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Tuesday, June 4, 2002
USM Standouts Ryan Adams and Andy Lang Earn ECAC Baseball Honors
GORHAM, Maine Junior second baseman Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.)
received first team ECAC Division III New England All-Star honors, while senior
right-handed pitcher Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) was selected to the second
team.
Lang, who also received first team All-Little East Conference accolades,
finished the campaign with a .363 batting average, collecting 65 hits, including
14 doubles, three triples and a career-high and five home runs, in 162 at bats.
He scored a team-leading 42 runs and drove in 34 for 76 runs produced. He also
stole a team co-high 13 bases, and committed just seven errors in 239 fielding
chances for a .971 fielding percentage.
Adams, who earned LEC Pitcher of the Year and first team All-Conference
honors, posted a 6-2 record with two shutouts and an NCAA-leading 0.83 earned
run average, which is the second-lowest single-season ERA in school history.
Following off-season arm surgery, Adams toiled a team-leading 75.2 innings
on the hill, and surrendered 60 hits, while walking 13 and fanning 36. He earned
ECAC Player of the Week recognition earlier this year after posting a complete-
game, 4-0 win over defending national champion St. Thomas.
The duo helped guide Southern Maine to an overall mark of 28-15-1. The
Huskies finished second in the LEC regular-season with a 10-3-1 record. In the
conference tournament, the Huskies suffered a first-round loss to Western
Connecticut, but rallied to win three straight games, eliminating eventual
national champion Eastern Connecticut in the process, before bowing to Western
Connecticut in the deciding game.
2002 ECAC Division III New England Baseball All-Stars
Player of the Year
John Kubachka, First Base, Senior, Eastern Connecticut
First Team
Player Position Year School
Mike Spavento Pitcher Senior Wheaton College
Jonah Bayliss Pitcher Junior Trinity College
Ryan Holleran Catcher Junior Salve Regina University
John Kubachka First Base Senior Eastern Connecticut State Univ.
Andy Lang Second Base Junior University of Southern Maine
Scott Hodsdon Third Base Junior Plymouth State College
Will Bissonnette Shortstop Senior Wheaton College
Chris Denorfia Outfield Senior Wheaton College
Jim Freethey Outfield Senior Brandeis University
Damian Costantino Outfield Sophomore Salve Regina University
Mark Scialabba DH Senior Williams College
Kevin Huff Utility Senior Albertus Magnus College
Second Team
Player Position Year School
Ryan Adams Pitcher Senior University of Southern Maine
Ben Keffer Pitcher Senior U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Mike Sorrentino Catcher Senior Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jabe Bergeron First Base Sophomore Williams College
Matt Heenan Second Base Junior Worcester State College
Brian Robinson Third Base Sophomore Roger Williams University
Jay Wyatt Shortstop Junior Albertus Magnus College
Dan Callahan Outfield Senior Tufts University
Eric Swedberg Outfield Junior Worcester State College
Evan Zupancic Outfield Junior Tufts University
Ryan Johnson DH Senior Albertus Magnus College
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Monday, May 13, 2002
Ryan Adams Named LEC Pitcher of the Year
Four Huskies Named to All-Little East Teams
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior right-handed pitcher Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine)
of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team has been named the
Pitcher of the Year in the Little East Conference. The four individual awards
and All-Little East first and second teams were announced Monday by LEC
commissioner, William M. Moore, following a vote by the conference's eight head
coaches.
Joining Adams on the All-Little East Conference first team from USM were
junior second baseman Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) and junior outfielder Tyler
Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.). Named to the second team was sophomore third
baseman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.). This is the second time that Adams has
been named to the All-LEC first team, and the third consecutive year for
Delorme. Lang was named to the first team in 2000 and the second team last
year. This is Marshall's first all-conference citation.
Adams, who was the LEC Pitcher of the Week once this season, is the first
USM hurler to capture the top pitching award in the six-history of baseball as a
conference sport. The 6-foot-3 right-hander compiled a 6-2 overall record with
two shutouts and a microscopic 0.83 ERA. He returned from off-season arm
surgery to work a team-leading 75.2 innings, allowing 60 hits, 17 walks and
seven earned runs while striking out 36. His 0.83 ERA is the second lowest
single-season ERA in school history, and ranks him among the Division III
leaders in the nation.
Delorme batted a team-high .389 (63 for 162) with nine doubles, one
triple, five home runs, 23 walks and a team-leading 36 RBI. He shared the team
lead with Lang in stolen bases (13) and topped the club with his .464 on-base
percentage.
Lang finished the season with a .363 batting average (65 of 179) with 42
runs scored, 14 doubles, three triples, a career-high seven homers, 13 stolen
bases and 34 RBI. He led the Huskies in at bats, runs scored, doubles and
triples, and shared the lead in stolen bases.
Marshall ended his sophomore campaign hitting .339 (59 for 174) with nine
doubles, one triple, three homers, 12 stolen bases and 34 RBI.
Other individual awards went to senior 1B John Kubachka of Eastern
Connecticut as the Player of the Year, Keene State College freshman pitcher Jim
Slack got the nod as the Rookie of the Year, and head coach John Susi of Western
Connecticut State University was tabbed by his peers as the Coach of the Year.
2002 Little East Conference Baseball Awards and All-Confernce Teams
First Team
Position Name Class Institution Hometown
Designated Hitter Robbie Burr Jr. Plymouth State Concord, N.H.
Catcher Rob Young Sr. UMass Boston Huntington Station, N.Y.
Catcher Dave Quaglia Sr. Rhode Island College Attleboro, Mass.
First Base John Kubachka Sr. Eastern Connecticut Glastonbury, Conn.
Second Base Andy Lang Jr. Southern Maine New Bedford, Mass.
Shortstop Eugene Julien So. Eastern Connecticut Brockton, Mass.
Third Base Scott Hodsdon Jr. Plymouth State Somersworth, N.H.
Outfield Jay Zinis Jr. Plymouth State Manchester, N.H.
Outfield Tyler Delorme Jr. Southern Maine Enosburg Falls, Vt.
Outfield John Trubiano Jr. Keene State Keene, N.H.
Pitcher Ryan Adams Sr. Southern Maine Sanford, Maine
Pitcher Carl Rivers Jr. Western Connecticut Morris, Conn.
Relief Pitcher Tom Spirito So. Eastern Connecticut Canton, Conn.
Second Team
Position Name Class Institution Hometown
Designated Hitter Justin Hickman Jr. Keene State Mount Vernon, N.H.
Catcher Bob Nardi Sr. Western Connecticut Winsted, Conn.
First Base Adam Waxman Jr. UMass Boston Portland, Maine
Second Base Ben Tyer Jr. Keene State Lee, Mass.
Second Base Matt Thayer Jr. UMass Boston West Tisbury, Mass.
Shortstop Jon Tekela So. UMass Boston Thornhill, Ont.
Third Base Brian Marshall So. Southern Maine Danvers, Mass.
Outfield John Hedde Sr. Eastern Connecticut Stonington, Conn.
Outfield Dwight Wildman So. Eastern Connecticut Seymour, Conn.
Outfield Nick Bujeaud Jr. Keene State Lincoln, N.H.
Pitcher Jim Slack Fr. Keene State Manchester, N.H.
Pitcher Joey Serfass So. Eastern Connecticut Newington, Conn.
Relief Pitcher Ben Tyer Jr. Keene State Lee, Mass.
Player of the Year
John Kubachka, Senior, First Base, Eastern Connecticut
Pitcher of the Year
Ryan Adams, Senior, Southern Maine
Rookie of the Year
Jim Slack, Freshman, Pitcher, Keene State
Coach of the Year
John Susi, Western Connecticut
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Saturday, May 11, 2002
Little East Conference Tournament - Championship Game
Colonials Edge Huskies 5-4 to Win First Little East Title
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior DH Chris Miller (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.)
delivered a two-out RBI single in the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie and give
the third-seeded Western Connecticut State University Colonials a 5-4 victory
over the second-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies Saturday afternoon
in the championship game of the Sixth Annual Little East Conference Championship
Tournament played at the ECSU Baseball Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
The title is the first for the Colonials who did not even make last year's
tournament field. It also sends Western Connecticut into next weekend's NCAA
regional tournament for the first time in school history. Western Connecticut
beat sixth-seeded Plymouth State College 4-2 in a first round playoff game to
make the four-team, double-elimination finals. In the finals, the Colonials
knocked off Southern Maine 6-4 and Keene State College 7-6 to advance to the
championship round.
In the championship round, Southern Maine extended the tournament with a
6-5 win in 10 innings. The Huskies, trying to become the first team to win the
title after dropping its opening game, needed to beat the Colonials twice on
Saturday. The loss brings to an end the Huskies run of 15 consecutive NCAA
tournament appearances (1987-2001).
Miller, who tied the game in the sixth inning with a solo home run to
left, drove in junior OF Chris Sundano (New Fairfield, Conn.) who led off the
seventh with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and took third on a
fly out. After a walk to senior C Bob Nardi (Winsted, Conn.), Miller lined a
single to right field to score Sundano with what proved to be the winning run.
The Colonials jumped on USM sophomore starter Adam Lemieux (Cumberland,
Maine) for three runs in the first inning on three singles, two walks and an
outfield error. Nardi drove in the first run with a single and sophomore Jon
Lynch (Glastonbury, Conn.) plated two with a two-out single.
Southern Maine got two runs back in the third on a double steal and RBI
single by sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.). The Huskies took a 4-3
lead in the fourth on an RBI triple by senior C Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.)
and an RBI single by senior OF Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.).
Junior RHP Brian Stumpf (Winsted, Conn.), the third of four Western
Connecticut pitchers, picked up his second win of the season with three innings
of two-hit shutout relief work. Junior LHP Carl Rivers (Morris, Conn.), who was
named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, pitched a scoreless ninth inning
to record his fifth save of the season. Rivers had a complete-game victory over
Southern Maine on Thursday and two saves in the tournament.
L'Italien led the Huskies' 11-hit offense, going 3 for 4 with a triple and
a double. Junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.), junior 1B Derek Meader
(Portland, Maine) and freshman DH Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) each had a pair of
hits. Sophomore RHP Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine), who got the win in the
first game, took the loss in relief.
at Mansfield, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (28-15-1) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
Western Connecticut (20-20) 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x 5 7 2
Batteries: SM, Adam Lemieux, Christian Boileau (6) and Peter L'Italien.
WC, Tim Werner, D.J. Manning (4), Brian Stumpf (6), Carl Rivers (9) and
Bob Nardi.
Winning Pitcher: Stumpf (1-2) Losing Pitcher: Boileau (3-1)
Save: Rivers (5)
2B: SM, L'Italien, Stacy 3B: SM, L'Italien HR: WC, Chris Miller (5)
RBI:. SM, Marshall, L'Italien, Gureckis. WC, Lynch 2, Miller 2, Nardi.
Repeat Hitters: SM, L'Italien 3, Meader, Delorme, Stacy. WC, Miller.
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Saturday, May 11, 2002
Little East Conference Tournament - Championship Round
Marshall Delivers in 10th, Huskies Beat Colonials 6-5 to Force Final Game
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Sophomore SS Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) drove
in sophomore 3B Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine) with the game winning run in
the bottom of the 10th inning as the second-seeded University of Southern Maine
Huskies came from behind to defeat the third-seeded Western Connecticut State
University Colonials 6-5 in the first championship game of the Sixth Annual
Little East Conference Baseball Tournament being played at the ECSU Baseball
Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
The two teams will play a second game with the winner taking home the
Little East title and an automatic berth in NCAA Division III tournament.
Southern Maine is trying to become the first team to lose its opening round game
in the four-team double-elimination tournament and come back to win the
championship. Western Connecticut is in the championship finals for the first
time.
Daniels led off the 10th inning with a single to right, and moved to
second on a walk to junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.). Marshall, who
went 3 for 4 on the day, singled to right, scoring Daniels to give USM its first
lead of the game.
Lang forced the game into extra innings when he hit a two-run homer in the
eighth inning to tie the score at 5-5.
Western Connecticut jumped out to a 3-0 lead, scoring one in the first on
a double play groundout and two in the second on an RBI double by sophomore 2B
Jon Lynch (Glastonbury, Conn.) and an RBI single by junior OF Jay Sharkey
(Waterbury, Conn.).
The Huskies got two runs back in their half of the second on RBI singles
by Marshall and senior C Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.). USM tied the game at
3-3 in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.).
Lynch sparked a two-run seventh inning for the Colonials with his leadoff
double. After a sacrifice bunt, rookie SS Chris Kaplan (Stratford, Conn.) drove
in Lynch with a single. Junior OF Chris Sudano (New Fairfield, Conn.) followed
with a single to put runners at first and second. With two outs, senior C Bob
Nardi (Winsted, Conn.) doubled to left scoring Kaplan, but Sudano was out at the
plate on a Delorme-to-Marshall-to-L'Italien relay.
Sophomore RHP Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine), the fourth USM pitcher,
picked up his third win of the season with a one-two-three 10th inning.
Freshman RHP Bob Kelley (Glastonbury, Conn.) was tagged for his first loss of
the season.
Marshall and Daniels each had three hits to lead Southern Maine's 13-hit
attack. Lang and senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) each had two hits.
Lynch had three hits, all doubles, to pace the Colonials' 13-hit offense.
at Mansfield, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Western Connecticut (19-20) 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 13 4
Southern Maine (28-14-1) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 13 0
Batteries: WC, Greg Palanzo, Carl Rivers (8), Bobby Kelley (10) and Bob Nardi.
SM, Pat Liddy, Erik Carlson (2), Ryan Adams (8), Christian Boileau (10) and
Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Boileau (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Kelley (1-1)
2B: WC, Lynch 3, Nardi 3B: none HR: SM, Andy Lang (7)
RBI: WC, Nardi, Lynch, Sharkey, Kaplan.
SM, Lang 2, Marshall 2, L'Italien, Delorme
Repeat Hitters: WC, Lynch 3, Puccio, Sudano, Reilly.
SM, Marshall 3, Daniels 3, Gureckis, Lang.
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Friday, May 10, 2002
Little East Conference Tournament
USM Advances to Championship Round in LEC Baseball Tournament
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior DH Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) slammed a
three-run homer to highlight a seven-run second inning as the second-seeded
University of Southern Maine Huskies hung on to defeat the fourth-seeded Keene
State Owls 10-7 Friday night and advance to the championship round of the Sixth
Annual Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament being played at
the ECSU Baseball Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
USM has to beat third-seeded Western Connecticut State University (19-19),
the tournamentís only unbeaten team, twice on Saturday to capture the title and
the automatic berth into the NCAA Division III tournament that goes with it.
Western Connecticut advanced to the championship round by beating Keene State
7-6 in the winners bracket game of the four-team, double-elimination tourney
Friday afternoon. Southern Maine beat top-seeded Eastern Connecticut in the
losers bracket game to eliminated EC, the defending champion.
Southern Maine is making its fifth trip to the championship round in the
six-year history of the tournament. The Huskies are attempting to become the
first team in the history of the tournament to lose their opening round game,
then come back to win the title. This is Western Connecticutís first trip to
the championship round.
The Huskies jumped on Keene State senior starter and losing pitcher Andy
Cuthbertson (Lafargeville, N.Y.) in the second inning for five hits and a walk
to score six times, the final three on Adamsí first career home run. USM added
the seventh run of the inning against junior reliever Corey Hartson (Merrimack,
N.H.).
Keene State chipped away at the lead with single runs in the second and
third, then scored three times in the fourth to pull within two (7-5) and chase
USM sophomore starter Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) from the game. Junior
DH Justin Hickman (Mont Vernon, N.H.), who went 3 for 4 in the game, scored the
Owlsí run in the second and had an RBI single in the fourth.
USM added a single run in the fifth when senior C Peter LíItalien (Salem,
Mass.) scored from third while sophomore OF Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) was
caught in a rundown between first and second during a double steal attempt.
The Owls closed to within one (8-7) with a pair of runs in the sixth on
RBI singles by junior 2B Ben Tyer (Lee, Mass.) and junior John Trubiano (Keene,
N.H.).
Sophomore OF Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) and junior OF Tyler
Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) added a couple of insurance runs for the Huskies
in the eighth inning with RBI singles.
Junior RHP Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the third USM pitcher, picked
up his third win of the season hurling three innings of one-hit, shutout relief.
Carlson worked out of a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning.
Delorme and junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) paced the Huskies 14-
hit attack with three hits apiece while Loveless and LíItalien had a pair of
hits.
at Mansfield, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (27-14-1) 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 14 4
Keene State (23-18) 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 11 1
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Christian Boileau (5), Erik Carlson (7) and
Peter LíItalien. KSC, Andy Cuthbertson, Corey Hartson (2), Buzzy Francis
(7), Ben Tyer (9) and Doug Morse.
Winning Pitcher: Carlson (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Cuthbertson (3-4)
2B: SM, Daniels, Loveless. KS, Hickman 3B: none HR: SM, Ryan Adams (1)
RBI: SM, Adams 3, Loveless, Meader, Delorme, Lang, LíItalien, Lemieux.
KSC, Trubiano 2, Tyer, Hickman, Kilburn, Muckle
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Lang 3, Loveless, LíItalien.
KSC, Hickman 3, Morse, Orszulak
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Friday, May 10, 2002
Little East Conference Tournament
USM Stays Alive, Eliminates Top-Seeded Eastern Connecticut 5-4
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior RHP Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) hurled eight
innings of six-hit, one-run relief and senior C Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.)
drove in what proved to be the winning run with an eighth-inning double as the
second-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies staved off elimination by
defeating the top-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors 5-4 in a
losers bracket game of the four-team, double-elimination Little East Conference
Baseball Championship Tournament being played at the ECSU Baseball Stadium in
Mansfield, Conn.
Southern Maine, 26-14-1 and winners in five of its last six games, stays
alive in the tournament and plays fourth-seeded Keene State College in another
elimination game starting at 7:30 p.m. Keene State was beaten by Western
Connecticut State University 7-6 earlier in the winners bracket game.
The top-seeded Warriors were eliminated, finishing the season 30-9-1.
Eastern Connecticut still has a shot at an at-large berth in the upcoming NCAA
Division Three national tournament field that will be announced late Sunday
night or Monday morning.
Adams came on in relief of sophomore LHP Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine)
with no outs and two runs in during the Warriors' three-run second inning
uprising. Adams surrendered only five singles and an eighth inning solo homer
to EC senior OF Jared Holowaty Columbia, Conn.) to pick up his sixth win of the
season.
Eastern jumped on Thibodeau for a pair of runs in the second on an RBI
single by sophomore DH Joey Serfass (Newington, Conn.) and an RBI double by
Holowaty. A third run charged to Thibodeau scored on a wild pitch by Adams.
Southern Maine picked up a single run in the third on an RBI groundout by
sophomore SS Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.). The Huskies took a 4-3 lead in
the fifth on a lead-off solo homer by junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.),
and RBI singles by junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) and sophomore
3B Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine).
L'Italien drove in the decisive run when he doubled home junior 1B Derek
Meader (Portland, Maine), who led off the eighth inning with a double off
Eastern reliever Matt Schumey (Rockville, Conn.), to make it 5-3.
Lang and Delorme each had three hits while Daniels had a pair of hits for
the Huskies.
Junior RHP Adam Czerwinski (Somers, Conn.) went 4.2 innings, allowing four
runs (two earned), to take his third loss against seven wins.
at Mansfield, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (26-14-1) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 10 5
Eastern Connecticut (30-9-1) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 4
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Ryan Adams (2) and Peter L'Italien.
EC, Adam Czerwinski, Matt Schumey (5), Tom Spirito (8) and Jeff Funaro.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (6-2) Losing Pitcher: Czerwinski (7-3)
2B: SM, Delorme, Daniels, Meader, L'Italien. EC, Julien, Hedde, Holowaty
3B: none
HR: SM, Andy Lang (6) EC, Jared Holowaty (2)
RBI: SM, Marshall, Delorme, Daniels, L'Italien, Lang.
EC, Holowaty 2, Serfass.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 3, Delorme 3, Daniels.
EC, Wildman, Hedde, Holowaty.
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Thursday, May 9, 2002
Little East Conference Tournament
Colonials Jump Out Early, Hold Off Huskies 6-4
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior DH Chris Miller (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.)
slammed a pair of home runs and drove in four to lead the third-seeded Western
Connecticut State University Colonials to a 6-4 win over the second-seeded
University of Southern Maine Huskies in the first game of the four-team, double-
elimination Little East Conference Championship Tournament being played at the
ECSU Baseball Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
The victory moves the Colonials into Friday's winners bracket game at noon
against the winner of the Eastern Connecticut-Keene State College game.
Southern Maine will take on the loser of the EC-KSC game in an elimination game
at 3:30 p.m.
Miller gave the Colonials a 3-0 lead in their first at bat when he slammed
a pitch from USM junior right-hander Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) over the left
field wall.
Southern Maine chipped away at the deficit with single runs in the third
and fourth innings. Sophomore 3B Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine) drove in
the first run with a bases loaded single with one out, but the Huskies could do
no further damage. Senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) drove in senior C
Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. L'Italien
had doubled leading off the inning.
The teams traded two-run innings in the sixth to make it 5-4. Miller and
freshman 3B D.J. Mulhall (Stratford, Conn.) hit back-to-back homers off Liddy
for the Colonials. Gureckis singled home the Huskies first run, and junior OF
Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) plated the second with an infield single.
Western Connecticut added an insurance run in the eighth inning on an RBI
single by junior Jay Sharkey (Waterbury, Conn.).
Junior left-hander Carl Rivers (Morris Conn.) went the distance for
Western Connecticut despite giving up 13 hits and five walks. Rivers beat USM
for the second time this season, and is 5-3 overall. Miller, Mulhall, Sharkey
and senior C Bob Nardi (Winsted, Conn.) each had two hits for Western
Connecticut.
For USM, Liddy pitched into the sixth inning before being lifted. He is
now 4-4. Daniels led the Huskies offense, going 3 for 4. Gureckis, L'Italien
and sophomore OF Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) each had a pair of hits.
Southern Maine left 14 runners on base, including a pair of runners in both the
eighth and ninth innings.
at Mansfield, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Connecticut (18-19) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 11 2
Southern Maine (25-14-1) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 13 2
Batteries: WC, Carl Rivers and Bob Nardi. SM, Pat Liddy, Justin Andrews
(6), Ryan Adams (8) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Rivers (5-3) Losing Pitcher: Liddy (4-4)
2B: WC, Kaplan SM, L'Italien 2 3B: none
HR: WC, Chris Miller 2 (4), D.J. Mulhall (1)
RBI: WC, Miller 4, Mulhall, Sharkey SM, Gureckis 2, Delorme, Daniels
Repeat Hitters: WC, Nardi, Miller, Mulhall, Sharkey
SM, Daniels 3, Gureckis, Lemieux, L'Italien.
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Sunday, May 5, 2002
USM Huskies Edge UMass Boston Beacons, 7-6
BOSTON -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies scored twice in the
top of the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie, then hung on to defeat the
University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons 7-6 in a Little East Conference game
Sunday afternoon at B.C. High School.
The loss eliminated the Beacons from the final playoff spot in the LEC
tournament. Plymouth State College will be the sixth and final seed. The
tournament begins Tuesday with first round, single-elimination games between
third-seeded Western Connecticut State University and Plymouth State, and
fourth-seeded Keene State College and fifth-seeded UMass Dartmouth.
The winners of Tuesday's games will join top-seeded Eastern Connecticut
State University and second-seeded Southern Maine in the four-team, double-
elimination finals that begin Thursday in Mansfield, Conn.
Junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.), who was 3 for 4 on the day,
opened the USM ninth with a single. After a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Darrin
Daniels (Millinocket, Maine) and an intentional walk to senior OF Craig Gureckis
(Nashua, N.H.), Delorme and Gureckis advanced on a double steal. Senior C Peter
L'Italien's (Salem, Mass.) hard ground ball was stopped by a diving Beacon
infielder, but Delorme beat the throw to the plate. Gureckis scored when UMB
had only one play on sophomore Colin Loveless' (South Paris, Maine) slow hit
grounder to shortstop.
The Beacons made things interesting in their final at bat, scoring a run
on 3B Michael Chirichiello's (Wakefield, Mass.) fielder's choice. Pinch hitter
Robert Young (Huntington Station, N.Y.) sent Gureckis to the right field fence
for the final out of the game.
Trailing 3-2 heading into the seventh, USM scored twice on an RBI single
by Daniels and an RBI double by Gureckis. Senior Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine)
added an RBI single in the eighth to make it 5-3.
UMB tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of unearned
runs.
Junior Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the last of five USM pitchers,
picked up the win. Junior Michael DiLalla (Westwood, Mass.) took the loss for
the Beacons.
at Boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (25-13-1; 10-3-1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 7 10 5
UMass Boston (21-16; 3-11) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 10 4
Batteries: SM, Adam Lemieux, Justin Andrews (6), Christian Boileau (8), Neil
Hutchings (8), Erik Carlson (8) and Peter L'Italien. UMB, Michael DiLalla,
Brad Tardugno (9) and Matt Tapley.
Winning Pitcher: Carlson (2-0) Losing Pitcher: DiLalla (2-3)
2B: SM, Loveless, Lang, Gureckis 3B: none HR: none
RBI: SM, Loveless, Adams, Delorme, Daniels, Gureckis, L'Italien.
UMB, McDonough, Thomas, Chirichiello.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Loveless UMB, Tekela 3, McGonagle, Tapley.
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Saturday, May 4, 2002
Southern Maine Sweeps Keene State, Clinches Second Place
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies came from
behind after blowing a five-run lead to defeat the Keene State College Owls,
8-7, in ten innings in the first game of the teams' Little East Conference
doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Towers Field. The Huskies raced out to a
three-run lead in the second game, then hung on for a 3-2 victory to complete
the sweep.
The two wins clinched second place and a bye for the Huskies in the
upcoming Little East Conference championship tournament. USM is 24-13-1 overall
and 9-3-1 in the conference with a game Sunday at UMass Boston. Keene State
dipped to 21-16 overall and 9-5 in the LEC. The Owls will be the fourth seed in
the tournament and host a first-round, single-elimination game against the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Tuesday. The four-team, double-
elimination finals start Thursday at top seeded Eastern Connecticut State
University.
In the opener, USM jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings, only to see
the Owls score four times in the seventh to take a 7-6 lead. The Huskies tied
the game in the ninth when senior Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) doubled with two
outs, advanced to third on an infield error and scored on senior Jon Melanson's
(Portland, Maine) single. Adams drove in the winning run in the 10th inning
when he beat out a bases-loaded, two-out, infield single.
Keene State had taken the lead in the seventh on a two-out, pinch-hit
single by senior Kelly Charbono (Enfield, N.H.). The Owls had 14 hits against
Adams, who went 8.1 before moving to second base, but none after Charbono's hit.
In the nightcap, the Huskies staked sophomore starter Jason Thibodeau (Old
Town, Maine) to a 3-0 lead with single runs in the second, third, and fourth
innings. Junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) doubled home the run in the
second inning run and scored in the fourth on sophomore Darrin Daniels'
(Millinocket, Maine) double. Junior Derek Meader (Portland, Maine) drove in the
other USM run with a sacrifice fly.
Keene State rallied for a run in the eighth an RBI single by junior Ben
Tyer (Lee, Mass.). Freshman Pat Austin (Wallingford, Conn.) walked with the
bases loaded in the ninth to force home another run, but the Owls could not get
the equalizer. Keene State left the bases loaded in both the eighth and ninth
innings.
For Southern Maine, junior Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) picked up the win in
first game with one inning of relief, then came back in the second game to
collect a save. Thibodeau picked up his fourth win of the season against two
losses in the nightcap.
Tyer was tagged with the loss in the first game while junior Buzzy Francis
(Bedford, N.H.) went the distance in the second game for the Owls.
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Keene State (21-15; 9-4) 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 14 2
Southern Maine (23-13-1; 8-3-1) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 11 4
Batteries: KS, James Slack, Ben Tyer (7) and Doug Morse.
SM, Ryan Adams, Erik Carlson (9), Pat Liddy (10) and Jon Melanson.
Winning Pitcher: Liddy (4-3) Losing Pitcher: Tyer (4-2)
2B: KS, Bujeaud. SM, Meader, Marshall, Adams. 3B: none
HR: KS, Tyer (3)
RBI: KS, Tyer 2, Charbono 2, Kilburn, Masseur.
SM, Marshall 2, Delorme 2, Meader, Melanson, Adams
Repeat Hitters: KS, Masseur 4, Bujeaud 3, Tyer, Muckle.
SM, Marshall 3, Meader, Adams.
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Keene State (21-16; 9-5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 2
Southern Maine (24-13-1; 9-3-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 x 3 7 1
Batteries: KS, Buzzy Francis and Doug Morse.
SM, Jason Thibodeau, Pat Liddy (8) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Thibodeau (4-2) Losing Pitcher: Francis (5-3)
Save: Liddy (2)
2B: SM, Marshall, Lang, Daniels. 3B: none HR: none
RBI: KS, Tyer, Austin. SM, Meader, Lang, Daniels.
Repeat Hitters: KS, Muckle 3, Bujeaud. SM, Lang.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Southern Maine Routs Framingham State, 14-3
Tomorrow's Baseball Game Against Babson is Cancelled.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - The University of Southern Maine Huskies received 15
hits from nine players, including a two-run home run from sophomore Darrin
Daniel's (Millinocket, Maine), en route to a 14-3 non-conference win over the
Framingham State College Rams, Tuesday afternoon at Bowditch Field.
With the win, Southern Maine improved to 22-13-1, while Framingham State
dipped to 11-22-1. The Huskies were scheduled return to action tomorrow
afternoon by hosting Babson College, however that game has been cancelled due to
Babson's participation in the NEWMAC Tournament Championship game.
A one-out single by junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) ignited a three-
run, first inning uprising for the Huskies. Sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers,
Mass.) reached on an infield error, which scored Lang, and freshman Greg Stacy
(Denmark, Maine) also reached on an error, scoring Marshall. Senior Ryan Adams
(Sanford, Maine) added a single to score Stacy and give the Huskies a 3-0 lead.
Southern Maine added a single run in the fourth, but the Rams answered
with a single run in the bottom of the frame to pull within 4-1. Daniels' home
run gave the Huskies a 6-1 lead in the top of the fifth, before the Rams again
scored a single run in the bottom of the frame to pull within 6-2.
Southern Maine increased the lead to 7-2 in the sixth, before breaking the
contest open with a five-run seventh inning. Sophomore Chris Waymon (Wareham,
Mass.) keyed the rally with a two-run double, while Lang added a run-scoring
double.
Sophomore pitcher Travis Ferrante (Portland, Maine) surrendered 11
singles, but allowed just one earned run to register the complete-game victory.
Framingham State returns to action on Thursday when it travels to Worcester
State, while Southern Maine will travel to UMass Boston on Friday.
Summary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (22-13-1) 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 14 15 3
Framingham State (11-22-1) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 11 4
Batteries: SM, Travis Ferrante and Greg Stacy. FS, Lee Diamantopoulos, Jon
Anderson (7), Jim McKeever (8) and Peter Massey.
Winning Pitcher: Ferrante (2-0). Losing Pitcher: Diamantopoulos (0-4).
2B: Lang, Marshall, Stacy, Meader, Waymon, McCarthy. 3B: None.
HR: SM, Darrin Daniels.
RBI: SM, Loveless 2, Daniels 2, Waymon 2, McCarthy 2, Lang, Adams, Meader.
FS, Delroy 1.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Adams 3, Lang, Marshall, Daniels, Meader.
FS, Wadsworth, Delroy, Sousa.
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Sunday, April 28, 2002
USM-UMass Boston Game Postponed
GORHAM, Maine -- Today's Little East Conference baseball game between
the University of Southern Maine Huskies and the University of Massachusetts
Boston Beacons has been postponed due to the inclement weather.
A tentative makeup date of Friday, May 3, has been set pending UMass
Boston finding a field to play at. Final confirmation of the makeup date and
site will be announced when it becomes available.
The Little East Conference regular season ends next weekend (May 4). The
championship tournament to begin Tuesday, May 7, with a pair of first round,
single-elimination games. The four-team, double-elimination finals, hosted by
the regular season champion, begin on Thursday, May 9.
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Saturday, April 27, 2002
Eastern Connecticut Sweeps Southern Maine, Moves into First Place in LEC
GORHAM, Maine -- The Eastern Connecticut State Warriors used some timely
hitting to post a pair of come-from-behind wins Saturday afternoon over the
University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East Conference doubleheader at
Towers Field.
The Warriors came back from a 2-0 deficit to take a 7-2 win in the opener
behind the complete-game effort of sophomore RHP Joey Serfass (Newington,
Mass.). In the nightcap, Eastern Connecticut used a four-run fifth inning rally
to erase a three-run deficit on the way to a 6-4 win. The doubleheader sweep
vaults the Warriors back over the Huskies into first place in the Little East
Conference with one week remaining in the regular season.
Serfass allowed only a leadoff homer to USM sophomore 3B Brian Marshall
(Danvers, Mass.) and an unearned run in the second inning before shutting down
the Huskies' offense on three singles over the last seven innings. Serfass, who
ran his record to 6-0 on the season, allowed just hits and three walks while
fanning seven. the game pitted Serfass against USM ace Ryan Adams (Sanford,
Maine). Adams took the loss going 8.1 innings.
The Warriors picked up single runs in the fourth and sixth innings on a
pair of RBI singles by senior OF Jared Holowaty (Columbia, Conn.) to tie the
game at 2-2. Sophomore SS Eugene Julien (Brockton, Mass.) gave the Warriors the
lead with an RBI single in the seventh inning. Eastern Connecticut added a pair
of insurance runs in the eighth and ninth innings for the 7-2 final.
In the second game, the Huskies jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third
inning on an RBI infield single by sophomore OF Adam Lemieux (Cumberland,
Maine), a sacrifice bunt by junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) and am RBI
single by Marshall.
The Warriors used three straight two-out hits to score four runs in the
fifth. Julien struck a two-run double to put Eastern Connecticut on the board.
Senior 1B John Kubachka (Glastonbury, Conn.) tied the game with an RBI double,
and sophomore OF Dwight Wildman (Seymour, Conn.) followed with an RBI single to
give the visitors the lead.
Senior OF Justin Waz (Deep River, Conn.) drove in the final two runs for
the Warriors with a bases loaded walk in the seventh and a single in the ninth.
USM picked up a run in the seventh on an RBI single by junior OF Tyler Delorme
(Enosburg Falls, Vt.).
Sophomore LHP Matt Schumey (Rockville, Conn.), who came on in relief of
injured EC junior starter Matt Fortin (Tolland, Conn.) in the third inning, went
5.2 innings to pick up this third win of the season. Sophomore RHP Tom Spirito
(Canton, Conn.) came on in the eighth inning to get the final four outs to pick
up his sixth save of the season. Junior starter Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) went
6.1 innings for USM to take the loss.
Eastern Connecticut is now 27-7-1 overall and 10-2 in the Little East.
Southern Maine dipped to 21-13-1 overall and 7-3-1 in the conference.
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Connecticut 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 7 11 2
Southern Maine 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3
Batteries: EC, Joey Serfass and Jeff Funaro.
SM, Ryan Adams, Jason Thibodeau (9), Erik Carlson (9) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Serfass (6-0) Losing Pitcher: Adams (5-2)
2B: EC, Wildman, Waz, Funaro SM, Loveless 3B: EC, Waz
HR: SM, Brian Marshall (3)
RBI: EC, Holowaty 3, Thompson, Julien, Waz. SM, Marshall
Repeat Hitters: EC, Waz, Holowaty. SM, McCarthy
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Connecticut (27-7-1; 10-2 LEC) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 6 9 6
Southern Maine (21-13-1; 7-3-1 LEC) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 2
Batteries: EC, Matt Fortin, Matt Schumey (3), Tom Spirito (8) and Jeff Funaro.
SM, Pat Liddy, Erik Carlson (7), Jason Thibodeau (7) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Schumey (3-1) Losing Pitcher: Liddy (3-3) Save: Spirito (6)
2B: EC, Julien, Kubachka, Waz, Funaro. 3B: none HR: none
RBI: EC, Julien 2, Waz 2, Kubachka, Wildman. SM, Marshall 2, Lemieux, Lang
Repeat Hitters: EC, Wildman, Funaro SM, Loveless.
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Thursday, April 25, 2002
Huskies Survive Monks, Weather for 10-9 Win
STANDISH, Maine -- Sophomore pinch hitter Derek Meader (Portland, Maine)
drove in the game winning run with a fielderís choice in the top of the 10th
inning to give the University of Southern Maine Huskies a 10-9 victory over the
St. Josephís College Monks in a non-conference game Thursday night at Larry
Mahaney Diamond.
The win was the Huskies seventh in their last eight games and improved
their overall record to 21-11-1. St. Josephís falls to 20-15. The last six
innings of the game were played in a rain that eventually changed over to wet
snow.
USMís game winning run came without the aid of a base hit. Sophomore OF
Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) led off with a walk and advanced to third on a
wild pitch and passed ball. A walk to senior Jon Melanson (Portland, Maine) put
runners at the corners. Lemieux broke for the plate on Meaderís ground ball to
shortstop and beat the play at home for the decisive run.
St. Josephís rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning
without the benefit of a hit to send the game into extra innings. USM pitchers
walked the first three Monks hitters to load the bases, then hit two batters to
force in the first two runs. A sacrifice fly by junior 2B Lucas Hannigan (Cape
Elizabeth, Maine) brought home the third run. A two-out, bases-loaded walk to
senior OF Dave Wellington (Lisbon, Maine) forced in the tying run.
The Monks took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, highlighted by a two-run
homer by senior 1B Jesse LaCasse (Madison, Maine).
USM got one back in the third on Lemieuxís solo homer, and took the lead
with three runs in the fourth on RBI singles by sophomore 3B Brian Marshall
(Danvers, Mass.) and Lemieux and a fielderís choice. The Huskies added two more
in the fifth on an outfield error and a wild pitch to make it 6-3.
Wellington cut the margin to 6-4 with a solo shot in the fifth, and
sophomore 3B Justin Lambert (Standish, Maine) drove in a run in the sixth with a
fielderís choice to bring St. Joeís within one.
Senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) and Marshall drove in runs in the
seventh for USM, and freshman DH Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) added what appeared
to be an insurance run in the ninth with a sacrifice fly.
Sophomore right-hander Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine) picked up the
win for the Huskies while freshman Matt Boles (Ellsworth, Maine) was saddled
with the loss.
Lemieux was the offensive standout for USM, going 3 for 4 with two runs
scored and two RBI. Marshall and junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)
also had a pair of hits for the Huskies. Senior SS Jim Becvar (Lewiston,
Maine), freshman OF Rusty Rutherford (Portland, Maine) and rookie catcher Derek
McIntosh (Auburn, Maine) each had a pair of hits for St. Joeís.
Southern Maine returns to action on Saturday when the Huskies host Eastern
Connecticut State University in a Little East Conference doubleheader, starting
at noon.
at Standish, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Southern Maine (21-11-1) 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 10 10 0
St. Josephís (20-15) 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 9 9 2
Batteries: SM, Eric Kent, Justin Andrews (5), Erik Carlson (7), Christian
Boileau (9) and Jon Melanson. St. J, Mike Cowperthwaite, Brad Wheaton (6),
Jeremy Dalton (7), Matt Vasil (9), Matt Boles (10), Matt Berry (10) and Derek
McIntosh.
Winning Pitcher: Boileau (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Boles (0-1)
2B: SM, Lang, Delorme St. J, Becvar, Hannigan. 3B: none
HR: SM, Adam Lemieux (3) St. J, Jesse LaCasse (11), Dave Wellington (1)
RBI: SM, Marshall 2, Lemieux 2, Gureckis, Stacey, Meader.
St. J, LaCasse 3, Wellington 2, Rutherford, McIntosh, Hannigan, Lambert.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lemieux, Marshall, Delorme
St. J, Becvar, Rutherford, McIntosh.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Brandeis Defeats Southern Maine 7-2
GORHAM, Maine -- The Brandeis University Judges pounded out 15 hits,
including home runs by senior OF Jim Freethey (Manchester, N.H.) and sophomore
SS Lars Borssen (Wells, Maine), to defeat the University of Southern Maine
Huskies 7-2 in a non-conference game Wednesday afternoon at Towers Field.
The win was the 10th straight for the Judges and improved their overall
record to 21-8. Southern Maine, which had its six-game winning streak snapped,
falls to 20-11-1.
Freethey staked the Judges to a 1-0 lead when he led off the game with his
fourth homer of the season to left field off USM sophomore starter Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine). Borssen hit a two-run shot down the left field line to
highlight a three-run third inning that gave the Judges a 4-0 lead.
Southern Maine cut the margin in half with single runs in the fifth and
sixth innings. Sophomore OF Chris Waymon (Wareham, Mass.) drove in freshman DH
Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) in the fifth with a single, and sophomore INF Brian
Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) lined a solo home run to left center field in the
sixth.
Brandeis put the game away with three insurance runs in the seventh on an
infield error and RBI singles by sophomore David Graham (Cambridge, Mass.) and
Borssen.
Junior left-hander Chris Pickford (Portsmouth, N.H.) went the first five
innings to pick up his second win of the season. Junior Mike Parissi
(Leicester, Mass.) came on after Marshall's home run to hurl four innings of
shutout relief for his first save of the season.
Lemieux was tagged with his second loss of the season against three wins.
Junior OF Andrew Kahn (Los Angeles, Calif.) paced the Judges' attack,
going 4 for 5 with a pair of runs scored. Freethey finished the day 3 for 5
with two runs scored.
Summary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brandeis (21-8) 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 15 1
Southern Maine (20-11-1) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10 1
Batteries: Br, Chris Pickford, Mike Parissi (6) and Sean Ewers.
SM, Adam Lemieux, Erik Carlson (7), Christian Boileau (9) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Pickford (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Lemieux (3-2)
Save: Parissi (1)
2B: Br, Brown 3B: none
HR: Br, Jim Freethey (4), Lars Borssen (1) SM, Brian Marshall (2)
RBI: Br, Borssen 3, Freethey, Graham, Brown SM, Waymon, Marshall
Repeat Hitters: Br, Kahn 4, Freethey 3, McIntosh, Graham, Borssen.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2002
USM Huskies Hold Off Colby White Mules 11-8
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Freshman DH Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) and senior
C Jon Melanson (Portland, Maine) combined for eight hits and five RBI to lead
the University of Southern Maine Huskies to an 11-8 win over the Colby College
White Mules in a non-conference game Tuesday afternoon.
The win was the sixth straight for USM which improved to 20-10-1 overall.
Colby dipped to
7-13 overall.
Stacy staked the Huskies to a 2-0 lead in the second inning when he hit
his first collegiate home run, a two-run shot, to left field.
Sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) doubled the lead in the third
when he hit a two-run shot to left. Stacy and sophomore OF Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine) followed with base hits to put runners at second and third,
and Melanson drove both in with a single.
The teams traded runs in the fourth on Stacy's RBI single for USM and
senior OF Jon Lord's (Woodstock, Conn.) solo homer for the White Mules. Colby
chipped away at the lead with two more runs in the fifth and a single run on a
solo homer by sophomore Eric Roy (Lisbon Falls, Maine) in the sixth to make it
7-4.
Junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.), 3 for 6 on the day, singled in
two runs to highlight a three-run seventh, and Lemieux, 3 for 6 with two
doubles, doubled in a run in the eighth.
Colby tossed a scare into the Huskies in the ninth, scoring three times
against senior reliever Justin Andrews (Nashua, N.H.) before Andrews settled
down to finish the game.
Sophomore left-hander Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) went the first
seven innings for USM, allowing seven hits, four runs, and two walks while
fanning three. Sophomore Phil Geiger (Rye Brook, Maine), the first of four
Colby pitchers, was saddled with then loss.
USM hosts Brandeis University at Towers Field on the Gorham campus on
Wednesday. Game time is 3:00 p.m.
at Waterville, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (20-10-1) 0 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 11 18 0
Colby (7-13) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 8 12 1
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Christian Boileau (8), Justin Andrews (9) and
Jon Melanson. C, Phil Geiger, Dan Deacon (3), Owen Kenney (7), Jared Cushman
(9) and Eric Roy.
Winning Pitcher: Thibodeau (3-2) Losing Pitcher: Geiger
2B: SM, Lemieux 2, Stacy, Lang C, Domestico, Lord. 3B: none
HR: SM, Greg Stacy (1), Brian Marshall (1) C, Jon Lord, Eric Roy
RBI: SM, Stacy 3, Lang 2, Marshall 2, Melanson 2, Delorme, Lemieux.
C, Lord 2, Roy 2, Domestico 2, Brunelle, Johnson.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Stacy 4, Melanson 4, Lemieux 3, Lang 3, Marshall.
C, Lord 3, Brunelle, Lippert
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Monday, April 22, 2002
Today scheduled baseball game between St. Joseph's College and the University of
Southern Maine was postponed due to the snow shower. The game has been
rescheduled for Thursday (April 25) at 6:00 p.m.
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Saturday, April 20, 2002
USM's Ed Flaherty Gets Win #500
Huskies Sweep UMass Dartmouth Corsairs
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior RHP Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) scattered six
hits in a complete game effort and senior C Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.)
banged out three hits, including his third homer of the season, as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth Corsairs 5-1 in the first game of the teams' Little East Conference
doubleheader Saturday afternoon at North Dartmouth, Mass.
The victory was the 500th career win for USM head coach Ed Flaherty, in
his 17th season as the Huskies coach.
The Huskies swept the doubleheader, scoring four runs in the sixth inning
to overcome a 3-1 deficit on the way to a 6-3 win. Junior RHP Pat Liddy
(Wilton, Maine) went 7.1 innings, allowing six hits, no earned runs and one walk
while striking out five. Sophomore LHP Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) came
on to pick up the save with 1.2 innings of hitless relief. With the sweep,
Flaherty has compiled a career record of 501-207-2 (.707 winning percentage).
Down by a pair of runs in the nightcap, the Huskies used two hits, three
walks, a hit batter, a sacrifice fly and an infield error to take the lead.
Sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) drove in the first run with a
sacrifice fly and freshman DH Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) plated the tying run
with a single. The go ahead run scored on a double steal, and sophomore SS Pat
McCarthy (Medford, Mass.) closed the inning with an RBI single.
Junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) added an insurance in the ninth
inning with a solo homer.
In the opener, Adams gave up six hits and one walk while striking out
seven to run his record to 5-1. The run against Adams was the first earned run
he has allowed since March 21 against Amherst, and raised his ERA from 0.24 to
0.38
Southern Maine took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on a two-run homer by
senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.), his eighth round tripper of the season,
and an RBI single by Marshall. L'Italien added a solo homer in the eighth
inning. Sophomore Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) had the other Huskies RBI
on a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
For UMass Dartmouth, junior LHP Pat Reedy (New Bedford, Mass.) took the
loss in the opener while senior RHP Jason Devincent (Natick, Mass.)was tagged
with the loss in the nightcap.
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (18-10-1; 6-1-1 LEC) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 12 3
UMass Dartmouth (18-11; 7-2 LEC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams and Peter L'Italien. UMD, Pat Reedy, Jason Daley (8)
and Jon Merrill, Mike Rahme (9).
Winning Pitcher: Adams (5-1) Losing Pitcher: Reedy (3-3)
2B: SM, Marshall, Stacy, Lemieux UMD, Jachimczyk 3B: none
HR: SM, Craig Gureckis (8), Peter L'Italien (3)
RBI: SM, Gureckis 2, Loveless, Marshall, L'Italien UMD, Pereira
Repeat Hitters: SM, L'Italien 3, Marshall, Lemieux UMD, Jachimczyk
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (19-10-1, 7-1-1 LEC) 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 8 4
UMass Dartmouth (18-12; 7-3 LEC) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Jason Thibodeau (8) and Peter L'Italien. UMD, Jason
Devincent, Kyle Darrow (6) and John Macone.
Winning Pitcher: Liddy 3-2 Losing Pitcher: Devincent (2-2)
Save: Thibodeau (1)
2B: UMD, Nettleton 3B: none HR: SM, Andy Lang (5)
RBI: SM, Lang 2, Marshall, Stacy. McCarthy UMD, Nettleton
Repeat Hitters: SM, Stacy, McCarthy UMD, Dougan
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Thursday, April 18, 2002
Marshall, Kent Lead Huskies Past Vikings, 9-1
Flaherty Get Win #499
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) went 3 for
3 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and two RBI, and freshman RHP Eric
Kent (Newburyport, Mass.) hurled seven innings to pick up his second win of the
season as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Salem State
College Vikings 9-1 in a non-conference game at Towers Field Thursday afternoon.
The win was the 499th of USM head coach Ed Flaherty's 17-year career. The
Huskies will try to get number 500 for Flaherty on Saturday when they travel to
the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for a Little East Conference
doubleheader.
Kent scattered six hits and walked two while striking out six. He allowed
only a first inning run. Sophomore RHP Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine) and
senior RHP Erik Carlson (Porltand, Maine) each pitched a scoreless inning of
relief.
Trailing 1-0, USM tied the game in the second inning on sophomore Adam
Lemieux's (Cumberland, Maine) sacrifice fly. The Huskies took the lead for good
with two runs in the third on an infield error and Marshall's RBI double off the
fence in left-center field.
Junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) hit a two-run homer, his third of
the season, to highlight a three-run fifth inning. Marshall also picked up his
second RBI of the day with a sacrifice fly.
USM added two insurance runs in the sixth on Lang's RBI fielder's choice
and a sacrifice fly by junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.). Senior C
Jon Melanson (Portland, Maine) plated the final run in the eighth with a single
to close the scoring.
Freshman RHP Chris Winroth (Hopedale, Mass.), the second of six Salem
State pitchers, took the loss. Senior 1B Jonathan Pollard (Lowell, Mass.) drove
in the lone Viking run. Senior Luke Foskett (Charlton, Mass.) was 2 for 3 with
a run scored and a double.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Salem State (14-13) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
Southern Maine (17-10-1) 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 x 9 10 3
Batteries: Sal, Mike Vatalaro, Chris Winroth (3), Steve Lorrain (4), Ben Larson
(5), Jess Granger (6), Tom Carr (8) and Steve Palleria, Joe Little (7).
SM, Eric Kent, Christian Boileau (8), Erik Carlson (9) and Peter L'Italien,
Jon Melanson (8).
Winning Pitcher: Kent (2-3) Losing Pitcher: Winroth (0-1)
2B: Sal, Foskett SM, Marshall 2 3B: none HR: SM, Andy Lang (3)
RBI: Sal, Pollard SM, Lang 3, Marshall 2, Delorme, Lemieux, Melanson
Repeat Hitters: Sal, Foskett SM, Marshall 3
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Wednesday, April 17
Today's baseball game between Southern Maine and St. Joseph's College has been
postponed due to thunderstorms. It will be played Monday (April 22) at 5:00
p.m.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Southern Maine Rallies for 9-4 Win over Endicott College
GORHAM, Maine - Freshman Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) collected a trio of
singles, and drove in the winning run, as the University of Southern Maine
rallied from a 4-1, sixth-inning deficit to post a 9-4 triumph over Endicott
College, Tuesday afternoon at Towers Field.
Senior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) began the come-back, when he led off
the sixth with a triple, and scored when sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers,
Mass.) followed with a double. A sacrifice fly by sophomore Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine), scored Marshall, and pulled the Huskies to within 4-3
through six innings of play.
Southern Maine took the lead in the seventh inning, when the first four
men it sent to the plate all scored. Junior Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)
began the frame with a double, while Gureckis followed with a single, and after
Marshall reach on a walk, Stacy delivered the RBI-single which put the Huskies
in front, 5-4. Lemieux and senior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) followed with
run scoring sacrifice flies, increasing the Huskies' lead to 7-4. Southern Maine
added two more in the eighth to account for the 9-4 final.
On the mound, junior Eric Carlson (Portland, Maine) pitched a scoreless
inning of relief to earn the win, and junior Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine)
registered the save after pitching the final inning and a third.
For Endicott, freshman James Turner (Woburn, Mass.), who pitched comfortably
through five innings before encountering trouble in the sixth, suffered the
loss. Junior Matt Morrison (West Warwick, R.I.) collected two hits and drove in
three runs for the Gulls.
Southern Maine returns to action tomorrow when it travels to St. Joseph's, while
Endicott will be at Wheaton on Saturday.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Endicott (12-11) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
Southern Maine (16-10-1) 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 X 9 11 0
Batteries: EC, James Turner, David Soroka (7), and Bryan Caruso. SM, Neil
Hutchings, Justin Andrews (5), Erik Carlson (7), Pat Liddy (8), and Peter
L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Carlson (1-0). Losing Pitcher: Turner. Save: Liddy
2B: SM, Lang (2), Delorme, Marshall, L'Italien. EC: Gagnon, Morrison, Plante.
3B: SM, Gureckis.
HR: None.
RBI: SM, Lemieux (2), Lang, Delorme, Gureckis, Marshall, Stacy, L'Italien.
EC: Morrison (3), Plante.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Stacy (3), Lang (2), Gureckis (2).
EC: Caruso, Gagnon, Morrison.
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Sunday, April 14, 2002
Lemieux Pitches Huskies Past Beacons
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) singled in
the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning and sophomore right-hander
Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) hurled a complete game as the University of
Southern Maine Huskies defeated the University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons,
2-1, in a Little East Conference game Sunday afternoon at Towers Field.
The win improved the Huskies' overall record to 15-10-1, and 5-1-1 in the
conference. UMass Boston dipped to 15-10 overall and 1-6 in the conference.
In the eighth inning, junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)
doubled with one out, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored what proved
to be the winning run on Marshall's groundball single to left.
The Beacons had tied the game at 1-1 in the sixth when sophomore SS Jon
Tekela (Thornhill, Ontario) doubled and scored as senior LF Jim McDonough's
(Hingham, Mass.) sacrifice bunt was thrown away.
Lemieux gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead in the second when he was hit by a
pitch with two outs. Senior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) and sophomore Chris
Waymon (Wareham, Mass.) followed with singles to bring Lemieux around.
Lemieux scattered five hits and walked none to record his third win of the
season against one loss. He struck out three.
UMB junior right-hander Mike DiLalla (Westwood, Mass.) went 7.2 innings,
allowing 11 hits and no walks, to take the loss.
Lemieux helped himself with the bat going 2 for 3. Senior Craig Gureckis
(Nashua, N.H.) and Marshall each had a pair of singles.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMass Boston (15-10, 1-6 LEC) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
Southern Maine (15-10-1, 5-1-1 LEC) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 2 11 2
Batteries: UMB, Mike DiLalla, Brad Tardugno (8) and Matt Tapley.
SM, Adam Lemieux and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Lemieux (3-1) Losing Pitcher: DiLalla (2-1)
2B: UMB, Tekela. SM, Delorme 3B: none HR: none
RBI: SM, Waymon, Marshall Repeat Hitters: SM, Gureckis, Marshall, Lemieux
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Saturday, April 13, 2002
Adams Hurls Shutout as Huskies Blank Panthers
PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- Senior right-hander Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine)
hurled a four-hitter for his second shutout of the season as the University of
Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Plymouth State College Panthers, 2-0, in the
opening game of their Little East Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon.
In the nightcap, the Huskies rallied from a 6-1 deficit to take an 8-6
lead in the sixth inning before the Panthers tied the game in the seventh inning
8-8. At that point, the rains came forcing the game to be suspended. No date
on when the game would be resumed has been announced.
Adams, now 4-1, allowed a double and three singles, four walks and had two
hit batters while extending his string of consecutive innings pitched without
allowing an earned run to 34. He struck out three. His only jam came in the
ninth when the Panthers loaded the bases with one out on an infield error and
the two hit batters, but Adams helped his cause by starting a 1-2-3 double play
to end the game.
The only earned run against Adams this season was scored by Amherst on
March 21 in his first start of the season. Overall, he has allowed just three
runs. He lowered his season ERA to a microscopic 0.24.
The Huskies got a run in the fifth off PSC senior RHP Nate Provencher
(Wilton, N.H.) when sophomore SS Pat McCarthy (Medford, Mass.) singled, advanced
to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a, opposite-field double by junior
2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.). USM got an insurance run in the ninth inning
when senior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) slammed his seventh home run of the
season off Provencher.
Lang was the lone repeat hitter in the game, going 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Provencher went the distance for Plymouth, allowing six hits and two walks
while fanning eight. He is 1-4 on the season.
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (14-10, 4-1 LEC) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 1
Plymouth State (8-13, 0-6 LEC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams (4-1) and Peter L'Italien. PS, Nate Provencher (1-
4) and Sy Tebbetts, Jay Morgan (9).
2B: SM, Lang PS, Guimond 3B: none HR: SM, Craig Gureckis (7)
RBI: SM, Lang, Gureckis Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang
Game Two (SUSPENDED GAME) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine 0 0 1 0 2 5 0
Plymouth State 3 0 3 0 0 0 2
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Christian Boileau (7), Justin Andrews (7) and
Pat McDonough, Peter L'Italien (4). PS, Jeff Morgan, Owen Burke (6) and Sy
Tebbetts.
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Thursday, April 11, 2002
Five-Run Inning Lifts Brandeis Past Southern Maine, 9-5
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Freshman 3B Jeff Krasner (East Greenwich, R.I.)
delivered an RBI single in the eighth inning to snap a 4-4 tie as the Brandeis
University Judges used five hits, a walk and two University of Southern Maine
errors to scored five runs in the inning and defeat the Huskies, 9-5, in a on-
conference baseball game Thursday afternoon.
The loss left the Huskies with a 13-10 overall mark heading into
Saturdayís Little East Conference doubleheader at Plymouth State College.
Brandeis improves to 13-8 overall, and hosts Amherst College on Saturday.
The Judges opened the home half of the eighth inning with three straight
singles, the last by Krasner, to break the 4-4 tie. Two batters later, senior
OF Jim Freethey (Manchester, N.H.) knocked in two more runs with a double. He
later scored on sophomore 1B Dan McIntoshís (Falmouth, Mass.) RBI single.
McIntosh advance to third on an outfield error on the play, and later scored on
an infield error.
USM jumped out to a 3-0 lead with two runs in the third inning on an RBI
triple by junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.), who scored on sophomore
3B Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine) groundout, and a single run in the fourth
on an RBI single by junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.).
Brandeis came back to score four in the fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead.
Junior OF Andrew Kahn (Los Angeles, Cal.) knocked in one run with a single and
sophomore DH David Graham (Cambridge, Mass.) picked up an RBI with a groundout.
Two other runs scored on USM errors.
The Huskies tied the game in the seventh on an RBI single by freshman DH
Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine).
Junior RHP Tom McShane (Manchester, N.H.) went the distance for Brandeis
to pick up his fourth win of the season. USM starter Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine)
went 7.1 innings and took the loss.
Delorme led USMís 13-hit assault on McShane, going 3-for-5 with a double
and triple. Sophomore SS Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) went 3-for-5 while
Lang and senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) each had a pair of hits. USM
outhit Brandies 13-9, but also committed five errors.
Kahn was 3-for-5 with an RBI and Freethey had two hits and two RBI for the
Judges.
at Waltham, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (13-10) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 13 5
Brandeis (13-8) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 x 9 9 2
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Erik Carlson (8) and Peter LíItalien.
Br, Tom McShane and Sean Ewers.
Winning Pitcher: McShane (4-2) Losing Pitcher: Liddy (2-2)
2B: SM, Delorme Br, Freethey 3B: SM, Delorme HR: none
RBI: SM, Delorme, Daniels, Lang, Stacy, Gureckis.
Br, Freethey 2, Kahn, McIntosh, Graham, Krasner
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Marshall 3, Lang, Gureckis.
Br., Kahn 3, Freethey.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2002
(courtesy of Jim Caton, Bowdoin Sports Information)
Polar Bears Defeat Huskies 13-5
BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin baseball team used 17 hits, including two
three-run homers, to defeat in-state rival Southern Maine for the first time
since 1987 Tuesday afternoon, 13-5.
The last Bowdoin victory over the Huskies was in 1987, 15-6. Since then,
Southern Maine, the 1991 and 1997 national champions, had taken 17 straight wins
in the series. The win moves Bowdoin to 9-10, while Southern Maine drops to
13-9.
In a game with only one 1-2-3 inning and nine errors by the two teams
combined, the batters were in control from the start. A bases-clearing triple by
Kevin Bougie (Sanford, Maine) gave Bowdoin a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the
first. The Polar Bears would tack on another score to lead 3-0 after one inning
of play. Southern Maine managed to get one run back in the top of the third, but
the Polar Bears proceeded to put the game away over the next four innings by
scoring ten runs, including two three-run homers. Rob Metzler (West Hartford,
Conn.) launched a rocket to right-center in the fourth, and Seth Paradis
(Auburn, Maine) hammered one to deep center in the sixth.
Scott Boruchow (Malvern, Penn.) was credited with the win for Bowdoin,
going 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two runs and striking out four. Eric Kent
(Newburyport, Mass.) took the loss for Southern Maine.
Bowdoin had numerous hitting stars, including Metzler (4-5, three runs,
four RBI), Bougie (2-5, run, three RBI) Jimmy Shea (Bangor, Maine/4-5, two
runs), and Chris Davidson (Plymouth, Mass./3-4, two runs, RBI). Freshman Greg
Stacy (Denmark, Maine) went 3-5 with an RBI for the Huskies.
Bowdoin will host Tufts on Friday and Saturday, while Southern Maine will
play at Brandeis on Thursday.
SCORING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (13-9) 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 11 3
Bowdoin (9-10) 3 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 x 13 20 6
Batteries: SM - Eric Kent, Chris Boileau (4), Travis Ferrante (6), Neil
Hutchings (7) and Peter L'Italien. BOW - Pat Donahue, Andrew Nichols (4),
Scott Boruchow (5), Tom McMahon (8) and John Clifford.
Wining Pitcher: Boruchow (2-2) Losing Pitcher: Kent (1-3)
2B: USM - Delorme, Stacy, Lemieux; BOW - Metzler, Shea, Davidson.
3B: BOW - Bougie
HR: BOW - Rob Metzler, Seth Paradis
RBI: SM - Daniels, Stacy, McDonough BOW - Metzler 4, Bougie 3, Paradis 3,
Workman, Davidson.
Repeat Hitters: SM - Stacy 3, Delorme BOW - Metzler 4, Shea 4, Davidson 3,
Bougie, Paradis.
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Sunday, April 7, 2002
Southern Maine Defeats Wheaton 10-3
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore left-handed pitcher Jason Thibodeau (Old
Town, Maine) hurled 5.1 innings of scoreless three-hit relief and sophomore OF
Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) drove in four runs to lead the University of
Southern Maine Huskies to a 10-3 win over the Wheaton College Lyons in a non-
conference game Sunday afternoon at Towers Field.
The win improved the Huskies overall record to 13-8, and avenged a 9-6
loss at the hands of the Lyons nine days ago. The loss snapped the Lyons eight-
game unbeaten streak (7-0-1) and leaves them with a 16-4-1 overall record.
Wheaton grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on a one-out triple by junior 3B Scott
Beattie (Springvale, Maine) and a sacrifice fly by senior OF Chris Denorfia
(Southington, Conn.).
USM responded in the second with a two-run single by Lemieux, and added a
single tally in the third on three singles and a double play grounder.
Denorfia sparked a two-run Wheaton rally in the fourth, leading off with a
walk. Senior DH Damon Whalen (Pelham, N.H.) followed with an RBI double,
advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by sophomore C Joe
DeMartino (West Barnstable, Mass.) to tie the score.
Freshman Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) scored the go ahead run for USM in
the sixth on an infield error.
Lemieux drove in his third run of the day when he was hit by a pitch with
the bases loaded in the seventh. Two batters later, senior C Peter L'Italien
(Salem, mass.) drew a bases loaded walk to force in a second run, and sophomore
OF Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) followed with a two-run single.
Thibodeau, who came on in the fourth in relief of starter Neil Hutchings
(Cumberland, Maine), allowed just three hits and no walks while striking out
five to collect his second win of the season.
Wheaton junior starter Trevor Alexander (Wilton, Maine) went six innings
and took the loss.
Junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) paced the Huskies' 17-hit attack,
going 4 for 4 with a double. Junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.),
sophomore Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine), senior Craig Gureckis (Nashua,
N.H.), Stacy and Lemieux each had two hits.
Southern Maine travels to Bowdoin College on Tuesday for its next game.
Wheaton travels to Brandeis University, also on Tuesday.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wheaton (16-4-1) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1
Southern Maine (13-8) 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 x 10 17 1
Batteries: W, Trevor Alexander, Jon Stone (7), Justin Rioux (7), Mike Banda (7)
and Joe DeMartino.
SM, Neil Hutchings, Jason Thibodeau (4), Erik Carlson (9) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Thibodeau (2-2) Losing Pitcher: Alexander (0-1)
2B: W, Whalen, DeMartino SM, Lang, Daniels, Lemieux.
3B: W, Beattie
HR: none
RBI: W, Denorfia, Whalen, DeMartino
SM, Lemieux 4, L'Italien 2, Loveless 2, Daniels.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 4, Delorme, Daniels, Stacy, Lemieux, Gureckis.
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Saturday, April 6, 2002
Huskies, Colonials Split Doubleheader
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior right-hander Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) tossed a
complete game three-hitter and struck out nine as the University of Southern
Maine Huskies came from behind to beat the Western Connecticut State Colonials,
5-1, in the second game of their Little East Conference baseball doubleheader at
Towers Field Saturday afternoon.
In the first game, Western Connecticut junior left-hander Carl Rivers
(Morris, Conn.) got the better of USM senior right-hander Ryan Adams (Sanford,
Maine) in a pitchers duel, 2-1. Rivers gave up eight singles, walked one and
struck out six while Adams surrendered just five hits and one walk and struck
out five. Both Western Connecticut runs were unearned.
The split leaves the Huskies with a 12-8 overall record heading into
Sunday's non-conference home game with Wheaton College. Western Connecticut is
7-9 overall. Both clubs are 3-1 in the Little East Conference.
Western Connecticut staked Rivers to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning of
game one when senior C Bob Nardi (Winsted, Conn.) reached on an infield error.
After Adams struck out the next two hitters, sophomore OF Ian Reilly (Bronx,
N.Y.) delivered a sun-aided triple to right center field plating Nardi. Reilly
came in on sophomore 1B Anthony Puccio (Bayshore, N.Y.) RBI single.
USM came back in the fifth to cut the deficit in half when sophomore 3B
Darrin Daniels (Millinocket, Maine) scored from third during a double steal
attempt that ended the inning. Rivers would allow only an infield single and a
walk over the final four innings.
In the nightcap, the Colonials picked up a gift run in the first inning as
junior OF Jay Sharkey (Waterbury, Conn.) doubled with one out, then came home as
the Huskies made errors on consecutive ground balls.
The Huskies finally broke through against Western Connecticut starter John
Parise (North Haven, Conn.) in the fifth. Parise did not allowed a hit until
Daniels, pinch hitting, tied the game with an RBI single to left. After USM
loaded the bases on a single and an infield error, junior OF Tyler Delorme
(Enosburg Falls, Vt.) drove in two runs with a single to left. Senior 1B Craig
Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) greeted reliever Brad Percival (Farmington, Conn.) with
an RBI double down the right field line to make it 4-1.
Sophomore 3B Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) drove in an insurance run in
the seventh for the final tally.
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Connecticut 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Southern Maine 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
Batteries: WC, Carl Rivers (3-2) and Bob Nardi. SM, Ryan Adams (3-1) and
Peter L'Italien.
2B: none 3B: WC, Reilly HR: none
RBI: WC, Reilly, Puccio.
Repeat Hitters: WC, Puccio SM, Delorme, Lang.
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Connecticut (7-9, 3-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
Southern Maine (12-8, 3-1) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 x 5 8 4
Batteries: WC, John Perise, Brad Percival (5), Andy McQueen (7), D.J. Manning
(8) and Brett Adamsky. SM, Pat Liddy and Jon Melanson, Peter L'Italien (7).
Winning Pitcher: Liddy (2-1) Losing Pitcher: Parise (0-3)
2B: WC, Sharkey SM, Gureckis 3B: none HR: none
RBI: WC, Lynch SM, Delorme 2, Gureckis, Marshall
Repeat Hitters: WC, Sharkey SM, Delorme, Daniels
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Friday, April 5, 2002
Huskies Rout Chargers, 24-1, in Home Opener
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore right-hander Travis Ferrante (Portland,
Maine) scattered three hits and allowed just one run over seven innings to pick
up his first win of the season as the University of Southern Maine Huskies
pounded out 18 hits and scored a season-high 24 runs to rout the visiting Colby-
Sawyer College Chargers, 24-1, in the Huskies home-opener Friday afternoon at a
frigid Towers Field.
The non-conference win improved the Huskies overall mark to 11-7 heading
into a Saturday afternoon Little East Conference doubleheader against Western
Connecticut State University. Colby-Sawyer dropped to 3-13 overall. The
Chargers will play their home opener Saturday, hosting New England College for a
doubleheader.
Ferrante did not surrender a hit through the first five innings, allowing
only three base runners (two hit batters and one reaching on an error) until
sophomore Jon Clay (Hopkinton, N.H.) reached him for an opposite field single
with two out in the sixth inning. The Chargers nicked Ferrante for a run in the
seventh on an infield single and an RBI double by sophomore Rian McCarthy
(Middletown, R.I.).
USM batted around in the second, third and fifth innings to turn the game
into a rout. Junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.), sophomore 3B Brian
Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) and freshman DH Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine) led the
assault with three hits apiece. Delorme, Stacy, sophomore OF Colin Loveless
(South Paris, Maine) and sophomore Chris Waymon (Wareham, Mass.) all had three
RBI. Waymon had the only home run in the game.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colby-Sawyer (3-13) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5
Southern Maine (11-7) 0 6 7 2 9 0 x 24 18 1
Batteries: C-S, Brian Weigler, Greg Hay (3), Rich Gould (3), Matt Mulhane (5)
and Dave Shoreman, Mike Carignan (4). SM, Travis Ferrante and Peter
L'Italien, Jon Melanson (6).
Winning Pitcher: Ferrante (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Weigler (0-1)
2B: C-S, McCarthy SM, Stacy 2, Marshall, L'Italien 3B: SM, Gureckis
HR: SM, Chris Waymon (1)
RBI: C-S, McCarthy SM, Loveless 3, Delorme 3, Waymon 3, Marshall 2, Stacy
2, Gureckis 2, L'Italien, Daniels.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Marshall 3, Stacy 3, Lang, Gureckis
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Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Bridgewater State Sweeps Southern Maine
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bridgewater State College Bears sophomore right-
hander Peter Starr (Leominster, Mass.) and freshman right-hander Scott Favreau
(Tewksbury, Mass.) combined to limit the University of Southern Maine Huskies to
just four singles over two games as the Bears swept the visiting Huskies, 4-0
and 5-0, in a non-conference baseball doubleheader Wednesday. The second game
was called after five innings due to darkness.
Starr was brilliant in the first game, taking a no-hitter into the seventh
inning before junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) broke up the bid with a
bloop single to left. It was the only blemish against Starr who walked none and
struck out seven for his second win of the season.
Sophomore catcher Anthony Taormina (Plymouth, Mass.) gave Starr all the
support he would need with a solo home run in the third inning off sophomore
left-hander Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine). The Bears added three insurance
runs in the fifth on an RBI single by sophomore Jason Arraiol (Taunton, Mass.),
an infield error and an RBI double by junior Mike Foster (Whitman, Mass.).
In the nightcap, Favreau stranded nine Huskies over the first four innings
to keep the game scoreless before the Bears bunched their six hits into a five-
run inning. Favreau gave up just three singles, but walked seven and was
constantly pitching out of trouble.
With darkness impending, the Bears got on the board in the fourth when,
with one out, junior Jeremy Winters (Norton, Mass.) doubled and scored on a
single by Foster. Junior Dan Webber (Norton, Mass.) followed with another
double to score Foster. After a walk, sophomore Christian Boileau (Lewiston,
Maine) replaced freshman Eric Kent (Newburyport, Mass.) on the hill for the
Huskies.
Boileau should have been out of the inning, getting an infield ground out,
but Taormina's foul pop was dropped for an error, keeping the inning alive.
Taormina then singled to score Webber. Sophomore Jim Sullivan (Tewksbury,
Mass.) and junior Derek Favreau (Tewksbury, Mass.) followed with RBI singles.
Southern Maine, now 10-7, will begin a four-game homestand on Friday,
playing Colby-Sawyer College at 3:00 p.m., followed by a Little East Conference
doubleheader with Western Connecticut State University on Saturday (12:00 p.m.)
and a single non-conference game against Wheaton College on Sunday (1:00 p.m.).
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bridgewater State 0 0 1 0 3 0 x 4 7 2
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau and Peter L'Italien.
BS, Peter Starr and Anthony Taormina.
Winning Pitcher: Starr (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Thibodeau (1-2)
2B: BS, Foster 3B: none HR: BS, Anthony Taormina (3)
RBI: BS, Taormina, Foster, Arraiol Repeat Hitters: BS, Taormina
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Southern Maine (10-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bridgewater State (8-6) 0 0 0 5 x 5 6 0
Batteries: SM, Eric Kent, Christian Boileau (4) and Jon Melanson.
BS, Scott Favreau and Taormina.
Winning Pitcher: S. Favreau (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Kent (1-2)
2B: BS, Winters, Webber 3B: none HR: none
RBI: BS, Taormina, Foster, Webber, Sullivan, D. Favreau Repeat Hitters: none
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Saturday, March 30, 2002
Huskies Open LEC Schedule with Sweep of Anchormen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The University of Southern Maine Huskies pounded out
35 hits and scored 27 runs to sweep a doubleheader from the Rhode Island College
Anchormen, 20-0 and 7-2, Saturday in the opening weekend of play in the Little
East Conference.
USM snapped a two-game losing skid with the wins and improved to 10-5
overall. Rhode Island College has lost three straight and falls to 2-12
overall.
In the opening game, senior right-handed pitcher Ryan Adams (Sanford,
Maine) combined with junior southpaw Neil Hutchings (Cumberland, Maine) to spin
a three-hit shutout. Adams worked the first seven innings, allowing three hits
and no walks while striking out four to pick up his third win of the season.
Hutchings gave up just one walk and struck out one in two innings of work.
Sophomore Jeff Steere (Chepachet, R.I.) took the loss after allowing 12 hits and
14 runs in four innings of work.
USM put the game out of reach early with six runs in the second inning and
eight more in the fourth. Senior 1B Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) opened the
flood gates in the second with an RBI single. USM also benefited from three
Anchormen errors. The big blows in the fourth were a two-run double by
sophomore OF Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) and a two-run single by sophomore
SS Pat McCarthy (Medford, Mass.).
McCarthy finished the game 4-for-6 with two RBI while Lemieux was 3-for-5
with four RBI. Five other USM players also had a pair of safeties.
In the nightcap, which was called after seven innings due to darkness, the
Huskies jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings to give junior right-
hander Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) a cushion. Gureckis forced home a run in the
first with a bases loaded walk. In the Huskies' four-run fourth, seven straight
batters reached base to account for the runs.
Liddy went the distance, allowing six hits and two walks while fanning
six. Freshman Jim Milano (Johnston, R.I.) worked the first three innings for
RIC and took the loss.
Junior 2B Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) paced the attack in the second
game, going 3-for-5 while junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) was
2-for-2 with three walks and two RBI.
Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine 0 6 0 8 0 0 4 1 1 20 22 0
Rhode Island College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams, Neil Hutchings (8), and Pete L'Italien, Jon Melanson
(7). RIC, Jeff Steere, Dan Furtado (5), and Sean McNamara.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (3-0). Losing Pitcher: Steere (0-2)
2B: SM, Delorme 2, Loveless, Lemieux, McDonough, L'Italien. 3B: SM, Lang.
HR: SM, Jon Melanson (1).
RBI: SM, Lemieux 4, Melanson 3, McCarthy 2, Gureckis 2, Loveless, Lang, Delorme,
Daniels, McDonough, L'Italien.
Repeat Hitters: SM, McCarthy 4, Lemieux 3, L'Italien, Loveless, Delorme,
Gureckis, McDonough.
Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine (10-5, 2-0) 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 13 0
Rhode Island College (2-12, 0-2) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy and Jon Melanson. RIC, Jim Milano, Seth DeCorte (4)
and Dave Quaglia.
Winning Pitcher: Liddy (1-1) Losing Pitcher: Milano (0-3)
2B: SM, Loveless, Gureckis 3B: none HR: none
RBI: SM, Delorme 2, Loveless, Lemieux, Lang, Gureckis. RIC, Melucci
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 3, Delorme, Marshall.
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Friday, March 29, 2002
Four-Run Sixth Inning Lifts Lyons Past Huskies, 9-6
NORTON, Mass. -- Senior Will Bissonnette (Roslindale, Mass.) snapped a
tie game with an RBI double and later scored as part of a four-run uprising in
the sixth inning to lift the Wheaton College Lyons past the University of
Southern Maine Huskies 9-6 at Sidell Field Friday afternoon.
The game was a matchup of two of the top Division III teams in New
England. Southern Maine (8-5) was ranked second in this week's New England
Baseball Coaches Association poll, and eighth nationally. Wheaton (10-3) was
ranked third in New England and 26th in the ABCA national poll. The two teams
will meet again in Gorham on April 7.
Rookie Kevin Cooper (Swampscott, Mass.) opened the home half of the sixth
with a single, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice before
Bissonnette delivered the tie breaking run. Junior Scott Beattie (Springvale,
Maine) drove in Bissonnette with a single. After a walk to senior Chris
Denorfia (Southington, Conn.), senior Damon Whalen (Pelham, N.H.) plated two
runs with a double to make it 9-5.
USM got one run back in the seventh on a two-out, bases-loaded walk to
sophomore pinch hitter Chris Waymon (Wareham, Mass.), but could do no further
damage as the Lyons' junior hurler, Justin Rioux (Nashua, N.H.), got the final
out of the inning on a strikeout.
Wheaton took a 4-0 lead in the third inning against USM starter and losing
pitcher Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine). Sophomore John Ablondi (Westford,
Mass.) had a two-run homer, his first of the season, to highlight the inning.
The Huskies came right back in the fourth on a three-run homer by senior
Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.). After the Lyons got a single tally in the bottom
half of the fourth, junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) tied the game in the
fifth with a two-run homer.
Freshman pitcher J.D. Stone (North Adams, Mass.) picked up the win with
2.1 innings of relief work. Senior Mike Spavento (Milton, Mass.) faced three
batters in the ninth to record his fourth save of the season.
Southern Maine travels to Providence on Saturday to open its Little East
Conference schedule with a doubleheader against Rhode Island College. Wheaton
begins its NEWMAC schedule on Saturday with a doubleheader against W.P.I.
at Norton, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (8-5) 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 6 0
Wheaton (10-3) 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 x 9 13 1
Batteries: SM, Adam Lemieux, Christian Boileau (6), Justin Andrews (6) and
Peter L'Italien, Jon Melanson (7). W, Matt Parlato, J.D. Stone (5), Mike
Banda (7), Justin Rioux (7), Mike Spavento (9) and Joe DeMartino.
Winning Pitcher: Stone (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Lemieux (2-1) Save: Spavento (4)
2B: W, Whalen, Bissonnette, Beattie, Cooper 3B: none
HR: SM, Craig Gureckis (6), Andy Lang (2) W, John Ablondi (1)
RBI: SM, Gureckis 3, Lang 2, Waymon W, Whalen 3, Ablondi 2, Denorfia,
Bissonnette, Beattie, Ziakas
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang W, Cooper 3, Whalen, Beattie, Bissonnette, Ziakas
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Wednesday, March 27, 2002
USM, Wisconsin-Whitewater Split Two
FT. MYERS, Fla. -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies and
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks split a doubleheader between the two
nationally-ranked clubs Wednesday at Tarry Park in Ft. Myers, Fla.
Southern Maine, ranked eighth in this week's ABCA poll, took the opening
game 6-3 behind the pitching of sophomore left-hander Jason Thibodeau (Old Town,
Maine) and the hitting of junior infielder Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.).
The Warhawks, ranked 17th in the top 30 poll, came back to take the second
game by scoring four runs in the fifth and five more in the seventh for a 9-1
win.
Thibodeau scattered five hits and two walks while fanning two to even his
record at 1-1. The lefty allowed a single run in the third and two in the
fourth, then retired the final nine batters he faced.
Lang ignited the Huskies' two-run second inning by getting hit by a pitch
leading off, and he later scored on sophomore Pat McCarthy's (Medford, Mass.)
sacrifice fly. The second run came home on sophomore Colin Loveless' (South
Paris, Maine) RBI single.
After Whitewater tied the game at 3-3 in the fourth, Lang delivered what
proved to be the winning runs in the fifth with a two-run triple. Freshman Greg
Stacy (Denmark, Maine) drove in an insurance run in the seventh with a single.
Southern Maine looked for a sweep of the doubleheader, taking a 1-0 lead
in the nightcap on junior Tyler Delorme's (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) RBI fielder's
choice in the third inning.
Junior Rob Misora Palatine, Ill.) tied the game in the fifth for the
Warhawks with an RBI triple. Classmate Travis Van Zile (Reedsburg, Wis.)
followed with a two-run homer down the left field line. Sophomore Brady Endl
(Jefferson, Wis.) pushed across the fourth run when he was hit by a pitch with
the bases loaded.
Whitewater put the game away with five runs against three USM relievers in
the seventh inning. Freshman Dan Gnatzig (Whitewater, Wis.) had the big hit, a
two-run triple, in the inning.
Junior lefty Adam Haried (Stoughton, Wis.) limited the Huskies to just
five hits and one walk in the complete game win. USM freshman Eric Kent
(Newburyport, Mass.) was tagged with the loss.
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 6 12 1
Wis.-Whitewater 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 1
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau and Peter L'Italien.
W, Brady Endl, Andrew Keller (7) and Jason Ondricka.
Winning Pitcher: Thibodeau (1-1) Losing Pitcher: Endl
2B: SM, L'Italien W, Hearn 2, Van Zile 3B: SM, Lang HR: none
RBI: SM, Lang 2, Loveless, Stacy, L'Italien, McCarthy W, Van Zile, Misora
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 3, L'Italien 3 W, Hearn.
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wis.-Whitewater (8-2) 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 10 2
Southern Maine (8-4) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Batteries: W, Adam Haried and Aaron Guilbault.
SM, Eric Kent, Erik Carlson (5), Travis Ferrante (7), Christian Boileau
(7), Dan Drapeau (7) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Haried Losing Pitcher: Kent (1-1)
2B: W, Shere 3B: SM, Lemieux W, Gnatzig, Misora
HR: W, Travis Van Zile
RBI: W, Van Zile 2, Gnatzig 2, Cartledge, Endl, Hearn, Guilbault, Misora
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lemieux, McDonough W, Cartledge 3, Misora
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Tuesday, March 26, 2002
USM, St. Thomas Split Doubleheader
FT. MYER, Fla. -- University of Southern Maine senior right-handed
pitcher Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) picked up his first career shutout Tuesday
afternoon, hurling a four-hitter against the University of St. Thomas Tommies,
the defending NCAA Division III champion, in the first game of a doubleheader at
Tarry Park in Ft. Myers, Fla.
The Tommies, ranked third in the latest ABCA Division III poll, came back
in the second game to take advantage of two USM errors to score six unearned
runs in the final two innings to take an 8-5 win. The doubleheader split left
both teams with 7-3 records.
Adams gave up just four singles and four walks while striking out three
for the complete game win. He gave up a pair of two-out singles in the third
and got out his only jam in the fourth with the help of a double play. He did
not allow a hit after the fourth inning.
Junior OF Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) gave Adams all the support
he would need with an RBI single in the third. USM added three more runs in the
fourth on RBI singles by junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) and sophomore Pat
McCarthy (Medford, Mass.) and a sacrifice fly by sophomore Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine).
In the second game, St. Thomas junior Casey Garven (Bloomington, Minn.)
and Delorme traded first inning solo home runs. USM grabbed a 2-1 lead in the
second inning when sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) came home on a
balk.
St. Thomas tied the game in the fifth when freshman Heath Henderson
(Rochester, Minn.) hit a solo homer off USM starter and tough-luck loser Pat
Liddy (Wilton, Maine). Liddy allowed only two hits over 5.2 innings.
The Tommies grabbed the lead for good in the sixth when junior Tom
Carroll's (Sioux City, Iowa) two-out fly ball was misplayed for an error,
allowing two runs to score. Freshman Eric Johnson (Cambridge, Minn.) later
stroked a two-run triple to make it 6-2.
St. Thomas added two more unearned runs in the seventh to offset a three-
run homer by Delorme in the bottom half of the inning to account for the final
score.
USM concludes its 12-game Florida trip Wednesday with a doubleheader
against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Tarry Park.
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 9 0
St. Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams and Peter L'Italien.
St. T, Brian Whinnery, Jesse Tollefson and Kyle Olson.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Whinnery.
2B: none 3B: none HR: none
RBI: SM, Delorme, Lang, McCarthy, Lemieux
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Thomas (7-3) 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 8 5 0
Southern Maine (7-3) 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 2
Batteries: St. T, Sean Lindstrom, Andy Vitcak (4) and Jim Nelson, Kyle Olson
(6). SM, Pat Liddy, Christian Boileau (6), Neil Hutchings (6), Pat McDonough
(7) and Jon Melanson.
Winning Pitcher: Vitcak Losing Pitcher: Liddy (0-1)
2B: none 3B: St. T, Johnson
HR: St. T, Casey Garven, Heath Henderson SM, Tyler Delorme 2 (5)
RBI: St. T, Garven 2, Johnson 2, Carroll, Henderson SM, Delorme 4
Repeat Hitters: St. T, Garven. SM, Delorme 3, Lang.
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Monday, March 25, 2002
USM Sweeps Doubleheader From Concordia
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies pulled out
a pair of come-from-behind victories over the Concordia University (Moorhead,
Minn.) Cobbers Monday afternoon to extend their record to 6-2.
In the opening game, Concordia was one out away from victory, nursing a
2-1 lead when junior Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) singled and sophomore Adam
Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) doubled him in to tie the game. Two innings later,
Lang doubled with one out and Lemieux followed with a two-run homer to give USM
the lead.
Sophomore Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine), who pitched 2.2 innings of
one-hit relief, picked up his first win of the season. USM also got 6.1 solid
innings from sophomore starter Travis Ferrante (Portland, Maine). Ferrante
allowed just six hits, two runs, and walked no one while fanning one in his
first start of the season.
Junior Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) accounted for the other USM run
with a solo home run, his third of the season, leading off the fourth inning.
In the nightcap, Concordia jumped out to a 7-0 lead against USM starter
Mike Caggiano (Augusta, Maine). The Cobbers scored five in the first inning,
keyed by a three-run homer by DH Ryan Hebrink (Sacred Heart, Minn.).
USM got on the board with two in the bottom of the third on RBI singles by
Delorme and freshman Greg Stacy (Denmark, Maine). A four-run fourth inning,
highlighted by a two-run single by sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass./
4-for-4, 4 RBI) pulled the Huskies within one.
Southern Maine tied the game in the fifth on an RBI single by sophomore
Pat McCarthy (Medford, Mass.), and took the lead on Lemieux's RBI double.
Marshall added a two-run single to make it 10-7. Sophomore Colin Loveless
(South Paris, Maine) added an insurance run in the sixth with an RBI double.
Senior left-hander Justin Andrews (Nashua, N.H.) picked up the win with
four effective innings of relief work, and Boileau notched his third save of the
season by stranding the potential tying and go ahead runs on base.
Hebrink finished the game 2-for-4 with three RBI while junior catcher Ben
Kvidt (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) was 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI. Kvidt hit
a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh inning to ignite a rally that fell a run
short.
Southern Maine will play a doubleheader against defending national
champion St. Thomas University on Tuesday.
at Cape Coral, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 9 1
Concordia 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Batteries: SM, Travis Ferrante, Christian Boileau (7) and Peter L'Italien.
C, Derek Dormanen, Jeremy Hinderks (9) and Ben Kvidt.
Winning Pitcher: Boileau (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Dormanen
2B: SM, Loveless, Lemieux, Lang 3B: none
HR: SM, Tyler Delorme (3), Adam Lemieux (2)
RBI: SM, Lemieux 3, Delorme C, Barnacle
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 3, Lemieux, McCarthy C, Siverson, Hebrink
at Cape Coral, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia (2-2) 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 14 0
Southern Maine (6-2) 0 0 2 4 4 1 x 11 15 1
Batteries: C, Isaac Triebold, Justin Berg (4) and Ben Kvidt.
SM, Mike Caggiano, Justin Andrews (3), Christian Boileau (7) and Greg Stacy,
Peter L'Italien (5)
Winning Pitcher: Andrews (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Berg
2B: SM, Lemieux 2, Lang, Loveless 2 C, Barnacle, Kvidt
3B: C, Siverson HR: C, Ryan Hebrink, Kvidt.
RBI: SM, Marshall 4, Lemieux 2, Delorme 2, Lang, Stacy, McCarthy
C, Hebrink 3, Kvidt 3, Siverson, Felstul, Johnson
Repeat Hitters: SM, Marshall 4, Lemieux, Meader, Delorme, Loveless.
C, Kvidt 3,Siverson 3, Barnacle, Hebrink
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Saturday, March 23, 2002
USM, Trinity Split Doubleheader
FT. MYERS, FLA. -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies and Trinity
College Bantams split a doubleheader Saturday in Ft. Myers, Fla., with the
Huskies taking the opener 13-1 while the Bantams turned the tables in the second
game for an 18-1 win.
In the first game, juniors Derek Meader (Portland, Maine) and Andy Lang
(New Bedford, Mass.) each had three hits and a pair of RBI to pace a 14-hit
Husky assault on two Trinity pitchers. USM sophomore pitchers Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine) and Pat McDonough (Windham, Maine) combined to hold the
Bantams to four singles in the seven-inning contest.
The Huskies grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first on an errant pickoff throw, a
sacrifice fly, Lang's RBI triple and an RBI double by freshman Chris Waymon
(Wareham, Mass.). USM added two more in the third to make it 6-1 on an RBI
single by sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) and a double steal. The
game turned into a rout when the Huskies scored twice in the sixth and five
times in the seventh (and final) inning.
The second game was just the opposite as Trinity pounded four USM hurlers
for 20 hits and 18 runs over the final five innings to salvage a split. Seniors
Greg Spanos (Auburn, Mass.), Mark Mahoney (Newton, Mass.) and Alan Andreini
(Greenwich, Conn.) led the assault with three hits each. Eight of the nine
Trinity players in the lineup had two or more hits.
The Huskies took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Marshall singled home
sophomore Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine).
A balk by USM starter and losing pitcher Neil Hutchings (Cumberland,
Maine) brought in the tying run in the third. Trinity scored three in the
fourth to take the lead for good on an infield error, a wild pitch and Spanos'
RBI double. Trinity put the game away with a seven-run fifth inning to make it
11-1.
USM is now 4-2 at the midpoint of its 12-game Florida trip while Trinity
finished its southern swing 7-3.
Game One
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine 4 0 2 0 0 2 5 13 14 1
Trinity 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Batteries: SM, Adam Lemieux, Pat McDonough (7) and Peter L'Italien.
T, Jonah Baylis, Justin Olewnik (7) and Robert Dolliver.
Winning Pitcher: Lemieux (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Bayliss
2B: SM, Waymon 3B: SM, Lang, Marshall HR: none
RBI: SM, Meader 2, Delorme 2, Marshall 2, Lang 2, Loveless, Waymon, L'Italien.
T, Piantek
Repeat Hitters: SM, Meader 3, Lang, 3, Delorme, Marshall, Waymon.
T, Freimuth 3.
Game Two
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Trinity (7-3) 0 0 1 3 7 2 5 18 20 0
Southern Maine (4-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
Batteries: T, Kevin Tidmarsh and Tony O'Shaughnessy. SM, Neil Hutchings,
McDonough (5), Chris Boileau (5), Dan Drapeau (5) and Jon Melanson.
Wining Pitcher: Tidmarsh Losing Pitcher: Hutchings (0-1)
2B: SM, Marshall. T, Piantek 2, Spanos, Fries, Mahoney, Dorr, O'Shaughnessy.
3B: T, Spanos. HR: none
RBI: SM, Marshall. T, Spanos 4, Dorr 3, OíShaughnessy 3, Freimuth 2,
Mahoney 2, Andreini
Repeat Hitters: SM, Marshall. T, Spanos 3, Mahoney 3, Andreini 3, Freimuth,
Piantek, Natale, Dorr, O'Shaughnessy.
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Friday, March 22, 2002
Gureckis Hits Three HR as Huskies Salvage Split
FT. MYERS, Fla. -- Senior first baseman Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.)
hit a school record tying three home runs and drove in four runs as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Babson College Beavers, 6-3,
to salvage a split of their two games Friday at Tarry Park in Ft. Myers, Fla.
Hope College had beaten the Huskies, 6-4, earlier in the day.
Gureckis, who has five home runs in USM's first four games, hit a solo
home run in the second inning to give the Huskies a 2-1 lead, a two-run shot in
the third to make it 4-2, and a solo blast for the Huskies final run in the
fifth. The three round trippers in a single game ties Pete Misiazek's school
record, set against Hartwick University in March 1993.
Junior Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) also pounded out three hits,
and sophomore Pat McCarthy (Medford, Mass.) had a double and a single for the
Huskies.
Rookie right-hander Erik Kent (Newburyport, Mass.) hurled the first five
innings, allowing seven hits and three walks while fanning three to pick up his
first collegiate victory. Senior Justin Andrews (Nashua, N.H.) and sophomore
Chris Boileau (Lewiston, Maine) each pitched an inning in relief.
Junior Joe Kehoe (Hyde Park, Mass.) had a solo homer and an RBI single to
account for two of Babson's three runs. Junior Matt Nolan (Peabody, Mass.) had
three hits for the Beavers. Junior pitcher Joe Forte (North Haven, Conn.) went
the distance to absorb his second loss of the season.
In the earlier game, junior B.J. Maas (Jenison, Mich.) hit a three-run
homer to cap off a five-run third inning as Hope handed the Huskies their first
loss. The Flying Dutchmen used three singles, a hit batsman and Maas' homer to
overcome a two-run deficit and take a 6-3 lead.
Junior Matt Widenmier (Midland, Mich.) picked up the win with 4.2 innings
of relief. He allowed just four hits and one unearned run. USM sophomore Jason
Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) took the loss, going the distance.
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Maine (2-1) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 6 0
Hope (9-1) 0 1 5 0 0 0 x 6 7 1
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau and Peter L'Italien, Jon Melanson (6).
H, Mike Billingsley, Matt Widenmier (3) and Eric MacKenzie.
Winning Pitcher: Widenmier Losing Pitcher: Thibodeau (0-1)
2B: SM, Loveless, Lang 3B: none HR: H, B.J. Maas
RBI: SM, Meader 2, Delorme, Marshall H, Maas 3, Blackport, VanBeek
Repeat Hitters: H, VanBeek
at Ft. Myers, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Babson (1-6) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 0
Southern Maine (3-1) 1 2 2 0 1 0 x 6 11 0
Batteries: B, Joe Forte and Joe Kehoe. SM, Erik Kent, Justin Andrews (6),
Chris Boileau (7) and Pat McDonough.
Winning Pitcher: Kent (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Forte (0-2)
2B: SM, Delorme, McCarthy B, Nolan, Higa, Doehler 3B: none
HR: SM, Craig Gureckis 3 (5) B, Joe Kehoe
RBI: SM, Gureckis 4, Delorme, Loveless B, Kehoe 2, Higa
Repeat Hitters: SM, Gureckis 3, Delorme 3, McCarthy B, Nolan, Laliberte,
Kehoe
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Thursday, March 21, 2001
Huskies Hold Off Lord Jeffs, 9-6
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Senior right-hander Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine)
pitched six strong innings, allowing just four hits and one run, as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies built a big early lead, then held off
Amherst College for a 9-6 win Thursday night in Cape Coral, Fla.
The win gave the Huskies a sweep of their season-opening games against
Ripon College and Amherst. Amherst slips to 3-4 on the season.
Adams, who battled arm problems last season, pitched six strong innings,
giving up just four hits, including a solo homer to junior Brett Nicol (Orinda,
Calif.) in the fourth, one walk while striking out two for his first win.
USM built an 8-1 lead though the first four innings with a single run in
the first, four in the second, a single run in the third and two more in the
fourth. Amherst rallied for five runs in the seventh against three USM
relievers to make things interesting, but sophomore Christian Boileau (Lewiston,
Maine) came on to put out the fire and pick up his first save.
In the first, sophomore Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine), walked, moved
to second on an errant pickoff attempt, advanced to third on a wild pitch and
scored on a second wild pitch by Amherst starter and loser, sophomore Andy Kerns
(Barrington, Ill.).
Senior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) led off the second with his second
homer of the season. A bases loaded balk brought home the second run, and
sophomore Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) capped the innnig with a two-run
single.
USM picked up a single run in the third on another balk, and added two
more in the fourth on senior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) second round tripper
of the season.
Amherst used four straight walks, two singles and a pair of groundouts to
plate five runs in the seventh to make it 8-6.
The Huskies got an insurance run in the eighth on sophomore Adam Lemieux's
(Cumberland, Maine) RBI single.
Lemieux paced the Huskies' 14-hit attack with four singles while Marshall
had three singles. In the two games Thursday, USM had 30 hits, including nine
home runs.
at Cape Coral, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Amherst (3-4) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 6 1
Southern Maine (2-0) 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 x 9 14 0
Batteries: A, Andy Kerns, Chris Vecsey (1), Kyle Lavery (6) and J.R. Drabick.
SM, Ryan Adams, Dan Drapeau (7), Justin Andrews (7), Christian Boileau (7) and
Jon Melanson.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (1-0) Save: Boileau Losing Pitcher: Kerns (0-1)
2B: none 3B: none HR: A, Brett Nicol SM, Craig Gureckis (2), Peter
L'Italien (2).
RBI: A, Nicol, Potter, Powers, Schneider, Hochrein, Brody.
SM, Marshall 2, Gureckis 2, L'Italien, Lemieux.
Repeat Hitters: A, Powers SM, Lemieux 4, Marshall 3, Gureckis, L'Italien.
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Thursday, March 21, 2002
USM Huskies Hit Seven HR to Win Opener in 10 Innings
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Sophomore Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) hit a
two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning to give the University of Southern
Maine Huskies a season-opening
12-10 win over the Ripon College Red Hawks in the first of two games Thursday in
Cape Coral, Fla. USM will play Amherst College in a night game starting at 7
p.m.
The Huskies pounded out 16 hits, including seven home runs, to beat the
Red Hawks. Junior Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) led the offensive assault
with three hits, including a pair of round trippers, and three RBI. Senior
catcher Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) had his first homer since the 2000 season
among his three hits.
Others hitting homers for the Huskies were junior Andy Lang (New Bedford,
Mass.), junior Derek Meader (Portland, Maine), and senior Craig Gureckis
(Nashua, N.H.).
Junior Nick Thoen (Prescott, Wis.) hit a pair of home runs and drove in
three to lead the Red Hawks offense. Thoen and senior Eric Roecker (Hartford,
Wis.) had back-to-back RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at
10-10 after Delorme gave USM a two-run lead with his second homer, a two-run
blast, in the top half of of inning.
Junior pitcher Pat Liddy (Wilton, Maine) started and worked the first
seven innings for USM. Sophomore Christian Boileau (Lewiston, Maine), junior
Neil Hutchings (Portland, Maine) and Lemieux all pitched in relief, with Lemieux
getting the win. Junior Tony Veneziano (Highland, Ind.), the second of three
Ripon pitchers, was tagged with the loss.
at Cape Coral, Fla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Southern Maine (1-0) 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 2 12 16 1
Ripon (4-5) 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 10 12 0
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Chris Boileau (8), Neil Hutchings (8), Adam Lemieux
(9) and Peter L'Italien, Jon Melanson (9).
R, Matt Zittlow, Tony Veneziano (10), Alex Baker (10) and Nick Thoen.
Winning Pitcher: Lemieux (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Veneziano
2B: SM, L'Italien R, Hagel 3B: none HR: SM, Tyler Delorme 2 (2),
Andy Lang (1), Derek Meader (1), Craig Gureckis (1), L'Italien (1), Lemieux (1).
R, Thoen 2, Brad Mott, Charles Saponara
RBI: SM, Delorme 3, Lang 2, Meader 2, Lemieux 2, Gureckis, L'Italien.
R, Thoen 3, Saponara 3, Morris 2, Mott, Roecker.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, L'Italien 3, Loveless, Lang, Marshall, Gureckis.
R, Thoen 3, Roecker, Johnson.
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Thursday, March 14, 2002
Adams and L'Italien Named USM Baseball Captains
GORHAM, Maine -- University of Southern Maine seniors Ryan Adams
(Sanford, Maine) and Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) have been named captains of
the baseball team for the upcoming 2002 season. Veteran head coach Ed Flaherty
made the announcement.
The Huskies open their 40-game 2002 schedule next Thursday (March 21) with
games against Ripon College and Amherst College in Fort Myers, Fla. USM is
scheduled to play 12 games on its annual southern swing before returning to New
England to face Wheaton College on March 29. The Huskies' 2002 home opener will
be April 5 when Colby-Sawyer College visits Gorham.
Adams, a right-handed pitcher, has been a key member of the staff the past
two seasons. Last season, he was 4-1 with one save and a 3.42 ERA in 13
appearances, including seven starts, despite being hampered by an elbow injury.
He pitched 50 innings, allowing 40 hits and 31 walks while striking out 23.
During the 2000 season, Adams was the dominate reliever in the Little
East, compiling a 6-1 record with five saves and a 1.98 ERA. He allowed just 40
hits in 59 innings of work while striking out 55, and was named to the all-
conference first team.
"Adams has developed into one of the top pitchers in New England," said
Coach Flaherty. "Despite his past success, he has never been one to rest on his
accomplishmnets and he remains among the hardest working players in our
program."
An All-LEC first team pick last year, and the LEC Rookie of the Year and
second team All-LEC selection in 1999, L'Italien has been the Huskies number one
catcher the past three seasons. An outstanding defensive catcher, the right-
handed hitting L'Italien batted .250 with five doubles, one triple and 14 RBI
last season. He committed just two errors in the field and threw out 33 percent
(12 of 36) of potential base stealers.
For his career, L'Italien has a .276 batting average with 13 doubles, four
triples, eight home runs and 68 RBI. Over the last two seasons, he has thrown
out 37 of 96 (38.5%) potential base stealers.
"L'Italien has grown to epitomize Southern Maine baseball," said Coach Flaherty.
Counting his red-shirt year, he has been with the program for five years, and he
is the core of our team."
Southern Maine was 37-14 overall last season, including a 13-1 mark in LEC
regular season play. The Huskies advanced to the championship round of the LEC
tournament before getting knocked off by arch-rival Eastern Connecticut State
University. The Huskies received an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament for
the second straight year, and won the Northeast Regional tournament for the
sixth time since 1989 to advance to the Division III World Series.
The Huskies' complete 2002 schedule is as follows: March 21, Ripon and
Amherst (at Ft. Myers, Fla.); March 22, Hope College and Babson (at Ft. Myers,
Fla.); March 23, Trinity (DH) (at Ft. Myers, Fla.); March 25, Concordia (DH)
(at Ft. Myers, Fla.); March 26, St. Thomas (DH) (at Ft. Myers, Fla.); March
27, Wisconsin-Whitewater (DH) (at Ft. Myers, Fla.); March 29, at Wheaton; and
March 30, at Rhode Island College (DH).
Also April 3, at Bridgewater State (DH); April 5, Colby-Sawyer; April 6,
Western Connecticut (DH); April 7, Wheaton; April 9, at Bowdoin; April 11, at
Brandeis; April 13, at Plymouth State (DH); April 14, UMass Boston; April 16,
Endicott; April 17, at St. Joseph's; April 18, Salem State; April 20, at UMass
Dartmouth (DH); April 23, at Colby; April 24, Brandeis; April 27, Eastern
Connecticut (DH); April 28, at UMass Boston; and April 30, at Framingham
State.
USM completes the regular season with home games May 1 against Babson and
a doubleheader May 4 with Keene State. The Little East Conference championship
tournament begins May 7 with single-elimination, first-round games. The four-
team, double-elimination finals will be May 9-11, hosted by the regular season
champion. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the
NCAA Division III national tournament.
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