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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Three USM Players Picked to Play in NEIBA All-Star Game
GORHAM, Maine -- Three members of the University of Southern Maine
baseball team have selected to participate in the New England Intercollegiate
Baseball Association's (NEIBA) 33rd Annual College Baseball All-Star Game this
Sunday (July 22) at Fenway Park in Boston.
Representing USM in the annual game will be outfielder Ryan Bourque
(Sanford, Maine), relief pitcher Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) and shortstop Nick
Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.). The game features the Division One All-New England
First and Second Team players against the All-New England players from Division
Two and the Division Three Senior All-Stars.
Bourque, Foley and Vardaro are the first USM players picked to play in the
all-star game since outfielder Adam Lemieux and infielder Brian Marshall
participated in the 2004 contest.
The NEIBA College Baseball All-Star game will take place following the
Boston Red Sox game against the Chicago White Sox. The game is expected to
start at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be five dollars at Gate D and
fans with tickets to that day's Red Sox game may stay for the second game.
Bourque, the Little East Conference Player of the Year, batted .361 with 15
doubles, 11 home runs and 50 RBI in 41 games. Foley, a second team All-Little
East Conference pick this spring, compiled a 6-1 record with four saves and a
3.02 ERA in a school record-tying 27 appearances. Vardaro hit .308 with eight
doubles, two triples, one homer and 16 RBI.
Southern Maine finished the 2007 season with a 27-15 overall record and an
8-6 mark in Little East Conference play.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
(Courtesy of Paul Sweeney, NEIBA Publicist)
2007 All-New England Division Three Baseball Teams Announced
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Forty-nine players representing 22 schools were named
to the 2007 All-New England Division Three first, second and third teams
announced Wednesday (May 16) by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball
Association (NEIBA).
Eastern Connecticut State University had six players voted to the three
teams, including five on the first team. The University of Southern Maine is
represented by four players, while Wheaton College, Rhode Island College, Tufts
University and Trinity College each had three players on the teams. Seventeen
schools in all had more than one player recognized.
Eastern Connecticut sophomore pitcher/DH Shawn Gilblair was selected as the
New England Division III Player of the Year. A double threat for the Warriors,
he entered the NCAA New England Regional Tournament hitting .399 with five home
runs, 43 runs batted in, 42 runs scored and a .483 on-base percentage. On the
pitcher's mound, he has recorded a 9-1 record with a 1.77 earned run average and
67 strikeouts in 71 innings.
Western New England senior Eric Smolin was named New England Division III
Pitcher of the Year. Entering the Regional, he has a 7-1 record with a 1.31 era
and 55 strikeouts in 62 innings pitched.
Wheaton's Eric Podbelski was picked as the Coach of the Year for the second
straight season. The Lyons are ranked sixth nationally and first in New England
with a 32-11 overall mark going into the NCAA Tournament. Wheaton won its ninth
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular-season title
in the league's nine seasons and notched its eighth post-season tournament crown
to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Named to the All-New England first team from Southern Maine was senior
outfielder Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine). Picked for the second team were
senior pitcher Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) and freshman third baseman Josh Mackey
(Danvers, Mass.). Selected to the third team was senior Max Arsenault
(Boothbay, Maine) who was named to the utility position. This is the second
straight year that Bourque and Arsenault have received All-New England honors.
Bourque, the 2007 Little East Conference Player of the Year, helped the
Huskies to a 27-15 overall record and an 8-6 mark in the Little East Conference.
Earning All-LEC first team honors for the second straight season, Bourque hit
.361 (60-for-166) with 46 runs scored, 15 doubles, 11 home runs, a .651 slugging
percentage and a team-leading 50 RBI.
Bourque, a 2006 ABCA Division III All-American second team outfielder,
finished his career in the top ten of several career statistics. He is sixth in
hits (237) and home runs (24), and fourth in doubles (52) and RBI (172). His 11
home runs in 2007 tied him for eighth most in a single season.
Foley is earning All-New England honors for the first time in his career.
As the Huskies top relief pitcher, he made 27 appearances in 2007, tying the
school single season mark set by Joe Roach in 1999. Foley posted a 6-1 record
with four saves and a 3.02 earned run average. In 41.2 innings pitched, the
right-handed hurler allowed just 14 earned runs yielding 43 hits and 13 walks.
Foley struck out 31 batters and held his opponents to a .274 batting average.
Mackey had a standout rookie campaign, finishing the season with a .379
batting average (47-for-124). He belted out 10 doubles, a triple and three home
runs, and compiled a .548 slugging percentage. In the field, Mackey had a .920
fielding percentage with 31 putouts and 57 assists in 88 chances seeing time at
second and third base.
Making his second appearance on the All-New England third team, Arsenault
led Southern Maine in batting with a .381 average (53-for-139), including seven
doubles, five home runs and 36 RBI. A 2006 NEIBA Division III All-New England
third team selection at first base, Arsenault hit .390 (16-for-41) with runners
in scoring position.
2007 NEIBA All-New England Division Three Teams
FIRST TEAM
C Craig Turner Sophomore Eastern Nazarene
1B Tristan Hobbes Sophomore Eastern Connecticut
2B Alex Hurley Senior Johnson & Wales
3B Phil Puleo Senior Castleton State
SS Luke Enman Junior St. Joseph's (Me.)
SS Melvin Castillo Freshman Eastern Connecticut
OF Chris Scarola Senior Curry
OF Randy Re Senior Eastern Connecticut
OF Ryan Bourque Senior Southern Maine
DH Nate Nelson Junior Worcester State
UT Shawn Gilblair Sophomore Eastern Connecticut
P Eric Smolin Senior Western New England
P Chris McDonough Junior Wheaton
P Ryan Fote Senior Williams
P Jason LaVorgna Junior Eastern Connecticut
SECOND TEAM
C Chris Kenney Junior Williams
1B Nick Martinho Junior Suffolk
2B James Chevalier Sophomore Keene State
3B Josh Mackey Freshman Southern Maine
SS Josh Cardoso Sophomore Rhode Island College
OF Steve Tahmoush Junior Babson
OF Justin Collett Sophomore Salve Regina
OF Chris Gusha Junior Worcester State
OF Mike Naylor Senior Rhode Island College
DH Neal Allar Junior Amherst
UT Brian Casey Senior Tufts
P Louie Bernardini Junior Wheaton
P Pat Foley Senior Southern Maine
P Chandler Barnard Junior Trinity
P Brad Mountain Senior Eastern Nazarene
THIRD TEAM
C Matt Cooney Senior Eastern Connecticut
C Tim Henault Senior Rhode Island College
1B Bryan McDavitt Senior Tufts
1B Kent Graham Freshman Trinity
2B Kevin Casey Sophomore Tufts
2B Jake Yagjian Junior Wheaton
3B Kevin Simpson Sophomore Roger Williams
SS Travis Bass Freshman Castleton State
SS Ryan Kravontka Junior Western New England
OF Mike Damiani Junior Albertus Magnus
OF Steve Smith Junior Bridgewater State
OF Matt Stafford Junior Trinity
OF Greg DiMarco Junior Suffolk
DH Davin Sirpenski Senior Salve Regina
UT Max Arsenault Senior Southern Maine
P Sam Whelan Junior Babson
P James Lydon Sophomore Roger Williams
P Sam Tupper Senior St. Joseph's (Me.)
P Chris Judd Junior Curry
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Shawn Gilblair, Eastern Connecticut
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Eric Smolin, Western New England
COACH OF THE YEAR
Eric Podbelski, Wheaton
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Ryan Bourque Named Little East Conference Player of the Year
Four Huskies Earn All-Conference Honors
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior outfielder Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) of the
University of Southern Maine baseball team has been named Little East Conference
Player of the Year for the 2007 season, following a vote by the conference's
eight head coaches. The announcement was made by the conference Tuesday
afternoon.
In addition, Bourque was one of four USM players to be named to the all-
conference first or second team. Joining Bourque on the all-conference first
team are senior designated hitter Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine/Boothbay
Region) and freshman third baseman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.). Senior relief
pitcher Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) was named to the all-conference second team.
Bourque, a 2006 ABCA Division III All-American second team outfielder, is
the fourth USM player to win Player of the Year honors in the LEC, joining Tony
Miner (1997), Mike McCullum (1999) and Tyler Delorme (2001) as recipients of the
award. The power-hitting outfielder helped the Huskies to a 27-15 overall
record and an 8-6 mark in the Little East Conference.
Earning All-LEC first team honors for the second straight season, Bourque
hit .361 (60-for-166) with 46 runs scored, 15 doubles, 11 home runs, a .651
slugging percentage and a team-leading 50 RBI.
Bourque finished his career in the top ten of several career statistics.
He is sixth in hits (237) and home runs (24), and fourth in doubles (52) and RBI
(172). His 11 home runs in 2007 tied him for eighth most in a single season.
Making his second appearance on the All-LEC first team, Arsenault led
Southern Maine in batting with a .381 average (53-for-139), including seven
doubles, five home runs and 36 RBI. A 2006 NEIBA Division III All-New England
third team selection, Arsenault hit .390 (16-for-41) with runners in scoring
position.
Mackey, one of two freshmen in the conference to earn first team honors,
had a standout rookie campaign. Finishing the season with a .379 batting
average (47-for-124), Mackey belted out 10 doubles, a triple and three home
runs, and compiled a .548 slugging percentage. At third base, Mackey had a .920
fielding percentage with 31 putouts and 57 assists in 88 chances.
Foley is earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career.
As the Huskies top relief pitcher, Foley made 27 appearances in 2007, tying the
school single season mark set by Joe Roach in 1999. Foley posted a 6-1 record
with four saves and a 3.02 earned run average. In 41.2 innings pitched, the
right-handed hurler allowed just 14 earned runs yielding 43 hits and 13 walks.
Foley struck out 31 batters and held his opponents to a .274 batting average.
2007 Little East Conference Baseball Awards
Player of the Year
Ryan Bourque, University of Southern Maine
Pitcher of the Year
Shawn Gilblair, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rookie of the Year
Melvin Castillo, Eastern Connecticut State University
Coach of the Year
Ken Howe, Keene State College
First Team All-Little East Conference
Name Position Class Institution
Tim Henault Catcher Senior Rhode Island College
Shawn Gilblair Pitcher Sophomore Eastern Connecticut State
Rick Stromgren Pitcher Senior Keene State College
Jason LaVorgna Relief Pitcher Junior Eastern Connecticut State
Tristan Hobbes First Base Sophomore Eastern Connecticut State
Jamie Chevalier Second Base Sophomore Keene State College
Josh Mackey Third Base Freshman Southern Maine
Melvin Castillo Shortstop Freshman Eastern Connecticut State
Ryan Bourque Outfield Senior Southern Maine
Mike Naylor Outfield Senior Rhode Island College
Randy Re Outfield Senior Eastern Connecticut State
Max Arsenault DH Senior Southern Maine
Second Team All-Little East Conference
Name Position Class Institution
Matt Cooney Catcher Senior Eastern Connecticut State
Jim Jagodzinski Pitcher Sophomore Eastern Connecticut State
Jamie Morin Pitcher Junior Keene State College
Pat Foley Relief Pitcher Senior Southern Maine
Beau Darak First Base Freshman Keene State College
Andy Powers Second Base Senior Western Connecticut State
Joe Rousseau Third Base Junior Keene State College
Josh Cardoso Shortstop Sophomore Rhode Island College
Sean Ketterer Outfield Senior Massachusetts Boston
Josh Labossiere Outfield Senior Plymouth State
Chris O'Connors Outfield Sophomore Rhode Island College
Shawn Gilblair DH Sophomore Eastern Connecticut State
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Little East Conference Tournament
Keene State Eliminates Southern Maine 7-3
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- The Keene State College Owls scored five runs over
the final three innings to erase a one-run deficit en route to a 7-3 victory
over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in an elimination game of the 2007
Little East Conference Baseball Tournament being played at Eastern Baseball
Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
The Owls won two elimination games Friday to advance into Saturday's
championship round against Eastern Connecticut State University. The Owls
avenged a 10-7 loss in the second round of the tournament at the hands of the
Huskies, and take a 28-12 record into the finals. This is the second straight
year that the Owls have advanced to the championship round. The Owls must win
two games on Saturday to take the title.
The Huskies dropped two games Friday after winning their first two outings
in the tournament. The Huskies finish the season 27-15.
In earlier games Friday, top-seeded Eastern Connecticut pounded six home
runs en route to a 16-5 victory over Southern Maine in the winners bracket game
to advance to the championship round. Keene State defeated the University of
Massachusetts Boston 11-6 in an earlier elimination game.
The teams traded runs in the third inning. Keene State scored on a two-
out, RBI single by senior John Grainger (Keene, N.H.) while Southern Maine
picked up its tally on senior Nick Vardaro's RBI single.
The Huskies grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth when senior Max Arsenault
(Boothbay, Maine) beat out a fielder's choice allowing senior Pat Kinslow
(Westbrook, Maine) to score.
Freshman Beau Darak (Londonderry, N.H.) tied the game for Keene State at
2-2 by hitting his fifth home run of the season leading off the sixth inning.
The Huskies took their final lead in the bottom half of the inning when
freshman Collin Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George Stevens Academy) scored on a two-
out infield error.
Keene State manufactured two runs in the seventh to take the lead for good.
Sophomore Jeff Perkins (Dunbarton, N.H.) walked, stole second and moved to third
on a single by sophomore Jamie Chevalier (Amherst, N.H.). Perkins scored on a
throwing error on Chevalier's steal of second. Chevalier moved up on a ground
out and later scored on a wild pitch.
Perkins had a two-out, two-run double in the eighth to padded the lead, and
Darak drove home the final run in the ninth with a double.
Freshman Ben Sonberg (Bow, N.H) picked up the victory for the Owls with 4.2
innings of sparkling relief work. He entered the game in relief of senior
starter Jon Young (Rindge, N.H) with one out and the bases loaded, and got out
of the inning surrendering a run on Arsenault’s fielder's choice. Sonberg
finished the night giving up just one hit and one walk while striking out five.
The only run he was charged with was unearned.
USM senior Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.), who pitched to only one batter in
the seventh inning, was tagged with his first loss of the season.
Perkins, Grainger and Darak each had two hits for the Owls. Kinslow was
the lone repeat hitter for the Huskies.
At Mansfield, Conn. 123 456 789 R H E
Keene State (28-12) 001 001 221 7 10 1
Southern Maine (27-14) 001 011 000 3 6 3
Batteries: KS, Jon Young, Ben Sonberg (5) and John Grainger. SM, Mark
Schmidt, Pat Foley (7), Tim Therrian (7), Brady Blackman (9) and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Sonberg (3-1) Losing Pitcher: Foley (6-1)
2B: KS, Perkins, Darak
3B: none
HR: KS, Beau Darak (5)
RBI: KS, Darak 2, Perkins 2, Grainger SM, Vardaro, Arsenault
Repeat Hitters: KS, Perkins, Grainger, Darak SM, Kinslow
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Little East Conference Tournament
Eastern Connecticut Downs Southern Maine, 16-5
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors
pounded out six home runs en route to a 16-5 victory over the University of
Southern Maine Huskies in a winners bracket game at the 2007 Little East
Conference Baseball Championship Tournament being played at the Eastern Baseball
Stadium in Mansfield, Conn.
The win is the fifth in a row for the Warriors, who improve to 33-9, and
advances them into tomorrow's championship round against a team to be
determined. The Huskies had their four-game winning streak stopped and fall to
27-14. The Huskies will play the winner of the Keene State College-University
of Massachusetts Boston game later tonight for the right to play Eastern
Connecticut in the championship round.
The Warriors jumped out to a 6-0 lead, fueled by a two-run homer by
freshman Melvin Castillo (Danbury, Conn.) in the first inning, and a three-run
blast by senior Randy Re (Danbury, Conn.) in the second inning.
Junior Trey Bongiovani (Meriden, Conn.) hit a two-run shot in the fourth,
sophomore Shawn Gilblair (Windham, Conn.), who hit a two-run homer, and Castillo
went back-to-back in the sixth, and sophomore Tristan Hobbes (Utica, N.Y.) hit a
three-run round tripper to highlight a five-run eighth inning.
Southern Maine also hit three home runs in the game. Senior Ryan Bourque
(Sanford, Maine) had a solo homer in the fifth and a two-run shot in the
seventh. He now has 11 homers on the season, and 24 for his career. Bourque
moved into a tie with Tyler Delorme (2000-03) for sixth place on the all-time
home run list. Senior Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.) hit his first home run of
the season, a solo shot in the third.
Sophomore hurler Jimmy Jagodzinski (Greenwich, Conn.) picked up his sixth
win of the season against no losses for Eastern Connecticut. The right-hander
went seven innings, allowing all 12 USM hits and five runs, walked none and
struck out seven. Senior Sam Iverson (New Milford, Conn.) and junior Jason
LaVorgna (North Haven, Conn.) each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
Sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering), the first of six USM
pitchers, was saddled with the loss.
Gilblair and Castillo paced the Warriors' 15-hit attack with three hits
each. Junior Ismael Bolorin (Manchester, Conn.), Re, and senior Eric O'Toole
(Waterbury, Conn.) had two hits apiece.
Bourque, Vardaro, senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) and freshman Josh
Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) all had two hits for Southern Maine.
At Mansfield, Conn. 123 456 789 R H E
Eastern Connecticut (33-9) 330 203 050 16 15 1
Southern Maine (27-14) 001 020 200 5 12 3
Batteries: EC, Jimmy Jagodzinski, Sam Iverson (8), Jason LaVorgna (9) and Matt
Cooney, Andrew Magliola (7). SM, Chris Burleson, Brady Blackman (5), Andrew
Stacy (6), Joe Curran (7), Evan Gray (8), Matt Nickerson (9) and Max Arsenault,
Jordan Yanni (9).
Winning Pitcher: Jagodzinski (6-0) Losing Pitcher: Burleson (2-5)
2B: SM, Gaffney, Mackey
3B: EC Bolorin, Re
HR: EC, Trey Bongiovani (1), Randy Re (5), Shawn Gilblair (5), Melvin Castillo
2 (11), Tristan Hobbs (3) SM, Nick Vardaro (1), Ryan Bourque 2 (11).
RBI: EC, Gilblair 4, Re 3, Castillo 3, Hobbes 3, Bongiovani 2, Moran.
SM, Bourque 3, Vardaro 2.
Repeat Hitters: EC, Gilblair 3, Castillo 3, Bolorin, Re, O'Toole
SM, Vardaro, Bourque, Arsenault, Mackey.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
(Courtesy of Eastern Connecticut Sports Information)
Little East Conference Tournament – Second Round
Southern Maine Downs Keene State 10-7 to Remain Unbeaten
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Sophomore first baseman Josh Stowell (Portland,
Maine/Deering) went 3-for-5 with one run and two RBIs and senior shortstop Nick
Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.) was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI as the
third-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the second-seeded
Keene State College Owls 10-7 in a second-round Little East Conference Baseball
Tournament game Thursday night at the Eastern Baseball Stadium in Mansfield,
Conn.
The Huskies’ win avenges a pair of one-run losses at the hands of the Owls
during the regular season. The Huskies have won four straight to improve to
27-13 overall. The Owls, who have dropped three of their last four, slip to
26-12 overall.
Keene State cut Southern Maine’s lead to 8-7 in the seventh inning on
senior catcher John Grainger’s (Keene, N.H.) two-out, three-run home run over
the scoreboard in left center off Southern Maine right-handed reliever Adam Ross
(Spruce Head, Maine/Rockland). Grainger went 2-for-4 with five RBIs.
Southern Maine sophomore right-hander Tim Therrian (New Portland,
Maine/Carrabec) relieved Ross and got junior right fielder Greg Ford (Nashua,
N.H.) to strikeout looking to end the seventh. Therrian pitched a scoreless
eighth, inducing a groundball out by sophomore center fielder Jeff Perkins
(Dunbarton, N.H.) with runners on first and second to end the inning.
The Huskies scored twice in the eighth to increase their lead to 10-7.
Senior right fielder Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine), a 2006 second-team All-
American, had an RBI groundout and senior catcher Max Arsenault (Boothbay,
Maine) an RBI single.
Southern Maine senior right-handed reliever Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.)
pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.
Ross (5-1) recorded the win with two innings of one-hit relief, Grainger’s
three-run homer. Keene State senior left-handed starter Rick Stromgren (Keene,
N.H.) allowed five runs (four earned), seven hits and no walks in 2.1 innings.
Stromgren (4-3) struck out three.
The Huskies scored once in the first and twice in the second and third
innings to lead 5-1. Arsenault led off the third with a home run to left field,
his fifth of the season and second of the tournament. Senior designated hitter
Joe McGhee (Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) had a one-out double and scored on
Stowell’s double to left center in the third.
The Owls closed to 5-4 with two runs in the third and one in the fifth.
Sophomore second baseman James Chevalier (Amherst, N.H.) had a third-inning RBI
single to left and scored on Grainger’s single to center. Chevalier hit a 360-
foot, solo home run down the left-field line in the fifth inning. It was his
second home run of the season and tournament. Chevalier hit a tiebreaking
seventh-inning homer in Keene State’s 9-8 first-round victory over UMass Boston
on Wednesday. Chevalier went 3-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs.
Southern Maine extended its lead to 8-4 with one run in the sixth and two
in the seventh. Sophomore center fielder Chris Burleson (Portland,
Maine/Deering) had a sixth-inning, RBI ground-rule double scoring Vardaro.
Stowell and freshman third baseman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) each recorded
seventh-inning RBI singles.
In other second round games played Thursday, the University of Massachu-
setts Boston eliminated the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 9-3 in the
opening game, and top-seeded Eastern Connecticut advanced into the winners
bracket game by eliminating Rhode Island College 10-2.
Friday’s winners bracket game will have Eastern Connecticut playing
Southern Maine at 12:00 p.m. followed by UMass Boston playing Keene State in an
elimination game at 3:30 p.m. The loser of the Eastern Conn.-Southern Maine
game will play the winner of the UMass Boston-Keene Stated game in another
elimination game at 7:00 p.m.
The winner of the Eastern Conn.-Southern Maine game advances to Saturday’s
championship game at 12:00 p.m. with the “if necessary” game at 3:30 p.m.
At Mansfield, Conn. 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (27-13) 122 001 220 10 14 1
Keene State (26-12) 102 010 300 7 10 4
Batteries: SM, Collin Henry, Adam Ross (5), Tim Therrian (7), Pat Foley (9) and
Max Arsenault. KS, Rick Stromgren, Mike Riley (3), Dan Martin (6), Kevin
Binney (7), Jamie Chevalier (9) and John Grainger.
Winning Pitcher: Ross (5-1) Losing Pitcher: Stromgren (4-3)
Save: Foley (4)
2B: SM, Mackey 2, McGhee, Stowell, Burleson KS, Chevalier, Jones
3B: none
HR: SM, Max Arsenault (5) KS, Jamie Chevalier (2), John Grainger (2)
RBI: SM, Arsenault 3, Burleson 2, Stowell 2, Vardaro, Bourque, Mackey
KS, Grainger 5, Chevalier 2
Repeat Hitters: SM, Vardaro 3, Stowell 3, Mackey 3, Arsenault
KS, Chevalier 3, Rousseau, Grainger, Jones.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Little East Conference Tournament – First Round
Southern Maine Rallies to Defeat Rhode Island College 9-8
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior Joe Ganley (Keene, N.H.) lined a one-out,
bases-loaded single into right-center field to drive in the winning run in the
bottom of the ninth inning as the University of Southern Maine Huskies came from
behind to defeat the Rhode Island College Anchormen, 9-8, Wednesday night in a
first round game of the 2007 Little East Conference Baseball Tournament. The
six-team, double-elimination event is being played at the ECSU Baseball Stadium
in Mansfield, Conn.
Southern Maine rallied from an 8-3 deficit in the sixth inning, highlighted
by senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) hitting a three-run homer, and senior
Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) following with a solo round tripper to tie the
game. Bourque went 3-for-5 at the plate with five RBI. Neither team scored
after Arsenault’s homer until Ganley’s game-winning hit in the ninth.
In the ninth, USM rookie Collin Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George Stevens
Academy) singled to lead off and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After an
intentional walk to senior Joe McGhee (Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers),
freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) was hit by a pitch to load the bases for
Ganley. Ganley, who entered the game in the fifth inning, hit a 1-0 offering
from RIC freshman right-hander Paul Vatter (Warwick, R.I.) into right-center
field delivering Henry with the winning run.
Sophomore Tim Therrian (New Portland, Maine/Carrabec) picked up his second
win of the season hurling 3.0 innings of scoreless relief. Therrian allowed
only one hit, walked two and struck out four. Vatter, who also entered the game
in the seventh, was tagged with his fourth loss against three victories.
The Anchormen roughed up USM junior starter Adam Ross (Spruce Head,
Maine/Rockland) for five runs in 2.2 innings. Junior Jim Connell (Smithfield,
R.I./LaSalle) hit a solo home run, his third of the season, in the second inning
to give RIC a 1-0 lead. Connell greeted USM senior reliever Pat Foley (Norwood,
Mass.) for a two-run single in the third as the lead expanded to 5-0.
Bourque got the Huskies on the board in the third with a two-run double,
and scored on an RBI single by Arsenault.
Senior Tim Henault (East Greenwich, R.I.) hit a solo shot for the Anchormen
in the fourth, and sophomore Josh Cardoso (Dartmouth, Mass./Greater New Bedford)
slammed a two-run shot in the sixth to make it 8-3.
The Huskies rallied for five runs in the sixth to tie the game at 8-8.
Sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) chased in the first run with
a fielder’s choice before Bourque and Arsenault hit back-to-back home runs.
In other first round action Wednesday, top seeded Eastern Connecticut State
University routed the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 20-7, and second
seeded Keene State College edged the University of Massachusetts Boston, 9-8.
Second round games on Thursday match UMass Dartmouth against UMass Boston
in an elimination game (12:00 p.m.), Eastern Connecticut against Rhode Island
College in the middle game (3:30 p.m.), and Keene State battles Southern Maine
under the lights (7:00 p.m.).
At Mansfield, Conn. 123 456 789 R H E
Rhode Island College (21-13) 014 102 000 8 11 2
Southern Maine (26-13) 003 005 001 9 10 1
Batteries: RIC, Eric Thibault, Paul Vatter (7) and Tim Henault SM, Adam
Ross, Pat Foley (3), Andrew Stacy (5), Tim Therrian (7) and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Therrian (2-2) Losing Pitcher: Vatter (3-4)
2B: RIC, Henault, Cardoso SM, Bourque, McGhee
3B: none
HR: RIC, Tim Henault (3), Josh Cardoso (7), Jim Connell (3)
SM, Ryan Bourque (9), Max Arsenault (4)
RBI: RIC, Connell 3, Cardoso 2, Naylor, Henault
SM, Bourque 5, Arsenault 2, Burleson, Ganley
Repeat Hitters: RIC, Cardoso 3, Henault, Naylor, Connell
SM, Bourque 3, Arsenault, McGhee.
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Mark Schmidt Named LEC Rookie of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman left-handed pitcher Mark Schmidt (Gorham,
Maine) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball has been named the
Little East Conference Rookie of the Week for the week of April 30 through
May 6. The announcement was made today by the conference office.
In two appearances last week, the 5-foot-11 southpaw pitched 8.2 innings
without allowing a run. He picked up his second win of the season in the
Huskies' 5-0 win over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the regular
season finale on Saturday.
Schmidt came on in relief against the University of Maine on Wednesday,
pitching 1.2 innings without giving up a hit or walk. Against UMass Dartmouth,
he worked 7.0 innings giving up five singles and a walk while fanning five.
On the season, Schmidt has compiled a 2-1 record with a 3.41 ERA. He has
pitched 37.0 innings giving up 40 hits and 15 walks while striking out 24. Both
of his wins have come in combined shutouts over St. Joseph's College (April 20)
and UMD. In his last five starts, Schmidt has racked up a 2-1 record with a
1.45 ERA.
The Huskies finished the regular season with a 25-13 overall record and an
8-6 mark in conference play. They are the third seed for the upcoming Little
East Conference Championship Tournament that starts Wednesday at the ECSU
Baseball Stadium in Mansfield, Conn. The Huskies will play fourth seeded Rhode
Island College in a first round game of the six-team, double-elimination
tournament. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth in the
2007 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament.
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Saturday, May 5, 2007
Southern Maine Sweeps UMass Dartmouth, 7-2 and 5-0
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine baseball team closed
out the 2007 regular season in fine fashion Saturday sweeping a Little East
Conference doubleheader from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs
at the USM Baseball Stadium. The Huskies took the first game 7-2 before three
pitchers combined to shut out the Corsairs 5-0 in the second game.
The two wins snap a two-game losing streak and lifts the Huskies' record to
25-13 overall and 8-6 in the conference. With the sweep, the Huskies clinched
the third seed in the upcoming LEC championship tournament that will be played
at Eastern Connecticut State University starting Wednesday.
The Corsairs fall to 8-26 overall and 3-11 in the conference.
In the opener, the Huskies rallied from a 2-1 deficit with a pair of
unearned runs in the sixth inning, and added four insurance runs in the eighth
en route to the 7-2 victory. Freshman southpaw Collin Henry (Penobscot,
Maine/George Stevens Academy) picked up his third win of the season with relief
help from senior Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) and sophomore Tim Therrian (New
Portland, Maine/Carrabec).
In the sixth inning, junior Eddie Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) singled with
two outs, stole second, and scored on an infield error to tie the game. Senior
Joe McGhee (Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) singled home senior Max Arsenault
(Boothbay, Maine) who reached second on the infield error.
The Huskies took advantage of another infield error in the eighth. Senior
Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) scored on an infield throwing error. Skeffington
scored the second run of the inning on a bases loaded wild pitch. Sophomore
Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) drove in the third run with a
single to left, and advanced to third on another throwing error. He scored on a
single by senior Pat Kinslow (Westbrook, Maine).
UMD took a 1-0 lead in the first when sophomore Peter Gomez (Bridgewater,
Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham), who had singled, scored on an infield error. USM
matched the run in its half on a double by senior Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.)
and two ground outs.
The Corsairs grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third on a one-out triple by
freshman Joe Albano (Agawan, Mass./Loomis Chaffee) and a sacrifice fly from
junior Dylan Zygmont (Swansea, Mass./Case).
Senior pitcher Mike Maclean (Spencer, Mass./David Prouty), a late
replacement in the starting lineup, protected the lead into the sixth. Maclean,
who was tagged with his third loss of the season, went 7.2 innings allowing
eight hits and three walks while fanning five. Four of the seven runs he was
charged with were unearned.
In the nightcap, freshman left-hander Mark Schmidt (Gorham, Maine) combined
with Foley and Therrian to post a five-hit shutout. Schmidt, who evened his
record at 2-2, worked the first 7.0 innings giving up five hits and one walk.
He struck out five. Foley and Therrian each pitched one inning. Both of
Schmidt's wins this season have come in combined shutouts.
USM scored in the first when Henry was hit by a pitch, moved to third on
the first of three singles by Bourque and scored on a sacrifice fly by
Arsenault.
The Huskies added three in the sixth on an RBI single by Arsenault, an RBI
fielder's choice from senior Jordan Yanni (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) and
an infield throwing error. The final run came in the eighth on a two-out RBI
double by sophomore Josh Stowell (Portland, Maine/Deering).
Freshman right-handed pitcher Alan Gustafson (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-
Rehobeth) pitched well for the Corsairs, working 7.2 innings. He allowed nine
hits and two walks and struck out four. Two of the five runs he was charged
with were unearned. He slips to 3-4 on the season.
At Gorham, Maine
Game One 123 456 789 R H E
UMass Dartmouth (8-25; 3-10) 101 000 000 2 7 4
Southern Maine (24-13; 7-6) 100 002 04X 7 9 3
Batteries: UMD, Mike Maclean, Brian Acosta (8) and Billy Reiss. SM, Collin
Henry, Pat Foley (7), Tim Therrian (9) and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Henry (3-3) Losing Pitcher: Maclean (1-3)
2B: UMD, Gomez SM, Vardaro
3B: UMD, Albano
HR: none
RBI: UMD, Zygmont. SM, Skeffington, McGhee, Gaffney, Stacy, Kinslow.
Repeat Hitters: UMD, Gomez, Albano SM, Skeffington, Kinslow
Game Two 123 456 789 R H E
UMass Dartmouth (8-26; 3-11) 000 000 000 0 5 3
Southern Maine (25-13; 8-6) 100 003 01X 5 9 1
Batteries: UMD, Adam Gustafson, Brian Acosta (8) and Billy Reiss. SM, Mark
Schmidt, Pat Foley (8), Tim Therrian (9) and Jordan Yanni, Stefan Black (9).
Winning Pitcher: Schmidt (2-2) Losing Pitcher: Gustafson (3-4)
2B: SM, Stowell
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Arsenault 2, Yanni, Stowell
Repeat Hitters: SM, Bourque 3, Kinslow
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Friday, May 4, 2007
Wheaton Routs Southern Maine 11-1
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Louie Bernardini (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Glouces-
ter) scattered five hits over eight innings and struck out six as the Wheaton
College Lyons defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies 11-1 in a non-
conference baseball game Friday afternoon at the USM Baseball Stadium.
The win was the seventh straight for the Lyons, and the 300th in the
history of the 10-year program and for head coach Eric Podbelski (300-120-4).
The Lyons, who swept the season series from the Huskies, are now 30-10 overall.
The Lyons defeated the Huskies 2-1 back on April 1. The Huskies dropped their
second straight game, and sixth in the last eight, to slip to 23-13 overall.
Bernardini, who retired the first 14 batters he faced, kept the Huskies off
balance over the first eight innings on the way to his seventh win of the season
against no losses. The only run he allowed, coming in the eighth inning, was
unearned. Freshman Jon Shepard (Salisbury, Mass./Triton Regional) pitched a
perfect ninth inning in relief, fanning the last two batters on six pitches.
With Bernardini keeping the Huskies off the base paths, the Lyons took a
1-0 lead in the third as senior Travis Anthoine (Portland, Maine) singled, stole
second and came home on a single by sophomore Nick Pecora (Highland Park,
N.J./Immaculata).
The lead grew to 4-0 in the fourth on RBI singles from senior Jeff Martin
(Marblehead, Mass.) and sophomore Karl Olson (Bethel, Maine/Gould Academy) and a
squeeze bunt from Anthoine.
Junior Jake Yagjian (Brewster, Mass./Nauset Regional) had an RBI single and
Martin walked with the bases loaded in fifth inning to expand the lead to 6-0.
Bernardini finally surrendered a hit in the fifth when junior Eddie
Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) lined the first pitch he saw into center field.
The Huskies would load the bases before Bernardini got a ground ball to get out
of the inning.
Wheaton senior Brandon Leonard (Brockton, Mass.) had a pair of two-run
doubles in the final two innings to turn the game into a rout.
Southern Maine returns to action Saturday (12:00 p.m.) when it hosts the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in a Little East Conference doubleheader.
Wheaton will play a doubleheader with Western New England College on Saturday
(12:00 p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Wheaton (30-10) 001 320 032 11 10 1
Southern Maine (23-13) 000 000 010 1 5 3
Batteries: W, Louie Bernardini, Jon Shepard (9) and Adam Laplante.
SM, Chris Burleson, Brady Blackman (5), Joe Curran (6), Evan Gray (9) and Max
Arsenault, Jordan Yanni (8).
Winning Pitcher: Bernardini (7-0) Losing Pitcher: Burleson (2-4)
2B: W, Leonard 2
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: W, Leonard 4, Martin 2, Anthoine, Pecora, Foote, Yagjian, Olson.
SM, Bourque.
Repeat Hitters: W, Leonard, Pecora. SM, Skeffington.
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Thursday, May 3, 2007
(Courtesy of Babson College Sports Information)
Babson Blanks Southern Maine 2-0
BABSON PARK, Mass. -- Senior tri-captain Ryan Campbell (Manchester,
N.H./Trinity) celebrated his final collegiate home game with three hits and the
game-winning RBI as the Babson College Beavers defeated the visiting University
of Southern Maine Huskies 2-0 in a non-conference baseball game at Govoni Field
on Thursday afternoon.
Sophomore Jeff Wojnar (Bellaire, Texas/Episcopal), sophomore Chris LeGrow
(North Andover, Mass.), and freshman Dave Ahern (Bedford, Mass.) combined on the
five-hit shutout for the Beavers, who improved to 24-13 with the win. The
Huskies fell to 23-12 with the loss, despite a strong pitching performance from
junior Adam Ross (Spruce Head, Maine/Rockland).
Wojnar and Ross matched zeros through the first six and a half innings
before Babson finally snapped the scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh.
With one out, junior Matt Delaney (Newton, Mass./Newton South) singled down the
left field line and stole second. Following a walk to sophomore Andrew Spevacek
(Shorewood, Minn./Breck School), Campbell drilled the first pitch he saw to the
base of the wall in deep center, scoring Delaney with the game's first run. On
the play, USM cut down Spevacek at the plate for the inning's second out,
allowing Campbell to take third. Campbell then trotted home to make it 2-0 on a
clutch two-out single through the right side by freshman Jake Bartlett
(Weymouth, Mass./B.C. High).
That would prove to be the only scoring of the ball game, as both teams
pitched extremely well. Wojnar (5-3) went seven-plus innings for Babson,
scattering four hits, three walks, and a hit batter while striking out eight.
He then gave way to LeGrow, who pitched out of a jam in the eighth and got the
first two outs of the ninth before giving up a single to Southern Maine freshman
Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.). That prompted the call for Ahern, who got the
final batter to foul out to Campbell at first. The save was the rookie's sixth
of the year, tying the school's single-season record held by Dave DiGangi '94
and Jason Kosow '04.
Ross (4-1) also went seven innings in his first defeat of the season,
allowing two earned runs on seven hits, walking four, hitting a batter, and
striking out three. The junior righthander escaped numerous jams through the
first six frames, despite six errors behind him during that span. The two runs
scored against Ross were the first since April 21, a span of 20.2 innings.
Senior captain Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) pitched a perfect eighth for the
Huskies, fanning one.
Campbell went 3-for-4 with a double, and run scored, and an RBI for the
Beavers, while Delaney added two hits and a run in three at-bats.
Southern Maine will host Wheaton College on Friday (4:00 p.m.) in a non-
conference game. Babson will play a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday (1:00
p.m.) at Tufts University.
At Babson Park, Mass. 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (23-12) 000 000 000 0 5 6
Babson (24-13) 000 000 20X 2 7 0
Batteries: SM, Adam Ross, Pat Foley (8) and Joe McGhee, Stefan Black (7).
B, Wojnar, Legrow (8), Ahern (9) and Collins.
Winning Pitcher: Wojnar (5-3) Losing Pitcher: Ross (4-1) Save: Ahern (6)
2B: B, Campbell
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: B, Campbell, Bartlett
Repeat Hitters: B, Campbell 3, Delaney
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Southern Maine Defeats UMaine 13-7
SANFORD, Maine -- Senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) had three hits and
two RBI to lead a 15-hit attack as the University of Southern Maine Huskies
defeated the University of Maine Black Bears 13-7 in a non-conference game
Wednesday night at Goodall Park in Sanford, Maine.
The Huskies, who had lost four of their previous five games, improve to
23-11 overall. The Black Bears dropped their second straight game, and fifth in
their last six, to slide to 14-25. The game was the first meeting between the
two teams since 1999.
Bourque snapped a 2-2 tie with his two-run double to deep center field
during the Huskies' four-run fifth inning. He also had a single during the
Huskies' six-run seventh inning uprising. Bourque's first inning single
extended his current hitting streak to 11 games.
The Black Bears took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a one-out double by
sophomore Kevin McEvoy (Brewer, Maine) and a two-out RBI single by sophomore
Danny Menendez (Miami, Fla.).
The Huskies grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fourth on senior Joe McGhee's
(Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) RBI double into the left-center field gap and
an RBI single from senior Joe Ganley (Keene, N.H.) that plated McGhee.
UMaine tied the game in the fifth on an RBI single by senior Matt McGraw
(Burlington, Ontario) before USM came up with four in the bottom half of the
frame to take the lead for good.
Bourque drove in the first two runs with his double off McEvoy, the fourth
of seven Black Bear hurlers. Sophomore Mike Powers (Portland, Maine/Deering)
came on in relief of McEvoy and looked like he might escape further damage, but
sophomore Ryan Gaffney (Salem, N.H./Central Catholic) stroked a two-out double
to left-center that scored Bourque and senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine)
who had walked.
Freshman Myckie Lugbauer (Mahopac, N.Y.) slammed a two-run homer, his third
of the season, in the sixth to pull UMaine back within two at 6-4.
In the seventh inning, Southern Maine took advantage of five hits and two
UMaine errors to scored six runs, only one earned, to take a 12-4 lead.
The Black Bears got three unearned runs back in the eighth as the Huskies
committed two errors. Senior Joel Barrett (Brewer, Maine) had a double in the
inning, the 58th of his career, to move into a tie for second place on the all-
time doubles list at UMaine.
Freshman Evan Gray (Sanford, Maine), the third of seven pitchers for
Southern Maine, picked up his second win of the season against no defeats.
Arsenault, McGhee, and Ganley each had two hits for USM.
McEvoy took the loss for the Black Bears to slip to 0-3 on the season.
McGraw, Barrett, and McEvoy had two hits apiece.
Southern Maine travels to Babson College on Thursday (3:30 p.m.) for its
next game. UMaine opens a four-game America East series with the University of
Vermont on Friday (6:00 p.m.) in Orono.
At Sanford, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
UMaine (14-25) 010 012 030 7 10 4
Southern Maine (23-11) 000 240 61X 13 15 2
Batteries: UM, Brad Hertzler, Greg Norton (2), Alejandro Balsinde (3), Kevin
McEvoy (5), Mike Powers (5), Ryan Forrest (7), Mitch Clegg (8) and Myckie
Lugbauer. SM, Andrew Stacy, Tim Therrian (3), Evan Gray (5), Pat Foley (6),
Mark Schmidt (6), Collin Henry (8), Chris Burleson (9) and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Gray (2-0) Losing Pitcher: McEvoy (0-3)
2B: UM, Barrett, McEvoy SM, Bourque, McGhee, Gaffney
3B: none
HR: UM, Myckie Lugbauer (3).
RBI: UM, Lugbauer 2, McGraw, McEvoy, Hackett, Menendez.
SM, Henry 2, Bourque 2, McGhee 2, Gaffney 2, Ganley 2, Kinslow.
Repeat Hitters: UM, McGraw, Barrett, McEvoy.
SM, Bourque 3, Arsenault, McGhee, Ganley, Kinslow.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Bowdoin Downs Southern Maine 5-1
BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Freshman pitcher Joe Pace (Newburyport, Mass.)
scattered seven hits and four walks in a complete game effort to give the
Bowdoin College Polar Bears a 5-1 victory over the University of Southern Maine
Huskies in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday afternoon.
The win was the fifth in a row for the Polar Bears, and lifts their record
to 17-12 overall. The Huskies suffered their fourth loss in their last five
game to slip to 22-11 overall.
Pace got out of a big jam in the first inning when sophomore outfielder
Jason Koperniak (Adams, Mass./Hoosac Valley) threw out a USM runner at the plate
to end the inning. Pace got stronger as the game progressed, not allowing a
runner past second base the rest of the way. USM put two runners aboard via
walks in the seventh, but Pace got out of the inning on a fly ball. With the
win, Pace lifts his record to 4-2 on the season.
Southern Maine got one run in the first on an RBI single by senior Ryan
Bourque (Sanford, Maine), but the lead was short-lived.
The Polar Bears came back in their half of the inning to plate a run on an
RBI single by junior Patrick Duchette (Wales, Maine/Oak Hill).
Bowdoin took the lead for good against USM rookie starter Brady Blackman
(Auburn, Maine/St. Dominic’s) in the fourth inning on a two-run single by senior
Mike Buckley (Manchester, Maine/Maranacook).
The Polar Bears added insurance runs in the fifth on Duchette’s second RBI
single of the game, and in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by senior Chris McCann
(Hopkinton, Mass./Marian).
Bourque, sophomore Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) and
senior Joe McGhee (Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) each had two hits for the
Huskies. Blackman absorbed the loss to slip to 2-1 on the season.
Duchette and Buckley were the lone repeat hitters for the Polar Bears.
Southern Maine is scheduled to play the University of Maine at Goodall Park
in Sanford, Maine, on Wednesday (6:00 p.m.). Bowdoin plays next against NESCAC
rival Colby at home on Friday (3:00 p.m.).
At Brunswick, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (22-11) 100 000 000 1 7 0
Bowdoin (17-12) 100 211 00X 5 7 0
Batteries: SM, Brady Blackman, Pat Foley (6) and Stefan Black, Jordan Yanni
(7). B, Joe Pace and M. Buckley.
Winning Pitcher: Pace (2-1) Losing Pitcher: Blackman (2-1)
2B: B, Dallaire, Berte, Lawler
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Bourque B, Duchette 2, Buckley 2, McCann
Repeat Hitters: SM, Stacy, Bourque, McGhee B, Duchette, Buckley
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Adam Ross Named LEC Co-Pitcher of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior pitcher Adam Ross (Spruce Head, Maine/Rockland)
of the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team has been named Co-
Pitcher of the Week by the Little East Conference for his outstanding efforts
during the week of April 23-29. Ross shared the weekly honor with sophomore
Shawn Gilblair of Eastern Connecticut State University.
Ross made two appearances last week compiling a 1-0 record with a 0.00 ERA.
He hurled 12.0 innings allowing six hits and one walk while striking out six.
This is the first time in his career that Ross has been honored with an LEC
weekly citation.
Against St. Joseph's College on Thursday, Ross authored a 3-0 shutout of
the Monks allowing five hits and no walks. He fanned three, and induced 22
ground ball outs during the game, enough that freshman first baseman Collin
Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George Stevens Academy) set a school single-game record
with 21 putouts. Only two St. Joe's runners advanced as far as third base
during the game. The complete game shutout was the first by a USM pitcher since
Tip Fairchild blanked Eastern Connecticut State University on April 15, 2005.
Ross came on in relief in the second game of a doubleheader against the
University of Massachusetts Boston on Sunday and contributed three shutout
innings in an eventual 6-5 USM victory in 12 innings. He allowed just one hits
and one walk while striking out three.
On the season, the 6-foot-2 right-hander has compiled a 4-0 record with a
3.38 ERA. Ross has pitched 37.1 innings, third most on the staff, allowing 39
hits and five walks while registering 22 strikeouts.
Southern Maine, 22-10 overall and 6-6 in the Little East Conference, will
travel to Bowdoin College on Tuesday (4:00 p.m.) for a non-conference game.
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Southern Maine, UMass Boston Split Doubleheader
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) delivered a two-
out single in the bottom of the 12th inning to score sophomore pinch runner Ryan
Pike (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) from third base as the University of
Southern Maine Huskies defeated the University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons
6-5 in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday at the USM Baseball Stadium.
In the first game, the Beacons used the complete game pitching effort of
senior left-hander Jamie Soto (Peabody, Mass.) and a five-run uprising in the
seventh inning to defeat the Huskies
10-4. The first game of the twinbill was a Little East Conference game while
the nightcap was a non-conference tilt.
With the win in the second game, the Huskies snapped a three-game losing
skid to improve to 22-10 overall. The Huskies are 6-6 in conference play. The
Beacons are now 14-16 overall and 5-7 in the conference.
Arsenault came to the plate after sophomore Josh Stowell (Portland,
Maine/Deering) reached on an infield throwing error. After pinch runner Jeff
Skillin (Portland, Maine/Deering) stole second, Arsenault lined a 1-2 pitch down
the right field line to bring in Pike with the winning run.
The Huskies got to extra innings when senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine)
hit a three-run homer in the seventh to wipe out a 5-2 UMB lead.
The loss spoiled a big game for the Beacons senior shortstop, Bryan Curran
(Brockton, Mass.), who had five hits, including three doubles and a solo home
run, and two RBI.
Senior right-hander Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.), the third USM pitcher,
picked up his sixth win of the season with three innings of scoreless relief.
Foley left the bases loaded in the 11th and two on in the 12th. Sophomore
Anthony Lauretto (Pembroke, Mass.) was the tough luck loser surrendering the one
unearned run in 4.2 innings of work.
In the opening game, Soto hurled his second complete game victory over the
Huskies in eight days. He defeated USM a week ago 5-3. This time, he went the
route allowing 11 hits, four runs, and four walks while striking out four. Both
of Soto's wins this season have come against the Huskies.
UMB put two runs up on the board in the first on Soto's RBI ground out and
an infield throwing error. USM came right back in its half of the inning when
Bourque hit a three-run homer. The Beacons took the lead for good in the second
on a two-run single from senior Sean Ketterer (Plymouth, Mass.) and a double
steal.
The Beacons iced the game with five runs in the seventh inning. Freshman
Alnor Rodriguez (Orlando, Fla.) drove in the first two runs with a double,
sophomore Chris Oram (Lynn, Mass.) plated a run with a single, and sophomore
Ryan Oshima (La Jolla, Calif.) brought in Rodriguez and Oram with a double.
Southern Maine travels to Bowdoin College on Tuesday (4:00 p.m.) for its
next game. UMass Boston will play at Bridgewater State College on Monday (3:30
p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine
Game One 123 456 789 R H E
UMass Boston (14-15; 5-7) 230 000 500 10 11 2
Southern Maine (21-10; 6-6) 300 000 010 4 11 2
Batteries: Jamie Soto and Alnor Rodriguez. SM, Tim Therrian, Andrew Stacy
(3), Pat Foley (7), Brady Blackman (9) and Max Arsenault, Jordan Yanni (8).
Winning Pitcher: Soto (3-3) Losing Pitcher: Therrian (1-2)
2B: UMB, Rodriguez, Oshima SM, Arsenault
3B: none
HR: SM, Ryan Bourque (7)
RBI: UMB, Ketterer 2, Rodriguez 2, Oshima 2, Soto, Oram
SM, Bourque, Skeffington
Repeat Hitters: UMB, Curran, Ketterer, Soto SM, Vardaro, Bourque
Game Two 123 456 789 012 R H E
UMass Boston (14-16; na) 102 020 000 000 5 12 2
Southern Maine (22-10; na) 000 101 300 001 6 12 2
Batteries: UMB, Ryan Murphy, Dan Rivkin (7), Anthony Lauretto (8) and Alnor
Rodriguez,. SM, Mark Schmidt, Adam Ross (7), Pat Foley (10) and Stefan
Black, Jordan Yanni (8).
Winning Pitcher: Foley (6-0) Losing Pitcher: Lauretto (0-2)
2B: UMB, Curran 3, Dorval SM, Bourque 2, McGhee, Ganley
3B: none
HR: UMB, Bryan Curran (2) SM, Eddie Skeffington (4), Ryan Bourque (8).
RBI: UMB, Curran 2, Soto, Dorval
SM, Bourque 3, Skeffington, Henry, Arsenault
Repeat Hitters: UMB, Curran 5, Dorval.
SM, Bourque 3, Ganley 3, Arsenault
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
(Courtesy of Keene State Sports Information)
Keene State Sweeps Southern Maine
KEENE, N.H. -- The Keene State College Owls rallied in the ninth inning
of both games to pull out a pair of 3-2 wins over the University of Southern
Maine in a Little East Conference baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at
Keene, N.H.
The Owls, who extended their winning streak to 10 games, won the first game
in dramatic fashion on a walk-off two-run homer by freshman Beau Darak
(Londonderry, N.H.) with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. Darak also
played in a key role in the second game rally when he was hit by a pitch and
scored the winning run on a double by junior Ryan Jones (Nashua, N.H.) in the
ninth inning.
In the first game, sophomore Jamie Chevalier (Amherst, N.H.) gave KSC a 1-0
lead in the fourth. He singled, stole second, advanced to third on an error, and
scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Greg Ford (Nashua, N.H.).
Southern Maine went ahead 2-1 in the sixth. Senior pinch-hitter Joe McGhee
(Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) singled. Sophomore Ryan Pike (Saco,
Maine/Thornton Academy), running for McGhee, stole second. With one out,
sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) doubled to left to score
Pike. Senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine), who had two hits in the game,
brought home Burleson with a single to left.
The game remained that way until Ford led off the KSC ninth inning with a single
to right field and moved to second on a ground out. Darak then crushed a field
home run to right field, his fourth of the season, to give the Owls the 3-2 win.
Senior left-hander Rick Stromgren (Keene, N.H.) started for the Owls and
hurled 7.1 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and
no walks. Junior southpaw Jamie Morin (Goffstown, N.H.) came in to get the win
(4-2) in relief.
Burleson, who went the distance, took the loss for the Huskies. He gave up
three runs on eight hits with while fanning two and walking four.
In the nightcap, both teams scored a run in the third inning. The Huskies
went ahead 1-0 on a bases loaded walk to senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine).
The Owls tied the game when senior Buck Merrill (Colchester, Conn.) doubled,
moved to third on a single by junior Ben Fournier (Center Harbor, N.H.), and
scored on a successful double steal.
USM took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on sacrifice fly by sophomore Andrew Stacy
(Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) which scored freshman Collin Henry (Penobscot,
Maine/George Stevens Academy), who opened the inning with a walk.
The Owls tied the game in the seventh. With two outs, Ford singled to
center and advanced to third on a two-base error. Jones brought him home with a
single to center.
Junior Phil Mabey (Williamstown, Mass.) started for the Owls and pitched
five innings. He gave up two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and four
walks. Chevalier (3-1), the Owls' fifth pitcher of the day, got the win. He
threw two hitless innings fanning three and walking two.
Henry, the Huskies starter, pitched into the seventh inning giving up two
runs on four hits with a strikeout and walk. Sophomore Tim Therrian (New
Portland, Maine/Carrabec), who entered the game in the eighth inning, took the
loss for USM (21-9, 6-5 LEC).
Southern Maine will seek to rebound on Sunday (12:00 p.m.) when it hosts
the University of Massachusetts Boston. Keene State is off until next Saturday
when its host LEC leader Eastern Connecticut State University.
At Keene, N.H.
Game One 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (21-8; 6-4) 000 002 000 2 7 1
Keene State (24-9; 10-1) 000 100 002 3 8 0
Batteries: SM, Chris Burleson and Max Arsenault.
KS, Rick Stromgren, Jamie Morin (8) and John Grainger.
Winning Pitcher: Morin (4-2) Losing Pitcher: Burleson (2-3)
2B: SM, Burleson KS, Darak 2
3B: none
HR: KS, Beau Darak (4)
RBI: SM, Burleson, Bourque KS, Darak 2, Ford
Repeat Hitters: SM, Bourque KS, Darak 3
Game Two 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (21-9; 6-5) 001 001 000 2 6 1
Keene State (25-9; 11-1) 001 000 101 3 6 0
Batteries: SM, Collin Henry, Pat Foley (7), Tim Therrian (8) and Jordan Yanni.
KS, Phil Mabey, Jon Young (6), Kevin Binney (7), Jamie Chevalier (8) and John
Grainger.
Winning Pitcher: Chevalier (3-1) Losing Pitcher: Therrian (1-1)
2B: SM, Gaffney KS, Jones, Merrill
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Arsenault, Stacy. KS, Jones 2.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Burleson. KS, Jones.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Ross, Huskies Shut Out St. Joseph's 3-0
STANDISH, Maine -- Junior Adam Ross (Spruce Head, Maine/Rockland) pitched
a five-hit shutout Thursday as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated
the St. Joseph's College Monks 3-0 in a non-conference game at Mahaney Diamond
in Standish.
The win was the fourth straight, and 12th in the last 13 games, for the
Huskies who improve to 21-7 overall. The Huskies swept all three games between
the two teams this spring. The Monks drop to 25-6 overall.
Ross was brilliant in earning his first collegiate shutout. The 6-foot-2
right-hander did not walk a batter and had the Monks hitting the ball on the
ground, getting 22 groundball outs. Ross struck out three in his masterpiece.
The complete game shutout was the first by a USM pitcher since Tip Fairchild
blanked Eastern Connecticut State University, 8-0, on April 15, 2005.
The Monks got a runner as far as third base only twice in the game. Junior
Dustin Spiller (Gorham, Maine) doubled with one out in fourth inning and
advanced to third on a ground out, but Ross left him stranded there getting
another ground out.
In the fifth, an infield error put senior Chris Doughty (Windham, Maine) on
to lead off. A sacrifice bunt and a ground out moved Doughty to third, but Ross
induced another ground out to end the threat. Ross would retire 11 straight
Monks after Doughty reached on the error.
The Huskies' offense, which had produced 49 runs in the previous three
games this week, was limited to five hits by four St. Joseph's hurlers. The
Huskies manufactured the only run Ross would need in the fifth off losing
pitcher Kyle Dorr (Berwick, Maine/Noble) on a lead off double by freshman Josh
Mackey (Danvers, Mass.), an infield error and a sacrifice fly from junior Eddie
Skeffington (Everett, Mass.).
Sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) added a one-out solo
home run in the sixth inning off Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, Maine) to increase
the lead to 2-0. Burleson would score the final run in the ninth when he scored
from first on a double by senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine).
Southern Maine will travel to Keene State College on Saturday (12:00 p.m.)
for a Little East Conference doubleheader. St. Joseph's will host Castleton
State College on Sunday (1:00 p.m.) for a North Atlantic Conference twinbill.
At Standish, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (21-7) 000 011 001 3 5 2
St. Joseph's (25-6) 000 000 000 0 5 1
Batteries: SM, Adam Ross and Max Arsenault. St. J, Sam Tupper, Kyle Dorr
(3), Andrew Keirstead (6), Andrew Pooler (9) and Andrew Wood.
Winning Pitcher: Ross (4-0) Losing Pitcher: Dorr (4-1)
2B: SM, Arsenault, Mackey St. J, Clapp, Spiller, Grant-Roy
3B: none
HR: SM, Chris Burleson (4).
RBI: SM, Burleson, Arsenault, Skeffington
Repeat Hitters: none
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Note: Some information for Thomas College in the line score is incomplete.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Southern Maine Defeats Thomas 19-6
WATERVILLE, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies pounded out
22 hits, including four home runs, en route to a 19-6 victory over the Thomas
College Terriers in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon.
The win was the third straight, and 11th in the last 12 games, for the
Huskies who improve to 20-7 overall.
Senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) led the Huskies hitting assault with
four hits and four RBI. Seniors Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) and Joe McGhee
(Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), along with freshmen Collin Henry (Penobscot,
Maine/George Stevens Academy) and Mark Schmidt (Gorham, Maine), had home runs
for the Huskies. Bourque, Henry, McGhee and sophomore Andrew Stacy (Denmark,
Maine/Fryebrug Academy) all had three hits in the game.
Sophomore Jared Fieldsend (Somersworth, N.H.) paced the Terriers' 15-hit
offense with four singles. Senior Matt Pavlis (Webster, Mass.) had three hits,
including a double.
The USM rookie combination of southpaw Evan Gray (Sanford, Maine) and
right-hander Matt Nickerson (Stockton Springs, Maine/Searsport) were the
beneficiaries of the Huskies' season-high 22 hits. Gray survived a shaky first
inning to go 5.0 innings and pick up his first collegiate win. He allowed 11
hits and one walk while fanning two. Nickerson threw four shutout innings in
relief to earn his first save. Nickerson gave up four hits, walked none and
struck out four.
USM scored six runs in the top of the first inning keyed by two-run singles
from Arsenault and junior Eddie Skeffington (Everett, Mass.). The Terriers came
right back to score four runs off Gray. Sophomore Taylor Helberg (Winslow,
Maine) had a two-run single to finish the rally.
Bourque hit a solo homer in the second, and McGhee led off the third with a
solo shot. Henry clouted a three-run blast as part of the Huskies six-run
fifth inning. Schmidt hit his first career round tripper, a solo shot, in the
seventh.
Southern Maine returns to action on Thursday (5:00 p.m.) when they travel
to St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine. Thomas's next scheduled game will
be Saturday (3:00 p.m.) when it hosts Elms College in a North Atlantic
Conference doubleheader.
At Waterville, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (20-7) 611 160 103 19 22 3
Thomas (na) 400 110 000 6 15 3
Batteries: SM, Evan Gray, Matt Nickerson (6) and Joe McGhee, Jordan Yanni (5)
T, Sam Shain, ?? (3), Brian Gardiner (5) and Nick Shauwecker.
Winning Pitcher: Gray (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Shain (0-1)
Save: Nickerson (1)
2B: SM, Stacy 2, McGhee T, Pierce, Pavlis
3B: none
HR: SM, Ryan Bourque (6), Joe McGhee (2), Collin Henry (5), Mark Schmidt (1)
RBI: SM, Arsenault 4, Henry 3, Schmidt 2, Bourque 2, Skeffington 2, McGhee 2,
Kinslow 2, Jones.
T, Helberg 2, Costa, Shauwecker, Pavlis.
Repeat Hitters: SM, Arsenault 4, Bourque 3, Henry 3, Stacy 3, McGhee 3,
Schmidt, Skeffington.
T, Fieldsend 4, Pavlis 3, Pierce, Shauwecker, Helberg
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
(Courtesy of Bates College Sports Information)
Southern Maine Downs Bates in Slugfest 19-13
LEWISTON, Maine -- The No. 26-ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies
baseball team outlasted the Bates College Bobcats to post a 19-13 victory
Tuesday at Leahey Field in a hit-fest for both teams.
The win was the second straight, and 10th in the last 11 games, for the
Huskies who are now 19-7 on the season. The Bobcats dropped their third
straight game to fall to 3-15 overall.
Bates (3-15) collected 19 hits off of four Huskies pitchers, one shy of the
Bobcats' season high total, while the Huskies rapped out 18 hits against five
Bobcat pitchers, including home runs by senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine),
his team-high fifth, and sophomore Josh Stowell (Portland, Maine/Deering), his
first.
USM took leads of 5-1 and 11-6, but Bates wouldn't go away. The Bobcats
scored in five straight innings, and answered the Huskies' four-run sixth inning
with four of their own in the sixth to close the gap to 11-10, where the score
stayed until the eighth. The Huskies plated three runs in the eighth and added
five more in the ninth to put the game away.
Huskies junior reliever Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine) earned the win,
allowing one run over 1.1 innings, to raise his record to 3-0. Stacy ran into
trouble starting the eighth, as Bates loaded the bases with three straight
singles to start the inning. Senior reliever Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) came on
to induce a run-scoring double play and an inning-ending groundout. Foley
allowed the Bobcats two more runs in the ninth, but earned his third save this
season.
USM junior Eddie Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) and Stacy each drove home
four runs for the Huskies, while Stacy, freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.),
senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) and freshman Collin Henry (Penobscot,
Maine) all collected three hits, including two doubles for Arsenault.
Bates juniors Brian Mahoney (Sudbury, Mass.), who was 4-for-6 with two runs
and two RBIs, and Brian Buckley (Andover, Mass.), who was 4-for-5 with two runs
and a home run, his second of the year, led the hit parade for Bates. Freshman
Josh Linscott (Portland, Maine/Deering) went 3-for-5, scoring three times and
driving in a pair of runs.
Southern Maine will travel to Thomas College on Wednesday (3:00 p.m.) for a
non-conference game. Bates opens a three-game series with NESCAC rival Bowdoin
College at home on Friday (3:00 p.m.).
At Lewiston, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (19-7) 015 014 035 19 18 1
Bates (3-15) 013 114 012 13 19 3
Batteries: SM, Joe Curran, Mark Schmidt (5), Andrew Stacy (6), Pat Foley (8)
and Stefan Black. B, Ben Shwartz, Chuck Murphy-Romboletti (3), Simon
Griesbach (5), Sean VanderVliet (6), Ben Thayer (9) and Robert Patton.
Winning Pitcher: Stacy (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Shwartz (0-4) Save: Foley
(3)
2B: SM, Arsenault 2, Vardaro, Stacy B, Hogan, Linscott, Hood, Patton
3B: none
HR: SM, Ryan Bourque (5), Josh Stowell (1) B, Buckley (2)
RBI: SM, Skeffington 4, Stacy 4, Bourque 2, Henry 2, Stowell 2, Black 2,
Mackey, Arsenault.
B, Hogan 2, Linscott 2, Mahoney 2, Hood 2, Buckley 2, Patton
Repeat Hitters:, SM, Mackey 3, Arsenault 3, Henry 3, Stacy 3 B, Mahoney 4,
Buckley 4, Linscott 3, Hood, Beaton
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Southern Maine Holds Off Colby 11-9
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine had a season-high 18
hits to build a seven-run lead, then had to survive a ninth-inning rally by the
Colby College Mules to hold on for an 11-9 victory Monday afternoon at the USM
Baseball Stadium in Gorham.
The win was the ninth in the last 10 games for the Huskies who improve to
18-7 overall. The Mules, who had their three-game winning streak stopped, slip
to 6-15 overall.
The Huskies scored runs in each of the first six innings to build a 10-3
lead, and held an 11-4 advantage going into the final inning before the Mules
strung together six hits for a five-run rally that brought the tying run to the
plate.
Southern Maine plated two in the first on an RBI single by sophomore Chris
Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) and a double play, and added an unearned run
in the second. Burleson and freshman Collin Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George
Stevens Academy) hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the third, and sophomore
Ryan Gaffney (Salem, N.H./Central Catholic) added an RBI single during the
three-run inning.
Colby's only offense against USM freshman starting pitcher Brady Blackman
(Auburn, Maine/St. Dominic's) came in the third when sophomore Kyle McKay
(Bedford, N.H./Loomis Chaffee) launched a two-run homer down the left field
line.
The Huskies added a single run in the fourth, two unearned markers in the
fifth and a single tally in the sixth to offset a single run for the Mules in
the sixth to lead 10-3. The teams traded runs in the eighth.
In the ninth, Colby got an RBI triple from senior Steve Sandak (Stamford,
Conn./King Low-Heywood), RBI singles from freshman pinch-hitter Michael Cuqua
(Walpole, Mass.) and freshman Ryan Conlon (Ridgefield, Conn./St. Luke's School),
and a two-run triple from sophomore Craig Cooper (Trumbull, Conn./Hopkins
School) to get the tying run to the plate.
Sophomore Tim Therrian (New Portland, Maine), the last of five Huskies
hurlers, was able to get the final out on a ground ball to preserve Blackman's
second win of the season. Blackman went 6.0 innings giving up seven hits and
one walk while striking out two.
Senior Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.) and Henry led the Southern Maine
hitting assault against three Colby pitchers with three hits apiece. Burleson,
Gaffney and senior Joe McGhee (Walpole, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) each had two
hits.
Cooper paced Colby's 16-hit attack with a triple and two singles. Freshman
Corey Martin (Winslow, Maine) and senior Tom Salemy (Odessa, Fla./Cambridge
School) had two hits. Sophomore left-hander Robert Tourek (Wexford,
Penn./Shadyside Academy), who pitched into the fifth, was tagged with the loss.
Southern Maine will travel to Lewiston, Maine, to play Bates College on
Tuesday (3:30 p.m.). Colby will play at the University of Maine on Tuesday
(4:00 p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Colby (6-15) 002 001 015 9 16 4
Southern Maine (18-7) 213 121 01X 11 18 2
Batteries: C, Robert Tourek, Robert Whelan (5), Bob Brady (8) and Kyle McKay.
SM, Brady Blackman, Evan Gray (7), Matt Nickerson (8), Dustin Gilbert (9),
Tim Therrian (9) and Joe McGhee.
Winning Pitcher: Blackman (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Tourek (0-1)
2B: C, Salemy, Carr, Riggs SM, Vardaro, McGhee
3B: C, Sandak, Cooper
HR: C, Kyle McKay (1) SM, Chris Burleson (3), Collin Henry (4)
RBI: C, Cooper 3, McKay 2, Sandak, Cuqua, Conlon, Murphy
SM, Burleson 2, Vardaro, Henry, Kinslow, Gaffney.
Repeat Hitters: C, Cooper 3, Salemy, Martin
SM, Vardaro 3, Henry 3, Burleson, McGhee, Gaffney
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
(Courtesy of UMass Boston Sports Information)
Soto Leads UMass Boston Past Southern Maine 5-3
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Senior left-handed pitcher Jaime Soto (Peabody, Mass.)
scattered 10 hits and allowed three runs in a complete game victory, while
collecting three hits and knocking in a pair of runs to lead the University of
Massachusetts Boston baseball team over visiting University of Southern Maine,
5-3, Sunday in a Little East Conference game at Yetten Field in Waltham, Mass.
The Beacons improve to 11-13 overall and 2-7 in LEC play, while the
Huskies, who are ranked fourth in the New England region, fall to 17-7 and 6-3.
The loss snapped the Huskies' eight-game winning streak.
Soto threw nine innings, while walking four and striking out seven to
improve to 2-3 on the season.
UMass Boston led for the first six innings of the contest until Southern
Maine senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) smacked a one-out single to right
field, moved to third on a single to center field by senior Max Arsenault
(Boothbay, Maine) and scored on a single to left-center field by sophomore
starting pitcher Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) to knot the game at
3-3.
The Beacons answered in the bottom of the frame when sophomore Chris Oram
(Lynn, Mass.) doubled to center field and came around to score on a single to
left field by freshman Alnor Rodriguez (Orlando, Fla.) to give them a 4-3 edge,
a lead they would not relinquish.
UMass Boston added an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh when
senior Sean Ketterer (Plymouth, Mass.) took first base after being hit with a
pitch for the second time on the day with one out, and Soto followed with a
booming shot to left center field to score Ketterer to make it
5-3. Soto was thrown out at third in a bid for his second triple of the season.
The Beacons wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning.
Senior Bob Kniffen (Halifax, Mass.) tattooed the first pitch he saw up the
middle for a single and was later followed by a walk issued to senior Bryan
Curran (Brockton, Mass.) and Ketterer being hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Soto took advantage with a single that found its way into right field to bring
home Kniffen. Junior third baseman Mike Dorval (Belchertown, Mass.) forced in
the second run after being issued a bases on balls.
The Huskies cut the deficit in half in the third inning when freshman Josh
Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) stroked a two-out single to right field and Bourque
followed with a run-scoring double to right field to pull them to within 2-1.
UMass Boston countered in the bottom of the inning when Soto led off with a
single to left field, moved to second on a ground out and scored on an RBI
single to left center field by freshman first baseman Mike Andriano (Massapequa,
N.Y.) to give the Beacons a 3-1 margin.
Southern Maine made it a one-run game again in the fourth when Arsenault
cracked a leadoff single to left field and freshman Collin Henry (Penobscot,
Maine/George Stevens Academy) followed with a single to right field to put
runners on the corners with no outs. Following a strikeout, junior Eddie
Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) beat out a double-play ball as Arsenault scampered
home to make it 3-2, before the Huskies tied it in the sixth.
Soto finished his day going 3-4 with a double and two runs batted in and a
run scored at the plate for the Beacons, while Andriano and Rodriguez each went
2-4 with an RBI. Kniffen also collected two hits for UMB.
Mackey, Bourque, Arsenault and Henry all came up with two hits for Southern
Maine, with Bourque knocking in a run and scoring once.
Burleson took the loss for the Huskies going seven innings and allowing
five earned runs on eight hits and five walks, while fanning two batters.
UMass Boston will be in action again on Tuesday, April 24, when it travels
to Quincy, Mass., to take on Eastern Nazarene College at 3:30 p.m., while
Southern Maine hosts Colby College on Monday, April 23, at 4:00 p.m.
At Waltham, Mass. 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (17-7; 6-3) 001 101 000 3 10 1
UMass Boston (11-13; 2-7) 201 001 10X 5 10 0
Batteries: SM, Chris Burleson, Pat Foley (7), Tim Therrian (8) and Max
Arsenault, Jordan Yanni (3). UMB, Jaime Soto and Alnor Rodriguez.
Winning Pitcher: Soto (2-3) Losing Pitcher: Burleson (2-2)
2B: SM, Bourque UMB, Soto, Oram
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Bourque, Skeffington, Burleson
UMB, Soto 2, Dorval, Andriano, Rodriquez
Repeat Hitters: SM, Mackey, Bourque, Arsenault, Henry
UMB, Soto 3, Ketterer, Andriano, Rodriguez
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Southern Maine Sweeps Plymouth State, 6-2 and 11-8
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior shortstop Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.) had six
hits, scored four runs and drove in three to help the University of Southern
Maine Huskies sweep a Little East Conference baseball doubleheader from the
Plymouth State University Panthers by scores of 6-2 and 11-8 Saturday afternoon
at the USM Baseball Stadium.
The sweep extends the Huskies' winning streak to eight games, and improves
their record to 17-6 overall and 6-2 in the conference. The Panthers have
dropped their last three games to slide to 8-15 overall and 3-6 in the
conference.
Vardaro had four hits, including a pair of doubles and a triple, and two
RBI in the first game to support the strong starting pitching of junior Adam
Ross (Spruce Head, Maine/Rockland). In the second game, Vardaro added two hits,
scored three times and knocked in one to help USM battle back from a 5-1
deficit.
In the opener, PSU took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when senior Josh
Labossiere (Lincoln, R.I.) hit a two-out home run to right field off of Ross.
The Huskies responded with three runs in their half of the inning.
Sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) drove in the first run with a
sacrifice fly. Vardaro, who had doubled, and senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay,
Maine/Boothbay Region), on board via an error, both scored on an error to make
it 3-1.
Vardaro extended the lead to 4-1 in the fourth with an RBI double. The
Huskies added a single tally in the fifth on an RBI single by sophomore Andrew
Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy).
Senior Craig Carpenter (Holderness, N.H.) chopped one run off the deficit
for PSU in the sixth with a solo homer to center.
USM added an insurance run in the eighth on Vardaro's RBI triple.
Ross went 7.2 innings allowing four hits and two walks while striking out
five to pick up his third win of the season. Sophomore Taylor Ketchum
(Fairhaven, Mass.) went the distance for PSU, giving up 12 hits and two walks.
He fanned three.
In the nightcap, PSU grabbed a 5-1 lead in the third inning against USM
senior starter Josh Armandi (Jay, Maine) and Stacy. The Panthers took advantage
of three hits, a hit batsman and four walks to score five times. Carpenter
delivered the first run with an RBI single off of Armandi. Sophomore Jay
Kleponis (Reading, Mass.) greeted Stacy with an RBI single, and senior Steve
Campo (Londonderry, N.H.) followed with a sacrifice fly. Stacy issued back-to-
back bases-loaded walks to sophomore Josh Roberti (Cranston, R.I.) and freshman
Jared LeClaire (Portsmouth, N.H./Winnacunnet) to force in the final two runs.
The Huskies came right back to score four and tie the score. Arsenault had
an RBI single to plate the first run. Burleson scored the second run on a wild
pitch. Freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) had an RBI single and sophomore
Josh Stowell (Portland, Maine/Deering) tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
Southern Maine took control of the game in the sixth inning scoring six
runs. Three straight pinch hitters reached base before Vardaro lined a singled
to left to score one. Burleson walked with the bases loaded to make it 7-5.
Senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) delivered a two-run single, and Arsenault
followed with a sac fly. The final run scored on an infield error.
The Panthers got one in the seventh, and two in the eighth to make things
interesting, but a base running gaff in ninth put the damper on a potential
rally.
Stacy picked up the win with 4.0 innings of relief work. Senior Pat Foley
(Norwood, Mass.) picked up his second save of the season. Junior Ryan Lavelle
(Middleboro, Mass.), the second of five PSU hurlers, was saddled with the loss.
Southern Maine will play LEC rival, the University of Massachusetts Boston,
in a make-up game on Sunday (1:00 p.m.) in Waltham, Mass. Plymouth State will
host in-state LEC foe Keene State College on Sunday (2:00 p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine
Game One 123 456 789 R H E
Plymouth State (8-14; 3-5) 001 001 000 2 5 4
Southern Maine (16-6; 5-2) 003 110 01X 6 12 2
Batteries: PS, Taylor Ketchum and Craig Carpenter.
SM, Adam Ross, Andrew Stacy (8), Tim Therrian (9) and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Ross (3-0) Losing Pitcher: Ketchum (1-2)
2B: SM, Vardaro 2, Gaffney
3B: SM, Vardaro
HR: PS, Josh Labrossiere (2), Craig Carpenter (3)
RBI: PS, Labrossiere, Carpenter SM, Vardaro 2, Burleson, Stacy
Repeat Hitters: SM, Vardaro 4, Arsenault, Stacy, Gaffney
Game Two 123 456 789 R H E
Plymouth State (8-15; 3-6) 005 000 120 8 10 3
Southern Maine (17-6; 6-2) 104 006 00X 11 11 2
Batteries: PS, Adam Neshe, Ryan Lavelle (3), Nick Englert (6), Nick Jowders
(6), Tim Conway (7) and John Pogorzelski. SM, Josh Armandi, Andrew Stacy
(3), Tim Therrian (7), Brady Blackman (8), Pat Foley (8) and Jordan Yanni,
Stefan Black (7).
Winning Pitcher: Stacy (2-0) Losing Pitcher: Lavelle (0-1)
Save: Foley (2)
2B: PS, Carpenter, Hodge SM, Gaffney
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: PS, Hodge 2, LeClaire, Carpenter, Kleponis, Campo, Roberti
SM, Bourque 2, Arsenault 2, Vardaro, Burleson, Mackey, Stowell.
Repeat Hitters: PS, Carpenter, Hodge, Pogorzelski
SM, Vardaro, Mackey, Ganley.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Southern Maine Blanks St. Joseph's 9-0
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshmen Mark Schmidt (Gorham, Maine) and Brady Blackman
(Auburn, Maine/St. Dominic's) combined on a four-hitter as the University of
Southern Maine Huskies shut out the St. Joseph's College Monks 9-0 Friday
afternoon at the USM Baseball Stadium.
The win gave the Huskies a sweep the teams' two-day, home-and-home series,
and extends their winning streak to six games. The Huskies downed the Monks 8-7
at St. Joseph's Thursday. The Huskies are now 15-6 overall.
The Monks, who have lost two straight for the first time this season, slip
to 20-4 overall. The two squads will play one more time during the regular
season next Thursday (5:00 pm.) at St. Joseph's.
Schmidt was brilliant over the first 7.2 innings allowing just four hits
and four walks while striking out eight to earn his first collegiate win.
Blackman allowed only one base runner over the final 1.1 innings to preserve the
Huskies' first shutout of the season.
The Huskies gave their rookie southpaw starter an early cushion to work
with scoring one in the first and five times in the second inning. Senior Nick
Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.) led off the USM first with a single, and moved to
second on a walk to sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering). After a
strikeout, senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine/Boothbay Regional) delivered
Vardaro with a single through the right side.
USM used the long ball in a five-run second inning to chase St. Joseph's
freshman starter, and losing pitcher, Chris Leger (Jaffrey, N.H.) from the hill.
Junior Eddie Skeffington (Everett, Mass.) drove in the first two runs with a
double. Burleson brought in the next two with his second home run of the
season. Arsenault finished Leger's day with his third homer of the season, a
solo shot to left.
St. Joseph's junior reliever Ryan Boucher (Manchester, N.H.) cooled the USM
bats until the sixth after relieving Leger. USM added three insurance runs in
the sixth on a fielder's choice and a two-run single by Arsenault.
Arsenault was the game's lone repeat hitter, going 3-for-4 with four RBI.
Burleson and Skeffington each had two RBI.
Southern Maine will host Plymouth State University for a Little East
Conference doubleheader on Saturday (12:00 p.m.). St. Joseph's travels to
Becker College for a North Atlantic Conference twinbill on Saturday (1:00 p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
St. Joseph's (20-4) 000 000 000 0 4 1
Southern Maine (15-6) 150 003 00X 9 11 1
Batteries: St. J, Chris Leger, Ryan Boucher (2), David Doucette (7), Craig
Woodbrey (8) and Andrew Wood, Travis Adams (6). SM, Mark Schmidt, Brady
Blackman (8) and Max Arsenault, Stefan Black (9).
Winning Pitchers: Schmidt (1-1) Losing Pitcher: Leger (1-1)
2B: St. J, Oliver SM, Gaffney, Skeffington
3B: none
HR: SM, Chris Burleson (2), Max Arsenault (3)
RBI: SM, Arsenault 4, Burleson 2, Skeffington 2, Bourque
Repeat Hitters: SM, Arsenault 3
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Southern Maine Rallies to Defeat St. Joseph's 8-7
STANDISH, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies used six hits
and an error to score five runs in the eighth inning, then hung on for an 8-7
victory over the St. Joseph's College Monks in a non-conference game Thursday
afternoon at the Mahaney Diamond in Standish.
The win was the fifth straight for the Huskies who improve to 14-6 overall.
The Monks had their five-game winning streak stopped and slip to 20-3 overall.
The two teams meet again Friday (3:30 p.m.) at the USM Baseball Stadium in the
back half of the home-and-home series.
Trailing 5-3 with a runner on second and two outs in the eighth, the
Huskies got five straight hits off three Monks relievers to take an 8-5 lead.
Senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) brought in the first run with a single.
Senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine) and freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.)
followed with singles to chase home Bourque with the tying run. Rookie Collin
Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George Stevens Academy) gave the Huskies the lead with a
single, and freshman Mark Schmidt (Gorham, Maine) drove in the final two runs
with a single.
The Huskies had to survive a Monks ninth-inning threat to preserve the win.
Junior Luke Enman (Milton, N.H.) drove in two runs with a double down the right
field line, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. An infield
error on junior Andrew Wood's (South Portland, Maine) ground ball put the tying
run on base, but USM sophomore reliever Tim Therrian (New Portland,
Maine/Carrabec) was able to get the final out to pick up his fifth save of the
season.
St. Joseph's took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Wood's RBI single.
After the Huskies tied the game in the fourth on an RBI double by sophomore Josh
Stowell (Portland, Maine/Deering), the Monks regained the lead in their half of
the inning scoring three. Senior Mark Clapp (Blue Hill, Maine/George Stevens
Academy) had an RBI single to bring in the first run. The second run scored on
a wild pitch, and the third crossed the plate on an error.
Southern Maine scored two unearned runs in the sixth on a bases loaded walk
to sophomore Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) and a sacrifice fly
by senior Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.). St. Joe's picked up a single run in
the bottom half of the inning on a solo home run by senior Chris Doughty
(Windham, Maine).
Senior Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) picked up his fifth win of the season,
all in relief, with three innings of work. Freshman Andrew Keirstead
(Westbrook, Maine), the second of four St. Joe's hurlers, took the loss to even
his record at 2-2.
At Standish, Maine 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (14-6) 000 102 050 8 11 6
St. Joseph's (20-3) 100 301 002 7 11 2
Batteries: SM, Collin Henry, Pat Foley (6), Tim Therrian (9) and Max Arsenault.
St. J, Mike Burdin, Andrew Keirstead (6), Andrew Pooler (8), Cole Filosa (8)
and Andrew Wood.
Winning Pitcher: Foley (5-0) Losing Pitcher: Keirstead (2-2)
Save: Therrian (5)
2B: SM, Stowell St. J, Enman
3B: none
HR: St. J, Chris Doughty (2)
RBI: SM, Schmidt 2, Vardaro, Bourque, Mackey, Henry, Stacy
St. J, Enman, Wood, Clapp, Doughty
Repeat Hitters: SM, Mackey, Henry St. J, Oliver, Enman, Spiller
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Today's USM-Colby Game Postponed
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Department of Athletics
announced that today's baseball game between USM and Colby College has been
postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Monday, April 23 starting at 4:00
p.m.
The Huskies are scheduled to play at St. St. Joseph's College on Thursday.
Game time is 3:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Today's USM-UMass Boston Game Postponed
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Department of Athletics
announced that today's Little East Conference baseball game between USM and the
University of Massachusetts Boston has been postponed. No make-up date was
announced.
The Huskies are scheduled to host Colby College at the USM Baseball Stadium
on Wednesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Burleson, Mackey Receive LEC Recognition
GORHAM, Maine -- University of Southern Maine sophomore pitcher Chris
Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) and freshman infielder Josh Mackey (Danvers,
Mass.) have been recognized by the Little East Conference for their standout
play during the week of April 9-15. Burleson was named the conference‘s Pitcher
of the Week, and Mackey was selected as the Rookie of the Week.
Burleson was selected for hurling a complete game in Southern Maine's 9-2
win over Rhode Island College on Saturday. He gave up seven hits and five
walks, while striking out eight to raise his season record to 2-1 with a 4.26
ERA. Burleson retired 10 batters in a row between the fourth and seventh
innings, and scattered a pair of hits in the final three frames.
Mackey helped Southern Maine to a 4-0 week with a .733 batting average (11-
for-15), seven RBI, six runs scored, and three extra-base hits, including a home
run. He hit safely in all four games, registering four hits in wins over
Endicott College and Salem State College. Mackey posted a slugging percentage
of 1.067 and an on-base percentage of .778 (14-for-18) for the week. He also
stole five bases in five attempts.
With his outstanding week, the rookie infielder moved to the top of the
Huskies’ stat sheet. Mackey has a team-leading .466 (27 for 58) batting average
with six doubles, one triple, three home runs and 18 RBI. He is also 6-for-6 in
stolen base attempts. Mackey leads the team in slugging percentage (.759) and
on-base percentage (.537).
Coming off their 4-0 week, the Huskies are 13-6 overall and 4-2 (third
place) in the Little East Conference. The Huskies are scheduled to play at the
University of Massachusetts Boston in an LEC game on Tuesday (3:00 p.m.),
weather permitting.
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Southern Maine Sweeps R.I. College, 9-2 and 13-1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sophomore right-hander Chris Burleson (Portland,
Maine/Deering) and freshman southpaw Collin Henry (Penobscot, Maine/George
Stevens Academy) provided two outstanding pitching performances Saturday as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies swept the Rhode Island College Anchormen in
a Little East Conference doubleheader at Anchorman Field in Providence. The
doubleheader was moved to Providence due to field conditions at the USM Baseball
Stadium.
The sweep extends the Huskies' winning streak to four games, and improves
their record to 13-6 overall and 4-2 in the conference. The Anchormen have now
dropped three in a row to fall to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in the conference.
Burleson picked up his second win of the season against one loss with a
complete game effort, allowing seven hits and five walks while striking out
eight. He was helped by the Huskies' defense which turned three double plays.
Henry went 8.0 innings allowing nine hits and two walks while fanning
three. The win was Henry's second of the season against three losses.
Sophomore Tim Therrian (New Portland, Maine/Carrabec) pitched a
scoreless inning
in relief.
In the opener, the Huskies jumped on RIC senior starter Wade Briggs
(Woonsocket, R.I.) for seven runs in the first inning. Senior Max Arsenault
(Boothbay, Maine) brought home the first three runs with a home run, his second
of the season. Henry made it back-to-back homers with his third of the campaign.
Three singles, the last by sophomore Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg
Academy), produced the fifth run, and senior Nick Vardaro
(Norwood, Mass.) ended
Briggs' day with a two-run single.
The Anchormen touched Burleson for two runs in the third on an RBI double
by sophomore Chris O'Connors (North Kingstown, R.I.) and an RBI triple by
sophomore Josh Cardoso (Dartmouth, Mass.).
USM added two unearned runs in the sixth on a throwing error and a wild
pitch to account for the final score.
In the nightcap, Henry and RIC rookie Mike St. Germain (Seekonk, Mass.)
were hooked up in scoreless dual of lefties through the first four innings. The
Huskies took advantage of three Anchormen miscues in the fifth to plate seven
unearned runs. Senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) and Arsenault had RBI
singles, and sophomore Jeff Skillin (Portland, Maine/Deering) had a two-run
single in the inning.
USM freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) hit a solo home run in the
seventh inning, and the Huskies scored five times in the eighth to turn the game
into a rout. Freshman Mark Schmidt (Gorham, Maine) had a two-run, pinch-hit
double, Mackey stroked an RBI double off the fence, and Skillin had an RBI
double to highlight the inning.
The Anchormen scored their lone run in the seventh on an RBI single by
O'Connors.
Southern Maine's doubleheader with Husson College tomorrow has been
postponed. USM's next scheduled game is Tuesday (3:00 p.m.) at the University
of Massachusetts Boston. Rhode Island College will host Elms College in its
next game on Monday (3:30 p.m.).
At Providence, R.I.
Game One 123 456 789 R H E
Rhode Island College (11-7; 4-3) 002 000 000 2 7 2
Southern Maine (12-6; 3-2) 700 002 00X 9 11 0
Batteries: RIC, Wade Briggs, Paul Vatter (1), Brian Farley (8) and Tim Henault.
SM, Chris Burleson and Max Arsenault.
Winning Pitcher: Burleson (2-1) Losing Pitcher: Briggs (2-2)
2B: RIC, Doyon, O'Connors
3B: RIC, Cardoso
HR: SM, Max Arsenault (2), Collin Henry (3)
RBI: RIC, O'Connors, Cardoso SM, Arsenault 3, Vardaro 2, Henry, Stacy
Repeat Hitters: RIC, Doyon, O'Connors SM, Vardaro 3, Bourque, Stacy
Game Two 123 456 789 R H E
Rhode Island College (11-8; 4-4) 000 000 100 1 9 4
Southern Maine (13-6; 4-2) 000 070 15X 13 10 0
Batteries: RIC, Mike St. Germain, Evan Grogan (6), Michael Boucher (8) and Tim
Henault. SM, Collin Henry, Tim Therrian (9) and Stefan Black, Jordan Yanni
(9).
Winning Pitcher: Henry (2-3) Losing Pitcher: St. Germain (2-2)
2B: RIC, Doyon SM, Schmidt, Mackey, Skillin
3B: none
HR: SM, Josh Mackey (3)
RBI: RIC, O'Connors
SM, Skillin 3, Bourque 2, Schmidt 2, Mackey 2, Arsenault
Repeat Hitters: RIC, Henault 3, Doyon SM, Bourque, Mackey, Skillin
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Rhode Island College-Southern Maine Doubleheader Moved to RIC
Huskies' Sunday Doubleheader at Husson Postponed
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Athletics Department
announced this afternoon that tomorrow's baseball doubleheader between USM and
Rhode Island College, scheduled to be played at the USM Baseball Stadium, has
been moved the Providence, R.I.
The move was necessitated by the unplayable field conditions at USM. The
first game gets underway at 12:00 p.m. with USM batting as the home team.
It was also announced that Sunday's doubleheader at Husson College has been
postponed. No make-up date was announced.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Southern Maine-St. Joseph's Game Postponed
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Athletics Department
announced this evening that Friday's baseball game between USM and St. Joseph's
College, at St. Joseph's, has been postponed to April 19. Game time is 3:00
p.m.
Southern Maine is scheduled to host Rhode Island College in a Little East
Conference doubleheader on Saturday, conditions permitting, starting at 12:00
p.m.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Southern Maine Defeats Salem State 10-5
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) had four hits and
drove in three runs to help the University of Southern Maine Huskies post a 10-5
victory over the Salem State College Vikings in a non-conference baseball game
Wednesday afternoon at the USM Baseball Stadium. The game was called after 7
1/2 innings due to darkness.
The win was the second straight for the Huskies, and improves their overall
record to 11-6. The Vikings dropped their second straight to fall to 9-11.
The Huskies jumped out to a 6-0 lead by batting around in the first inning
to score four runs, and added a pair of runs in the second. In the first,
senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) drove in the first run with a single, and
Mackey followed two batters later with a two-run single. Senior Jordan Yanni
(Gray, Maine) plated the fourth run with a single.
In the second, Bourque picked up his second RBI with a sacrifice fly, and
sophomore Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) scored on a wild pitch.
Salem State touched up USM senior starter Josh Armandi (Jay, Maine), making
his second start of the season, for a pair of runs in the third. Junior Ken
Luongo (Wilmington, Mass.) chased home the first run with a fielder's choice,
and junior Ryan Laffin (Norwell, Mass.) walked with the bases loaded to force
home the second run.
Southern Maine added two in the fourth on an RBI triple by Burleson, who
later scored on a wild pitch.
Laffin hit a solo home run to lead off the sixth for the Vikings. The
Huskies responded with two runs in their half of the inning on an infield error
and an RBI single by Mackey.
The Vikings plated their final two runs in the seventh on Laffin's third
hit, an RBI single, and a bases loaded walk to sophomore pinch hitter Kevin
Portnoy (Haverhill, Mass.).
Armandi would go 3.0 innings allowing two hits and five walks while
striking out six. Freshman Brady Blackman (Auburn, Maine/St. Dominic's), the
second of five USM hurlers, picked up the win with 2.0 innings of scoreless
relief.
Salem State junior starter Bo Gillette (Malden, Mass.), who pitched 4.0
innings, was tagged with the loss.
Southern Maine will travel to St. Joseph's College on Friday (3:00 p.m.).
Salem State hosts MASCAC rival Fitchburg State College for a twin-bill on
Saturday (12:00 p.m.).
At Gorham, Maine 123 456 78 R H E
Salem State (9-11) 002 001 20 5 7 4
Southern Maine (11-6) 420 202 0X 10 12 1
(Game called due to darkness)
Batteries: Salem, Bo Gillette, Al Miner (5), Anthony Bonasoro (7) and Marc
Crovo. SM, Josh Armandi, Brady Blackman (4), Matt Nickerson (6), Evan Gray
(7), Andrew Stacy (7) and Jordan Yanni, Stefan Black (4).
Winning Pitcher: Blackman (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Gillette (3-2)
2B: Salem, Garlington SM, Vardaro
3B: SM, Vardaro, Burleson
HR: Salem, Ryan Laffin
RBI: Salem, Laffin3, Luongo, Portnoy
SM, Mackey 3, Bourque 2, Burleson, Yanni
Repeat Hitters: Salem, Laffin 3, Garlington SM, Mackey 4, Vardaro
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
(Courtesy of Endicott Sports Information)
Southern Maine Downs Endicott 7-3
BEVERLY, Mass. -- The University of Southern Maine broke a 1-1 tie in the
eighth inning by rattling off five straight two-out runs en route to a 7-3 non-
conference baseball win over Endicott College on Tuesday afternoon in Beverly,
Mass.
The win snapped the Huskies three-game losing streak, and lifts their
overall record to 10-6. The loss drops the Gulls record to .500 at 8-8.
USM opened the scoring in the top of third inning as Nick Vardaro (Norwood,
Mass.) lined a two-out single to center field to put a runner on for the
visitors. The senior infielder would hustle all the way around to score on an
RBI double by sophomore Andrew Stacy (Denmark, Maine/Fryeburg Academy), putting
the Huskies up 1-0.
The Gulls responded three innings later as the Blue and Green evened the
game on back-to-back hits from Ryan Scanlon (Lowell, Mass.) and Joe Paciello
(Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) to lead off the inning. The Gulls were able
to capitalize on a USM error allowing Scanlon to score and even the game at 1-1.
Southern Maine took control of the game in the top of the eighth. The
visitors were able to score five two-out runs to blow the game open. Freshman
Josh Mackey (Danvers, Mass.) laced an RBI single to right field to score Stacy,
giving USM the 2-1 lead. Sophomore Ryan Gaffney (Salem, N.H./Central Catholic)
kept the rally alive with a two-run single to right field, scoring Mackey and
senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine/Boothbay Region) for the three-run lead.
Vardaro would drive home two more runs before the end of the inning, giving the
visitors a 6-1 advantage.
The Gulls refused to go down without a fight, scoring two runs in the
bottom of the ninth to pull within four at 7-3. However, USM senior relief
pitcher Pat Foley (Norwood, Mass.) checked into the game and settled down the
Huskies, getting Endicott to ground into a double play and then got Steve
Vidmosko (Shelton, Conn./Fairfield Prep) to ground out to second, securing the
7-3 win.
The University of Southern Maine had a trio of players drive in two runs on
the afternoon, as Vardaro led the way with a 3-for-4 day at the dish with two
runs batted in. Mackey also had a monster afternoon with the bat with four hits
and two RBI.
The Huskies have moved their game with Salem State College, scheduled for
Thursday, up a day and will play Wednesday (3:00 p.m.) at the USM Baseball
Stadium. The Gulls return to CCC action Wednesday afternoon (2:00 p.m.) as they
travel to Quincy, Mass., to play a doubleheader with the Crusaders of Eastern
Nazarene.
At Beverly, Mass. 123 456 789 R H E
Southern Maine (10-6) 001 000 051 7 15 3
Endicott (8-8) 000 001 002 3 6 1
Batteries: SM, Mark Schmidt, Adam Ross (6), Jeff Skillin (8), Pat Foley (9) and
Stefan Black. E, Erik Fields, Colin McGinn (8), Dave Weinreich (9) and Dan
Gomez.
Winning Pitcher: Ross (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Fields (2-1)
2B: SM, Stacy, Arsenault, Henry, Mackey E, Santos
3B: none
HR: none
RBI: SM, Vardaro 2, Mackey 2, Gaffney 2, Stacy E, Santos, Warner
Repeat Hitters: SM, Mackey 4, Vardaro 3, Stacy, Arsenault, Skeffington
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Baseball Game with Endicott Moved to Beverly, Mass.
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Athletic Department
announced today that Tuesday's baseball game between USM and Endicott College
has been moved to Endicott's Beverly, Mass., campus due to the snow that still
covers USM's field. The game will start at 3:30 p.m.
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Saturday, April 7, 2007
Eastern Connecticut Sweeps Southern Maine, 6-2 and 5-1
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors
used a pair of seventh inning rallies to break open two close games en route to
sweeping the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East Conference
baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the ECSU Baseball Stadium.
In the opening game, the Warriors scored three times in the seventh to bust
open a one-run game and went onto a 6-2 victory. In the nightcap, the Warriors
scored four runs in the seventh to snap a 1-1 tie on the way to a 5-1 triumph.
The sweep extends the Warriors current winning streak to nine games, and
improves their overall record to 13-6. The Warriors sit atop the Little East
Conference standings with an unblemished 5-0 mark.
Southern Maine has dropped its last three games to slide to 9-6 overall.
The Huskies are 2-2 in the conference.
Sophomore left-hander Shawn Gilblair (Windham, Conn.) hurled a completed
game in the opener and helped his own cause with a pair of base hits. Gilblair
gave up just five hits, did not walk a batter and fanned seven to raise his
record to 4-1.
Southern Maine grabbed a 1-0 lead agianst Gilblair in the first inning when
senior Ryan Bourque (Sanford, Maine) slammed his fourth home run of the season
to right-center field with two outs and no one on. The lead stood until the
third inning when the Warriors scored three times.
With two outs and junior Zack Thomas (East Haddam, Conn.) and Gilblair
aboard, freshman Melvin Castillo (Danbury, Conn.) sliced a drive to right field
off USM sophomore starter Chris Burleson (Portland, Maine/Deering) for a three-
run homer, his first round tripper of the season.
The Huskies got one run back in the fourth on another solo home run, this
time by senior Max Arsenault (Boothbay, Maine).
Eastern Connecticut put the game away in the seventh scoring three times
after two were out. Castillo plated the first run with a single, and sophomore
Tristan Hobbes (Utica, N.Y.) followed with a two-run single.
In the nightcap, the Warriors grabbed a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning
against USM rookie southpaw Collin Henry (Penobscot, Maine). Castillo did the
damage with his second home run of the day.
Southern Maine responded in the next inning to tie the game. Sophomore
Ryan Gaffney (Salem, N.H.) doubled with one out, and came home when the next
batter, senior Nick Vardaro (Norwood, Mass.), singled.
An infield error opened the flood gates for the Warriors in the seventh.
Castillo doubled home the first run, and Hobbes followed with an RBI single to
make it 3-1. Senior Matt Cooney (Arlington, Mass.) brought home the next run
with a squeeze bunt. Junior Ismael Bolorin (Manchester, Conn.) drove in the
final run with a triple down the left field line.
Sophomore right-hander Jimmy Jagodzinski (Greenwich, Conn.) nearly matched
Gilblair on the mound, going 8.0 innings. He allowed seven hits, walked one and
struck out six. Junior Jason LaVorgna (North Haven, Conn.) pitched a 1-2-3
ninth inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
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