VILLANOVA BASEBALL VILLANOVA WILDCATS 2002 SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(28-21 OVERALL, 10-12 BIG EAST) DATE OPPONENT SCORE/TIME Feb 15 @ Tulane (#6) L, 11-1 Feb 16 @ Tulane (#6) L, 9-2 Feb 17 @ Tulane (#6) L, 5-4 (10) Feb 22 vs. Navy # L, 6-5 Feb 23 vs. Air Force # W, 5-1 VS. vs. Memphis # W, 9-7 Feb. 24 Navy - Championship Game # L, 4-0 Feb. 26 at La Salle W, 8-6 Mar 4 Duquesne ! L, 3-2 (10) Mar 5 Fairfield ! W, 3-2 Mar 6 Holy Cross ! W, 2-0 Mar 8 St. Bonaventure ! W, 9-1 DELAWARE FIGHTIN’BLUE HENS Mar 9 Chicago State ! W, 4-1 Mar 12 @ West Chester W, 7-3 Mar 15 Coppin State W, 3-2 (33-20 OVERALL, 12-7 CAA) Mar 16 Coppin State W, 12-0 (7) Mar 17 Coppin State W, 7-1 (5) Mar 23 @ St. John's (2) L, 4-2; L, 16-2 Mar 24 @ St. John's W, 5-3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2002 Mar 25 Delaware % L, 7-5 BOB HANNAH STADIUM Mar 26 Marist cancelled Mar 28 @ Georgetown (2) W, 9-6; W, 8-6 NEWARK, DEL. Mar 30 @ Rutgers (2) L, 2-1; L, 7-2 3:00 P.M. Apr 2 Lehigh W, 8-4 Apr 4 @ St. Joseph's (Norristown, Pa.) W, 17-2 Apr 6 Virginia Tech (2) L, 3-0; L, 2-0 Apr 7 Virginia Tech L, 10-9 (10) Apr 9 @ Drexel W, 16-4 Apr 10 St. Joseph's W, 11-9 MEDIA INFORMATION Apr 12 Connecticut (2) gm 1 cnc; W, 8-3 Apr 14 West Virginia (2) W, 10-5; W, 6-1 INTERVIEW REQUESTS Apr 17 @ Penn L, 10-9 All Interview requests should be directed towards Jonathan Gust, Assistant Apr 18 La Salle W, 10-1 (7) Apr 20 Boston College (2) $ L, 10-1; W, 11-10 Director of Media Relations at (610) 519-4122 or via email at Apr 21 Boston College W, 3-2 [email protected]. Apr 24 Drexel W, 10-4 Apr 27 @ Pittsburgh (2) L, 8-4; W, 8-2 ON THE WEB Apr 28 @ Pittsburgh L, 5-1 Apr 30 Howard W, 3-1 Villanova’s recently re-designed web-page can be found at: May 1 Temple L, 7-6 www.villanova.com May 11 Notre Dame W, 8-7 May 12 Notre Dame (2) L, 8-1; L, 9-5 HOTLINE May 14 @ Temple cancelled May 15 @ Delaware 3:00 p.m. Get up-to-date scores on all your favorite Wildcat sports on the May 17 @ Seton Hall (2) 12:00 p.m. official hotline: (888) 400-NOVA May 18 @ Seton Hall 12:00 p.m. May 23-26 Big East Tournament in Bridgewater, N.J. TBA All Times Eastern. All home games at Richie Ashburn Field in Philadelphia unless noted. # - Service Academies Spring Classic in Millington, Tenn. ! - Homestead Challenge (Homestead, Fla.) % - Liberty Bell Classic @ Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia (Opening Round on 3/21 at Richie Ashburn Field) $ - at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia
THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES BIG EAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS •Villanova takes one game from No. 19 ranked Notre Dame this past (THROUGH 5/14/02) weekend. BIG EAST OVERALL Team W L TWLT • 1B Rob Cafiero winding down senior season in style...hits 14th and Notre Dame 15 8 0 36 14 0 Boston College 15 8 0 29 19 0 15th home runs of season versus No. 19 Notre Dame Virginia Tech 15 8 0 27 24 0 Rutgers 14 9 0 30 18 0 • Junior CF Chris Graziano ties career-high with 37th stolen base of Pittsburgh 12 10 0 32 15 1 Connecticut 12 10 0 27 20 0 2002 season. St. John's 12 11 0 26 21 0 Villanova 10 12 0 28 21 0 • Junior RHP James Russell continues his masterful season as the Seton Hall 10 13 0 24 25 0 Big East Conference’s top closer. Russell is first in the Big East and West Virginia 9 13 0 24 22 0 tied for second in the nation in saves with 14. Georgetown 2 24 0 9 47 0 W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
VILLANOVA BASEBALL 2002 ROSTERS WILDCATS BY CLASS
Numerical Roster Graduate Students - 1 (Scott Ward). Seniors - 6 (Rob Cafiero, Greg Fater, Bob NO NAME CL POS HT WT B/T HOMETOWN/ HIGH SCHOOL Grzenda, Brian Hearne, Brendan Mannix, 1 Dustin Downs Jr IF 6-0 185 R/R Staten Island, N.Y./ St. Joseph by the Sea Brendan Trainor. 2 Brian Trotta So SS 6-1 170 R/R Long Island, N.Y./ W.T. Clarke Juniors - 11 (Marshall Canosa, Ryan 3 Greg Fater Sr C 5-11 175 R/R Newport, R.I./ Rogers Crammer, Dustin Downs, Michael Duncan, 7 Brian Hearne Sr LHP/DH 5-11 180 L/L Landenberg, Pa./ Avon Grove Chris Graziano, Tom Kandybowicz, Brian 8 Alan Day Fr OF/RHP 6-1 195 R/R Lake Ridge, Va./ Woodbridge Senior 9Ryan Crammer Jr 1B/DH 6-4 185 L/R Columbus, N.J./ Bordentown Regional Newbold, James Russell, Brian Slocum, 11 Mark Cardillo Fr IF 5-8 160 R/R Naples, Fla./ Barron Collier John Yeager, Jamison Young. 12 Brian Slocum Jr RHP 6-3 195 R/R Eastchester, N.Y./ Iona Prep Sophomores - 4 (Mike Ciccotelli, Dan 13 Tom Kandybowicz Jr RHP 6-1 210 R/R Massapequa, N.Y./ Massapequa Farino, Adrian Schau, Brian Trotta. 14 Peter Riccio Fr IF 6-3 175 L/L Warren, N.J./ Watchung Hills Freshmen - 10 (Nick Allen, James Baxter, 15 Matt Derr Fr OF/1B 6-1 200 R/R Barto, Pa./ Upper Perkioman Mark Cardillo, Alan Day, Matt Derr, 17 Brian Newbold Jr OF/DH 6-2 185 R/R Newington, Conn./ Newington Michael Grodecki, Mike Illgas, Patrick 19 Dan Farino So RHP/DH 6-2 205 R/R Mt. Holly, N.J./ Rancocas Valley Regional Krieg, Joe McCoy, Peter Riccio. 20 John Yeager Jr RHP 6-2 205 R/R Kimberton, Pa./ Phoenixville Area 21 Nick Allen Fr RHP 6-0 190 R/R Green Lane, Pa./ Boyertown 22 Jamison Young Jr. OF 6-0 225 R/R Sicklerville, Pa./ Overbrook 23 Chris Graziano Jr OF 6-0 190 L/L Hamilton, N.J./ Notre Dame 24 Brendan Mannix Sr C/DH 6-3 208 S/R Crofton, Md./ Archbishop Spalding WILDCATS BY STATE 25 Michael Duncan Jr 3B 6-3 215 R/R Toms River, N.J./ Toms River North 30 Brendan Trainor Sr IF 6-1 185 L/R Chelmsford, Mass./ Northfield California - 1 (Adrian Schau). 31 Bob Grzenda Sr RHP 6-1 180 R/R Moosic, Pa./ Bishop Hannan Connecticut - 1 (Brian Newbold). 32 Michael Grodecki Fr RHP 6-7 200 R/R Northbrook, Ill./ Loyola Academy Florida - 1 (Mark Cardillo). 33 Adrian Schau So RHP/OF 6-1 198 R/R Novato, Calif./ Marin Catholic College Prep Illinois - 1 (Michael Grodecki). 35 Joe McCoy Fr RHP 6-2 175 R/R Dallas, Texas/ Highland Park Maryland - 1 (Brendan Mannix). 36 James Russell Jr RHP 6-7 240 R/R Rochester, N.Y./ Greece Athena 37 Patrick Krieg Fr OF 6-1 188 R/R West Chester, Pa./ West Chester East Massachusetts - 1 (Brendan Trainor). 38 James Baxter Fr LHP 6-0 185 L/L Mt. Pleasant, N.J./ Monsignor Donovan Rhode Island - 1 (Greg Fater). 40 Mike Ciccotelli So LHP 6-0 187 R/L Hartsdale, N.Y./ Iona Prep New Jersey - 7 (James Baxter, Ryan 44 Mike Illgas Fr C 5-9 195 L/R Kennett Square, Pa./ Malvern Prep Crammer, Michael Duncan, Dan Farino, 47 Marshall Canosa Jr C 5-9 190 R/R Pine Bush, N.Y./ Pine Bush Chris Graziano, Peter Riccio, Scott Ward). 50 Scott Ward Gr RHP 6-1 208 R/R Haddonfield, N.J./ Haddonfield Memorial New York - 8 (Rob Cafiero, Marshall 52 Rob Cafiero Sr 1B/DH 6-4 235 R/R Massapequa Park, N.Y./ Massapequa Canosa, Mike Ciccotelli, Dustin Downs, Tom Kandybowicz, James Russell, Brian Slocum, Brian Trotta). Alphabetical Roster Pennsylvania - 8 (Nick Allen, Matt Derr, NO NAME CL POS HT WT B/T HOMETOWN/ HIGH SCHOOL Bob Grzenda, Brian Hearne, Mike Illgas, 21 Nick Allen Fr RHP 6-0 190 R/R Green Lane, Pa./ Boyertown Patrick Krieg, Jon Yeager, Jamison Young). 38 James Baxter Fr LHP 6-0 185 L/L Mt. Pleasant, N.J./ Monsignor Donovan Texas - 1 (Joe McCoy). 52 Rob Cafiero Sr 1B/DH 6-4 235 R/R Massapequa Park, N.Y./ Massapequa Virginia - 1 (Alan Day). 47 Marshall Canosa Jr C 5-9 190 R/R Pine Bush, N.Y./ Pine Bush 11 Mark Cardillo Fr IF 5-8 160 R/R Naples, Fla./ Barron Collier 40 Mike Ciccotelli So LHP 6-0 187 R/L Hartsdale, N.Y./ Iona Prep 9Ryan Crammer Jr 1B/DH 6-4 185 L/R Columbus, N.J./ Bordentown Regional 8 Alan Day Fr OF/RHP 6-1 195 R/R Lake Ridge, Va./ Woodbridge Senior WILDCAT BASEBALL 15 Matt Derr Fr OF/1B 6-1 200 R/R Barto, Pa./ Upper Perkioman PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Dustin Downs Jr IF 6-0 185 R/R Staten Island, N.Y./ St. Joseph by the Sea 25 Michael Duncan Jr 3B 6-3 215 R/R Toms River, N.J./ Toms River North 19 Dan Farino So RHP/DH 6-2 205 R/R Mt. Holly, N.J./ Rancocas Valley Regional Ryan Crammer ...... CRAMM-er 3 Greg Fater Sr C 5-11 175 R/R Newport, R.I./ Rogers Tom Kandybowicz ...... kandy-BOW-itz 23 Chris Graziano Jr OF 6-0 190 L/L Hamilton, N.J./ Notre Dame Peter Riccio ...... REACH-e-o 32 Michael Grodecki Fr RHP 6-7 200 R/R Northbrook, Ill./ Loyola Academy Matt Derr ...... DARE 31 Bob Grzenda Sr RHP 6-1 180 R/R Moosic, Pa./ Bishop Hannan 7 Brian Hearne Sr LHP/DH 5-11 180 L/L Landenberg, Pa./ Avon Grove Bob Grzenda ...... gra-ZENDA 44 Mike Illgas Fr C 5-9 195 L/R Kennett Square, Pa./ Malvern Prep Mike Grodecki ...... gro-DECKI 13 Tom Kandybowicz Jr RHP 6-1 210 R/R Massapequa, N.Y./ Massapequa Adrian Schau ...... (rhymes with HOW) 37 Patrick Krieg Fr OF 6-1 188 R/R West Chester, Pa./ West Chester East Patrick Krieg ...... KREEG 24 Brendan Mannix Sr C/DH 6-3 208 S/R Crofton, Md./ Archbishop Spalding Mike Ciccotelli ...... chick-o-TELL-e 35 Joe McCoy Fr RHP 6-2 175 R/R Dallas, Texas/ Highland Park Mike Illgas ...... ILL-gus 17 Brian Newbold Jr OF/DH 6-2 185 R/R Newington, Conn./ Newington Rob Cafiero ...... ca-FEAR-o 14 Peter Riccio Fr IF 6-3 175 L/L Warren, N.J./ Watchung Hills 36 James Russell Jr RHP 6-7 240 R/R Rochester, N.Y./ Greece Athena 33 Adrian Schau So RHP/OF 6-1 198 R/R Novato, Calif./ Marin Catholic College Prep 12 Brian Slocum Jr RHP 6-3 195 R/R Eastchester, N.Y./ Iona Prep 30 Brendan Trainor Sr IF 6-1 185 L/R Chelmsford, Mass./ Northfield 2 Brian Trotta So SS 6-1 170 R/R Long Island, N.Y./ W.T. Clarke 50 Scott Ward Gr RHP 6-1 208 R/R Haddonfield, N.J./ Haddonfield Memorial 20 John Yeager Jr RHP 6-2 205 R/R Kimberton, Pa./ Phoenixville Area 22 Jamison Young Jr. OF 6-0 225 R/R Sicklerville, Pa./ Overbrook Head Coach: #5 Joe Godri (first season) Assistant Coaches: #10 Rick Clagett, #18 Doc Kennedy, #34 Rod Johnson W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
DELAWARE BASEBALL 2002 ROSTER DELAWARE 2002 RESULTS NO. NAME YR. POS. B/T HT./WT. HOMETOWN (HS/ LAST SCHOOL) Game Date Opponent Time/Results 1 Daryl Holcomb Fr. OF L/R 5-8/175 Wilmington, DE (Mt. Pleasant) Feb. 15 at East Carolina L 6-10 Feb. 16 at East Carolina L 2-3 (10 inn.) 2 Brent Rogers Fr. INF R/R 5-11/165 Claymont, DE (Mt. Pleasant) Feb. 17 at East Carolina L 0-9 3 Brett Wallace Fr. C R/R 5-11/170 Lincoln University, PA (Avon Grove) Feb. 22 vs. #San Diego (Shreveport, LA) L 2-6 Feb. 23 vs. #Cal State Northridge (Shreveport, LA) L 2-6 4 Steve Van Note So. OF R/R 6-3/210 Brigantine, NJ (Atlantic City/U. of Georgia) Feb. 24 vs. #Oklahoma State (at Shreveport, LA) L 4-6 5 Nick DeCarlo Jr. INF R/R 6-0/200 Glen Mills, PA (Garnet Valley) March 1 vs. Furman (Conway, SC) W, 3-1 vs. Coastal Carolina (moved from 3/3) L 1-5 6Teddy Puitz Sr. INF R/R 6-2/230 Pennsville, NJ (Pennsville/George Mason) March 6 Rider W 25-8 7 Reid Gorecki Jr. OF R/R 6-1/170 East Rockaway, NY (Kellenberg) March 8 Delaware State L 11-12 March 9 Delaware State (DH) W 9-2 8 Mark Michael So. INF/P R/R 6-4/195 Gibbstown, NJ (Gloucester Catholic/ODU) W12-2 9 Casey Fahy Sr. OF L/L 5-9/170 Clayton, NJ (Gloucester Catholic/George Mason) March 12 Quinnipiac W 13-4 March 16 Boston College (DH) L 8-9 (10 inn.) 10 Joe Kolodzey So. OF R/R 5/10/180 Cherry Hill, NJ (Cherry Hill East/Drexel) W4-1 11 Brock Donovan Fr.r INF L/R 5-10/175 New Castle, DE (William Penn) March 17 Boston College W 5-2 March 19 George Washington W 6-1 12 Kris Dufner Jr. INF L/R 6-2/180 Philadelphia, PA (Father Judge) March 23 Albany (DH) W 10-7 W 21-3 14 John Schneider Jr. C R/R 6-3/215 Lawrenceville, NJ (Lawrenceville) March 24 Albany W 12-7 March 25 at Villanova (Liberty Bell Classic) W 7-5 15 Steve Harden Jr. INF/P R/R 6-1/185 Wilmington, DE (Dickinson) March 27 at Rider L 4-14 16 Jason Rogers Fr. P R/R 6-0/185 New Castle, DE (William Penn) March 29 at *James Madison W 12-7 March 30 at *James Madison L 4-6 17 Rich McGuire Sr. P R/R 6-2/205 Wantagh, NY (Gen. MacArthur/Providence) April 2 at George Washington L 5-6 18 Brian Zeigler Sr. P L/L 6-2/170 Bear, DE (Caravel/Mansfield) April 3 Saint Joseph's (Liberty Bell Classic ) W 10-3 April 5 *UNC Wilmington L 2-20 19 Dave Harden Fr.r OF R/R 6-1/195 Wilmington, DE (Dickinson) April 6 *UNC Wilmington W 5-1 20 Mike Iannucci Fr.r P L/L 6-1/190 Voorhees, NJ (Bishop Eustace) April 7 *UNC Wilmington L 2-10 April 9 Temple W 15-1 (7 inn.) 21 Chris Garrick Fr.r P R/R 6-3/190 Nesconset, NY (Smithtown) April 12 *Towson W 6-5 (10 inn.) 22 Ryan Dulaney Jr. P R/R 6-2/200 Annapolis, MD (Riverdale Baptist/Young Harris) April 13 *Towson W 13-2 April 14 *Towson W 18-4 23 Jason Vincent Jr. P R/R 6-2/180 Seaford, DE (Seaford) April 16 Temple (LBC Finals at Veteran's Stadium) W 17-6 24 Mike Mihalik So. P R/R 6-3/205 Allentown, PA (Parkland) April 17 Wilmington (Del.) College W 19-5 April 19 at *George Mason W 7-6 29 Doug Eiteleman Jr. OF L/L 6-0/190 Wilmington, DE (Concord) April 20 at *George Mason L 7-14 30 Matt Wimer Jr. C R/R 5-7/170 Quarryville, PA (Solanco) April 22 Delaware State (at Frawley Stadium) W 17-5 April 24 at Penn State (DH) L 2-6 (7 inn.) 32 Scott Rambo Fr.r P R/R 6-0/200 Downingtown, PA (Downingtown) W9-8 (12 inn.) 33 Tom Turner Jr. RHP R/R 6-4/205 Brooklyn, NY (Xaverian/Manhattan College) April 26 at *Virginia Commonwealth W 6-4 April 27 at *Virginia Commonwealth W 6-5 34 Andrew Noe Fr. INF/P R/R 6-5/235 Audubon, NJ (Audubon) April 28 at *Virginia Commonwealth W 13-8 35 Mike DeCarlo Fr.r C R/R 6-0/225 Glen Mills, PA (Garnet Valley) April 30 Rutgers L 8-12 May 1 at Delaware State (DH) W 8-3 W 8-7 May 3 *Hofstra W 6-5 Head Coach: Jim Sherman May 4 *Hofstra W 15-0 May 5 *Hofstra W 15-9 Assistant Coaches: Dan Hammer, Greg Mamula, Tim Hamberger May 7 at UMBC W 14-1 May 9 *William & Mary L 5-10 May 10 *William & Mary L 7-19 May 11 *William & Mary L 3-7 May 15 Villanova 3 p.m. May 21-25 Colonial Athletic Association Championships at Manteo, NC
DELAWARE 2002 STATISTICS
Record: 33-20 CAA Baseball: 12-7 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 7 Gorecki, Reid.... .402 46-46 184 62 74 11 9 11 46 136 .739 30 2 24 0 .488 1 2 27-31 115 9 4 .969 12 Dufner, Kris...... 361 47-47 191 43 69 12 5 7 47 112 .586 20 3 40 0 .420 5 0 12-14 89 112 19 .914 9 Fahy, Casey...... 345 52-51 206 58 71 13 6 0 23 96 .466 19 8 33 0 .415 3 4 38-42 76 7 1 .988 8 Michael, Mark.... .326 50-49 184 42 60 12 1 8 36 98 .533 16 6 32 0 .394 2 0 7-9 35 102 17 .890 4 Van Note, Steve.. .313 46-41 150 38 47 8 2 10 41 89 .593 18 4 45 0 .392 4 0 7-8 62 0 2 .969 14 Schneider, John.. .297 52-50 185 41 55 14 1 7 49 92 .497 20 6 37 0 .372 7 0 4-6 284 48 4 .988 29 Eitelman, Doug... .281 48-44 167 29 47 8 5 5 40 80 .479 8 1 29 0 .316 1 0 2-3 48 2 2 .962 5 DeCarlo, Nick.... .280 41-39 143 34 40 10 0 7 21 71 .497 15 5 35 0 .366 1 0 1-2 57 97 13 .922 15 Harden, Steve.... .263 50-49 171 39 45 12 2 7 38 82 .480 15 1 27 1 .319 4 0 2-2 365 47 4 .990 ------34 Noe, Andrew...... 353 11-2 17 5 6 0 0 1 5 9 .529 2 1 4 0 .450 0 0 0-0 21 3 0 1.000 21 Garrick, Chris... .333 2-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 3 5 1 .889 11 Donovan, Brock... .308 36-30 120 28 37 3 3 2 26 52 .433 17 4 18 1 .397 5 0 0-5 16 44 1 .984 10 Kolodzey, Joe.... .308 15-0 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 .308 5 1 3 0 .526 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 1.000 30 Wimer, Matt...... 250 22-6 32 6 8 3 0 2 8 17 .531 0 1 8 0 .265 1 0 0-0 68 5 0 1.000 16 Rogers, Jason.... .250 2-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0-0 2 13 1 .938 35 DeCarlo, Mike.... .250 6-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 1 0 2 0 .400 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 6 Puitz, Teddy...... 232 34-20 82 17 19 2 1 3 16 32 .390 6 3 20 1 .301 2 0 1-2 86 12 3 .970 19 Harden, Dave...... 185 25-2 27 5 5 1 0 0 2 6 .222 2 1 7 0 .267 0 2 0-0 11 1 1 .923 Totals...... 313 53-53 1883 451 590 109 35 70 399 979 .520 194 47 365 3 .385 36 8 101-124 1370 560 78 .961 Opponents...... 300 53-53 1850 328 555 124 11 44 294 833 .450 180 49 345 5 .373 21 18 30-59 1339 478 103 .946 LOB - Team (371), Opp (420). DPs turned - Team (35), Opp (29). IBB - Team (5), Gorecki 2, Dufner 1, Schneider 1, DeCarlo,N. 1, Opp (12). Picked off - Gorecki 2, Dufner 2, Michael 2, Van Note 1, Fahy 1, Eitelman 1, DeCarlo,N. 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 16 Rogers, Jason.... 4.03 3-4 15 7 1 0/1 1 67.0 73 41 30 18 69 15 0 5 264 .277 2 3 0 5 2 23 Vincent, Jason... 4.74 6-3 13 13 4 0/0 0 89.1 111 56 47 22 39 24 4 2 359 .309 2 7 0 5 4 17 McGuire, Rich.... 4.90 5-4 14 13 0 0/0 0 75.1 91 57 41 42 45 9 3 13 307 .296 7 7 4 2 3 24 Mihalik, Mike.... 6.96 5-5 16 10 1 0/0 0 75.0 112 73 58 30 65 28 1 11 315 .356 1 14 0 6 5 ------15 Harden, Steve.... 0.75 0-0 13 0 0 0/0 5 12.0 10 1 1 3 19 4 0 1 48 .208 1 1 1 0 0 20 Iannucci, Mike... 3.60 0-0 4 0 0 0/1 0 5.0 9 7 2 2 6 2 0 0 26 .346 0 0 0 0 0 32 Rambo, Scott..... 3.93 7-2 20 3 0 0/0 1 50.1 45 26 22 35 36 16 1 2 187 .241 5 3 0 1 0 22 Dulaney, Ryan.... 5.55 4-0 11 3 1 0/0 0 35.2 36 26 22 11 25 8 1 3 140 .257 3 5 0 1 1 34 Noe, Andrew...... 6.00 0-1 7 3 0 0/0 0 15.0 25 11 10 6 8 6 1 1 68 .368 4 3 0 0 2 21 Garrick, Chris... 6.11 3-1 12 1 0 0/0 0 28.0 35 25 19 10 28 7 0 6 117 .299 5 5 1 1 1 8 Michael, Mark.... 11.25 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 8 5 5 1 5 5 0 0 19 .421 1 1 0 0 0 Totals...... 5.05 33-20 53 53 7 1/1 7 456.2 555 328 256 180 345 124 11 44 1850 .300 31 49 6 21 18 Opponents...... 7.26 19-33 53 53 3 1/1 3 446.1 590 451 360 194 365 109 35 70 1883 .313 46 47 14 36 8 PB - Team (11), Schneider 10, Wimer 1, Opp (18). Pickoffs - Team (5), Rogers,J. 2, Garrick 2, Dulaney 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - Schneider (19-45), Wimer (11- 12), Rambo (6-12), McGuire (5-11), Vincent (2-10), Mihalik (7-10), Rogers,J. (2-5), Noe (3-4), Garrick (3-4), Dulaney (2-2), Michael (0-1). W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
VILLANOVA BY POSITION VILLANOVA ROSTER BREAKDOWN CF LF Graziano RF BY POSITION Schau Krieg Hearne Pitchers ...... 15 Newbold Day Catchers ...... 4 Derr Infielders ...... 9 Outfielders ...... 7 2B SS Trainor Trotta Cardillo Downs HITTING Right-Handed Batters ...... 24 Left-Handed Batters ...... 7 P Switch Hitters ...... 1 Slocum 3B Yeager 1B Mannix Grzenda Cafiero PITCHING Duncan Kandybowicz Crammer Right-Handed ...... 12 Farino Left-Handed ...... 3
MISCELLANEOUS C DH Fater Crammer Starters Returning/ Lost ...... 5/4 Canosa Day Lettermen Returning/ Lost ...... 21/9 Mannix Newbold Newcomers ...... 12
VILLANOVA HEAD COACH JOE GODRI VILLANOVA BASEBALL QUICK FACTS
On Tuesday, May 8, 2001, Villanova University Director of Home Field ...... Richie Ashburn Field Athletics Vince Nicastro announced the hiring of Joe Godri as the Capacity ...... 1,000 school's 10th head baseball coach, replacing former head coach Head Coach ...... Joe Godri George Bennett who retired following the 2001 season after 16 years with the Wildcats. Godri, who has had two different stints with the Record at Villanova/ Years ...... 28-21/ first season Villanova baseball program totaling five years, had just finished up Career record/ Years ...... same his first season as Associate Head Coach of the Wildcats in 2001. Alma Mater ...... University of Pittsburgh, 1990 Godri began his coaching career at the University of Assistant Coach ...... Rick Clagett Pittsburgh in 1988, where he was the batting coach from 1988-90. He Assistant Coach ...... Doc Kennedy came to Villanova University in 1991 for his first of two stints with Assistant Coach ...... Rod Johnson the Wildcat baseball program. Godri was the batting coach for 2001 Overall Record ...... 25-25-1 Villanova for three seasons. Following his three seasons at Villanova, Godri headed to New Mexico State 2001 Big East Record/ Finish ...... 10-16/ 9th where he served as the team's head assistant from 1994-97. While coaching at New Mexico Letterwinners Returning/ Lost ...... 21/9 State, the Aggies were ranked in the top 25 for the first time in school history. Starters Returning/ Lost ...... 5/3 After three seasons at New Mexico State, Godri spent one season as an associ- Newcomers ...... 11 ate scout for the Cleveland Indians. He then traveled to the University of Utah where he Baseball Office Telephone ...... (610) 519-4529 assisted with the pitching staff for two seasons. Following his two seasons in Salt Lake Head Coach’s Email ...... [email protected] City, Godri returned to the Main Line in 2000 to begin his second go-around with the Media Relations Contact ...... Jonathan Gust Wildcats. After serving as an assistant to head coach George Bennett in 2000, he was pro- moted to Associate Head Coach in January 2001. In addition to his on-the-field duties for Media Relations Telephone ...... (610) 519-4122 Villanova this past season, Godri also served as the team's recruiting coordinator. Media Relations Fax ...... (610) 519-7323 A 1990 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with his Bachelor's Degree in Contact’s Email ...... [email protected] education, Godri went on to receive his Master's Degree in marketing and management from Contact’s Home Telephone ...... (610) 526-0604 New Mexico State. He played his collegiate ball at Colorado State and Montgomery County Villanova Baseball Years/ Record ...... 1866-Present/ 1547-1035-26 Junior College.
TEAM COMPARISON
VILLANOVA TEAM COMPARISON DELAWARE 49 Games 53 .274 Batting Average .313 1527 At-Bats 1883 282 Runs 451 419 Hits 590 247 RBI 399 90-11-37 2B-3B-HR 105-35-70 226 BB 194 321 SO 365 4.44 ERA 5.05 405.2 IP 456.2 438-240-200 H-R-ER 555-328-256 148 BB 180 308 SO 345 W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
VILLANOVA NEWS & NOTES VILLANOVATAKES ONE FROM NO. 19 NOTRE DAME... MAKING HIS MARK ON THE NATIONAL SCENE... On Saturday, May 11 at Richie Ashburn Field in Philadelphia, the Villanova base- Junior 6-7 right-hander James Russell is one of the top closers in the Big ball team rallied from a two-run seventh inning deficit to knock off the No. 19 East Conference as well as the nation.. Thus far in 2002, Russell leads nationally ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 8-7. With the win, the Wildcats the Big East leaders in saves with 14, as well as being tied for second in improve to 28-19 overall on the year and 10-10 in Big East Conference action. The the nation in saves. Entering the week, he was just one behind San Diego Irish, who had won 16 of their last 17 games coming into the contest, fell to 34-14 overall and 13-8 in conference play. In the bottom of the seventh inning with the State’s Royce Ring who has 15. On April 30 versus Howard, he tied the `Cats trailing 7-5, Notre Dame reliever J.P. Gagne walked Villanova rightfielder career save record of 16 held by John Klopp (1993-96). In 21 appear- Brian Hearne with one out. With Hearne on first base, Wildcat first baseman Rob ances this season, he is 1-3 with a 1.75 ERA. Pitching 25.2 innings on Cafiero came to the plate. Cafiero hammered a 1-1 pitch by Gagne over the left- the year, Russell has allowed just 21 hits, 10 runs (five earned) and eight center field wall for a two-run home run. The home run was his 14th of the season walks, while striking out 33 batters. On April 12 versus UConn, he broke and tied the game up at 7-7. Villanova took its first lead of the game in the bot- the school record for saves in a season with his 10th. tom of the eighth inning. Fater singled off Gagne with one out to give the `Cats their first baserunner of the inning. Trotta followed with a single down the leftfield Saves in a Season Saves in a Career line to move Trotta to third base. The Wildcats tallied their third consecutive hit as 1. James Russell 13 (2002) 1. John Klopp (1993-96) 16 second baseman Brendan Trainor singled to center field to score Fater with the go- 2. Brad Baker 9 (1992) James Russell (2000-) 16 ahead run. Taking an 8-7 lead into the ninth inning, Russell looked to close the John Klopp 9 (1995) 3. David Hunt (1991-94) 15 door on the Irish. He did just that, getting catcher Paul O'Toole to ground to sec- ond, designated hitter Matt Bok to ground back to the mound, and Millmaier to Brian Manning 9 (1999) 4. Brian Manning (1998-2000) 14 foul out to the catcher to end the game. Russell's 1-2-3 inning sealed the win for 5. Brad Baker (1991-92) 10 Villanova, as the Wildcats defeated No. 19 Notre Dame, 8-7.
`CATS AMONG NCAA STAT LEADERS... CAFIERO FINISHING CAREER AMONG `NOVA’S BEST ... In the NCAA statistics released on Tuesday, April 23, two Villanova play- On April 26 in game one of a Saturday doubleheader at Pittsburgh, ers were ranked among the national leaders. Junior closer James Russell Villanova first baseman Rob Cafiero knocked in the 184th RBI of his is tied for second in the nation in saves with 14. Junior centerfielder career. With that RBI, Cafiero became the Villanova all-time career Chris Graziano currently rank seventh in stolen bases per game at 0.76 leader in runs batted in, breaking the 13-year old record held by former per game (37 in 49 games), Wildcat All-American Gary Scott (1987-89). With a double on Tuesday, April 30 versus Howard, he also broke the Villanova all-time career dou- bles record, posting his 59th career two-bagger to surpass Matt Longo’s ALLEN-TOWN... record. In addition to RBI and doubles, Cafiero is also among the top 10 With every appearance he makes, freshman pitcher Nick Allen seems to in the Villanova career record books in seven other categories: second in get better and better. In his first six appearances of the year, Allen pitched hits (236), second in total bases (399), second in games played (198), sec- 10 innings and gave up 11 runs on 18 hits. His last eight times out, five ond in at-bats (701), fourth in home runs (34), fifth in walks (103) and of which were starts, have been drastically different. On Tuesday, April seventh in runs scored (141). 30, versus Howard, Allen pitched six and one-third innings, allowing just one unearned on four hits, striking out six without walkinga batter. For Villanova Career RBI List (Top Five) the season, he owns a perfect 6-0 record with a 4.22 ERA, striking out 30 Name Years RBI and walking just seven in 42.2 innings. 1. Rob Cafiero 1999- 195 2. Gary Scott 1987-89 183 3. Nick Piantek 1998-2001 164 4. Rick Welsh 1995-98 161 THE SULTAN OF STEAL... 5. Matt Longo 1998-2001 158 On March 24, junior center fielder Chris Graziano stole the 62nd base of his career, breaking the Villanova career stolen base record held by Cafiero’s Career Statistics 1997 grad Brian Fili, who stole 61 bases between 1994-97. Graziano is Year Avg. GP/S AB R H RBI 2B-3B-HR TB BB among the top stolen base threats in the country giving opponents a con- 1999 .361 51/51 191 40 69 72 15-0-10 114 25 stant headache on the basepaths. Last season, Graziano stole 37 bases in 2000 .320 48/46 172 32 55 40 13-1-5 85 26 41 attempts and finished the 2001 campaign third in the nation in stolen 2001 .299 50/45 167 27 50 36 13-0-4 75 21 2002 .363 49/49 171 42 62 47 18-0-13 125 31 bases per game. A strong all-around performer, he also batted .357 in Total .337 198/191 701 141 236 195 59-1-34 399 103 2001 with 40 runs scored and 17 RBI. Graziano was named to the All- Big East third team following the season. This season, he has picked up right where he left off. Through 46 games, Graziano is 37-for-43 in SLOCUM ON WATCH LIST FOR SMITH AWARD... stolen base attempts giving him 80 thefts for his career. Ten Big East baseball players are on the watch list for the 2002 Smith Award, given out annually to the best collegiate baseball player in the country. Among those is Villanova junior RHP Brian Slocum. Slocum SCHAU A JACK OF ALL TRADES FOR VILLANOVA... draws large groups of major league scouts whenever and wherever he Only a sophomore, Adrian Schau is already one of the top two-way pitches. He has not disappointed in 2002, as he is predicted to be draft- players in the Big East. In his first season as the team’s starting leftfielder ed among the first three to four rounds of June’s major League Baseball in 2002, Schau is hitting .308 with 33 run scored, 11 doubles, one triple. Amateur Draft. Thus far this season, Slocum is 3-2 with a 3.92 ERA, seven home runs and 28 RBI. On the mound, Schau is a key middle holding opponents to a .239 batting average. In 59.2 innings of work, he reliever and setup man out of the Wildcat bullpen. He has appeared in 15 has allowed just 31 runs (26 earned) on 53 hits, walking 26 and striking games and owns a 4-1 record with one save and a 3.05 ERA. In 20.2 out 58. innings, he has given up 10 runs (seven earned) on 17 hits, walking 10 and striking out 26. W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
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LAST MEETING BETWEEN VILLANOVAAMONG THE BIG EAST STAT LEADERS VILLANOVAAND DELAWARE
The Automated ScoreBook OVERALL GAMES CONFERENCE GAMES Villanova Wildcats vs Delaware Mar 25, 2002 at Philadelphia, Pa. (Richie Ashburn Field) Home Runs Batting Rob Cafiero 3rd 15 Rob Cafiero 8th .377 Villanova Wildcats 5 (12-9) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Triples Home Runs ------Chris Graziano T-2nd 4 Rob Cafiero 1st 8 Chris Graziano cf...... 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Brendan Trainor 2b...... 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 Stolen Bases Brendan Mannix T-2nd 7 Rob Cafiero 1b...... 4 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 2 Chris Graziano 1st 37 Triples Adrian Schau lf/p...... 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 Brian Newbold rf...... 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 Walks Brian Hearne T-1st 3 Brendan Mannix 3b...... 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Chris Graziano 3rd 34 Stolen Bases Alan Day dh...... 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Patrick Krieg lf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Rob Cafiero 8th 31 Chris Graziano 1st 13 Brian Trotta ss...... 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 Doubles Walks Greg Fater c...... 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 Marshall Canosa c...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 Rob Cafiero 4th 18 Chris Graziano T-3rd 17 James Baxter p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RBI RBI Mike Ciccotelli p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Grodecki p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Rob Cafiero 7th 47 Brendan Mannix T-2nd 26 Totals...... 38 5 10 5 4 10 24 11 11 Total Bases Rob Cafiero 9th 22 Delaware 7 (12-9) Rob Cafiero 3rd 125 Total Bases Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Slugging Percentage Rob Cafiero 2nd 59 ------Casey Fahy lf...... 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 Rob Cafiero 2nd .731 Brendan Mannix T-7th 48 Brock Donovan dh...... 4 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 Brendan Mannix 5th .643 On Base Percentage D. Harden rf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kris Dufner ss...... 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 Saves Rob Cafiero 7th .473 Steve Van Note cf...... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 James Russell 1st 14 Slugging Percentage Doug Eitelman rf/1b...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 John Schneider c...... 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 2 0 Opponents Batting Avg. Rob Cafiero 1st .766 Mark Michael 3b...... 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 Brian Slocum 9th .239 Brendan Mannix 4th .676 Nick DeCarlo 2b...... 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 Steve Harden 1b/p...... 4 1 2 1 0 0 7 2 3 Appearances Saves Scott Rambo p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 James Russell 4th 21 James Russell 1st 7 Andrew Noe p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 33 7 11 6 5 10 27 11 8 Appearances James Russell T-2nd 11 Score by Innings R H E ------Dan Farino T-5th 10 Villanova Wildcats.. 000 211 010 - 5 10 0 *Statistics are through games of 5/6 Delaware...... 120 400 00X - 7 11 3 ------E - Dufner 2; DeCarlo. LOB - Villanova 11; Blue Hens 8. 2B - Mannix 3; Trotta. 3B - Dufner. HR - Schau. HBP - Schneider. SH - Canosa. SB - Schau; Fahy; Dufner 2; Schneider 2; Michael. CS - Day; Donovan 2. Villanova Wildcats IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ------James Baxter...... 3.0 8 7 7 1 4 17 19 70 Mike Ciccotelli..... 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 6 8 40 Mike Grodecki...... 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 8 9 30 Adrian Schau...... 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 18 VILLANOVAAMONG THE NCAA STAT LEADERS Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ------Scott Rambo...... 6.0 7 4 4 4 6 25 29 116 Saves James Russell T-2nd 14 Andrew Noe...... 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 9 10 35 Steve Harden...... 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 4 4 17 Stolen Bases Per Game Chris Graziano 7th 0.76 (37 SB in Win - Rambo (2-2). Loss - Baxter (1-2). Save - Harden (1). HB - Baxter. BK - Ciccotelli. PB - Fater; Schneider. 49 Games) Start: 3:00 pm Time: 2:55 Attendance: 150 Baxter faced 4 batters in the 4th.
2002 VILLANOVA SENIORS
Rob Cafiero Greg Fater Bob Grzenda Brian Hearne Brendan Mannix Brendan Trainor Scott Ward W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
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2002 SEASON GODRI’S FIRST AS `NOVA HEAD COACH... NEW VILLANOVA BASEBALL HOME ON TAP FOR `03... On Saturday, Feb. 23, against Air Force, head coach Joe Godri earned The Villanova baseball program will have a new home in 2003, as the his first Villanova victory as his Wildcats defeated the Falcons, 5-1. Wildcats move from their current field in Philadelphia to a new baseball Godri began his first season at the helm of the Villanova baseball pro- complex in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Ground has already been broken for gram in 2002. He took over for longtime Wildcat mentor George this future home of the Wildcats, which will be located just off Bennett, who retired following the 2001 season after 16 years and a 463- Germantown Pike within Plymouth Township. The Villanova baseball 324-6 record at the school. Godri, who has had two different stints with program has been playing its home games at Richie Ashburn Field in the Villanova baseball program totaling five years, had just finished up Philadelphia since 1998 when the Wildcats field on campus was leveled his first season as Associate Head Coach of the Wildcats in 2001. During to make room for new residence halls. Villanova’s new field in Plymouth his coaching career to date, he has also spent time as an assistant at is approximately six to seven miles and just a 15-minute drive from the Pittsburgh, New Mexico State, and Utah. Villanova campus. “This complex will be a vital building block for the future of Villanova baseball,” said head coach Joe Godri. “This will give Villanova baseball one of the top facilities in the northeast, and will BIG SHOES TO FILL... enable us to continue attracting not only the top recruits in the northeast, The 2002 Villanova baseball team must make up for the loss of an out- but on the national level as well.” standing 2001 senior class that was lost to graduation. The biggest loss- es from last season are second baseman Matt Longo, designated hitter Nick Piantek, and left fielder Dave Pizzini. Longo ended his career PICKED 9TH IN BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL... among the school’s all-time leaders in a number of statistical categories. In the 2002 Big East Conference Preseason Poll, the Villanova baseball He is first in Wildcat record books in games played (201), at-bats (719), team was picked to finish ninth. The 2001 Big East Regular Season hits (242), doubles (58), and total bases (407), second in runs (199), Champion, Notre Dame, was once again chosen to win the conference. fourth in RBI (158) and fifth in home runs (31). Piantek ended his career Last season’s tournament champion, Seton Hall, was picked to place batting .307 with 43 doubles, 25 home runs and 164 RBI. He also gar- fourth. Below is the entire 2002 Big East Preseason Poll: nered All-Big East first team, as well as All-Region honors last season. Team (1st Place Votes) Pts. 2001 Record Pizzini finished his tremendous Villanova career batting .358 with 226 1. Notre Dame (8) 98 49-13-1 (22-4 Big East) hits and 41 doubles. 2. Rutgers (2) 92 42-17 (18-8) 3. Virginia Tech (1) 78 29-28-1 (14-11-1) 4. Seton Hall 69 34-23-1 (14-11-1) COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PRAISES FRESHMEN CLASS... 5. St. John’s 65 31-22 (13-13) Heading into the 2002 season, Collegiate Baseball released their annual 6. Boston College 54 29-22 (11-13) list of the nation's top recruiting classes. The list includes the nation's top 7. Connecticut 46 26-25 (13-13) 30, as well as the next 50 best classes. The Villanova baseball team and 8. West Virginia 34 27-26 (12-14) head coach Joe Godri's Wildcat recruiting class was rated as the 67th best 9. Villanova 31 25-25-1 (10-16) recruiting class in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. It was also rated as 10. Pittsburgh 26 18-27 (6-18) the third best in the Big East, behind only Notre Dame and Connecticut. 11. Georgetown 12 17-39 (7-19) Godri's 2002 Wildcats will include 10 newcomers. Included among those As voted on by the league’s head coaches. newcomers are Alan Day (RHP/OF, Lakeridge, Va./ Woodbridge Senior), Mark Cardillo (IF, Naples, Fla./ Barron Collier), Peter Riccio (IF/OF, Warren, N.J./ Watchung Hills), Matt Derr (OF, Pennsburg, Pa./ Upper Perkioman), Nick Allen (RHP, Green Lane, Pa./ Boyertown), Michael Grodecki (RHP, Northbrook, Ill./ Loyola Academy), Joe McCoy (RHP, Dallas, Texas/ Highland Park), Patrick Krieg (OF, West Chester, Pa./ West Chester East), James Baxter (LHP, Toms River, N.J./ Monsignor Donovan) and junior transfer Dustin Downs (SS/2B) from Manhattan College.
The 2002 Villanova Wildcat Baseball Team. W I L D C A T B A S E B A L L
VILLANOVA BY THE NUMBERS IN 2002
2002 VILLANOVA SEASON-HIGH 2002 VILLANOVA SEASON-LOW SUPERLATIVES SUPERLATIVES Batting Batting Hits 21, at St. Joseph’s, 4/4/02 Hits 2, twice, last vs. Navy, 2/24/02 Runs 17, at St. Joseph’s, 4/4/02 Runs 0, three times, last vs. Virginia Tech, 4/6/02 Doubles 6, at St. Joseph’s, 4/4/02 Doubles 0, vs. Virginia Tech, 4/6/02 Triples 1, eight times, last vs. Notre Dame, 5/12/02 Triples 0, 38 times, last vs. ND, 5/12/02 Home Runs 3, twice, last vs BC, 4/20/02 Home Runs 0, 19 times, last vs. ND, 5/12/02 Walks 13, vs. Coppin State, 3/16/02 Walks 1, five times, last vs. BC, 4/21/02 Strikeouts 16, at Tulane, 2/17/02 Strikeouts 0, vs. Coppin State, 3/17/02 Stolen Bases 5, vs. UConn, 4/12/02 Stolen Bases 0, 12 times, last vs. ND, 5/12/02 Pitching Pitching Hits Allowed 22, at St. John’s, 3/24/02 Hits Allowed 3, twice, last vs. Coppin State, 3/16/02 Runs Allowed 16, at St. John’s, 3/24/02 Runs Allowed 0, twice, last vs. Coppin State, 3/16/02 Walks 7, twice, last vs. St. Joseph’s 4/10/02 Walks 0, three times, last vs. ND, 5/12/02 Strikeouts 17, vs. Duquesne, 3/4/02 Strikeouts 0, vs. ND, 5/12/02 Fielding Fielding Errors for 5, at Pittsburgh, 4/28/02 Errors for 0, eight times, vs. La Salle, 4/18/03 Errors Against 5, twice, last vs. Drexel, 4/24/02 Errors Against 0, 12 times, last vs. ND, 5/12/02 Misc. Misc. Innings 10, three times, last vs. Virginia Tech, 4/7/02 Game Time (9 inn.) 1:55, vs. BC, 4/21/02 Game Time 3:23, vs. St. Joseph’s, 4/10/02 Game Time (7 inn.) 1:24, vs. Navy, 2/24/02
VILLANOVA BASEBALL VILLANOVA BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS IN 2002 2002 ATTENDANCE FIGURES
THE WILDCATS ARE... Number of home games thus far in `02 21 Total home attendance (avg. per game) 2,976 (142) 28-21 overall Season-high home game attendance 300, on 4/20/02 14-7 at home 8-10 on the road Number of road games thus far in `02 15 6-4 at neutral sites Total road attendance (avg. per game) 9,603 (534) 10-12 in Big East Conference play Season-high road game attendance 2,485 at Tulane 6-6 in Big East home games on 2/17/02 4-6 in Big East road games 0-3 in extra inning games Number of neutral site games thus far in `02 10 Total neutral site attendance (avg. per game) 2,044 (204) 22-6 when scoring 5+ runs Season-high neutral site game attendance 375 vs. Navy 6-15 when scoring less than 5 runs on 2/24/02
MARGIN OF VICTORIES (RUNS) VILLANOVAAGAINST THE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ CONFERENCES 572333 1 13 versus Mid-Eastern Athletic 4-0 versus Mid-Continent 1-0 versus PSAC 1-0 MARGIN OF DEFEATS (RUNS) versus MAAC 1-0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ versus Mountain West 1-0 73141 2 12 versus Atlantic 10 5-2 versus CAA 2-1 versus Patriot League 2-2 versus Big East 10-12 versus Conference USA 1-3 versus Ivy League 0-1