Little East Tournament

 

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

 

   TEN-RUN 7^TH CARRIES UMASS TO OPENING LEC WIN

Corsairs erupt after two out and
no one on in 18-9 win over Western Conn.

 

    MANSFIELD, Conn. -- The fourth-seeded University of Massachusetts Dartmouth baseball team scored ten runs on seven hits against four different pitchers after there were two out in the  top of the seventh inning and went on to a 18-9 win over third-seeded Western Connecticut State University Wednesday night in an opening game in the 2004 Little East Conference Tournament at the ECSU Baseball Stadium.

    A winner of four straight, UMass Dartmouth (24-13) advances in the winners' bracket of the six-team, double-elimination tournament and will play Thursday night against second-seeded University of Southern Maine, which came from behind to defeat fifth-seeded Rhode Island College 7-6 earlier Wednesday. On Thursday at 3:30 p.m., Western Connecticut (21-17) faces top-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University, which downed Keene State College 19-2 in Wednesday's first game.   

    With Western leading 9-5, ten straight UMass batters reached safely and scored in the seventh inning after there were two out and no one on base. Clean-up hitter Geoff Nettleton (MARLBORO, MA) hit a two-run home run -- one of two that he hit in the game  --  to account for the first two runs of the inning and No. 3 hitter Ryan Sullivan (CHICOPEE, MA) drove in the final two runs of the inning with his third home run. No. 9 hitter John Macone (STONEHAM, MA) and leadoff hitter Robert DelDuca ( METHUEN, MA) also plated two runs each in the inning with a single and double, respectively.

    The Colonials had built a 9-5 lead afer five innings, knocking out UMass starter Dan DeCosta (SOMERSET, MA) in a three-run first inning and chasing reliever Frank Cronin (ROCKLAND, MA) in a two-run fifth.D.J. Mulhall (STRATFORD), Justin McCulloch (WATERBURY) and Eben McKnight (WINDSOR) all drove in runs with hits in the first, McKnight adding another RBI hit in the second and Joshua Coleman (TERRYVILLE) a two-run double in the second. Western had four doubles in its first two at-bats.

                    

Massachusetts Dartmouth 18, Western Conn. 9

 

UMass Dartmouth (24-13)    040   100   (10)21 -- 18  15   3

Western Conn. (21-17)         330   120   000 --         9  20   2

 

Dan DeCosta, Frank Cronin (1), Eric Griswold (5) and John Macone. Lou Parise, Mike Troester (2), Jay McIntyre (7), Nick Callahan (7), Ryan Griffith (7), Brian Lucido (9) and Adam Kaplan. WP-Griswold (4-0); LP-McIntyre (1-5). 2B-Robert Del Duca, Shaun Ferreira (MD), D.J. Mulhall, Justin McCulloch, Eben McKnight, Joshua Coleman, Jim Dunn (W); HR-Geoff Nettleton 2 (9), Ryan Sullivan (3) (MD).

 

 

2004 little east conference Baseball Tournament

(Double Elimination)

May 12-15

at the ECSU Baseball Stadium, Mansfield, Conn.

 

Seeds

 

1. Eastern Conn. (31-9); 2. U. of Southern Maine (28-11-1); 3. Western Conn. (21-16); 4. Massachusetts Dartmouth (23-13); 5. Rhode Island College (19-14); 6. Keene State College (13-21-1).

 

Wednesday, May 12

Game 1: Eastern Conn. 19, Keene State College 2

Game 2: U. of Southern Maine 7, Rhode Island College 6

Game 3: Massachusetts Dartmouth 18, Western Conn. 9

 

Thursday, May 13

Game 4: Keene State College vs. Rhode Island College, noon

Game 5: Eastern Conn. vs. Western Conn., 3:30 p.m.

Game 6: U. of Southern Maine vs. Massachusetts Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

 

Friday, May 14

Game 7: Noon

Game 8: 3:30 p.m.

Game 9: 7 p.m.

 Saturday, May 15

Game 10: Noon

Game 11: (if necessary) 4 p.m.

 

Note: The tournament winner qualifies automaticaly for the 2004 NCAA Division III tournament, which gets underway with regional tournaments May 20-23 at sites not yet announced.

 

 

 

 Last Updated On: 9/1/06