional spring season, and now, with over half of all D1 collegiate players participating in summer league baseball, the summer season is an important part of a collegiate players development, exposure and well rounded collegiate baseball experience.
Going beyond the collegiate experience, summer league’s have played an important role in helping prepare players for the rigors of professional baseball as they transition to the next level.
Summer baseball approximates a minor league season, without jeopardizing the players eligibility and amateur status, and provides tremendous development opportunities and the opportunity to challenge themselves against some of the top collegiate players from across the country.
The Premier Collegiate League, was established in 2020, with the duel goal of providing our franchises with a sustainable league model, that includes close geographic proximity between our teams, equaling short travel times and reduced travel expenses, and providing elite collegiate players the opportunity to compete against some of the top collegiate players from around the country, a platform for players to further develop and showcase their talents in a professional baseball setting, and the opportunity to enjoy their summer on the ballfield and in their adoptive communities.
For questions about the the Premier Collegiate League, please email us at premiercollegiateleague@gmail.com
The PCL would like to say Thank You to all of our teams, players, coaches, fans and everyone who supported the league this past summer.
PCL League Members, thank you for being a part of the league’s 2022 season.
PCL Coaches, thank you for your hard work and dedication this summer.
PCL Fans, thank you for coming to the games and tuning into our live stream, your support is greatly appreciated.
PCL Franchises, thank you for putting together a great season for your players, fans and sponsors.
PCL Broadcast Interns, Hayden Bandel, Luke Meli and Carter Hill, thank you for an outstanding job this summer.
Eastern Officials Association, for once again providing our league with great officials for our games.
D-Bats of Virginia Beach, thank you for your support throughout the season and helping to sponsor our live stream broadcast.
Mercedes-Benz of Virginia Beach, thank you for your support throughout the season and helping sponsor our live stream broadcast and our Players of the Week Awards.
Grand Slam 2, thank you for your support throughout the season and for helping support our live stream broadcast.
Sponsors, thank you for generous support again this summer, you are the team behind the team and we could not do this without your support.
PCL Operations Director, Shannon Dooley, who also was Lakewood Park’s official score keeper, ballpark operations director, sound engineer, social media coordinator and player relations specialist, thank you for everything you do for the league.
Zephyr Hats, the Official Hat Supplier of the Premier Collegiate League, thank you once again for taking care of our hat needs this summer, they looked great.
Baden Sports, the Official Ball Supplier of the Premier Collegiate League, thank you for once again supplying our league baseballs.
Alpha Prime Sports, the Official Uniform Supplier of the Premier Collegiate League, thank you for once again supplying our league’s uniforms, they looked great.
One behalf of the Premier Collegiate League, to everyone who helped make our 2022 season a great success, we would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU.
The Premier Collegiate League would like to recognize and congratulate our 2022 Broadcaster of the Year, Luke Meli, Temple University
Luke Meli, PCL 2022 Broadcaster of the Year. Temple University/Edenton Steamers
Luke Meli, Director of Broadcasting& Media Relations
Luke Meli is an rising senior at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is a media studies and production major. He has worked as a play-by-play announcer for many Temple sports including basketball, football, and hockey. He has experience calling baseball, softball, volleyball, and women’s lacrosse for other universities in the northeast. He also works on Temple’s sports tv show, OwlSports Update, as an anchor and reporter. His dream is to be the play-by-play announcer of a professional sports team, and this will be his first taste of working directly for a team.
Earning the 2022 PCL Broadcaster of the Year award during his first season working directly for a collegiate summer team, Luke showed his experience and education had him prepared for the challenge, and his willingness to put in the hard work, make sacrifices and remain dedicated to his craft not only provided Steamers fans and players an outstanding game broadcast, he was able to capture the spirit of the 2022 Championship Season, with all of it’s highs and lows, and did so with professionalism and a flair that exceeded all expectations.
Congratulations Luke Meli, the 2022 PCL Broadcaster of the Year.
Edenton Steamers Win 2022 Premier Collegiate League Championship
The Edenton Steamers arrived at Tarboro Municipal Stadium on Saturday night to face the Tarboro River Bandits in the 2022 Premier Collegiate League Championship.
The fans came out in force, both River Bandits fans and Steamers fans as well, filling the stadium and creating a championship atmosphere from the first pitch to the last.
Edenton’s Jeremiah Boyd (Presbyterian University) led the Steamers to victory with his 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R effort, and earned himself the tournament’s Most Valuable Player recognition.
In the fifth inning, Jeremiah Boyd, came to the plate with two men on and provided the fire power the Steamers were looking for as he barreled a curve ball over the right center wall for a three run homerun and gave the Steamers a lead they never relinquished.
In the eighth inning, it was more of Jeremiah Boyd, who came to the plate with Tanner Thach on first, who drew a walk, and proceeded to drive in two more runs with his second home run of the game.
Tanner Thach led the Edenton Steamers to victory on the hill. The lefthander allowed four hits and two runs over four and two-thirds innings, striking out five. Michael Allen and Blake Gipson entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.
Nick Bruno took the loss for Tarboro River Bandits. The hurler surrendered two runs on three hits over three innings, striking out four.
Batting 2B: Ty Barrango, Hunter McClean HR: James Moses TB: Ty Barrango 2, Chase Heath, Hunter McClean 3, James Moses 5 RBI: Ty Barrango, James Moses 3 HBP: Hunter McClean PIK: James Moses Totals Team QAB: 14 (35.90%) Ty Barrango 2, Tyler Dunn 2, Chase Heath, Harrison Johnson, Jarrett May 2, Hunter McClean 2, James Moses 3, Kevin Jones
Pitching L: Nick Bruno HBP: Landon Higgerson Pitches-Strikes: Nick Bruno 56-30, Jay Bulluck 16-7, Adam Creswell 9-7, Jared David 4-3, Landon Higgerson 30-21, Lee Watson 34-26, Dawson Wiggins 25-17 Groundouts-Flyouts: Nick Bruno 1-3, Jay Bulluck 0-0, Adam Creswell 0-0, Jared David 0-0, Landon Higgerson 2-1, Lee Watson 2-0, Dawson Wiggins 1-2 First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Nick Bruno 8-15, Jay Bulluck 0-3, Adam Creswell 1-2, Jared David 0-1, Landon Higgerson 6-8, Lee Watson 7-10, Dawson Wiggins 5-7
Key
AB: At bats
R: Runs scored
H: Hits
RBI: Runs batted in
BB: Base on balls (walks)
SO: Strikeouts
2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
HR: Home runs
Grand slam: Grand slam home runs
TB: Total bases
RBI: Runs batted in
SAC: Sacrifice hits & bunts
SF: Sacrifice flies
ROE: Reached on error
FC: Hit into fielder’s choice
HBP: Hit by pitch
CI: Batter advances on catcher’s interference
GIDP: Hit into double play
GITP: Hit into triple play
SB: Stolen bases
CS: Caught stealing
PIK: Picked off
QAB: Quality at bats (any one of: 3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6+ pitch ABs, XBH, HHB, BB, SAC Bunt, SAC Fly)
QAB%: Quality at bats per plate appearance
LOB: Runners left on base at the end of an inning
E: Errors
DP: Double Plays
TP: Triple Plays
IP: Innings Pitched
#P: Total pitches
S%: Strike percentage
H: Hits allowed
R: Runs allowed
ER: Earned runs allowed
SO: Strikeouts
BB: Base on balls (walks)
HR: Home runs allowed
W: Wins
L: Losses
SV: Saves
BS: Blown saves
HBP: Hit batters
WP: Wild pitches
BK: Balks
Premier Collegiate League – summer wood bat baseball
