Winner, UMass Dartmouth 12-1                   @ Claremont, CA                  California Invitational Tournament

UMD (6-6)                         341 031 0  -  12  12  0  (game called after 7 due to 10-run rule)  

Menlo College (9-10)     000 010 0   -    1    5    3

UMD – Brandon Perry and John Macone

WP – Perry (2-1)  {7 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts}

Menlo – Gene Lamont, Sean Ingersoll (3), Bill Smith (4), Kenny Jones (5), Tommy Sakowski (6) and Zach Mullins

LP – Lamont (NA)

2B UMD Nettleton, Hittinger, Sullivan, Macone

HR UMD Nettleton (3) , Schechter (1)

Top hitters for UMD: Nettleton 5-5 4 rbi, Schechter 2-2 6 rbi, including grand slam HR

UMD top of first

Nettleton double

Delduca single and rbi

HIttinger double, for second and third

Delduca scores on wild pitch

Schechter single and rbi

3 runs on 5 hits 0 errors

UMD top of second

Nettleton singles

Delduca hit into double play

HIttinger walked and stole second

Diorio walked first and second

Sullivan reached on error to load bases

Schechter grand slam home run (1^st of his career)

4 runs, 2 hits 1 error

Trip notes for UMass Dartmouth:

UMass Dartmouth finished its California trip with a record of 6-6.

Top hitters in 12 games in California included

Nettleton (12 games) 25-50 (.500), 7 doubles, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 5 stolen bases in 5 attempts

HIttinger (12 games) 20-44 (.455), 6 doubles, 3 HR, 16 RBI

Schechter (6 games) 8-18 (.444) 1 HR, 10 RBI

Macone (12 games) 16-45 (.356), 2 doubles, 7 rbi

Diorio (9 games) 14-37 (.378), 5 doubles 1 HR, 11 rbi

Waymon (9 games) 11-31 (.355), double, HR, 7 rbi

Dan Mancini (12 games) 14-46 (.304)

Delduca (12 games) 16-49 (.327) 3 doubles, 6 rbi

Team hit .333 in 12 games (140 hits in 421 at bats) 28 doubles, 1 triple, 10 HR

Pitching in 12 games

Perry 2-1

Kyle Darrow 1-1 1 save  1 no-hitter vs. Pomona-Pitzer (one loss was to Chapman, defending NCAA National Champion from Chapman)

Will Mahoney 2-0

Next UMD game:

March 23 @ 3 p.m. (field conditions permitting)

UMass Dartmouth vs. Wheaton College