Longwood University Athletics

2023: Top reliever in Longwood’s bullpen who led the team in saves with four…Went 2-1 in 20 relief appearances and tossed 33.1 innings with a 4.59 ERA…Struck out 24 to 13 walks while giving up 20 runs, 17 earned, on 36 hits…Posted a 3.09 ERA in Big South play and led the team with 12 appearances and three saves…Threw 23.1 innings and went 2-1 in Big South games with 18 strikeouts to nine walks…He threw more than one inning in 13 of his 20 relief appearances…Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week once April 3…Earned his first save of the season with 1.0 inning against Iona in a 5-4 win where he gave up one run on a hit and a walk with one strikeout on March 10…Earned two saves in the series against High Point…Pitched 1.2 scoreless, hitless innings on March 31 with one walk and two strikeouts for the first save…Tossed 3.0 scoreless frames while giving up three hits on April 2 to earn the other…Earned the save in Longwood’s win over No. 14 Campbell on April 15 after tossing 2.0 scoreless, hitless frames with one walk and one strikeout…Earned a relief win on April 23 at Charleston Southern as Longwood won 9-7 in extra innings after he tossed 3.0 frames while giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts…Earned the win at Presbyterian on May 14 with 2.1 scoreless relief innings where he gave up one hit and one walk while striking out two…

2022: Middle inning relief pitcher who posted a 4.95 ERA in 40 innings of work…opponents hit a career low .305 off him…started three games…struck out 33 batters, a career best and walked just 11…surrendered 46 hits…went 3.1 innings against Purdue and struck out five without allowing a run…gave up no earned runs in 11.2 consecutive innings against Duke, High Point and Presbyterian…pitched at least three innings in nine appearances…struck out at least three in six appearances

2021: Posted a 7.11 ERA over 12 appearances, eight starts, while going 3-3 on the mound in 44.1 innings…Struck out 32 to 30 walks…Struck out a season-high seven against Presbyterian in a season-high 5.1 innings of work, giving up five runs, four earned, on five hits and four walks to earn the win...Earned his first collegiate win with 4.0 innings at The Citadel on Feb. 19 while striking out two against five hits and two runs…Earned his third win of the season on April 30 against Radford while tying a season-high with 5.1 innings while only giving up four runs, two earned, on five hits and four walks…

2020: Had a 10.67 ERA in 14.1 innings while notching a team-best 22 strikeouts to eight walks in five appearances, four starts, with an 0-4 record…Struck out at least three in three of his four starts…Named Big South Freshman of the Week after a dominant start against Ball State on March 8…In that dominant start, he struck out a career best 10 to one walk and two runs, one earned, on two hits in a career best 5.0 innings despite taking a tough luck loss…Struck out seven in 2.2 innings against NJIT on Feb. 21 against four walks, four hits and five runs…

High School: Notched a 2.11 ERA with a 6-3 record to go with 51 strikeouts in 53 innings as a senior…Went 2-1 with a 1.75 ERA as a junior…First team all-conference as a senior after earning all-conference honorable mention as a junior…

Academics: Business major with a minor in finance… Academic all-conference twice in high school…Member of the National Honor Society for two seasons…Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Personal: Brother, Jonathan, played baseball at Campbell…Dad, Michael, played baseball at Penn State…son of Michael and Lynn D’Ercole…Favorite athletes are Ronald Acuna Jr., Freddy Freeman and Sebastian Aho…Hobbies include playing baseball, golfing, bowling and dominating corn hole…