The game was originally scheduled to be played at PNC, but was moved to Calumet High School, the home field of CCSJ, due to snow in Westville.

The Panthers improved to 9-11 overall and 5-1 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference while the Crimson Wave dropped to 8-7 and 0-4.

In the first game Phillips (Elkhart, IN/Elkhart Memorial HS) was brilliant, facing the minimum 21 batters while striking out three.  The lone runner reached base on a second inning walk and was promptly picked off by Phillips. 

Phillips (3-1) allowed just two balls out of the infield while recording 13 ground ball outs.  He was sharp as he reached three balls just three times in the game and allowed just his second walk in 32 innings pitched so far this year.  He needed just 71 pitches in the seven inning, complete-game effort.

Calumet’s senior pitcher, Russell Gould (Hammond, IN/Clark HS) nearly matched Phillips, allowing just one run on seven hits without a walk while picking up one strikeout.

The Panthers lone run came in the third inning when Mike Zolper (so., Hebron, IN/Boone Grove HS) reached on a two-out base-hit, stole second base and scored on a single by Chris Schultz (jr., Elgin, IL/Elgin CC).  Zolper led the Panthers with three hits.

Both teams played excellent defense, especially in the infield, as CCSJ had the only error in the game.

“It was really fun to watch Brian pitch today,” said Panther Head Coach John Weber.  “He had command of three pitches and kept a good team off balance all day long.  These opportunities don’t come around too often, in fact it’s just the third no-hitter I’ve seen in my 14 years of coaching,” said the skipper.

It is believed to be the first no-hitter thrown by a Panther since PNC started baseball as an NAIA intercollegiate sport in 1999.

In game two junior Casey Young (Schoolcraft, MI/Kalamazoo Valley CC) allowed just three hits in another complete game while picking up his first win as a Panther. 

Young (1-0) struck out four while walking one and faced just four batters over the minimum.  He allowed two hits in the first inning and a harmless single in the fifth inning the rest of the game.   

The Panthers picked up seven hits again, and scored all their runs with two outs.  Zolper had another solid game with two hits, two RBI and a stolen base.  Jake Pierce (sr., Crown Point, IN/Vincennes JC) added two hits, including a double and an RBI while Schultz hit his fourth homer of the year in the first inning. 

Senior Chris Stocker (Chicago, IL/St. Ignatius HS) added a clutch two-run single in the third inning for PNC and Chris Cappello (Whiting, IN/Mt. Carmel HS) contributed an RBI single in the fourth. 

The Panthers play again on Sunday when they travel to Chicago to take on the Illinois Institute of Technology in another CCAC doubleheader.  The first pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.