For full box scores and cumulative statistics, go to the statistics page.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Ed Flaherty Named ABCA/Rawlings
Division III New England Region Coach of the Year
GORHAM, Maine -- Ed Flaherty, veteran head baseball coach of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies, has been named the American Baseball
Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings 2001 New England Region Division III Coach
of the Year. The ABCA office made the announcement Tuesday (June 26).
This is the fifth time that Flaherty has received ABCA Regional Coach of
the Year honors. He was also selected in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1997, after
leading the Huskies to the NCAA Division III World Series in each of those
seasons.
He was named the ABCA National Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1997, when he
directed the Huskies to NCAA Division III national championships.
Flaherty led the Huskies to a 37-14 overall record this season, the Little
East Conference regular season title, the program's 15th consecutive appearance
in the NCAA tournament and sixth regional championship in the last 13 seasons,
and a berth in the NCAA Division III College World Series. The 37 wins was the
third most by a USM team in a season.
The Huskies have won 30 or more games for five consecutive seasons, and
eight times during the same 13-year span (1989-2001).
Flaherty has compiled a 481-193-1 overall record in his 16 years as the
baseball head coach at USM. He also was named Little East Conference Coach of
the Year for the third time in the five-year history of baseball as a conference
sport. He also received the award in 1997 and 1999.
USM, which finished tied for fifth in the 2001 NCAA Division III College
World Series, concluded the 2001 season ranked number one in the final New
England Division III coaches poll and sixth nationally in the ABCA Division III
poll.
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Monday, June 4, 2001
For Immediate Release
Tyler Delorme Named ECAC Player of the Year
Shaun Richardson Selected to Second Team
Jason Dority Chosen as Honorable Mention
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore left fielder Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team has been named
the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) 2001 Division III New England
Player of the Year. The conference office made the announcement Friday (June 1)
afternoon.
Also, senior center fielder Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) was
selected as an ECAC All-Star second team. Senior Jason Dority (Winterport,
Maine) was tabbed for honorable mention at third base.
The trio helped the Huskies to a 37-14 overall record this season, the
Little East Conference regular season title, the program's sixth NCAA regional
championship in the last 13 seasons, and a berth in the NCAA Division III
College World Series. The 37 wins is the third most in a season.
Delorme, who also was named to the ECAC all-star first team, hit .393 (83
for 211), second highest on the team. He scored 64 runs and had 66 RBI, 15
doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 23 walks, 16 stolen bases, and a .616
slugging percentage.
He led the Huskies in at bats, hits, home runs and total bases, tied for
first in games played (51), was second in batting average, runs scored and
doubles, and third in walks and stolen bases. He carries a .395 career batting
average, with 27 doubles, 18 home runs and 123 RBI.
This past season, Delorme was named a second-team All -American by the
American Baseball Coaches Association. He was named a first team all-star by
both the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Coaches Association and the Little
East Conference for the second consecutive season. He also was named the 2001
Little East Conference Player of the Year.
Richardson hit a career-high .352 (69 for 196) this season, with 69 runs
scored, 27 RBI, 13 doubles, two triples, one home run, 34 walks, and 22 stolen
bases. He committed just three errors in 124 total chances on the field while
playing center field and second base.
He led the Huskies in runs scored, walks and stolen bases, tied for first
in games played (51), was second in hits, third in at bats, fourth in total
bases and fifth in doubles.
Richardson finished his four years at USM with a .328 career batting
average. He leads the program in career games played (184), is second in runs
scored (187) and walks (94), fourth in at bats (638), tied for fifth in doubles
(40), sixth in stolen bases (66), and seventh in base hits (209).
He was chosen as a first team outfielder this year by the Little East
Conference and was a second team All New England selection.
Dority hit a career-high .364 (48 for 132) this year. He scored 24 runs
with 44 RBI, nine doubles, two home runs and 20 walks. He was third in RBI,
fifth in walks, sixth in hits and ninth in doubles. He was named to the 2001
Little East Conference All-Tournament team as the designated hitter.
He concluded his four-year career with a .341 career batting average. He
played in 164 games, eighth highest in the program's history.
USM, which finished tied for fifth in the 2001 NCAA Division III College
World Series, concluded its season ranked number one in the final New England
Division III College Baseball Coaches Poll and sixth nationally in the American
Baseball Coaches Association Division III Poll.
2001 ECAC Division III New England Baseball All-Stars
Player of the Year
Tyler Delorme So. OF Southern Maine
First Team All-Stars
Damon Whalen Jr. 1B Wheaton
Nao Masamoto Sr. 2B UMass Boston
Nick Tempesta Sr. SS Eastern Connecticut
Justin Twierga Jr. 3B Bridgewater State
Tim Albright Sr. C Williams
Tyler Delorme So. OF Southern Maine
Mike Foster Jr. OF Bridgewater State
Eric Swedberg Jr. OF Worcester State
Jose Diaz Sr. DH Mass. College of Liberal Arts
Ryan Johnson Jr. UT Albertus Magnus
Kevin Cadres Sr. P Bridgewater State
Matt Fortin So. P Eastern Connecticut
Second Team All-Stars
Jabe Bergeron Fr. 1B Williams
Paul Higgins Sr. 2B Salem State
Andrew Freimuth Jr. SS Trinity
Ryan Whitmarsh Sr. 3B Amherst
Jeremy Taro Jr. C Brandeis
Dan Callahan Jr. OF Tufts
Jared Holowaty Jr. OF Eastern Connecticut
Shaun Richardson Sr. OF Southern Maine
Joe Duca Sr. DH Suffolk
Jay Brule Sr. UT Salve Regina
Andy Muller Jr. P Wheaton
Joe Steinberg Sr. P Williams
Honorable Menton
Jarrett Bayliss, Trinity (P); Chris Denorfia, Wheaton (OF); Chris Donovan,
Framingham State (OF); Jason Dority, Southern Maine (3B); Jim Freethey, Brandeis
(OF); John Galviv, Clark (UT); Brian Gouin, Eastern Connecticut (P); Matt
Lavatori, Keene State (DH); Jon Lee, Tufts (P); Austin Lehn, Williams (3B); Don
Lehtola, Worcester State (SS); Brian Ronayne, UMass Dartmouth (1B).
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
HUSKY SPORTS NEWS
Sunday, May 27, 2001
NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament
Huskies Eliminated from NCAA DIII World Series by Marietta 3-2
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- Sophomore Trey Lamb (Bay Village, Ohio) scattered
seven hits and struck out nine, and the Marietta College Pioneers scored the
winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a wild pickoff attempt, to
defeat the University of Southern Maine Huskies, 3-2, in the 2001 NCAA Division
III Baseball Championship Tournament being played at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand
Chute, Wis.
The loss eliminated the Huskies from the eight-team, double-elimination
tournament, and ended their season at 37-14. The 37 wins was the third most in
a season for the Huskies. This was USM's sixth trip to the Division Three world
series.
Marietta stays alive and will play the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) on
Monday. St. Thomas and Montclair State, the two remaining unbeaten teams in the
tournament, play Sunday night's late game. Cortland State and Salisbury State
College play another elimination game prior to the St. Thomas-Montclair State
game to see which will play Montclair State. Marietta is now 46-8-1.
Lamb retired the first nine batters, including six on strikeouts, he faced
before senior Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) singled to lead off the
fourth. Lamb proceeded to load the bases on a double by senior Pat Toomey
(Medford, Mass.) and a walk to sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)
with no outs, but pitched out of jam by striking out two and getting the final
out on a ground ball back to the mound. The only other inning he was in trouble
was the seventh when the Huskies nicked him for a pair of runs to tie the game.
In the eighth inning, the Pioneers put runners at the corners with one out
when freshman Andy Coble (Athens, Ohio) doubled and moved to third on junior
Dusty Childress' (Lima, Ohio) single. The Huskies brought on junior right-
handed pitcher Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine), the starter in Friday's game, to
face senior Mike Menke (Hamilton, Ohio), but Adams pickoff throw to first was
wide of the bag for a two-base error, allowing Coble to score and Childress to
go to third. Adams pitched out of further trouble to keep it at a one-run
margin.
The Huskies made things interesting in the ninth when freshman Brian
Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) walked with one out. Senior Jason Dority (Winterport,
Maine) drove a Lamb pitch to the warning track in right field where it was
caught for the second out. The next batter flied out to end the game and the
Huskies season.
Marietta took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth when freshman Derek
Pauley (Denver, Colo.) delivered a pair of runs with a one-out double into the
left center field gap that scored seniors Mike Deegan (Washington, Pa.) and Todd
Timmer (Hamilton, Ohio). Deegan and Timmer led off the inning with singles and
moved up on a sacrifice bunt by junior Todd Yoder (Middlefield, Ohio).
Southern Maine tied the game in the seventh when sophomore Andy Lang (New
Bedford, Mass.) led off with a single and freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers,
Mass.) followed with a double to put runners at second and third. Dority
brought in Lang with a groundout, and junior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.)
drove in Marshall with a double to deep right field.
Both teams squandered scoring opportunities, leaving the bases loaded.
Southern Maine loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, but failed to push
across a run. Marietta loaded the sacks with two outs in the sixth, but junior
Pat Liddy (Farmington, Maine), the second USM pitcher of the game, got out of
the jam with a fly out.
Coble, the number nine hitter, led the Pioneers' 12-hit attack with three
hits. Childress, Deegan and Pauley each had two hits. Richardson was the
Huskies only repeat hitter.
Junior Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the third of four USM hurlers, was
saddled with his second loss in the tournament.
The Huskies are scheduled to fly back into Portland on Monday morning at
11:06 a.m.
at Grand Chute, Wis. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (37-14) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1
Marietta (46-8-1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 x 3 12 1
Batteries: SM, Todd Southwick, Pat Liddy (4), Erik Carlson (7), Ryan Adams (8)
and Peter L'Italien. M, Trey Lamb and Jay Coakley.
Winning Pitcher: Lamb (7-1) Losing Pitcher: Carlson (3-3)
2B: SM, Toomey, Marshall, L'Italien. M, Pauley, Coble. 3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Dority, L'Italien M, Pauley 2
Repeat Hitters: SM, Richardson M, Deegan, Pauley, Coble 3, Childress
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
HUSKY SPORTS NEWS
Sunday, May 27, 2001
For Immediate Release
USM's Delorme, Toomey Named ABCA All-Americans
APPLETON, Wis. -- Sophomore outfielder Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) and senior shortstop Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.) of the University of
Southern Maine Huskies baseball team have been named to the 2001 American
Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America
second and third teams, respectively. The All-America teams were announced
Thursday (May 24) evening at a banquet prior to the start of the NCAA Division
III Baseball Championship in Grand Chute, Wisconsin.
This is the second straight year that Delorme has been named to the All-
America team. He was named to the third team last year. It is the first time
that Toomey has been named an All-American during his stellar four-year career.
Through the first two games of the NCAA championship, Delorme was batting
.394 (82 for 208) with 64 runs scored, 15 doubles, 10 home runs, 66 RBI and 16
stolen bases. He previously had been named the Little East Conference Player of
the Year and a first team all-star, and the NCAA Division III All-New England
first team.
Toomey, who missed two weeks in late April with a rib injury, is hitting a
team-leading .428 (65 for 152) with 50 runs scored, 13 doubles, six home runs,
38 RBI and 17 stolen bases. He was named to the Little East Conference second
team and All-New England first team. He set a career mark for stolen bases
during the NCAA regional tournament, and against Illinois Wesleyan University on
Saturday (May 26), he slammed a home run in the seventh inning to establish a
new career record for most hits (254), breaking the old mark of 253 set by Bob
Prince (1989-92).
Southern Maine, 37-13 on the season, will play Marietta College in an
elimination game Sunday, starting at noon. The Huskies lost their opening game
in the eight-team, double-elimination national championship finals to SUNY-
Cortland, 10-5, on Friday, then disposed of Illinois Wesleyan University, 12-2,
in an elimination game on Saturday.
2001 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-American Teams
First Team
Pos. Name. School
1B Drew Caravella, Ohio Wesleyan
2B Brad O'Connell, Wisconsin-Stout
3B Craig Conway, Montclair State
SS Nick Tempesta, Eastern Connecticut
C Jay Coakley, Marietta
C Jose Cortez, Pomona-Pitzer
OF Bob Capaldo, College of New Jersey
OF Travis Gaidos, York
OF Eric Swedberg, Worcester State
DH Dan Penberthy, Wooster
UT Derek Johnson, Denison
P Ryan Donegan, Emory
P Matt DeSalvo, Marietta
P Andrew Tisdale, Chapman
P Mike Howell, Cortland State
UT Derek Johnson, Denison
Second Team
Pos. Name. School
1B Damon Whalen, Wheaton
2B Jake Mauer, St. Thomas (Minn.)
3B Adam Friedrick, Fontbonne
SS Matt Day, York
C Matt Thede, Wartburg
OF Jack Lipari, William Paterson
OF Shaun Rice, Ohio Wesleyan
OF Tyler Delorme, Southern Maine
DH J.P. Johnston, La Grange
1B Rob Frith, Whittier
UT Nick Johnson, Ripon
P Kevin Cadres, Bridgewater State
P Steve Schilsky, Illinois Wesleyan
P Yani Rosenberg, Johns Hopkins
P Matt Englander, Wooster
UT Nick Johnson, Ripon
Third Team
Pos. Name. School
1B Colin Renick, College of New Jersey
2B Ryan Gilfillan, Illinois Wesleyan
3B Travis Smith, Cortland State
SS Pat Toomey, Southern Maine
SS Brian Sprout, St. Olaf
C Rick Mulinix, Mount Union
OF Matt Lengwenous, Pacific
OF Matt St. John, Aurora
OF Justin Barnett, Southwestern
2B Dave Wurst, Montclair State
UT Scott Allan, Montclair State
UT Nik Lubisich, Willamette
P Ryan Costello, Montclair State
P Andy Muller, Wheatoln
P Phil Benanta, Cortland State
UT Scott Allan, Montclair State
UT Nik Lubisich, Willamette
Player of the Year
Jay Moakley, Catcher, Marietta
Pitcher of the Year
Matt DeSalvo, Marietta
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
HUSKY SPORTS NEWS
Saturday, May 26, 2001
NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament
USM Still Alive as Russell Hurls Huskies Past Titans, 12-2
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- Senior right-handed pitcher Mark Russell
(Arlington, Mass.) hurled eight shutout innings along the way to a complete game
effort and the University of Southern Maine bats came alive, pounding out 15
hits, as the Huskies defeated the Illinois Wesleyan University Titans, 12-2, to
eliminated the Titans from the 2001 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
Tournament being played at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wis.
The Huskies remain alive in the eight-team, double-elimination tournament
and will play the loser of the Montclair State University-Marietta College game
at noon on Sunday in another elimination game. The Huskies are now 37-13 on the
season. Illinois Wesleyan, making its first appearance in the championship
series, finished the season 37-15-1.
Russell was masterful despite pitching with a strained muscle in his side.
He allowed only four hits over the first eight innings before the Titans reached
him in the ninth for three hits and a walk to score two runs to avert being shut
out. Russell walked four and struck out seven in his fourth complete game
outing of the season. The win was the 21st of his career, moving him into a tie
with John McCartney (1986-89) for fourth place on the all-time wins list.
Southern Maine took advantage of five IWU errors in the game to score
seven unearned runs. The Huskies got single unearned runs in the first and
fifth innings, and five unearned runs in the sixth to blow the game open. Nine
of the Huskies' 12 runs came after two were out in the inning.
The Huskies bats came alive as eight of the nine starters collected at
least one hit. Freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) led the hit parade,
banging out three singles. Senior Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.) had only one hit,
but it was his sixth homer of the season and the 254th hit of his four-year
career, setting a school record. Toomey surpassed the previous record of 253
hits set by Bob Prince (1989-92).
Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) had two hits, including his
seventh round tripper of the season. Sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.),
senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) and junior Peter L'Italien (Salem,
Mass.) each had a pair of hits.
The Huskies took a 1-0 lead in the first when senior Shaun Richardson
(Kennebunk, Maine) beat out an infield hit and took second on a throwing error.
He would score when Toomey's fly ball was dropped in the outfield for a two-base
error.
Marshall singled to lead off the second, stole second and came home when
Dority doubled down the left field line.
With two outs in the third, the Huskies scored three times to make it 5-0.
Curcuru walked and Lang doubled him in. Marshall beat out an infield hit to put
runners at the corners. Dority's single plated Lang, and Marshall scored on a
throwing error on a potential double steal attempt.
Lang walked, stole second and came in on a two-base infield throwing error
in the fifth for another unearned run.
With two outs in the sixth, Toomey reached base when the throw to first
base was dropped. After Toomey stole second, sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg
Falls, Vt.) doubled him in. Curcuru followed with his opposite field homer.
L'Italien closed out the five-run rally with a two-run, bases loaded single.
Toomey closed out the USM scoring in the seventh with his record-breaking
hit.
Illinois Wesleyan, in the losers bracket after dropping a 7-0 decision to
the University of St. Thomas on Friday, got its only two runs of the tournament
on sophomore Jeremy Hunt's (Champaign, Ill.) bases loaded groundout and an RBI
single by senior Haneef Omar (Rockford, Ill.). Sophomore Steve Schilsky
(Springfield, Ill.), the first of five IWU hurlers, took the loss.
at Grand Chute, Wis. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Illinois Wesleyan (37-15-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 5
Southern Maine (37-13) 1 1 3 0 1 5 1 0 x 12 15 0
Batteries: IW, Steve Schilsky, Josh Ward (4), Steve Brook (6), Scott Schiller
(7), Erik Zier (8) and Chad Rock. SM, Mark Russell and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Mark Russell (7-1) Losing Pitcher: Schilsky (8-3)
2B: IW, Merritt SM, Dority, Lang, Delorme 3B: none
HR: SM, Jody Curcuru (7), Pat Toomey (6)
RBI: IW, Hunt, Omar.
SM, Curcuru 2, Dority 2, L'Italien 2, Delorme, Lang, Toomey.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang, Marshall 3, Dority, Curcuru, L'Italien.
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Friday, May 25, 2001
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
HUSKY SPORTS NEWS
Office of Sports Information
NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament
Red Dragons Rally to Defeat Huskies 10-5
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- Sophomore Cory Haggerty (Ilion, N.Y.) tripled home
two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to ignite a five-run rally as the
SUNY-Cortland Red Dragons defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies, 10-
5, in the first round of the eight-team, double-elimination 2001 NCAA Division
III Baseball Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium.
The loss drops the Huskies into the losers bracket where they will play
Illinois Wesleyan University in an elimination game Saturday afternoon at 1:15
p.m. Southern Maine drops to 36-13 on the season. Cortland, 34-9 on the
season, moves into the winners bracket against the University of St. Thomas
(Minn.).
In earlier games Friday, defending champion Montclair State University
defeated Chapman University, 5-1; Marietta College downed Salisbury State
University, 1-0; and St. Thomas blanked Illinois Wesleyan, 7-0.
Saturday, Chapman will play Salisbury State at 10 a.m. in an elimination
game. In the winners bracket games, Montclair plays Marietta at 4:30 followed
by Cortland State taking on St. Thomas at 7:45.
The Red Dragons sent nine men to the plate in the eighth against three USM
hurlers. With runners at first and second with one out, Haggerty hit the second
pitch from freshman lefty reliever Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) deep into
the right-center field gap. After a walk to freshman Pat D'Auria (Upper Nyack,
N.Y.), senior Larry Williams (New Hartford, N.Y.) singled home Haggerty. Senior
Matt Christiana (Syracuse, N.Y.) singled in the fourth run, and junior Brian
Huber (Blue Point, N.Y.) plated the final run with a sacrifice fly.
Cortland took a 1-0 lead in the third inning against USM starter Ryan
Adams Sanford, Maine) on an RBI double by freshman Brendan Chiavaro (New
Windsor, N.Y.).
Southern Maine tied the game in the fourth when sophomore Tyler Delorme
(Enosburg Falls, Vt.) doubled with two outs and came home on a single by senior
Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine).
The Red Dragons regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning on
sophomore Ben Albright's (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) RBI single.
Delorme needed one swing in the sixth to put USM in the lead, blasting his
10th homer of the season over the left field fence after seniors Shaun
Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) and Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.) had singled to
open the inning.
The Huskies made it 5-2 in the seventh when freshman Brian Marshall
(Danvers, mass.) led off with a double, and, with two outs, Richardson singled
him home.
Huber capped a three-run Red Dragons' rally that tied the score at 5-5
with a two-out, two-run single.
Cortland junior right-hander Mike Howell (Binghamton, N.Y.) picked up his
11th straight win to improve to 11-1 on the season. He retired the first 11
batters he faced until Delorme doubled to left center in the fourth. Howell
allowed just eight hits and one walk while striking out eight. Howell's 11
wins sets a school single-season record.
Delorme was the lone bright spot for the Huskies, going to 3 for 4.
Junior Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the third of five USM pitchers, was
tagged with his second loss of the season.
at Grand Chute, Wis. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (36-13) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5 8 2
Cortland State (34-9) 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 x 10 10 1
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams, Pat Liddy (6), Erik Carlson (7), Colin Loveless (8),
Alden Pelletier (8) and Peter L'Italien. C, Mike Howell and Tim Belz.
Winning Pitcher: Howell (11-1) Losing Pitcher: Carlson (3-2)
2B: SM, Delorme, Marshall C, Haggerty 3B: C, Haggerty
HR: SM, Tyler Delorme (10)
RBI: SM, Delorme 3, Dority, Richardson
C, Albright, Haggerty 3, Williams, Christiana, Huber 3
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Richardson
C, Chiavaro, Albright, Haggerty
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Monday, May 21, 2001
NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
May 25-29, 2001 € Fox Cities Stadium € Grand Chute, Wis.
(All Times are Central Daylight Savings Time)
Friday, May 25
Game 1 Montclair State (35-9) vs. Chapman (37-9) 10:00
Game 2 Salisbury State (31-11) vs. Marietta (44-7-1) 1:15
Game 3 St. Thomas (35-9) vs. Illinois Wesleyan (37-13-1) 4:30
Game 4 Southern Maine (36-12) vs. SUNY-Cortland (33-9) 7:45
Saturday, May 26
Game 5 Loser of Game One vs. Loser of Game Two 10:00
Game 6 Loser of Game Three vs. Loser of Game Four 1:15
Game 7 Winner of Game One vs. Winner of Game Two 4:30
Game 8 Winner of Game Three vs. Winner of Game Four 7:45
Sunday, May 27
Game 9 Loser of Game Seven vs. Winner of Game Six 12:00
Game 10 Loser of Game Eight vs. Winner of Game Five 3:30
Game 11 Winner of Game Seven vs. Winner of Game Eight 7:00
Monday, May 28
Game 12 Loser of Game Eleven vs. Winner of Game 9/10 * Noon
Game 13 Winner of Game Eleven vs. Winner of Game 9/10 * 3:30
Tuesday, May 29
Game 14 tba + 1:00
Game 15 tba + 4:30 (if necessary)
* = Pairings shall be adjusted for Games 12 & 13 to match teams that have
not played previously or that have not played since the first round.
+ = If three teams remain after Game 13, the winner of Game 11
shall receive the bye in Game 14.
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Sunday, May 20, 2001
NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament
Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.
Championship Round
Game Ten Southern Maine 6 Williams 3
(Williams Eliminated)
Game Eleven Southern Maine 11 Eastern Connecticut 7
(Eastern Connecticut Eliminated)
NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament
On to Wisconsin!!!
Southern Maine Beats Eastern Connecticut, 11-7, to Win Regional Title
HARWICH, Mass. -- Senior Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.) and sophomore Andy
Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) keyed a 17-hit attack with four hits apiece as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Eastern Connecticut State
University Warriors, 11-7, to come all the way back through the losers bracket
to win the NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament Sunday
afternoon at Whitehouse Field.
The regional title is the sixth for Southern Maine since 1989, and earned
the Huskies a spot in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament
that begin Friday (May 25) in Appleton, Wis. USM is the first team to win the
New England regional tournament after losing its opening game (10-3 to Wheaton)
since Eastern Connecticut turned the trick in 1987.
Sophomore pitcher Pat Liddy (Farmington, Maine), the hero of the Huskies'
6-3 win over Williams College that put USM into the title game, came on to pitch
3 2/3 innings on one-run relief to earn a save and was named the tournament's
most outstanding player.
Getting a second crack at the Warriors, who beat the Huskies twice eight
days (Saturday, May 12) ago in Gorham to win the Little East Conference title,
the Huskies jumped on freshman starter Joe Serfass (Newington, Conn.) for four
runs in the first inning. Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) brought
in the first run with a single. Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) made it
2-0 with a sacrifice fly, and junior DH Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) drove in
two more with an opposite field double.
In the second inning against EC sophomore Matt Fortin (Tolland, Conn.) who
came on in relief, Toomey made it 5-0 with his fifth home run of the season.
Delorme, the next batter up, was hit by a pitch, stole second and came in on
Curcuru's RBI single to center, making it 6-0.
The Warriors got back into the game in the bottom half of the second,
scoring four times against three Husky hurlers. Sophomore catcher Jeff Funaro
(Milford, Conn.) drove in the first run with a fielder's choice. Freshman
Eugene Julien (Brockton, Mass.) knocked in another with a bases loaded single to
center. Senior Nick Tempesta (Brockton, Mass.) followed with another RBI
single, and junior John Kubachka (Glastonbury, Conn.) brought in the fourth run
of the inning with a groundout.
Southern Maine got one back in the third as junior Peter L'Italien (Salem,
Mass.) doubled with two outs and scored on freshman Adam Lemieux's (Cumberland,
Maine) RBI single.
Lang's leadoff double appeared to be wasted in the fifth, but a two-out,
infield error on Lemieux's ground ball kept the inning alive. Senior Shaun
Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) singled in Lang, and Toomey followed with a double
to right field to score Lemieux and Richardson.
Eastern Connecticut got a single run in the fifth on freshman Dwight
Wildman's (Seymour, Conn.) groundout, and in the sixth when Funaro scored on a
wild pitch to make it 10-6.
The teams traded single runs in the ninth. USM scored on L'Italien's
sacrifice fly. EC scored on pinch-hitter Nick Scheets' (Milford, Conn.) RBI
single. The game ended as Liddy got out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam, getting
Tempesta to bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
Curcuru and Lemieux also had two hits for the Huskies. Kubachka led the
Warriors 14-hit offense with three hits.
Sophomore Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the third of five USM pitchers,
picked up the victory, working 3 2/3 innings. Serfass was tagged with his
second loss of the season, both coming at the hands of the Huskies.
Named to the all-tournament team from Southern Maine were Liddy, Lang,
Toomey and Lemieux.
at Harwich, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (36-12) 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 11 17 4
Eastern Connecticut (38-13) 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 14 1
Batteries: SM, Mark Russell, Todd Southwick (2), Erik Carlson (2), Alden
Pelletier (6), Pat Liddy (6) and Peter L'Italien. EC, Joe Serfass, Matt Fortin
(2), Ty Bongiovanni (3), Bryan DePaulo (5), Brian Gouin (8) and Jeff Funaro.
Winning Pitcher: Carlson (3-1) Losing Pitcher: Serfass (5-2) Save: Liddy (2)
2B: SM, Lang 2, Toomey, Gureckis, L'Italien 3B: none
HR: SM, Pat Toomey (5)
RBI: SM, Toomey 3, Curcuru 2, Gureckis 2, Richardson, Delorme, L'Italien,
Lemieux. EC, Julien, Tempesta, Kubachka, Wildman, Funaro, Scheets.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Toomey 4, Lang 4, Curcuru, Lemieux.
EC, Kubachka 3, Holowaty, Julien, Tempesta.
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Sunday, May 20, 2001
NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament
Huskies Beat Williams, Advance to Championship Game
HARWICH, Mass. -- Junior right-handed pitcher Pat Liddy (Farmington,
Maine) scattered nine hits in the second complete-game performance of his career
and the University of Southern Maine Huskies turned a tournament record-tying
five double plays to defeat the Williams College Ephs, 6-3, in the first game of
the championship round of 2001 NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball
Tournament Sunday afternoon at Whitehouse Field.
The win moves the Huskies, 35-12 overall, into the title game against
Little East Conference arch-rival and top-seeded Eastern Connecticut State
University, starting at 3:45 p.m.. The winner of that game will advance to next
week's NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament in Appleton, Wis.
Williams finished the season 33-5.
Liddy, who missed all of the 2000 season with an arm injury, pitched his
first complete game since April, 1999, to put the Huskies into the title game.
He gave up eight singles and a solo home run to freshman Jabe Bergeron (Keene,
N.H.) leading off the fourth inning, one walk, hit three batters and struck out
seven. He had the benefit of double plays in the first, third, fifth, sixth and
seventh innings. It was his fourth win of the season.
Southern Maine scored three times in the sixth inning against Williams'
ace Joe Steinberg, who had come on in relief of starter Benjamin Hamm (Java
Center, N.Y.), to break a 3-3 tie. Sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.)
broke the tie with an RBI single that drove in senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester,
Mass.) who had walked to lead off the inning. After junior Craig Gureckis
(Nashua, N.H.) walked with one out, Lang was caught trying to steal third.
Junior Peter L'Italien (Salem, N.H.) doubled to right center to plate Gureckis,
giving USM a 5-3 advantage. Freshman Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) with a
single to center to drive in L'Italien.
Williams took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Phil Michael (New York,
N.Y.) scored as the Huskies turned their first double play of the day.
Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) put the Huskies ahead in the
bottom half of the inning with a two-run single.
Bergeron's seventh homer of the season tied the game, and the Ephs took a
3-2 lead in the fourth when Michael Shipley (Discovery Bay, Calif.) scored on a
groundout.
USM tied the game in the fifth on Delorme's RBI single that chased home
senior Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.). Toomey walked with two outs and stole
second before Delorme's base hit. The stolen base was the 84th of Toomey's
career. His first stolen base of the game in the third inning established a new
school record, breaking the mark of 82 steals set by Cory Adams (1997-99).
Only three Williams hitters were able to solve Liddy. Junior William
Casolo (Stamford, Conn.) had four singles, Bergeron had three hits and Shipley
had a pair of singles. Delorme paced the Huskies' 13-hit attack with three hits
while Toomey, Lang and Lemieux each had two.
The Huskies are looking to become the first team since Eastern Connecticut
in 1987 to win the regional after losing its opening round game.
at Harwich, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Williams (33-5) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1
Southern Maine (35-12) 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 x 6 13 2
Batteries: W, Benjamin Hamm, Joe Steinberg (6), Jabe Bergeron (8) and Tim
Albrecht. SM, Pat Liddy and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Liddy (4-1) Losing Pitcher: Steinberg (7-2)
2B: SM, Toomey, L'Italien 3B: none HR: W, Jabe Bergeron (7)
RBI: W, Bergeron, Evriviades. SM, Delorme 3, Lang, L'Italien, Lemieux.
Repeat Hitters: W, Casolo 4, Bergeron 3, Shipley.
SM, Delorme 3, Toomey, Lang, Lemieux.
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NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament
Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.
Third Round (Saturday, May 19)
Game Seven Eastern Connecticut 10 Wheaton 1
(Wheaton Eliminated)
Game Eight Southern Maine 12 Bridgewater State 10
(Bridgewater State Eliminated)
Game Nine Eastern Connecticut 10 Williams 1
Saturday, May 19, 2001
NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament
Southern Maine Scores Five in the 8th to Eliminate Bridgewater State, 12-10
HARWICH, Mass. -- Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) and freshman
Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) delivered back-to-back, two-run doubles in the
bottom of the eighth inning as the University of Southern Maine Huskies scored
five times to rally past the Bridgewater State College Bears, 12-10, in the
third round of the six-team, double-elimination NCAA Division III New England
Regional Baseball Tournament at Whitehouse Field Saturday afternoon.
The victory moves the Huskies, now 34-12, into Sunday's championship round
needing two wins against an opponent(s) to be determined, pending the outcome of
Saturday night's game between Eastern Connecticut State University and Williams
College. The loss eliminated the Bears from the tournament. Bridgewater State
finished the season 28-10-2.
Trailing 8-5, the Huskies picked up two unearned runs in the seventh
inning, taking advantage of two Bears' miscues and a wild pitch to pull back
within one.
Bridgewater State made it 9-7 in the eighth on junior Michael Foster's
(Whitman, Mass.) RBI single before the roof caved in on the Bears.
The Huskies loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth on a pair of
fielder's choices and a single to set the table for Curcuru and Marshall.
Curcuru doubled down the left field line to drive in senior Pat Toomey (Medford,
Mass.) and Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) to tie game at 9-9. Marshall
also slammed his double to left, scoring sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg
Falls, Vt.) and Curcuru, to give USM the lead for good. Marshall would advance
to third on a wild pitch and score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Andy Lang
(New Bedford, Mass.).
Bridgewater State made things interesting in the ninth, scoring once on
senior Bryan Holtzman's (Canton, Mass.) RBI single off USM junior right-hander
Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine). Adams, the Huskies fifth pitcher of the game,
ended the rally by getting sophomore Paul Hasenfus (Norfolk, Mass.) to ground
into a 6-4-3, game-ending double play.
The Bears took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning on a grand slam homer by
senior DH Jason Estano (Weymouth, Mass.). USM responded in the bottom half of
the inning with four runs of its own on an error, an RBI single by junior Peter
L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) and a two-run homer by freshman Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine).
Foster's RBI fielder's choice in the fifth tied the game at 5-5, and the
Bears scored three in the sixth to take an 8-5 lead. Freshman Jason Arraiol
(Taunton, Mass.) doubled home two runs and senior Tony Demeo (Carver, Mass.)
brought home the third with a single.
Adams, who worked eight innings in the Huskies opening-game loss to
Wheaton, picked up the win. He worked the final 3 2/3 innings to pick up his
fourth win of the season. Junior Bobby Haskins (Brockton, Mass.), the last of
three Bridgewater State hurlers, took the loss.
The Bears outhit the Huskies 17-11 in the game, but also committed four
costly errors that resulted in four unearned runs for USM. Arraiol, Estano and
senior Peter Buffington (Taunton, Mass.) paced the Bears attack with three hits
apiece. Toomey, Delorme and Curcuru were the only repeat hitters for USM.
at Harwich, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bridgewater State (28-10-2) 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 10 17 4
Southern Maine (34-12) 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 x 12 11 0
Batteries: BS, Tim Hart, Tim McGonigle (7), Bobby Haskins (7) and Peter
Buffington. SM, Todd Southwick, Alden Pelletier (4), Erik Carlson (6), Colin
Loveless (6), Ryan Adams (6), and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (4-1) Losing Pitcher: Haskins (3-3)
2B: BS, Arraiol, Estano SM, Curcuru, Marshall, Gureckis 3B: none
HR: BS, Jason Estano (7) SM, Adam Lemieux (3)
RBI: BS, Estano 4, Arraiol 2, Foster 2, Demeo, Holtzman.
SM, Curcuru 3, Marshall 2, Lemieux 2, L'Italien, Lang.
Repeat Hitters: BS, Arraiol 3, Buffington 3, Estano 3, Demeo, Foster, Holtzman.
SM, Toomey, Delorme, Curcuru.
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NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament
Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.
Friday, May 18, 2001
Second Round
Game Four Southern Maine 5 Salve Regina 3
(Salve Regina Eliminated)
Game Five Bridgewater State 3 Eastern Connecticut 1
Game Six Williams 16 Wheaton 6
Friday, May 18, 2001
NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament
Huskies Survive to Beat Salve Regina, 5-3
Dority Drives in Three; Russell Picks Up 20th Career Win
HARWICH, Mass. -- Senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) had a pair of
hits and drove in three runs with a fourth-inning, bases-loaded double to lift
the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 5-3 victory over the Salve Regina
University Seahawks in the second round of the six-team, double-elimination NCAA
Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon at
Whitehouse Field.
Senior right-handed pitcher Mark Russell (Arlington, Mass.) and junior
right-hander Alden Pelletier (Sanford, Maine) combined to allow nine hits and
two walks while striking out 10. Russell went the first 5.1 innings to pick up
his 20th career win. He is the sixth pitcher in the history of the USM baseball
program to reach 20 career wins. Pelletier went the final 3.2 innings to pick
up his fourth save of the season.
With the victory, the Huskies move into the third round of the tournament
on Saturday against an opponent to be determined. The win snapped a three-game
losing streak and improved the Huskies overall record to 33-12. Salve Regina,
champion of the Commonwealth Coast Conference playing in its first NCAA
tournament, ended its season 21-13.
The Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first as Dority, batting lead-
off for the first time this season, singled to right, advanced to second on a
fielder's choice, moved up to third on an error and scored on the first of two
doubles by senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.).
Dority made it 4-0 in the fourth, clearing the bases with his two-out
double to center field. Freshmen Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) and Adam
Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) and junior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) all
scored.
Marshall singled home sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.), who had
doubled, with one out in the fifth to make it 5-0.
Russell cruised through the first five innings, allowing just three hits
and striking out eight before running into trouble in the sixth. The Seahawks
got their first two runs on freshman Damian Costantino's (Warwick, R.I.) bases-
loaded single, and a third on an RBI single by senior Jay Brule (Pawtucket,
R.I.). After Russell uncorked a wild pitch to put runners at second and third,
Pelletier got call.
Pelletier made things interesting, hitting the first batter he faced to
load the bases. He then induced sophomore Brad Freitas (Middletown, R.I.) to hit
into an inning ending 4-6-3 double play.
Dority, Curcuru and Marshall each had a pair of hits for the Huskies.
Costantino had three singles, and senior Jeff Wright (Wickford, R.I.) had two
for the Seahawks.
Senior starter Louis Gianfrancesco (Providence, R.I.) took the loss for
Salve Regina.
at Harwich, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (33-12) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 0
Salve Regina (21-13) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 1
SM, Mark Russell, Alden Pelletier (6) and Peter L'Italien.
SR, Louis Gianfrancesco, Bobby Todd (6) and Lance Arnold.
Winning Pitcher: Russell (6-1) Losing Pitcher: Gianfrancesco (3-4)
Save: Pelletier (4)
2B: SM, Curcuru 2, Dority, Lang. 3B: none HR: none
RBI: SM, Dority 3, Curcuru, Marshall. SR, Costantino 2, Brule.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Dority, Curcuru, Marshall. SR, Costantino 3, Wright.
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NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament
Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.
Game One Eastern Connecticut 14 Salve Regina 3
Game Two Wheaton 10 Southern Maine 3
Game Three Williams 2 Bridgewater State 1
Thursday, May 17, 2001
NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament
Lyons Down Huskies, 10-3
HARWICH, Mass. -- If the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball
team wants to earn its sixth trip to the NCAA Division III World Series, they
are going to have to take the long road back through losers bracket to do it
after dropping a 10-3 decision to the Wheaton College Lyons in a first round
game of the six-team, double-elimination NCAA New England Regional Baseball
Tournament Thursday afternoon at Whitehouse Field.
Southern Maine, now 32-12 and the second seed in the tournament, will look
to take the first step back Friday afternoon when it plays sixth-seeded Salve
Regina University at 12:00 p.m. Salve Regina dropped into the losers bracket
after losing 14-3 to top-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University in the
opening game of the tournament Thursday. Wheaton awaits the winner of
Thursday's late game between Williams College and Bridgewater State College.
The Huskies, making their 15th consecutive appearance in the tournament,
spotted the Lyons a 4-0 before coming to plate, then clawed back within one
(4-3) after eight innings before the wheels came off in the ninth inning.
In the first inning, junior outfielder Chris Denorfia (Southington, Conn.)
drove in the Lyons' first two runs with a one-out, bases-loaded double. Senior
DH Alan Beausoleil (Danielson, Conn.) followed with another two-run double put
the Huskies down four.
USM began pecking away at the lead on sophomore Andy Lang's (New Bedford,
Mass.) solo home run in the fourth. Lang drove in his second run of the game
with a double in the sixth to make it 4-2.
Wheaton junior starting pitcher Andrew Muller (Bridgewater, Mass.), who
scattered 10 hits over seven innings, finally tired in the eighth and was lifted
after giving up a leadoff single and a walk. The Huskies loaded the bases
against senior reliever Nick Donofrio (Cranston, R.I.) on an error. Freshman
Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) delivered one run with a one-out single, but
Donofrio and junior closer Mike Spavento (Milton, Mass.) got the next two
batters to escape.
The usually reliable USM bullpen was unable to keep the game close,
allowing six runs in the top of the ninth. Beausoleil picked up his third RBI
of the game, walking with the bases loaded. Another run scored on a wild pitch.
Senior Phil Desilets (West Newbury, Mass.) plated two with a bases loaded
single, and sophomore Jeff Ambrosini (New Ipswich, N.H.) followed with a two-run
double.
Lemieux and Lang each had three hits, and seniors Jody Curcuru
(Gloucester, Mass.) and Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) had two hits apiece for
the Huskies. Denorfia, Desilets, Ambrosini and sophomore Scott Beattie
(Springvale, Maine) all had a pair of hits for Wheaton.
Muller picked up the win to run his record to 7-0 on the season. Spavento
picked up his 11th save, retiring all four batters he faced. USM junior Ryan
Adams (Sanford, Maine) settled down after the shaky first inning to give up
seven hits and five walks while fanning two over eight innings. His record
drops to 3-1.
at Harwich, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wheaton (31-9) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 10 1
Southern Maine (32-12) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 11 2
Batteries: W, Andrew Muller, Nick Donofrio (8), Mike Spavento (8) and Jeff
Ambrosini. SM, Ryan Adams, Alden Pelletier (9), Colin Loveless (9), Erik
Carlson (9), Brian Marshall (9) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Muller (7-0) Losing Pitcher: Adams (3-1) Save: Spavento (11)
2B: W, Beattie, Denorfia, Beausoleil, Ambrosini SM, Lang 3B: none
HR: SM, Andy Lang (4).
RBI: W, Beausoleil 3, Denorfia 2, Desilets 2, Ambrosini 2
SM, Lang 2, Lemieux.
Repeat Hitters: W, Denorfia, Beattie, Desilets, Ambrosini
SM, Lang 3, Lemieux 3, Curcuru, Dority.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2001
USM's Tyler Delorme Named LEC Player of the Year
Huskies Put Nine on All-LEC Teams; Flaherty Named Coach of the Year
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore outfielder Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) of the University of Southern Maine baseball team has been named Little
East Conference Player of the Year for the 2001 season, following a vote by the
conference's eight head coaches. William M. Moore, commissioner of the Little
East Conference, made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.
In addition, Moore announced that veteran USM head coach Ed Flaherty had
been selected by his peers as the Coach of the Year for the third time in the
five-year history of baseball as a conference sport. USM also had nine players
named to the all-conference first or second team.
Delorme is the third USM player to win Player of the Year honors in the
LEC, following Tony Miner (1997) and Mike McCullum (1999). The slugging
outfielder helped the Huskies win their first outright LEC regular season title
this spring with a 13-1 mark, and gain a berth in the NCAA regional tournament
for the 15th straight season. USM, 32-11 overall, begins play in the NCAA
regional tournament on Thursday (May 17).
Flaherty, who takes a 477-194-1 career record into the region tournament,
was previously named the LEC Coach of the Year in 1997 and 1999. He has led the
Huskies to a share of the LEC regular season title in the previous two years
before leading them to the undisputed title this spring. He also guided the
team to tournament championships in 1997 and 1999.
Named to the All-LEC first team from USM were junior catcher Peter
L'Italien (Salem, Mass.), senior third baseman Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine),
senior outfielder Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) and Delorme. This is the
second straight year that Delorme has been named to the first team.
Selected to the second team were senior first baseman Jody Curcuru
(Gloucester, Mass.), sophomore second baseman Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.),
senior shortstop Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.), senior starting pitcher Mark
Russell (Arlington, Mass.) and junior relief pitcher Alden Pelletier (Sanford,
Maine).
Heading into the regional tournament, Delorme is batting .407 (72 for 177)
with 58 runs scored, 13 doubles, nine home runs and 58 RBI. He also has stolen
14 bases.
L'Italien, the LEC Rookie of the Year and a second team all-star in 1999,
makes his initial appearance on the All-LEC first team. He is batting .268 (26
for 97) with 25 runs scored and eight RBI. He also has thrown out 45 percent (9
of 20) of potential base stealers.
Dority, named to the all-tournament team last weekend, is hitting .360 (41
for 114) with 23 runs scored and 37 RBI. This is the first time that he has
made the all-conference team.
Richardson also is making his first appearance on the all-conference team.
The 1999 tournament most outstanding player and three-time all-tournament
selection, Richardson is batting .383 (62 for 161) with a team-high 61 runs
scored, 13 doubles, two triples, one homer, 25 RBI and a team-leading 19 stolen
bases.
Toomey, a four-time second team pick, is hitting a team-high .455 (55 for
121) with 42 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, four round trippers, 34 RBI
and 13 stolen bases despite missing 11 games with an injury. He tied the career
stolen base record (82) during the LEC tournament.
Lang, last year's Rookie of the Year, is on the all-LEC squad for the
second straight year. A first team pick in 2000, Lang is hitting .364 (40 for
110) with 35 runs scored, seven doubles, three homers and 35 RBI.
This is the first time that Curcuru has been selected for the all-LEC
team. The smooth fielding first baseman is hitting .307 (51 for 166) with 43
runs scored, 12 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 53 RBI.
Russell is making his second straight appearance on the all-LEC second
team. The senior right-hander is 5-1 overall with a 3.88 ERA. He has worked a
team-leading 62.2 innings, allowing 72 hits, 27 earned runs and 19 walks while
striking out 45.
Pelletier, a converted infielder, has been a workhorse out of the bullpen
again this season, making a staff-high 19 appearances. He has compiled a 4-3
record with three saves and a 2.70 ERA in 30 innings of work.
Southern Maine, the second seed for the upcoming NCAA regional tournament,
takes on fifth-seeded Wheaton College on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the first
round of the six-team, double-elimination tournament. The winner of the
regional earns a spot in the NCAA national championship tournament being played
in Appleton, Wisconsin.
2001 Little East Conference Baseball All-Stars
Player of the Year
Tyler Delorme, Sophomore, Outfield, Southern Maine
Pitcher of the Year
Matt Fortin, Sophomore, Eastern Connecticut
Rookie of the Year
Eugene Julien, Freshman, Infield, Eastern Connecticut
Coach of the Year
Ed Flaherty, Southern Maine
First Team
Position Name Class Institution Hometown
DH Matt Lavatori Sr. Keene State Manchester CT
Catcher Pete L'Italien Jr. Southern Maine Salem, MA
First Base Brian Ronayne Sr. UMass Dartmouth Bridgewater, MA
Second Base Nao Masamoto Sr. UMass Boston Yokosuka, Japan
Shortstop Nick Tempesta Sr. Eastern Connecticut Brockton, MA
Third Base Jason Dority Sr. Southern Maine Winterport, ME
Outfield Jared Holowaty Jr. Eastern Connecticut Columbia, CT
Outfield Tyler Delorme So. Southern Maine Enosburg Falls, VT
Outfield Shaun Richardson Sr. Southern Maine Kennebunk, ME
Pitcher Bryan DePaulo Sr. Eastern Connecticut Waterbury, CT
Pitcher Matt Fortin So. Eastern Connecticut Tolland, CT
Relief Pitcher Brian Gouin Sr. Eastern Connecticut Sprague, CT
Second Team
Position Name Class Institution Hometown
DH Rob Burr So. Plymouth State Concord, NH
Catcher Rob Young Jr. UMass Boston Huntington Sta., NY
First Base Jody Curcuru Sr. Southern Maine Gloucester, MA
Second Base Andy Lang So. Southern Maine New Bedford, MA
Shortstop Pat Toomey Sr. Southern Maine Medford, MA
Third Base Scott Hodsdon So. Plymouth State Somersworth, NH
Outfield John Hedde Jr. Eastern Connecticut Stonington, CT
Outfield Keith Jacobson Sr. Keene State Colchester, CT
Outfield Jason Orlando So. UMass Dartmouth Gloucester, MA
Pitcher Ty Bongiovanni Fr. Eastern Connecticut Meriden, CT
Pitcher Mark Russell Sr. Southern Maine Arlington, MA
Relief Pitcher Alden Pelletier Jr. Southern Maine Sanford, ME
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Monday, May 14, 2001
USM Huskies Receive NCAA At-Large Bid
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine baseball team has
received an at-large bid into the 42-team field for the 2001 NCAA Division III
Baseball National Championship Tournament that begins this Thursday (May 17)
with regional tournament play. The six-team, double-elimination New England
Regional Tournament to be played at Whitehouse Field in Harwich, Mass.
This will be the 15th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament for
head coach Ed Flaherty's team. The Huskies finished the 2001 regular season
32-11 and were runner-ups in last weekend's Little East Conference Tournament.
USM received one of the five at-large berths into this year's tournament.
Top-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University (35-11) opens the
tournament Thursday against sixth-seeded Salve Regina University (20-11). The
second game on Thursday will have the second-seeded Huskies (32-11) playing
fifth-seeded Wheaton College (32-9). Third-seeded Williams College (31-3) will
take on fourth-seeded Bridgewater State College (28-8-2) in the third game.
Seeds: 1. Eastern Connecticut; 2. Southern Maine; 3. Williams
4. Bridgewater State; 5. Wheaton; 6. Salve Regina
Thursday, May 17 (at Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.)
Game One Salve Regina (20-11) vs. Eastern Connecticut (35-11) 12:00
Game Two Wheaton (32-9) vs. Southern Maine (32-11) 3:30
Game Three Bridgewater State (28-8-2) vs. Williams (31-3) 7:00
Friday, May 18 (at Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.)
Game Four Loser of Game One vs. Loser of Game Two 12:00
Game Five Winner of Game One vs. Loser of Game Three 3:30
Game Six Winner of Game Two vs. Winner of Game Three 7:00
Saturday, May 20 (at Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.)
Game Seven tba 12:00
Game Eight tba 3:30
Game Nine tba 7:00
Sunday, May 21 (at Whitehouse Field, Harwich, Mass.)
Game 10 tba 12:00
Game 11 if necessary (50 minutes following Game 10)
NOTE: Pairings for Games Seven-Eleven will depend upon the number of teams
remaining.
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Saturday, May 12, 2001
Little East Conference Tournament
Eastern Connecticut Sweeps Southern Maine to Win Little East Title
GORHAM, Maine -- The second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
rode the complete-game pitching efforts of sophomore Matt Fortin (Tolland,
Conn.) and senior Brian Gouin (Sprague, Conn.) to sweep the University of
Southern Maine Huskies, 7-4 and 9-1, to win the Little East Conference Baseball
Championship Tournament at Towers Field Saturday afternoon.
By winning the conference championship, the Warriors, 35-11 overall,
secured an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III regional tournament that
begins Thursday. The LEC title is Eastern Connecticut's second in the five-year
history of the tournament.
Southern Maine, which dipped to 32-11 with the two losses, awaits a
possible at-large berth in the NCAA tournament field that will be announced
sometime Monday morning.
In the must-win first game, Fortin scattered seven hits and walked two
while striking out nine. In the championship game, Gouin, who was making his
first collegiate start after 23 relief appearances, allowed just six hits and
two walks while fanning four. He came back after hurling 3.2 innings on Friday
in the Warriors 6-3 loss to Southern Maine. Eastern Connecticut got three
straight complete game wins after the loss to Southern Maine.
Eastern Connecticut jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first two innings of
the opener as the Huskies usually reliable defense surrendered three unearned
runs. John Kubachka (Glastonbury, Conn.) and John Hedde (Stonington, Conn.)
drove in runs in the first inning, and Dwight Wildman (Seymour, Conn.) scored on
a passed ball.
After USM struck back in the fourth for a single run on Andy Lang's (New
Bedford, Mass.) RBI single, the Warriors got their first earned run on Ricky
Fritsch's (Meriden, Conn.) RBI single in the bottom half of the inning.
Southern Maine got a single run in the fifth on Pat Toomey's (Medford,
Mass.) sacrifice fly, but the Warriors struck back in the bottom half of the
inning for two runs on Kubachka's RBI single and pinch hitter Matt Hebert's
(Burlington, Conn.) sacrifice fly that made it 6-2.
Kubachka, Hedde, Fritsch and Nick Tempesta (Brockton, Mass.), who hit a
solo homer in the seventh, each had a pair of hits for the Warriors. Lang and
Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) were the only repeat hitters for the Huskies.
USM senior starting pitcher Todd Southwick (Nashua, N.H.) took the loss despite
allowing only one earned run before being lifted.
In the championship game, Gouin was locked up in a scoreless pitchers duel
with sophomore reliever Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine) until the Warriors struck
three times in the sixth inning. Hedde's two-out double plated two runs, and
Wildman brought in the third with a single.
The Huskies got one back in the seventh on Adam Lemieux's (Cumberland,
Maine) RBI double down the left field line.
Any hopes of a Husky comeback were dashed in the bottom half of the
seventh when the Warriors pushed four runs across. Eastern Connecticut added a
pair of insurance runs in the eighth for the 9-1 final.
Wildman paced the Warriors' 16-hit attack with four hits. Tempesta had
three hits, and Kubachka and Eugene Julien (Brockton, Mass.) each had a pair.
Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) was the Huskies' lone repeat hitter.
Carlson, the second of six USM hurlers, took the loss.
at Gorham, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (32-10) 000 110 110 4 7 2
Eastern Connecticut (34-11) 210 120 10x 7 10 2
Batteries: SM, Todd Southwick, Mark Gunning (4), Colin Loveless (5), Adam
Lemieux (7) and Peter L'Italien. EC, Matt Fortin and Jeff Funaro.
Winning Pitcher: Fortin (8-0) Losing Pitcher: Southwick (5-2)
2B: SM, Toomey, Lang EC, Kubachka 3B: SM, Gureckis HR: Nick Tempesta (6)
RBI: SM, Toomey, Marshall, Lang, Gureckis. EC, Kubachka 2, Tempesta, Hedde,
Hebert, Fritsch.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Marshall, Lang. EC, Tempesta, Kubachka, Hedde, Fritsch.
at Gorham Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (32-11) 000 000 100 1 6 4
Eastern Connecticut (35-11) 000 003 42x 9 16 2
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Erik Carlson (4), Colin Loveless (6), Alden Pelletier
(6), Mark Gunning (7), Mark Russell (8) and Peter L'Italien. Pat McDonough (7).
EC, Brian Gouin and Jeff Funaro.
Winning Pitcher: Gouin (5-0) Losing Pitcher: Carlson (2-1)
2B: SM, Richardson, Lang, Lemieux EC, Tempesta, Kubachka, Hedde, Waz.
3B: EC, Julien. HR: none.
RBI: SM, Lemieux. EC, Hedde 2, Julien, Tempesta, Kubachka, Hebert, Waz, Wildman.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Dority EC, Wildman 4, Tempesta 3, Julien, Kubachka.
All-Tournament Team: Matt Price, First Base, Plymouth State; Eugene Julien,
Second Base, Eastern Connecticut; Brian Marshall, Third Base, Southern Maine;
Nick Tempesta, Shortstop, Eastern Connecticut; Shaun Richardson Outfield,
Southern Maine; Dwight Wildman, Outfield, Eastern Connecticut; Eric Taylor,
Outfield, UMass Dartmouth; Jeff Funaro, Catcher, Eastern Connecticut; Jason
Dority, Designated Hitter, Southern Maine; Matt Fortin, Pitcher Eastern
Connecticut; Brian Gouin, Pitcher, Eastern Connecticut.
Most Outstanding Player: Nick Tempesta, Eastern Connecticut
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Friday, May 11, 2001
Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament
Huskies Advance to Little East Tournament Championship Round
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) scattered six
singles over 7.2 innings to help the University of Southern Maine Huskies to
defeat the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors, 6-3, Friday morning in
the second round of the Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament
being played at USM's Towers Field.
The win puts the Huskies into Saturday's championship round against
Eastern Connecticut State University. USM needs to win one game Saturday to
clinch its third Little East title in the five-year history of the tournament
and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament that starts next Thursday in
Harwich, Mass.
Eastern Connecticut earned a spot in the championship round by defeating
the Plymouth State College Panthers, 16-1, in the third game Friday afternoon,
eliminating the Panthers. Plymouth State earlier had eliminated the University
of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 11-3, in the second game of the day. ECSU needs to
beat Southern Maine twice on Saturday to win the title.
Adams picked up his third win of the season, allowing single runs in the
second, fifth and eighth innings before giving way to junior Alden Pelletier
(Sanford, Maine) with two on and two out. Pelletier got out of the jam, and
stranded two runners in the ninth to pick up his third saves. Adams walked
three and struck out three.
Eastern Connecticut took a 1-0 lead in the second on freshman Dwight
Wildman's (Seymour, Conn.) RBI single. Southern Maine came back with two runs
in the bottom half of the inning on a double by freshman Adam Lemieux
(Cumberland, Maine) and an infield error.
The Warriors tied the game in the fifth when junior John Kubachka
(Glastonbury, Conn.) walked with the bases loaded.
The Huskies took the lead for good when senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester,
Mass.) singled with the bases loaded to chase home a pair of runs.
USM picked up an unearned run in the sixth as senior Shaun Richardson
(Kennebunk, Maine) doubled, advances to third on a wild pitch and scored on an
infield error.
Junior pinch hitter Justin Waz (Deep River, Conn.) singled in a run for
the Warriors in the eighth to chase Adams from the game, but the Warriors were
unable to do any further damage.
The Huskies restored their three-run lead when Richardson singled with two
outs and came in on senior Pat Toomey's (Medford, Mass.) double.
Richardson and sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg, Vt.) each had a pair of
hits for USM.
Freshman left-hander Ty Bongiovanni (Meriden, Conn.) worked the first 4.1
innings for the Warriors to take the loss.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Connecticut (32-11) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 3
Southern Maine (32-9) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 x 6 11 3
Batteries: EC, Ty Bongiovanni, Brian Gouin (5) and Jeff Funaro.
SM, Ryan Adams, Alden Pelletier (8) and Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Adams (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Bongiovanni (6-3).
Save: Pelletier (3)
2B: SM, Richardson, Toomey, Dority, Lemieux 3B: none HR: none
RBI: EC, Wildman, Kubachka, Waz. SM, Curcuru 2, Lemieux, Toomey
Repeat Hitters: SM, Richardson, Delorme
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Thursday, May 10, 2001
Little East Conference Tournament
Huskies Strike Early, Defeat Panthers 7-3
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior designated hitter Jason Dority (Winterport,
Maine) had a pair of doubles and drove in three runs to help the University of
Southern Maine Huskies defeat the Plymouth State College Panthers, 7-3, in the
first day of the double-elimination Little East Conference Baseball Championship
Tournament Thursday afternoon at USM's Towers Field.
The win moves the top-seeded Huskies into Friday morning's winners bracket
game against second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University, starting at
9:30 a.m. Eastern Connecticut earned its spot in the winners bracket game by
beating the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 4-3, in the first game of the
day.
Plymouth State will look to stave off elimination when it plays UMass
Dartmouth at 12:30 p.m. The winner of the PSC-UMD game will then play the loser
of the USM-ECSU game at 3:30 p.m. in another elimination game.
The Huskies struck early, scoring four times in the first inning. With
runners at the corners and two out, freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) hit
the first pitch he saw into left field to deliver senior Pat Toomey (Medford,
Mass.) with the game's initial run. The first of three walks to sophomore Andy
Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) loaded the bases, and Dority cleared the sacks with
the first of his two doubles to make it 4-0.
Plymouth State pulled to within one with a three-run rally in the third
inning. Senior Dakota Smith (Rochester, N.H.) brought in the first run with a
double, and sophomore Matt Price (Epping, N.H.) drove in two more with another
double. USM senior right-hander Mark Russell (Arlington, Mass.) slammed the
door on any further scoring, striking out the next two batters.
Dority ignited a two-out, two-run rally in the bottom half of the third
when his second double putting runners at second and third. A costly infield
throwing error on junior Peter L'Italien's (Salem, Mass.) groundball allowed
both runners to score.
USM added an insurance run in the sixth on senior Shaun Richardson's
(Kennebunk, Maine) RBI double.
Russell worked into the seventh inning, allowing seven hits and two walks
while striking out four to pick up his fifth win of the season. Three USM
relievers did not allow a base runner.
Junior Kevin Locke (Pike, N.H.) hurled the first six innings for the
Panthers, surrendering seven hits and five walks. He struck out three. Senior
Arlan Freeman (Portland, Maine) pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
Marshall finished the day with three hits, and Richardson had two for the
Huskies. Price was the lone repeat hitter for the Panthers.
Southern Maine improved its overall record to 31-9. Plymouth State dipped
to 16-20.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Plymouth State (16-20) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
Southern Maine (31-9) 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 7 8 0
Batteries: PS, Kevin Locke, Arlan Freeman (7) and Sy Tebbetts.
SM, Mark Russell, Mark Gunning (7), Erik Carlson (7), Alden Pelletier (9) and
Peter L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Russell (5-1) Losing Pitcher: Locke (4-5)
2B: PS, Smith, Price, Burr. SM, Dority 2, Richardson, Marshall.
3B: none HR: none
RBI: PS, Price 2, Smith SM, Dority 3, Richardson, Marshall.
Repeat Hitters: PS, Price. SM, Marshall 3, Dority, Richardson
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Monday, May 7, 2001
Mark Russell Named LEC Pitcher of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior right-handed pitcher Mark Russell (Arlington,
Mass.) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team has been
selected as the Little East Conference Pitcher of the Week for the week of April
30-May 6. The announcement was made by the conference office Monday afternoon.
Russell hurled a complete-game shutout in the first game of the Huskies
Little East Conference doubleheader at Keene State College on Saturday, allowing
five hits and one walk while striking out four. Four USM hurlers came back in
the nightcap to blank the Owls and clinch the LEC regular season title for the
Huskies.
With his first career shutout, Russell improved to 4-1 and lowered his ERA
to 3.58. In 55.1 innings, Russell has allowed 61 hits and 17 walks while
striking out 40.
For his career, Russell is 18-8 with a 4.67 ERA. His 18 wins puts him in
a tie for seventh place with Jason Jensen (1995-1997) on the Huskies all-time
list.
Southern Maine (30-9; 13-1), which earned a first round bye by winning the
regular season title, will host the four-team, double-elimination Little East
Conference tournament, starting Thursday at the Gorham campus. Eastern
Connecticut (31-10, 12-2) is the second seed and also received a bye.
The tournament begins with a pair of first round games Tuesday. Third-
seeded UMass Dartmouth (22-14, 8-6), the defending tournament champion, will
host sixth-seeded UMass Boston (14-23, 5-9), and Keene State (13-13, 8-6), the
fourth seed, will take on fifth-seeded Plymouth State College (15-19, 5-9).
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Saturday, May 5, 2001
Russell, Adams Pitch Huskies to Sweep of Owls
Southern Maine to Host Little East Conference Tournament
KEENE, N.H. -- Senior Mark Russell (Arlington, Mass.) hurled a complete
game shutout in the opener and junior Ryan Adams (Sanford, Maine) and three
relievers combined for another shutout in the nightcap to lead the nationally
ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies to a doubleheader sweep of the Keene
State College Owls, 4-0 and 15-0, in Little East Conference college baseball
action Saturday afternoon at Owls Stadium.
The Huskies, who have won six of their last seven and 14 of their last 16
games, improved to 30-9 on the season and clinched first place in the Little
East Conference at 13-1. This is the fifth consecutive season, and eighth time
since 1989, that Southern Maine has won at least 30 games. The Owls dipped to
13-13 overall and 8-6 in LEC play.
Southern Maine will host the four-team, double-elimination Little East
Conference championship tournament for the second consecutive year, and the
third time in the last five years. The tournament begins Thursday (May 10) and
runs through Saturday (May 12). USM will play at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday against
the winner of Tuesday's single-elimination, first-round game between fourth-
seeded Keene State and number five seed Plymouth State..
Russell allowed just five singles in the opener to record his first career
shutout and improve his record to 4-1. He now has 18 career victories, tying
him with Jason Jensen (1995-97) for seventh all-time in school history. He
struck out four and walked just one. Owls' senior Matt Lavatori (Manchester,
Conn.) went the distance in defeat, allowing nine hits, with four strikeouts and
two walks.
Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) put the Huskies on the board with
an RBI ground ball in the first inning. Freshman Pat McDonough (Windham, Maine)
smacked a run-scoring double for an insurance run in the fourth. USM scored its
final two runs in the sixth on a wild pitch and an RBI single by freshman Brian
Marshall (Danvers, Mass.).
Adams pitched six innings of two-hit, scoreless baseball in the nightcap
to earn his second victory of the season. He had two strikeouts and three
walks. Three other Huskies' pitchers each worked one inning to finish the
combined shutout.
Southern Maine pounded out nineteen hits in the second game. Sophomore
Andy Lang's (New Bedford, Mass.) three-run homer, his third of the season, keyed
a four-run first inning outburst for USM. Curcuru blasted his sixth home run of
the year, a two-run shot in the seventh, to highlight an eight-run explosion
that put the game out of reach. Senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) added
a solo home run in the eighth, his second of the season.
Senior Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.) collected six hits on the day for USM.
Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) had four hits and four RBI, while
senior Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) had four hits, including two triples.
Lavatori and senior Keith Jacobson (Colchester, Conn.) each had a pair of
singles to pace the Owls.
at Keene , N.H. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (29-9, 12-1) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 9 1
Keene State (13-12, 8-5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Batteries: SM, Mark Russell (W 4-1/9.0-5-0-0-1-4) and Pete L'Italien.
KS, Matt Lavatori (L 4-3/9.0-9-4-4-2-4) and Kelly Charbono
2B: SM, Delorme, McDonough 3B: SM, Richardson HR: none
RBI: SM, Curcuru, Marshall, McDonough
Repeat Hitters: SM, Toomey 3, McDonough KS, Jacobson
at Keene , N.H. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (30-9, 13-1) 4 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 15 19 1
Keene State (13-13, 8-6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams, Erik Carlson (7), Mark Gunning (8), Alden
Pelletier (9) and L'Italien.
KS, Andy Cuthbertson, Corey Hartson (6), Jeff Gilpatrick (7), Kevin Dame (9)
and Charbono, Tim Kendrick (8).
Winning Pitcher: Adams (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Cuthbertson (2-3)
2B: SM, Toomey, Gureckis 3B: SM, Richardson
HR: SM, Andy Lang (3), Jody Curcuru (6), Jason Dority (2)
RBI: SM, Delorme 4, Richardson 3, Lang 3, Curcuru 2, McDonough, Dority, Gureckis
Repeat Hitters: SM, Richardson 4, Delorme 4, Toomey 3, Lang, Dority
KS, Lavatori
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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Beavers Upset Huskies, 8-3
BABSON PARK, Mass. -- Senior Pat Cutter (Nashua, N.H.) and freshman Matt
Bigda (Shrewsbury, Mass.) combined to drive in five runs in the first inning to
lead the Babson College Beavers to an 8-3 victory over the nationally ranked
University of Southern Maine Huskies in non-league college baseball action
Wednesday afternoon at Beaver Field.
The Huskies, who had won four straight and 12 of their last 13 games,
dipped to 28-9 on the season. USM is ranked first in the latest New England
Division III College Baseball Coaches poll. The Beavers improved to 18-9.
Cutter stroked a three-run double to right-center off Husky freshman
starter Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine), and Bigda followed with a two-run
homer to left, to give the Beavers a 5-0 advantage in the first inning. It was
Bigda's first home run of the season.
Southern Maine scored two runs in the fourth on a walk by sophomore Andy
Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) and back-to-back doubles by freshmen Brian Marshall
(Danvers, Mass.) and Pat McDonough (Windham, Maine).
Beavers' senior Dave Millman (Billerica, Mass.) hit a solo home run in the
seventh inning, his team-leading eighth round-tripper of the year.
USM scored its final run in the ninth inning when Marshall walked, moved
to third on McDonough's second double of the game, and scored on a wild pitch.
Sophomore Bill Fitzgerald (Scituate, Mass.) went eight innings for the
Beavers, improving his record to 5-0 for the season. He allowed just three hits
and two runs, while striking out three and walking five.
Cutter, Bigda, Millman and freshman Phil McGinness (Shrewsbury, Mass.)
each finished with two hits for Babson. McDonough was the Huskies' lone repeat
hitter.
Southern Maine will conclude its regular season schedule with a Little
East Conference doubleheader at Keene State College on Saturday (May 5),
starting at 12:00 noon.. Babson will host Bentley College on Wednesday (May 2)
at 4:00 p.m.
at Babson Park, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (28-9) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0
Babson (18-9) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x 8 11 1
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Pat Liddy (1), Erik Carlson (7) and Pat
McDonough. B, Bill Fitzgerald, Jason Kosow (9) and Joe Kehoe.
Winning Pitcher: Fitzgerald (5-0) Losing Pitcher: Thibodeau (1-1)
2B: SM, McDonough 2, Richardson, Marshall B, Cutter, McGinnis 3B: none
HR: B, Dave Millman (8), Matt Bigda (1)
RBI: SM, Marshall, McDonough B, Cutter 3, Bigda 2, Millman, Kehoe
Repeat Hitters: SM, McDonough B, Millman, Cutter, Bigda, McGinness
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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Tyler Delorme Honored by Little East Conference
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore left fielder Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team has been named
Little East Conference Co- Player of the Week for the week of April 23-29. He
shared the weekly award with Plymouth State College sophomore Matt Salokangas
(New Ipswich, N.H.). The conference office made the announcement late Monday.
This is the first time in his USM career that Delorme has been so honored
by the Little East Conference.
Delorme hit .531 (17 for 32), with 18 runs scored, 17 RBI, six walks, two
stolen bases, two doubles, three home runs and an .875 slugging percentage to
lead the Huskies to a 6-1 week.
He is hitting .442 (65 for 147) this season and leads the team in at-bats
(147), hits (65), doubles (12), home runs (9), and total bases (104).
A two-year starter in leftfield, Delorme led the Huskies with a .397
batting average last season. He posted team-highs in hits (69), home runs (8),
RBI (57), slugging percentage (.638) and on base percentage (.460).
He carries a .417 career batting average, with 24 doubles, 17 home runs
and 112 RBI.
Delorme was selected as a third-team All -American last season by the
American Baseball Coaches Association. He was also selected as a first team
all-star by both the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Coaches Association
and the Little East Conference, and was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player in
the 2001 NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament.
Southern Maine concludes its regular season schedule with a Little East
Conference doubleheader at Keene State College on Saturday (May 5), starting at
12:00 p.m. The Huskies will begin play in the 2001 Little East Conference
Championship tournament on Thursday (May 10). The Huskies have already clinched
a first-round bye in the tournament.
USM, which has won twelve of its last thirteen games, is ranked number one
in the latest New England Division III College Baseball Coaches Poll and fifth
nationally in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association Division III
Poll.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Lemieux, Delorme Lead Huskies Past Rams
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) recorded his
second collegiate victory and sophomore slugger Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) smacked his team-leading ninth home run to lead the nationally ranked
University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 13-5 victory over the Framingham State
College Rams in non-league college baseball action Tuesday afternoon at Towers
Field.
The Huskies, who have won 12 of their last 13 games, improved to 28-8 on
the season. USM is also ranked first in the latest New England Division III
College Baseball Coaches poll. The Rams concluded their season at 13-17.
Following a one-out, first-inning double by sophomore Andy Lang (New
Bedford, Mass.), Delorme drove a low pitch from Rams' senior hurler Matt Feldman
(Miami, Fla.) deep over the left field fence to give the Huskies a quick 2-0
advantage.
USM added five runs in the fourth on a walk, back-to-back doubles by
juniors Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) and Pete L'Italien (Salem, Mass.), an RBI
single by senior Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine), an error and a sacrifice
fly by Delorme.
Framingham responded with three unearned runs in the fifth inning, on an
error, an RBI double by sophomore Nick Marzilli (Warwick, R.I.), and a run-
scoring single by freshman Jamie Wadsworth (Upton, Mass.).
Run-scoring singles by Lang and senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine)
sandwiched a pair of RBI sacrifice flies by Delorme and freshman Drew Palmer
(Rothesay, N.B.) to produce four runs in the sixth to give Southern Maine an
insurmountable 11-4 lead.
Lemieux, making his third career start, pitched five effective innings.
He allowed seven hits and one earned run while striking out three and walking
just one.
Lang, Gureckis and freshman Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) each had a
pair of hits, Loveless' both doubles. Delorme finished with four RBI, while
Lang and Dority each drove in two runs.
Marzilli, Wadsworth and junior Gregg Rockwell (West Roxbury, Mass.) each
had two hits and one RBI for the Rams.
Southern Maine will travel to Babson College Wednesday (May 2) for a 3:00
p.m. game.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Framingham State (13-17) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 9 4
Southern Maine (28-8) 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 2 x 13 12 3
Batteries: FS, Matt Feldman, Chris Hendricks (4), Dave Lotter (7) and Dan
Brennock.
SM, Adam Lemieux, Mark Gunning (6), Alden Pelletier (8) and Pete L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Lemieux (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Feldman (3-2)
2B: FS, Marzilli SM, Loveless 2, Lang, Gureckis, L'Italien 3B: none
HR: SM, Tyler Delorme (9)
RBI: FS, Marzilli, Wadsworth, Rockwell
SM, Delorme 4, Lang 2, Dority 2, Richardson, Gureckis, L'Italien, Palmer
Repeat Hitters: FS, Marzilli, Wadsworth, Rockwell
SM, Lang, Gureckis, Loveless
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Sunday, April 29, 2001
Delorme, Lang Lead Huskies Past Colonials
DANBURY, Conn. -- Sophomores Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) and
Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) combined for 15 hits and 14 RBI to lead the
nationally ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies to a doubleheader sweep
of the Western Connecticut State University Colonials, 19-13 and 23-7, in Little
East Conference baseball action Sunday afternoon.
The Huskies, who have won 11 of their last 12, improve to 27-8 overall and
lead the Little East with an 11-1 mark. USM was ranked first in the latest New
England Division III College Baseball Coaches poll and fifth in the American
Baseball Coaches Association Division III national poll. The Colonials dipped
to 8-18-1 for the season and 2-9 in the LEC.
Southern Maine's hitters pounded out 51 hits off six different Colonials'
pitchers in the doubleheader, including 13 for extra bases . Delorme paced the
onslaught with eight hits and six RBI. He hit his team-leading eighth home run
of the season in the eighth inning of the second game, a two-run shot to left
field. Lang added seven hits, including a school record tying three doubles in
the first game, and eight RBI. Freshman Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine)
contributed six hits and five RBI. Seniors Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) and
Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) each stroked five hits, with Curcuru
knocking in four runs. Freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) rapped four
hits and drove in eight runs.
Junior Mark Gunning (Winslow, Maine) picked up his fifth win of the year
in the opener, while senior Todd Southwick (Nashua, N.H.) went the distance in
the nightcap to improve his record to 5-1 on the season.
Southern Maine will host Framingham State Tuesday (May 1) at 3:00 p.m.
Western Connecticut travels to Eastern Connecticut for a game Wednesday evening
(May 2) .
at Danbury, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (26-8, 10-1) 3 0 0 6 2 0 7 0 1 19 23 1
Western Connecticut (8-17-1, 2-8) 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 13 18 1
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Mark Gunning (4), Colin Loveless (6), Travis Ferrante
(8), Alden Pelletier (8) and Pat McDonough.
WC, Greg Palanzo, Brad Percival (7), Marshal Bragdon (9) and Bob Nardi
Winning Pitcher: Gunning (5-0) Losing Pitcher: Palanzo (1-5)
2B: SM,Lang 3, McDonough, Lemieux WC, Putnam, Hordos 3B: WC, Sharkey
HR: none
RBI: SM, Lang 5, Marshall 4, Curcuru 3, Dority 2, Lemieux 2, Richardson,
Delorme, Loveless.
WC, Sudano 5, Sharkey 3, Hordos 2, Mucci, Nardi, Koji.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 3, Curcuru 3, Lang 3, Loveless 3, Richardson,
Dority, Gureckis , Lemieux, McDonough.
WC, Sudano 3, Mucci 3, Hordos 3, Putnam, Nardi, Tarantino
at Danbury, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (27-8, 11-1) 4 3 0 4 2 2 3 5 0 23 28 2
Western Connecticut (8-18-1, 2-9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 16 3
Batteries: SM, Todd Southwick (W 5-1/9.0-16-7-6-0-4) and Pete L'Italien.
WC, Andy McQueen, Dan Korn (4), Marshal Bragdon (7), Steve Proteau (8) and
Jonathan Lynch, Jeff Pacuk (8). Losing Pitcher: McQueen (2-3)
2B: SM, Lemieux 2, Richardson, Marshall, Tedesco WC, Sudano, Sylvia, McMillan
3B: SM, Curcuru, L'Italien WC, Lynch, Proteau
HR: SM, Tyler Delorme (8)
RBI: SM, Delorme 5, Marshall 4, Lemieux 3, Lang 3, Tedesco 2, Palmer 2,
Richardson, Curcuru.
WC, Mucci 2, McMillan 2, Proteau, Puccio, Sylvia.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Delorme 5, Lemieux 4, Lang 4, Richardson 3, Marshall 3,
Tedesco 3, Curduru, L'Italien, Palmer.
WC, Mucci 3, Sudano, Sharkey, Lynch 2, Newland, Sylvia.
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Saturday, April 28, 2001
Huskies, Warriors Split Little East Doubleheader Showdown
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) pounded out
five hits and drove in three runs to lead the University of Southern Maine
Huskies to a 15-8 win over the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors in
the nightcap of their Little East Conference baseball doubleheader at the ECSU
Baseball Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Eastern Connecticut came from behind to win the first game, 5-4, on an
unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Southern Maine remained in first place in the Little East Conference with
a 9-1 mark, and is now 25-8 overall. Eastern Connecticut stays a half game
behind the Huskies in the conference at 9-2, and is 27-10 overall. The teams
were ranked one-two in the latest New England coaches poll.
Lang had a key two-run single, and later scored on a wild pitch in the
Huskies' four-run sixth inning. He had another single during USM's big seven-
run ninth inning.
Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) had three hits and a pair of RBI.
Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) had a three-run double in the big
ninth inning outburst.
Junior John Kubachka (Glastonbury, Conn.) led the Warriors with four base
hits, including his seventh home run of the season, and four RBI.
Sophomore Erik Carlson (Portland, Maine), the second of four USM pitchers,
picked up his second win of the season. Junior Alden Pelletier (Sanford, Maine)
came on in the eighth inning to record his second save. Eastern senior starter
Brian DePaulo (Waterbury, Conn.) absorbed the loss.
In the opening game, the Warriors rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take a 4-2
lead with four runs in the seventh. After USM tied the game in the eighth on
freshman Brian Marshall's (Danvers, Mass.) two-out, two-run double, the Warriors
pulled out the victory with an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning.
Eastern senior Brian Gouin (Sprague, Conn.) picked up the victory in
relief. Pelletier took the loss for USM.
Southern Maine travels to Danbury, Conn., to play Western Connecticut
State University in a makeup double-header on Sunday, starting at 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Connecticut is at Tufts on Tuesday.
at Willimantic, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (24-8, 8-1 LEC) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 7 2
Eastern Connecticut (27-9, 9-1 LEC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 x 5 8 1
Batteries: SM, Mark Russell, Colin Loveless (7), Alden Pelletier (7) and Peter
L'Italien. EC, Ty Bongiovanni, Brian Gouin (8) and Jeff Funaro, Matt Hebert (7).
Winning Pitcher: Gouin (4-0) Losing Pitcher: Pelletier (4-3)
2B: SM, Richardson, Marshall EC, Ormaechea, Wildman, Hebert. 3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Marshall 2, Lemieux. EC, Tempesta, Hebert.
Repeat Hitter: SM, Marshall EC, Wildman
at Willimantic, Conn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (25-8, 9-1 LEC) 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 7 15 16 3
Eastern Connecticut (27-10, 9-2 LEC) 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 12 3
Batteries: SM, Ryan Adams, Erik Carlson (4), Mark Gunning (7), Alden Pelletier
(8) and Peter L'Italien. EC, Bryan DePaulo, Matt Fortin (4), Brian Gouin (7),
Jeremy Hall (9) and Jeff Funaro, Matt Hebert (8).
Winning Pitcher: Carlson (2-0) Losing Pitcher: DePaulo (5-3).
2B: SM, Curcuru, Delorme EC, Kubachka, Wildman, Fritsch. 3B: none
HR: SM, Adam Lemieux (2) EC, John Kubachka (7)
RBI: SM, Delorme 3, Lang 3, Curcuru 2, Marshall, Dority, Lemieux.
EC, Kubachka 4, Holowaty, Sheets, Timney, Fritsch.
Repeat Hitter: SM, Lang 5, Curcuru 3, Richardson EC, Kubachka 4.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2001
College Baseball
Huskies Outslug Judges
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) notched
three hits and three RBI and freshman Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) picked
up his first collegiate victory to lead the nationally ranked University of
Southern Maine Huskies to a 14-7 triumph over the Brandeis University Judges in
non-league college baseball action Wednesday afternoon at the Stein/Appelbaum
Diamond.
The Huskies have won eight straight to improve to 24-7 on the season. USM
is ranked first in the latest New England Division III College Baseball Coaches
poll and fifth in the latest American Baseball Coaches Division III national
poll. The Judges dipped to 18-17.
Southern Maine struck early, exploding for seven runs in the first inning.
Delorme and junior catcher Pete L'Italien (Salem, Mass.) rapped RBI singles, and
sophomore Paul Tedesco (East Boston, Mass.) added a bases-clearing double to
highlight the Huskies' big inning. Delorme blasted his team-leading eight home
run of the season in the second inning, a solo shot to left field.
USM piled on five insurance runs in the ninth inning on a passed ball, a
two-run single by sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.), an RBI single by
Delorme and a sacrifice fly by senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.).
Thibodeau pitched six strong innings for the Huskies, allowing just five
hits and two unearned runs. He struck out one and walked two.
Lang also had three hits for the Huskies. Tedesco knocked in three runs
while Lang added two RBI.
Junior Jeremy Taro (Southbridge, Mass.) paced the Judges with two doubles
and three RBI. Sophomore Andy Kahn (Los Angeles Calif.) and freshman Lars
Borssen (Wells, Maine) each added a pair of singles.
Southern Maine will travel to Eastern Connecticut State University for a
Little East Conference doubleheader on Saturday (April 27), starting at 12:00
p.m. Eastern Connecticut is currently ranked second in the New England Coaches
Poll and 16th in the ABCA national poll. Brandeis plays Thursday (April 26) at
Amherst College.
at Waltham, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (24-7) 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 14 14 4
Brandeis (18-17) 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 7 10 0
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Erik Carlson (7), Mark Russell (8), Colin
Loveless (9) and Pete L'Italien. B, Russ Stutsky, Chris Pickford (1), Kevin
Kay (4), Mike Parissi (5), Paul Ramsdell (8),
Mike Botelho (8) and Jeremy Taro.
Winning Pitcher: Thibodeau (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Stutsky (1-2)
2B: SM, Tedesco B, Taro 2 3B: none HR: SM, Tyler Delorme (7)
RBI: SM, Delorme 3, Tedesco 3, Lang 2, Richardson, Curcuru, Marshall,
L'Italien, Lemieux B, Taro 3, Rhodes, Borssen
Repeat Hitters: SM, Lang 3, Delorme 3, B, Kahn, Taro, Borssen
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Tuesday, April 24, 2001
College Baseball
Delorme, McDonough Power Huskies Past White Mules
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) and
freshman Pat McDonough (Windham, Maine) combined for six hits and five RBI to
power the nationally ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies to an 11-5
victory over the Colby College White Mules in non-league college baseball action
Tuesday afternoon at Towers Field.
The Huskies have won seven straight to improve to 23-7 on the season. USM
is ranked first in the latest New England Division III College Baseball Coaches
poll, and fifth in the latest American Baseball Coaches Division III national
poll. The White Mules dipped to 6-12.
Southern Maine scored three runs in the first inning on two walks, a hit
batter, three wild pitches and RBI singles by Delorme and McDonough.
The Huskies added a run in the second on a RBI single by senior Jody
Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) for a 4-0 lead. Colby responded with three runs in
the third on a RBI double by senior Louie Distasi (Chelmsford, Mass) and a two-
run homer by senior Andy Tripp (Saco, Maine). The White Mules tied the game on
a wild pitch in the fourth.
USM took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth, using a walk, an
infield error, a wild pitch and three ground balls to score two runs without
benefit of a base hit. Back-to-back doubles in the fifth by senior Jason Dority
(Winterport, Maine) and McDonough pushed the lead to 7-4.
Southern Maine added three runs in the sixth on a groundball RBI by
Curcuru, an RBI triple by freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.) and a run-
scoring single by Dority.
Delorme capped the Huskies' scoring with an inside-the-park home run in
the seventh inning, a long drive deep over the right-fielder's head that went
all the way to the 416 foot mark in right-center. He finished with three RBI
and three hits. McDonough added a pair of RBI on a double and two singles and
Dority notched two hits and two RBI.
Senior Todd Southwick (Nashua, N.H.) picked up his fourth win of the
season, working 3.2 innings in relief of freshman starter Mike Caggiano
(Augusta, Maine). Southwick allowed one run on two hits and walked one batter.
Distasi was the White Mules lone repeat hitter, recording a double and a
single, and two RBI.
Sophomore Jason Cunnane (Wrentham, Mass.) took the loss for Colby, working
five innings. He allowed eight runs on six hits, with five walks and six
strikeouts.
Southern Maine will travel to Brandeis University Wednesday (April 25) for
a 3:00 p.m. game. Colby next plays at Bates College on Friday (April 27) at
4:00 p.m.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colby (6-12) 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 2
Southern Maine (23-7) 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 x 11 11 0
Batteries: C, Jason Cunnane, Kevin Presbrey (6) and Eric Roy.
SM, Mike Caggiano, Todd Southwick (4), Alden Pelletier (8) and Pat McDonough.
Winning Pitcher: Southwick (4-1) Losing Pitcher: Cunnane (0-1)
2B: C, Distasi, Cummings SM, Dority, McDonough 3B: SM, Marshall
HR: C, Andy Tripp (2) SM, Tyler Delorme (6)
RBI: C, Distasi 2, Tripp 2
SM, Delorme 3, Curcuru 2, Dority 2, McDonough 2, Richardson, Marshall
Repeat Hitters: C, Distasi SM, Delorme 3, McDonough 3, Dority
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Monday, April 23, 2001
College Baseball
Lemieux Hurls Huskies Past Polar Bears
Southern Maine Sets School Double-Play Mark
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman right-handed pitcher Adam Lemieux (Cumberland,
Maine) earned his first collegiate victory and the fifth-ranked University of
Southern Maine turned a school record five double plays as the Huskies defeated
the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, 12-3, in a non-league baseball game Monday
afternoon at Towers Field.
The Huskies extended their winning streak to six straight and improved to
22-7 on the season. USM was ranked fifth in the ABCA Division III national poll
and first in the New England Division III coaches poll that were released
Monday. The Polar Bears dipped to 11-13.
Lemieux pitched strong seven innings in his second career start, allowing
eight hits and two runs. He struck out three and did not walk a batter. He was
assisted by the Huskies' defense, which recorded five groundball double plays,
one short of the NCAA Division III single-game record.
Hot-hitting junior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) keyed a five-run first-
inning outburst for Southern Maine, blasting a two-run homer to left field. It
was his third round tripper in USM's last five games. Freshman Brian Marshall
(Danvers, Mass.) added an RBI single in the fifth inning and hit his second
collegiate home run, a solo shot to left, in the seventh.
Senior Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) and sophomore Tyler Delorme
(Enosburg Falls, Vt.) each stroked two-run singles for the Huskies, while
sophomore second-baseman Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.), who participated in all
five of the Huskies' twin-killings, drove in USM's final run with a ground ball.
Marshall and freshman Colin Loveless (South Paris, Maine) each had three
hits for Southern Maine, Marshall adding three RBI. Richardson and freshman
Drew Palmer (Rothesay, N.B.) each collected two hits.
Freshman infielder Kevin Bougie (Sanford, Maine) led the Polar Bears with
four singles and an RBI. Classmate Manny Lora (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was Bowdoin's
only other repeat hitter with a double and two singles.
Freshman Andy Workman (Ipswich, Mass.) absorbed the loss for the Polar
Bears. He pitched six innings, allowing seven hits and eight runs. He struck
out four and walked two, and also hit three Huskies' batters, two of whom
scored.
Southern Maine will host Colby College Tuesday (April 24) at 3:00 p.m.
Bowdoin will entertain the University of Massachusetts Boston Wednesday (April
25) at 3:30 p.m.
at Gorham, Maine. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bowdoin (11-13) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 13 2
Southern Maine (22-7) 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 x 12 13 2
Batteries: B, Andy Workman, Andrew Nichols (7), Jared Porter (8) and Manny Lora.
SM, Adam Lemieux, Mark Gunning (8), Travis Ferrante (9) and Pete L'Italien.
Winning Pitcher: Lemieux (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Workman (0-1)
2B: B, Lora, SM, Richardson, Marshall 3B: none
HR: SM, Craig Gureckis (3), Brian Marshall (2)
RBI: B, Bougie, Nicastro
SM, Marshall 3, Richardson 2, Delorme 2, Gureckis 2, Lang
Repeat Hitters: B, Bougie 4, Lora 3
SM, Loveless 3, Marshall 3, Richardson, Palmer
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Sunday, April 22, 2001
College Baseball
Dority, Gureckis Power Huskies Over Beacons
BOSTON, Mass -- Senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) rapped six hits
and drove in nine runs and junior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) added four hits
and seven RBI to power the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a
doubleheader sweep of the University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons, 25-7 and
10-8, in Little East Conference baseball action Sunday afternoon at the Boston
College High School baseball field.
The Huskies have now won five straight to improve to 21-7 overall and lead
the Little East Conference with an 8-0 record. This is the 17th consecutive
year that Southern Maine has won at least 20 games. The Beacons dipped to 11-17
on the season and 3-7 in conference play. The Huskies were the home team in the
second game because that game was originally scheduled to be played in Gorham,
but was rescheduled to Boston due to previous postponements.
Southern Maine belted 39 hits on the day and played errorless ball to
improve its all-time record against the Beacons to 20-0.
The Huskies scored 12 times in the first three innings, including nine in
their first at bat, of the opener to put the game away early. USM sophomore
starter Pat Liddy (Farmington, Maine) worked 6.0 innings, allowing seven hits
and five runs, to record his third win of the season. He struck out five and
walked four.
In the nightcap, USM rallied from a 5-3 deficit with four runs in the
fourth on an RBI double by freshman Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.), a two-run
single by Dority, and an RBI single by freshman Pat McDonough (Windham, Maine),
to take a 7-5 lead. The Huskies added three runs in the fifth on senior Jody
Curcuru's (Gloucester, Mass.) RBI double , an RBI single by Dority and an run-
scoring double by sophomore Paul Tedesco (East Boston, Mass.).
Junior Mark Gunning (Winslow, Maine) earned the win with 1.2 innings of
one-hit relief, improving his record to 4-0. Junior Alden Pelletier (Sanford,
Maine) closed out the game in the ninth to register his first save of the
season.
Dority and Gureckis each hit home runs in the first game. Curcuru, senior
Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk, Maine) and sophomore Tyler Delorme (Enosburg Falls,
Vt.) each had four hits on the day.
Beacons' sophomore Adam Waxman (Portland, Maine), who formerly played for
Portland (Maine) High School, hit two home runs in the second game, giving him
seven on the season.
Southern Maine will host Bowdoin College Monday (April 23) at 4:30 p.m. in
a re-scheduled game. UMass Boston will play at Babson College on Monday at 3:00
p.m.
at Boston, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (20-7, 7-0) 9 2 1 0 0 7 0 1 5 25 25 0
UMass Boston (11-16, 3-6) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 7 10 3
Batteries: SM, Pat Liddy, Travis Ferrante (7), Colin Loveless (9) and Pete
L'Italien. UMB, John Forbes, Tony Forbes (1) and Matt Tapley.
Winning Pitcher: Liddy (3-1) Losing Pitcher: J. Forbes (2-2)
2B: SM, Gureckis 3, Richardson, Delorme, Curcuru, Loveless
UMB, McGonagle, Stish
3B: none
HR: SM, Jason Dority (1), Craig Gureckis (2) UMB, Mike Chirichiello (1)
RBI: SM, Gureckis 7, Dority 6, Delorme 4, Curcuru 2, Marshall 2, L'Italien 2
UMB, Chirichiello 3, Thayer 2, McGonagle, Stish
Repeat Hitters: SM, Richardson 4, Delorme 4, Dority 4, Gureckis 4, L'Italien
3, McCarthy, Curcuru
UMB, Chirichiello 3, McGonagle, Thayer
at Boston, Mass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMass Boston (11-17, 3-7) 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 11 1
Southern Maine (21-7, 8-0) 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 x 10 14 0
Batteries: UMB, Darwin Mesa and Miguel Colon. SM, Todd Southwick, Mark
Gunning (4), Erik Carlson (6), Loveless (9), Alden Pelletier (9) and Pat
McDonough, Pete L'Italien (9).
Winning Pitcher: Gunning (4-0) Losing Pitcher: Mesa (0-3)
2B: UMB, Maguire SM, Curcuru 2, Marshall, Tedesco, Lemieux.
3B: none
HR: UMB, Nao Masamoto (2), Adam Waxman 2 (7), Matt Thayer (4).
RBI: UMB, Waxman 3, Masamoto, Thayer.
SM, Dority 3, McDonough 3, Tedesco 2, Curcuru, Marshall.
Repeat Hitters: UMB, Masamoto 3, Waxman, Stish.
SM, Lemieux 3, Curcuru, Tedesco, Dority, McDonough.
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Saturday, April 21, 2001
College Baseball
Huskies Seniors Scuttle Corsairs
GORHAM, Maine -- Seniors Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.), Shaun Richardson
(Kennebunk, Maine) and Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) combined for 11 hits and
10 RBI and classmate Mark Russell (Arlington, Mass.) pitched a complete game to
lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a doubleheader sweep of the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs, 15-7 and 5-3, in Little East
Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Towers Field.
The Huskies, playing on their home field for the first time this season,
improved to 19-7 overall and 6-0 in the Little East. The Corsairs dipped to
18-10 on the season and 7-3 in conference play. Southern Maine was ranked
number one in the latest New England Division III College Baseball Coaches Poll
and sixth nationally in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association
Division III Poll. UMass Dartmouth was ranked sixth in the New England Poll.
Toomey sparked the Huskies' 20-hit onslaught in the opener, clubbing a
two-run double and a two-run homer to push USM to a 10-1 lead after three
innings. The home run was his fifth of the season. He finished the game with
five RBI.
Curcuru stroked five hits on the day, including his fifth home run of the
year, while Richardson had four hits and four RBI. Sophomore Tyler Delorme
(Enosburg Falls, Vt.) also had four hits, including his fifth home run. Junior
Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) smacked his first round tripper of the season,
while freshmen Adam Lemieux (Cumberland, Maine) and Brian Marshall (Danvers,
Mass.) each hit their first collegiate home runs for the Huskies
Russell pitched effectively for the Huskies in the opener, scattering 11
hits over nine innings to pick up his third win of the season. He allowed just
three earned runs, with five strikeouts and two walks. The win was the 17th of
his USM career, tying him for eighth all-time with Chuck Chadbourne (1981-84).
In the nightcap, Southern Maine rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh
on a two-out, two-run double down the right-field line by Richardson. Curcuru
ignited the Huskies winning two-run eighth inning rally with a leadoff triple to
deep right-center. After two infield outs, junior Peter L'Italien (Salem,
Mass.) worked a walk and stole second. A wild pitch by Corsair senior starter
Tim Troup (Halifax, Mass.) plated Curcuru for a 4-3. Lemieux then singled to
center to score L'Italien for an insurance run.
Junior Alden Pelletier (Sanford, Maine) pitched 1.2 shutout innings in
relief to record his fourth win of the year.
Freshman Kevin Walsh (New Bedford, Mass.) led UMD with five hits,
including two home runs, and seven RBI.
Southern Maine will travel to the University of Massachusetts Boston
Sunday (April 22) for a 12:00 noon Little East Conference doubleheader. UMass
Dartmouth will play at Tufts on Tuesday (April 24) at 3:00 p.m.
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMass Dartmouth (18-9, 7-2) 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 7 11 4
Southern Maine (18-7, 5-0) 2 3 5 0 0 3 2 0 x 15 20 3
Batteries: UMD, Eric Taylor, Steve Lauzon (3), Jason Daley (6), Mike Gikis (7)
and Mike Rahme SM, Mark Russell and Pete L'Italien
Winning Pitcher: Russell (3-1) Losing Pitcher: Taylor (2-3)
2B: UMD, Orlando, Kelsch SM, Toomey, Dority 3B: SM, Curcuru
HR: UMD, Kevin Walsh (1), SM, Adam Lemieux (1), Pat Toomey (4), Tyler Delorme
(5), Jody Curcuru (5), Craig Gureckis (1)
RBI: UMD Walsh (5), Davenport SM, Toomey 5, Richardson 2,Delorme 2,
Gureckis 2, Curcuru, Lemieux
Repeat Hitters: UMD, Ronayne 3, Dwyer, Walsh, Orlando
SM, Curcuru 4, Richardson 3, Toomey, Delorme, L'Italien, Gureckis, Dority
at Gorham, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMass Dartmouth (18-10, 7-3) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 3
Southern Maine (19-7, 6-0) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 x 5 9 1
Batteries: UMD, Tim Troup and Rahme SM, Ryan Adams, Mark Gunning (8),
Alden Pelletier (8) and Pat McDonough, L'Italien (8)
Winning Pitcher: Pelletier (4-2) Losing Pitcher: Troup (3-2)
2B: UMD, Kelsch SM, Richardson 3B: SM, Curcuru
HR: UMD, Walsh (2), SM, Brian Marshall (1)
RBI: UMD, Walsh 2 SM, Richardson 2, Marshall, Lemieux
Repeat Hitters: UMD, Walsh 3 SM Delorme, McDonough
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Thursday, April 19, 2001
College Baseball
Curcuru, Gunning and Pelletier Spark Huskies Over Vikings
SALEM, Mass. -- Senior Jody Curcuru (Gloucester, Mass.) cracked a
three-run homer and junior pitchers Mark Gunning (Winslow, Maine) and Alden
Pelletier (Sanford, Maine) combined for four scoreless innings of relief to
spark the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a come-from-behind, 11-4
victory over the Salem State College Vikings in non-league college baseball
action Thursday afternoon at Palmer Cove Field.
The Huskies snapped a two-game losing skid wit the victory and improved to
17-7 on the season. The Vikings dipped to 10-12.
Southern Maine took the early lead, scoring three runs in the second
inning on an RBI single by sophomore Andy Lang (New Bedford, Mass.), an RBI
double by sophomore Paul Tedesco (East Boston, Mass.) and a sacrifice fly by
junior Peter L'Italien (Salem, Mass.). Salem came back to take a 4-3 advantage
after five innings, but USM tied the game in the sixth on a L'Italien single, a
wild pitch and a Vikings' error.
Tedesco started the six-run eighth-inning explosion for the Huskies with a
leadoff walk. After two outs, junior Craig Gureckis (Nashua, N.H.) gave USM the
lead for good with an RBI double down the right field line to score freshman
pinch-runner Drew Palmer (Rothesay, N.B.). Senior Shaun Richardson (Kennebunk,
Maine) followed with his own RBI double, and senior Pat Toomey (Medford, Mass.)
then singled home Richardson. Sophomore Tyler Delorme's (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)
ensuing double left runners on second and third for Curcuru, who blasted his
fourth home run of the season over the right field fence to make it 10-4. USM
added an unearned run in the ninth.
Gunning worked the sixth and seventh innings in relief of freshman starter
Jason Thibodeau (Old Town, Maine) to pick up his third win of the season without
a loss. He did not allow a hit, while walking two and striking out two.
Pelletier, making his first appearance since April 4th, pitched hitless ball in
the eighth and ninth innings, with three strikeouts and no walks.
Freshman starter Marc Cahill (Lynn, Mass.), who worked into the eighth
inning for the Vikings, suffered his second loss of the year. Cahill is the
younger brother of former Southern Maine infielder Rich Cahill (1995-98).
Curcuru paced the Huskies with two hits and three RBI, while Gureckis
added two doubles and an RBI.
Sophomore Mike Cornacchini (Swampscott, Mass.) led the Vikings with a pair
of doubles and two RBI. Classmate Nate Bertolino (Gloucester, Mass.)
contributed a double, a single and an RBI.
Southern Maine will play on its own campus field for the first time this
season Saturday (April 21) when it hosts the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth in a Little East Conference doubleheader starting at 12:00 noon.
Salem State travels to Worcester State College for a doubleheader Saturday.
at Salem, Mass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Maine (17-7) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 11 11 1
Salem State (10-12) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 3
Batteries: SM, Jason Thibodeau, Mark Gunning (6), Alden Pelletier (8) and Pete
L'Italien. SS, Marc Cahill, Bill Decker (8), Mike Cornacchini (8), and
Tyler Welch, Adam Reusing (9)
Winning Pitcher: Gunning (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Cahill (0-2)
2B: SM, Gureckis 2, Richardson, Delorme, Marshall, Tedesco
SS, Bertolino, Cornacchini
3B: none HR: SM, Jody Curcuru (4)
RBI: SM, Curcuru 3, Richardson, Toomey, Lang, Tedesco, L'Italien,
Gureckis SS, Bertolino, Cornacchini, Nichols
Repeat Hitters: SM, Curcuru, Gureckis SS, Bertolino, Cornacchini
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Wednesday, April 18, 2001
College Baseball
Hannigan, Osborne Slug Monks Past Huskies
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine -- Sophomore Lucas Hannigan (Cape Elizabeth,
Maine) and senior Steve Osborne (Millinocket, Maine) each slugged a pair of home
runs and combined for ten RBI to power the St. Joseph's College Monks to a 13-5
victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in non-league college
baseball action Wednesday afternoon at Durwood Holman Field.
The Monks have won eight straight to improve to 24-2 on the season. The
Huskies dropped their second straight game to dip to 17-6. The game was played
at Cape Elizabeth High School because neither teams home field was ready for
play.
St. Joseph's scored three runs in the top of the first on a leadoff home
run by sophomore Nick Mirabello (Arlington, Mass.) and a two-run shot by
Osborne, his 14th of the season. Junior Jesse LaCasse (Madison, Maine) belted a
solo homer in the third and Hannigan pushed the Monks lead to 5-0 with a
sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.
USM rallied with three runs in the sixth on RBI singles by sophomore Andy
Lang (New Bedford, Mass.) and senior Jason Dority (Winterport, Maine) and a wild
pitch by Monks' junior right-hander Brent Dan (Sumner, Maine). The Huskies then
loaded the bases on three straight two-out walks, but Dan got out of the jam
with a ground ball to end the inning still leading 5-3.
Hannigan put the game out of reach with a grand slam homer in the seventh
off Huskies' freshman reliever Brian Marshall (Danvers, Mass.). Osborne led off
the Monks' ninth with his second home run, and 15th of the season, to give him
190 career hits, breaking the St. Joseph's school record of 189 hits held by
Dave Quintal (1997-2000). Hannigan added a two run dinger later in the inning
to give him seven RBI. Senior Adam Newell (Locke Mills, Maine) closed out the
scoring with a solo homer, St. Joseph' seventh round-tripper of the game.
Lang hit a solo blast in the eighth and the Huskies added a run on a wild
pitch in the ninth.
Dan went the distance for the victory, his fifth of the year without a
loss, allowing eight hits and two earned runs. He walked seven in the cold,
windy condition and struck out ten batters. USM freshman Mike Caggiano
(Augusta, Maine), making his second college start, suffered the loss, working
4.1 innings.
Osborne finished with three hits for St. Joseph's, while Hannigan and
LaCasse each added two. Lang led the Huskies with three hits and two RBI.
Dority was USM' only other repeat hitter, with a pair of singles and an RBI.
Southern Maine will travel to Salem State College for single game Thursday
(April 19) at 3:00 p.m. St. Joseph's will host Husson College Thursday at 4:00
p.m. at Southern Maine Technical College.
at Cape Elizabeth, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Joseph's (ME) (24-2) 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 4 13 11 1
Southern Maine (16-7) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 8 0
Batteries: SM, Mike Caggiano, Brian Marshall (5), Erik Carlson (8), Travis
Ferrante (9) and Pat McDonough, Pete L'Italien (4)
StJ, Brent Dan and Joe Holland
Winning Pitcher: Dan (5-0) Losing Pitcher: Caggiano (0-1)
2B: none 3B: none
HR: SM, Andy Lang (2)
StJ, Steve Osborne 2 (15), Lucas Hannigan 2 (3), Nick Mirabello (1), Jesse
LaCasse (2), Adam Newell (3)
RBI: SJ, Hannigan 7, Osborne 3, Mirabello, LaCasse, Newell
SM, Lang 2, Dority 1
Repeat Hitters: SJ, LaCasse 3, Osborne, Hannigan
SM, Lang 3, Dority
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Tuesday, April 17, 2001
College Baseball
Power Gulls Nip Huskies in Ninth Inning
BEVERLY, Mass. -- Sophomore Mike Lucas (Amity, Conn.) singled home the
winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Endicott College Power
Gulls to a 7-6, come-from-behind victory over the University of Southern Maine
Huskies in non-lea |
