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CAPE COD, Mass. -- Junior Scott Beattie (Springvale, Maine) was 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and sophomore Joe DeMartino (West Barnstable, Mass) was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three runs batted in as Wheaton defeated Roger Williams, 8-6, in an opening round game of the 2002 NCAA Division III New England Baseball Regional.
Roger Williams got on the board first, scoring a run in the top of the first inning on a fielder’s choice by sophomore Bill Hawkins (Johnston, R.I.). The Lyons countered in the last of the first, on an RBI double by senior Chris Denorfia (Southington, Conn.). The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when freshman John Morano (North Providence, R.I.) belted his fourth home run of the season. Wheaton tied the game at 2-all in the bottom of the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by junior Brett Edmunds (Wolfeboro, N.H.), before the Hawks took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth inning when Hawkins scored on a Wheaton error. The Lyons took a 4-3 lead in the last of the fifth, on a one-out, two-rbi double from DeMartino, which plated Denorfia and Whalen.
However, the lead was short-lived, as junior Robert Borland (New Windsor, N.Y.) hit an rbi single to left, which knotted the game at 4-all. Wheaton used a two-run sixth to break the 4-all tie and take the lead for good. Beattie’s rbi triple made the score 5-4, while Denofria’s rbi double gave Wheaton a 6-4 lead. The Lyons added two more in the seventh inning, and lead, 8-4, after eight innings of play. Roger Williams loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth and cut the lead to 8-6. However, a ground out, strike out, and ground out ended the Hawks chances to tying the game.
Sophomore Mike Parlato (Bethlehem, Conn.) earned the win for the Lyons, pitching 2.2 innings of work in relief of starter Trevor Alexander (Wilton, Maine), who pitched the first 5.1 innings. Junior Josh Rosen, who took the loss on the mound, was 3-for-4 for the Hawks, who will play tomorrow at noon. Wheaton will play tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Sophomore Dwight Wildman (Seymour, Conn.) went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of runs batted and sophomore Joey Serfass (Newington, Conn.) hurled a five-hit complete game as Eastern Connecticut defeated Suffolk, 9-1, in the first round of the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.
The Warriors jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first, as Wildman had an RBI single, senior Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and freshman Tom Koch (Warwick, R.I.) had an rbi single. Eastern Conn. added two more in the fourth inning as senior Inaki Ormaechea (New Britain, Conn.) and junior Jeff Funaro (Milford, Conn.) each scored runs, the latter coming on a Wildman rbi single.
After Suffolk scored its lone run in the top of the fifth inning, the Warriors increased their lead to 6-1 in the last of the sixth as senior John Kubachka (Seymour, Conn.) scored on a sacrifice fly. Eastern Connecticut rounded out the scoring, scoring a pair in the seventh inning and one more in the eighth inning.
Serfass was in control the whole game, throwing just 99 pitches, walking one and striking out 10 batters. Suffolk was led by freshman Mike Maguire (Medford, Mass.), who had a pair of hits. Rams sophomore Anthony Del Prete (Waltham, Mass.) pitched a complete game and had three strikeouts. Suffolk will play Roger Williams Friday at noon in an elimination game. Eastern Connecticut will play the winner of the Brandeis/Tufts game tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Senior Dan Callahan (Medfield, Mass.) and junior Brian Shapiro (Swampscott, Mass.) were each 2-for-3 with three runs batted in, and junior Jon Lee (Mahnassett Hills, N/Y.) struck out 11 batters as Tufts defeated Brandeis, 8-2, in an NCAA Division III Baseball Regional First Round Game.
Brandeis jumped on the board first, when senior Jim Freethey (Manchester, N.H.) led off the game with his fourth home run of the season. The Jumbos evened the score at 1-all in the home half of the first when junior Evan Zupancic (Lake Oswego, Ore.), who was 2-for-3 with four runs scored, scored on a sacrifice fly. Brandeis took the lead again in the top of the third when senior Mike Dowdy (Waltham, Mass.) scored on fielder’s choice. However, the lead was short-lived as Shapiro hit his seventh home run of the season, a two-run blast to left. The Jumbos added two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings and tallied one time in the eighth, to round out the scoring.
Lee scattered nine hits over nine innings to improve to 7-1. Brandeis junior Tom McShane (Manchester, N.H.) pitched 5.2 innings to take the loss, He allowed seven runs on nine hits during that span to drop to 8-4. Brandeis will face Wheaton Friday at 3:30 p.m., while Tufts will face Eastern Connecticut Friday at 7 p.m.
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Senior Adam Pellerin’s (Norton, Mass.) bases-loaded double in the top of the 11th inning broke an 8-all tie, en route to Suffolk defeating Roger Williams, 13-12, in an elimination game of the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional at Whitehouse Field hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
The Rams jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as freshman Mike Maguire (Medford, Mass.) scored on Pellerin’s sacrifice fly. That lead stood until the home half of the third inning when Roger Williams countered with two runs to take a 2-1 lead on an rbi single by sophomore Brian Robinson (Columbia, Conn.). Suffolk took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth when junior Ryan Racicot (Wareham, Mass.) and freshman Pat Young (Pembroke, Mass.) each recorded rbi singles. The Rams added five more runs in the top of the fifth inning, capped off by a grand slam by Racicot and led, 8-2, after four and a half innings of play. The Hawks took advantage of two Suffolk errors in the home half of the fifth, bringing the lead to one (8-7). Junior Jason Dunlea (Portsmouth, R.I.) led the charge with a bases-loaded, three-rbi double. Roger Williams then tied the score in the last of the last of the eighth inning, on an rbi single by Robinson.
The Rams exploded for five in the top of the 11th, as Pellerin’s double drove in three runs, junior Tim Fraser (Medway, Mass.) had an rbi single, which scored Pellerin, and sophomore Kris Stokes (Fall River, Mass.) scored on an error. Roger Williams mounted a rally in the home half of the 11th, scoring four runs, including two on an rbi triple by junior Josh Rosen (Wakefield, R.I.). The Hawks had runners on first and third with two outs, but freshman Sean Whalen (Cromwell, Conn.) flew to center to end the game.
Junior John Kollek (Fall River, Mass.) pitched the final three innings for the Rams, to earn his fourth win of the season. He yielded three hits and struck out three batters. Junior Christos Zervas (Pawtucket, R.I.) took the loss for Roger Williams, pitching 6.2 innings in relief. Suffolk advances to the third round on Saturday, against an opponent to be determined. Roger Williams ends its season with a 24-17 record.
CAPE COD, Mass. --Seniors Will Bissonnette (Roslindale, Mass.) and Damon Whalen (Pelham, N.H.) each had four hits as part of a 16-hit attack to lead Wheaton to a 7-2 victory over Brandeis in second round play of the 2002 NCAA Division III Northeast Baseball Regional Friday afternoon at Whitehouse Field hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
The top-seeded Lyons (36-7-1) jumped out to a 2-0 second inning lead on a pair of RBI singles by seniors Zachariah Brown (Ashland, Mass.) and Marc Senia (South Windsor, Conn.), but the fourth-seeded Judges (25-14) sliced their deficit in half with a single run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI double by sophomore Dan McIntosh (Falmouth, Mass.).
The score remained that way until the teams exchanged runs in the seventh, as an RBI single by Bissonnette gave Wheaton a 3-1 lead before Brandeis countered with a two-out RBI double off the bat of junior Sean Ewers (Old Lyme, Conn.) to pull to within a run for the final time. Wheaton iced its triumph with four runs in the eighth, as a two-run double by Senia extended the Lyons’ advantage to 5-2, while a pair of RBI singles by Bissonnette and sophomore Tim Ziakas (Succasunna, N.J.) closed out the scoring for the contest. Senia collected three hits in the victory for Wheaton, while Ziakas added a pair of hits for the Lyons on the day. Senior Jim Freethey (Manchester, N.H.) and junior Andrew Kahn (Los Angeles, Calif.) each had two hits as part of a nine-hit Brandeis attack in the setback.
Junior Mike Hunsinger (Fall River, Mass.) went the distance to pick up the win on the mound for the Lyons, as he struck out a pair to improve to a perfect 8-0 on the spring. Junior Mike Parissi (Leicester, Mass.) allowed five runs in 7 1/3 innings in the setback for the Judges in falling to 6-4 on the season.
Wheaton advances in the winner’s bracket of the 2002 NCAA Division III Northeast Baseball Regional, hosted by the ECAC, to take on the winner of the Tufts-Eastern Connecticut second round match-up on Saturday afternoon at Noon. The setback ended Brandeis’ season, as the Judges also fell to Tufts in Thursday’s opening round of the double-elimination tournament
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Junior Matt Fortin (Tolland, Conn.) tossed a complete-game eight- hitter and struck out 11 in picking up his sixth win of the season to lead second-seeded Eastern Connecticut to a 5-2 victory over third-seeded Tufts in second round play of the 2002 NCAA Division III New England Baseball Regional Friday evening at Whitehouse Field hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Fortin retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced in propelling the Warriors (32-9-1) to their triumph, as Eastern Connecticut jumped out to 3-0 lead in its first at-bat on a throwing error and a two-run double by senior Inaki Ormaechea (New Britain, Conn.).
The Jumbos (26-9-1) closed that gap to one in the fourth by plating a pair of runs on RBI singles by senior Tim Ayres (Irvine, Calif.) and junior Brian Shapiro (Swampscott, Mass.), but the Warriors added single insurance runs in the fifth and seventh frames on a sacrifice fly by junior Jeff Funaro (Milford, Conn.) and an RBI single by senior John Hedde (Stonington, Conn.) to close out the scoring. Sophomore Dwight Wildman (Seymour, Conn.) collected three of Eastern Connecticut’s 11 hits on the evening, while senior Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) added a pair of safeties for the Warriors. Ayres had a pair of hits in the setback for Tufts, as senior Steve Lapham (Newburyport, Mass.) allowed two earned runs over seven innings in falling to 2-3 on the season.
Eastern Connecticut will face top-seeded Wheaton in third round play on Saturday afternoon at Whitehouse Field beginning at Noon, while Tufts will take on Suffolk in an elimination round contest that begins at 3:30 p.m. The Eastern Connecticut-Wheaton loser will face the Tufts-Suffolk winner in an elimination round match-up on Saturday evening at Whitehouse Field beginning at 7:00 p.m.
CAPE COD, Mass. --Junior Scott Beattie (Springvale, Maine) went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three runs batted in as Wheaton (37-7-1) defeated Eastern Connecticut (32-10-1), 7-4, in the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional, hosted by the ECAC at Whitehouse Field.
Eastern Connecticut jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top half of the third inning when senior John Kubachka (Glastonbury, Conn.) was hit by a pitch, which scored junior Jeff Funaro (Milford, Conn.). Senior Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) followed with a sacrifice fly, which plated sophomore Eugene Julien (Brockton, Mass.). Wheaton took the lead for good in the last of the third, scoring three runs on three hits, with two coming on a two-RBI triple by Beattie. Beattie scored on a RBI double by senior Chris Denorfia (Southington, Conn.). The Lyons added two more in the fourth inning to take a 5-2 lead. Beattie had his third RBI during that inning on a single to left.
The teams traded runs in both the fifth and eighth innings to round out the scoring. Wheaton freshman Keith Cooper (Swampscott, Mass.) hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot in the fifth.
Sophomore Matt Parlato (Bethlehem, Conn.) earned his second win of the tournament to improve to 8-2. He pitched 7.1 innings, yielding eight hits and striking out five batters. Senior Mike Spavento (Milton, Mass.) earned his 19th save of the season, pitching 1.2 innings of relief. Eastern Connecticut junior Adam Czerwinski (Wakefield, R.I.) took the loss for the Warriors, lasting 3.2 innings.
With the win, Wheaton will play in the regional championship tomorrow at noon. Eastern Connecticut is back in action this evening, needing a win to stave off elimination and earn a berth in tomorrow’s title game.
Scott Beattie drove in three runs with four hits and scored twice to lead the top-seeded Wheaton College baseball team to a 7-4 win over Eastern Connecticut State University Sunday, dropping the Warriors into the losers’ bracket in the NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament at Whitehouse Field. Second-seeded Eastern (32-10-1) was scheduled to face third-seeded Tufts University (27-9-1) Sunday at 7 p.m. The Jumbos eliminated fifth-seeded Suffolk University in Sunday's second game 7-1 to remain alive and set up a re-match with Eastern. The winner advances to Monday’s championship round against unbeaten Wheaton (37-7-1) at noon.
Sunday, the Lyons erased an early 2-0 Eastern lead by scoring three times in the third and chasing Eastern starter Adam Czerwinski (SOMERS) with two runs on two hits, three walks, a stolen base and wild pitch in the fourth. Beattie had a two-run opposite-field triple down the right field line in the third and Chris Denorfia followed with an RBI double down the left field line to give Wheaton the 3-2 lead in the third. An outfield throwing error made it 4-2 in the fourth and Beattie pushed the lead to 5-2 with an RBI single to left. That hit chased Czerwinski in favor of sophomore lefty Matt Schumey (ROCKVILLE), who walked a batter to load the bases but prevented further damage by fanning No. 4 batter Damon Whalen on a 3-2 pitch. Schumey allowed only four hits and two runs over the final 4 and one-third innings but Eastern was held in check by winning pitcher Matt Parlato and reliever Mike Spavento. Parlato won his second tournament game by pitching into the eighth and Spavento recorded his nation-leading 19th save by getting the final five outs.
Senior first baseman JohnKubachka (GLASTONBURY) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and and senior rightfielder Jared Holowaty (COLUMBIA) had a sacrifice fly in the third to give Eastern an early lead for the third straight tournament game but the Warriors managed more than one hit in only one of the final six innings. Eastern stranded two runners after scoring twice in the third and two more after No. 9 hitter Jeff Funaro’s (MILFORD) sacrifice fly made it 6-4 in the eighth. Down 6-3 in the seventh, Eastern put two runners aboard without an out but Parlato retired sophomore centerfielder Dwight Wildman (SEYMOUR) on a deep fly ball to left for the first out. After Kubachka ground into a fielder’s choice for the second out, Wheaton second baseman Tim Ziakas made a standout over-the-shoulder catch of Holowaty’s bloop into shallow right field to end the inning. Junior second baseman Morgan Thompson (NORWALK), batting leadoff, had two hits, walked twice and had a sacrifice bunt in five plate appeaerances. Sophomore DH Eugene Julien (BROCKTON, MA), senior third baseman Inaki Ormaechea (NEW BRITAIN) and senior leftfielder John Hedde (STONINGTON) all had two hits. Kubachka was 0-for-4, leaving him with one hit in 11 tournament at-bats.
CAPE COD, Mass. --Sophomore Randy Newsom (Cincinnati, Ohio) tossed a complete-game six-hitter and struck out a career-high 13 to lead third-seeded Tufts to a 7-1 victory over fifth-seeded Suffolk in third round play of the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional hosted by the ECAC at Whitehouse Field. The Jumbos (27-9-1) advance in the tournament to face second-seeded Eastern Connecticut in an elimination round contest on Sunday evening at Whitehouse Field beginning at 7:00.
Tufts, which established a school record for victories in one season with its triumph, took a 1-0 lead in its first at-bat on junior Brian Shapiro’s (Swampscott, Mass.) sacrifice fly, but the Rams (27-14-1) evened matters in the second on an RBI double by junior Bryan McManaway (Bay Shore, N.Y.). The Jumbos took the lead for good in the sixth on a two-run single by sophomore Greg Hickey (Medway, Mass.) and a throwing error for a 5-1 advantage, and the winners tacked on two insurance tallies in the seventh on an RBI single by Shapiro that was followed by an RBI triple by Hickey to close out the scoring.
Newsom took care of the rest on the mound for Tufts in picking up his sixth victory in seven decisions this spring. Shapiro and senior Dan Callahan (Medfield, Mass.) each had three hits as part of a 13-hit Tufts attack, while Hickey, junior Jon Herbert (Davidsonville, Md.) and freshman Adam Kacamburas (North Reading, Mass.) each added a pair of safeties for the Jumbos.
Junior Ryan Racicot (Wareham, Mass.) rapped out a pair of hits in the setback for Suffolk, as sophomore Kris Stokes (Fall River, Mass.) allowed 11 hits and five earned runs in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss on the mound for the Rams, as he fell to 2-1 on the season.
Tufts will meet Eastern Connecticut for the second time in the NCAA Division III Regional hosted by the ECAC, as the Jumbos dropped a 5-2 decision to the Warriors on Friday evening. Suffolk concluded its season with the setback, as the Rams advanced to today’s round after defeating Roger Williams in second round play on Friday afternoon.
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Second-seeded Eastern Connecticut advanced to the championship round of the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional hosted by the ECAC by posting a 19-2 victory over third-seeded Tufts in Sunday’s second elimination round contest played at Whitehouse Field. The Warriors (33-10-1) advance to take on top-seeded Wheaton (37-7-1) in Monday’s championship round, which begins at Noon on Monday at Whitehouse Field, with a second game to be played if necessary in the double elimination format tournament at 3:30 p.m.
Eastern Connecticut jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning, and after the Jumbos (27-10-1) plated their first run in the top of the second, the Warriors added two more in their half of the frame for a 6-1 advantage. Eastern Connecticut broke things open in the middle innings, scoring three runs each in the fourth and fifth innings and plating seven tallies in the sixth to account for their scoring.
Tufts added its other marker in the top of the ninth to close out the game’s scoring, as the Jumbos finished the season with their highest single-year win total in school history.
Senior Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) and freshman Tom Koch (Warwick, R.I.) each had three hits and three RBI for Eastern Connecticut in the triumph, while seniors Justin Waz (Deep River, Conn.), Troy Timney (Brattleboro, Vt.) and Inaki Ormachea (New Britain, Conn.), along with junior Morgan Thompson (Norwalk, Conn.), each added two safeties for the Warriors, who banged out 18 hits on the evening.
Six different individuals registered singles on the night for Tufts, as junior Andy Hambleton (Westwood, Mass.) registered the lone Jumbo RBI. Sophomore Jeremy Hall (Northfield, Vt.) picked up his third win of the season for Eastern Connecticut, allowing just two hits and one unearned run while striking out five, while junior Brian Shapiro (Swampscott, Mass.) allowed two earned runs and four hits in two innings to fall to 2-1 on the season for Tufts.
Wheaton and Eastern Connecticut will be meeting for the second time during the NCAA Division III Baseball Regional hosted by the ECAC, as the Lyons defeated the Warriors by a 7-4 final in third round play on Sunday afternoon.
Eight Eastern Connecticut State University starters contributed a hit and RBI in an 18-hit onslaught that vaulted the Warriors past Tufts University 19-2 Sunday night and into the championship round of the NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament at Whitehouse Field. Second-seeded Eastern (33-10-1) needs two wins over top-seeded Wheaton College (37-7-1) to advance to the national tournament, which gets underway Friday at Appleton, WI.
Tufts, which remained alive Sunday with a 7-1 win over fifth-seeded Suffolk University, used six different pitchers against Eastern , with starter Brian Shapiro allowing the first six runs on four hits over the initial two innings. Four of the runs allowed by Shapiro were unearned and came in the first inning, when the Warriors had only one hit and were aided by two throwing errors, a walk, hit batter and two wild pitches.
Leading 6-1, Eastern pulled away by batting around in the fourth and scoring three runs on three hits and adding three more in the fifth on just one hit ? a two-run triple by senior rightfielder Jared Holowaty (COLUMBIA) ? and exploding for seven more on seven hits in the sixth.
Sophomore lefty Jeremy Hall (NORTHFIELD, VT) stymied the Jumbos on just two hits and an unearned run over the first seven innings in his fourth start of the year. Hall, who fanned five and walking three in equaling his longest career outing got all of his strikeouts in the first two innings. The only hits he allowed came on a one-out single in the third and a one-out infield single in the seventh. He picked off Dan Callahan to end the third, however, induced an inning-ending double play in the seventh.
Holowaty and freshman shortstop Tom Koch (WARWICK, RI) each had three hits and three RBI while senior third baseman Inaki Ormaechea (NEW BRITAIN) reached safely four times witih two hits and two walks and scored four runs. Senior leftfielder John Hedde (STONINGTON) extended his hitting streak to 14 games when he had a two-out RBI single and scored the final run of the first inning. Senior first baseman John Kubachka (GLASTONBURY) had a hit and sacrifice fly, walked, scored three runs and drove in two.
It marks the 18th straight time that Eastern has advanced to the championship round of the New England tournament. Eastern lost in last year’s final 11-7 after winning the 1998 crown and going on to capture its third national championship.
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Eastern Connecticut forced the second game of the day in dramatic fashion, as the Warriors built a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and fifth on a Wildman sacrifice fly and a home run by senior John Hedde (Stonington, Conn.), his fourth of the season. Wheaton evened matters with a pair of tallies in the sixth on a pair of RBI singles by Whalen and freshman Keith Cooper (Swampscott, Mass.), and the score remained tied until the bottom of the 10th when Eastern Connecticut loaded the bases with one out. Sophomore Eugene Julien (Brockton, Mass.) delivered a line drive single to right to plate the game winner for the Warriors to give sophomore Joey Serfass (Newington, Conn.) his ninth victory in 10 decisions, as he went the distance in allowing seven hits while fanning five. Holowaty paced the Eastern Connecticut offense in the opener with a pair of safeties, while Cooper added two hits of his own for Wheaton, as senior Mike Spavento (Milton, Mass.) took the loss on the mound for the Lyons to fall to 3-1.
HARWICH, Mass. Second-seeded Eastern Connecticut advanced to the NCAA Division III College World Series for the eighth time by sweeping a pair of contests from top-seeded Wheaton in championship round play of the 2002 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional hosted by the ECAC Monday afternoon at Whitehouse Field. The Warriors took the regional title with a dramatic 3-2 10 inning victory in the opening game of the day before notching a 4-2 triumph in the second championship contest.
Eastern Connecticut (35-10-1) took a 2-0 inning lead in the fifth inning of the nightcap on a two-run single by senior Justin Waz (Deep River, Conn.), but the Lyons (37-9-1) evened matters in the seventh when senior Chris Denorfia (Southington, Conn.) singled and scored on senior Damon Whalen's (Pelham, N.H.) two-run homer to left, his 14th of the season. The Warriors took the lead for good in the eighth when junior Morgan Thompson (Norwalk, Conn.) scored on senior John Kubachka's (Glastonbury, Conn.) fielder's choice grounder, and Eastern Connecticut added an insurance tally in the ninth when senior Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) scored on freshman Tom Koch's (Warwick, R.I.) suicide squeeze.
Sophomore Thomas Spirito (Canton, Conn.) picked up the win in relief for the Warriors in the championship contest to improve to 1-1 on the season, as sophomore Dwight Wildman (Seymour, Conn.) collected two of the winners' seven hits in the nightcap. Denorfia went 3-for-4 in his final collegiate contest for Wheaton, as freshman Jon Jackson (Ipswich, Mass.) took the loss on the mound for the Lyons in falling to 2-1 on the year.