20092009 NECNECNEC BASEBALLBASEBALLBASEBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, First Floor, Somerset, NJ 08873 Baseball Contact: Ralph Ventre, Asst. Dir. Comm. Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Baseball Northeast Conference Baseball Facts & Figures (Week 8 - April 20, 2009)

Recent Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Tuesday, April 14 Rhode Island 11, QUINNIPIAC 6 1. Mount St. Mary's 9-3 .750 17-16 .515 W4 13-4 3-6 1-6 Manhattan 14, SACRED HEART 9 2. Monmouth 8-4 .667 19-16 .543 W1 9-6 8-10 2-0 Holy Cross 13, CENTRAL CONN. ST. 10 3. Central Conn. St. 6-5 .545 16-12 .571 W3 3-4 8-7 5-1 Maryland 13, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2 Saint Peter’s at LONG ISLAND, ppd Sacred Heart 6-5 .545 15-19-1 .443 W3 6-9-1 5-6 4-4 5. Wagner 6-6 .500 16-15 .516 L1 6-4 9-10 1-1 Wednesday, April 15 6. Long Island 5-7 .417 9-25 .265 L3 3-6 4-15 2-4 Manhattan 8, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1 7. Fairleigh Dickinson 4-8 .333 9-22 .290 L8 4-7 5-15 0-0 WAGNER 15, Seton Hall 4 Penn State 8, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3 8. Quinnipiac 3-9 .250 10-23 .303 L3 6-7 2-15 2-1 Friday, April 17 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 8, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7 Akadema/NEC Co-Players of the Week MONMOUTH 13, WAGNER 7 LONG ISLAND 15, SACRED HEART 11 James Jones, Long Island QUINNIPIAC 7, CENTRAL CONN. ST. 2 Jr., P/1B/OF, L/L, 6-3, 225 lbs., , NY/Telecommunications HS Jones batted .667 (10-for-15) and achieved one of the more difficult feats a hitter can accomplish during Saturday, April 18 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 8, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7 Long Island’s NEC series at Sacred Heart. Jones, the main offensive catalyst for a club that pushed across MOUNT ST. MARY’S 9, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 5 32 runs in four games, tallied a .737 on-base percentage and slugged 1.333 for an astronomical 2.070 CENTRAL CONN. ST. 19, QUINNIPIAC 8 OPS. The third-year Blackbird hit for the cycle as part of a 5-for-6 performance at the plate in the series CENTRAL CONN. ST. 8, QUINNIPIAC 4 opener. On his way to driving in eight runs for the week, Jones smashed two doubles, a , a home , SACRED HEART 10, LONG ISLAND 4 and a single in a 15-11 LIU triumph. His two-run homer in the eighth inning completed the cycle and SACRED HEART 5, LONG ISLAND 4 WAGNER 3, MONMOUTH 1 broke a 9-9 tie. The left-handed hitter went 3-for-3 with three runs scored in a 10-4 setback on Saturday. WAGNER 3, MONMOUTH 1 Mike Drowne, Sacred Heart Sunday, April 19 Jr., P/OF, R/L, 5-10, 175 lbs., South Hadley, MA/South Hadley MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4 Drowne hit .556 (10-for-18) over five games last week to lead a Sacred Heart lineup that batted .398 as a MONMOUTH 15, WAGNER 6 team. The leadoff hitter tallied four extra-base hits (2 2B, 3B, HR) and scored 12 of Sacred Heart’s 39 SACRED HEART 13, LONG ISLAND 9 runs during a four-game NEC series against Long Island. The junior centerfielder slugged .944 and drove CENTRAL CONN. ST. 11, QUINNIPIAC 7 in four runs for the week. Drowne drew a leadoff walk in the seventh inning of a tie game on Saturday and came around to score the gamewinner in a 5-4 triumph. Pinch hitting in a non-league mid-week contest Underlined Team is home. against MAAC leader Manhattan, Drowne hit safely and came around to score the first of his 13 runs. No underline indicates neutral site. Akadema/NEC of the Week Mike Matta, Mount St. Mary’s Jr., RHP, 6-1, 190 lbs., Woodbridge, VA/Potomac Matta made his mark in all four of the Mount’s NEC victories over Fairleigh Dickinson. The right-handed closer posted a 2-0 record, a pair of saves, and a 3.18 earned-run average in 5.2 innings pitched during the weekend sweep of the Knights. He came on to save both the series opener and the finale with a pair of victories sandwiched in between. Matta tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning to preserve the Mountaineers’ 8- 7 win on Friday. Entering the first half of Saturday’s doubleheader with the game tied at 7-7, his 2.1 innings of one-hit ball allowed the Mount to push across the gamewinner in its final at-bat. He worked 2.0 innings in the nightcap and found himself as the pitcher of record in a 9-5 victory before recording the final out of a 7-4 win Sunday. Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week Hunter Phillips, Sacred Heart Fr., INF, R/R, 5-5, 155 lbs., Monroe, CT/Masuk Phillips scored a run in each of Sacred Heart’s four contests, three of which were victories, against NEC foe Long Island. As a result the freshman second baseman claimed the Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week award that his teammate Mike Olszyk won last week. Phillips batted .333 (6-for-18) over a five-game sample with all six base-knocks coming against the Blackbirds. The rookie infielder, who drove in seven runs on the week, enjoyed his biggest collegiate performance thus far in the series finale. Phillips went 3- AkademaPro.com for-5 with two doubles, six RBI, and a run scored in powering the Pios to a 13-9 win. NEC Baseball Notes NEC Baseball Facts & Figures Tough Climb on Mount’s Home Turf Mount St. Mary’s swept its four-game Northeast Conference series against Fairleigh Dickinson in front of a 2009 Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll home crowd at Straw Family Stadium.where it has compiled a 13-4 overall record this season. The sweep of the Knights coupled with four victories over Quinnipiac back on NEC opening weekend puts the Mount’s 1. Monmouth (5) 5. Quinnipiac home conference record at a perfect 8-0. The Mountaineers’ home field fortunes have catapulted the defend- 2. Central Connecticut State (2) 6. Long Island ing NEC champions to the top of the league standings. Mount St. Mary’s (9-3) has a one game lead over second-place Monmouth (8-4), which won the 2008 NEC regular season crown. The Mountaineers fin- 3. Wagner (1) 7. Sacred Heart ished fourth in last season’s standings, but defeated top-seeded Monmouth twice on the final day of the NEC 4. Mount St. Mary’s 8. Fairleigh Dickinson Tournament to capture its first-ever crown. Sacred Heart Sluggers Enjoy Scorching Week at Plate 2008 Northeast Conference Final Standings Sacred Heart hit .398 as a team over five games last week, including a .411 batting clip during its four-game NEC series against Long Island. The Pioneers scored 39 runs against LIU pitching to win three of the four contests. The red-hot hitting display lifted Sacred Heart’s season average to .308, the third-highest in the NEC. Sacred Heart has four players ranked amongst the Conference’s top-10 hitters. Senior Jeff Hanson School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. (Woodtosck, NY/Onteora), who won three Akadema NEC Player of the Week awards to start the season, 1. Monmouth* 20-5 .800 37-16 .698 is the NEC batting leader (.467). Junior Mike Drowne (South Hadley, MA/South Hadley), who hit 2. Central Conn. St.* 18-9 .667 25-24 .510 .556 (10-for-18) last week, has the league’s third-highest average (.402). Senior Tyler Santos (Johnson. 3. Wagner* 17-11 .607 27-28 .491 City, NY/Johnson City) sits in eighth (.368) and Phil Tantillo (Blue Point, NY/St. John the Baptist) in 10th (.366) amongst league leaders. 4. Mount St. Mary's* 13-11 .542 21-33 .389 5. Fairleigh Dickinson 10-16 .385 15-38 .283 Blackbirds’ Rare Feat Results in Victory 6. Sacred Heart 10-18 .357 12-41 .226 It not everyday a team squanders a 9-0 lead and manages to still win. It’s nearly just as uncommon for a player 7. Quinnipiac 9-19 .321 16-36 .308 to hit for the cycle (single, , triple, and in the same game). Both happened during Long 8. Long Island 7-15 .318 16-31 .340 Island’s 15-11 NEC victory over Sacred Heart (Apr. 17). Junior James Jones (Brooklyn, NY/Tele- communications HS) contributed a leadoff triple and a RBI single during LIU’s nine-run first inning before doubling in the sixth frame. By the time Jones came to bat in the seventh, SHU had tied the game at 9- 9 but not for long. Jones smashed a two-run homer to complete the cycle and put LIU ahead for good. Jones, NEC Past Champions who later added another double, finished the day 5-for-6 at the plate with five RBI and two runs scored. Regular Season Tournament Collazo Becomes 10th Member of Monmouth’s 200-hit Club 2008 Monmouth 2008 Mount St. Mary’s All-NEC second baseman Chris Collazo (Wall, NJ/Wall) added another piece to his impressive baseball 2007 Quinnipiac/Mount St. Mary’s 2007 Monmouth resume this past week. The Monmouth senior singled to centerfield during the second half of Saturday’s 2006 CCSU 2006 Sacred Heart doubleheader (Apr. 18) against Wagner for the 200th hit of his collegiate career, a feat only nine other Hawks 2005 Quinnipiac 2005 Quinnipiac have achieved before. Collazo, who bumped his hit total up to 202 with a pair of baseknocks in Sunday’s 15- 6 triumph, is one of five Monmouth hitters batting better than .300 this season, but the only one to start all 35 2004 CCSU 2004 CCSU games. He is second on Monmouth in hits (43) and fourth in average (.309). 2003 CCSU 2003 CCSU 2002 Monmouth 2002 CCSU Seniors’ Career Days Deliver Two Wins for Monmouth 2001 CCSU/St. Francis (NY) (N) Monmouth won the opener and the finale of its four-game NEC series against Wagner (Apr. 17-19), taking UMBC/Monmouth (S) 2001 UMBC each with the help of a senior slugger. Right-handed hitting Paul Bottigilero (Milford, CT/ 2000 Long Island (N)/UMBC (S) 2000 Wagner Jonathan Law) drove in seven runs, all via the long ball, during Monmouth’s 13-7 series-opening victory. 1999 FDU/CCSU (N) 1999 Monmouth Bottigliero became the first Hawk to hit three home runs in a single game since 2001 when Jeff Toth went deep Monmouth (S) three times against Marist. It was Dave Casale’s (Toms River, NJ/TR North) turn in the series finale. The 1998 St. Francis (NY)/Monmouth 1998 Monmouth veteran infielder, who started at third base, went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and eight RBI in the 15-6 victory. The four hits, four runs, and eight RBI all accounted for career highs. 1997 Marist 1997 Marist 1996 Monmouth/Rider 1996 Rider Wagner Graduate Is A Show-Stopper 1995 Rider 1995 Rider Wagner graduate Andrew Bailey (Class of 2006) is making the most of his Major League debut season after 1994 Rider/FDU 1994 Rider being named to the ' opening day 25-man roster. Bailey, who graduated as the Wagner’s all- 1993 FDU 1993 St. Francis (NY) time strikeout leader, has yet to allow a run over 8.1 innings pitched in “The Show.” He has made six 1992 St. Francis (NY) appearances, all in relief, and has struck out 11 batters while walking just two. Sporting a 2-0 record, Bailey’s 1991 Monmouth latest victory was the result of two perfect innings he twirled against Toronto last Friday (Apr. 17). Local 1990 Long Island Wagner fans can catch Bailey at Yankee Stadium this week as the A’s are in town to face New York’s AL team. 1989 Monmouth Team-by-Team Notes 1988 Fairleigh Dickinson Central Connecticut State (16-12, 6-5 NEC) 1987 Fairleigh Dickinson CCSU is now 16-12 overall on the season after a 3-2 week. The Blue Devils lost a mid-week non-league home game to Holy Cross and played four against NEC Nutmeg State rival Quinnipiac. … The Blue Devils had a productive trip to Hamden over the weekend to move above .500 (6-5) in Northeast Conference play. CCSU took the final three games of their weekend series with the Bobcats after dropping the first game by a score of 7-2. … Sophomore Pat Epps (Waterford, CT/Waterford) had his best series in 2009 NEC Baseball a Blue Devil uniform against the Bobcats this weekend. The reigning Northeast Conference Player of the Week drove in 11 runs, hit .409, and scored another five runs. All 11 of Epps' RBI came in winning efforts. During Championships Saturday's doubleheader (Apr. 18) sweep of Quinnipiac, Epps drove in a total of six runs. He was as pro- ductive in a single 11-7 victory on Sunday (Apr. 19) when he went 4-for-5 with three doubles and five RBI. at New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT Epps, who totaled nine hits in 22 at-bats and slugged .591, has a team-best 33 RBI this season to rank fourth (Home of The Rock Cats Twins’ Double A Affiliate) amongst NEC leaders. … Senior catcher Sean Parker (Worcester, MA/Maine) belted a pair of home runs, both in the first win over QU on Saturday (Apr. 18). The veteran backstop drove in eight runs during May 21-23, 2009 the week, six of which were on Saturday alone. He was 7-for-16 from the plate and scored three times. … Junior Sean Allaire (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) continued to impress at the plate going 10-for-24 Four team, double-elimination tournament with 10 runs scored, four RBI, and four doubles in the five-game stretch last week. His 44 hits and 32 runs in league games this year. … The Mount hosts Towson (Apr. 21) before heading to Wagner scored lead the Blue Devils this season. … CCSU scored 50 runs in the five games and for a four-game NEC series over the weekend (Apr. 24-26). belted 66 hits, including 18 for extra bases. Quinnipiac (10-23, 3-9 NEC) Fairleigh Dickinson (9-22, 4-8 NEC) Quinnipiac dropped a non-conference contest at Rhode Island (Apr. 14) before losing three Fairleigh Dickinson dropped a non-conference contest at Manhattan (Apr. 15) before being swept by defending of four NEC games to rival Central Connecticut State (Apr. 17-19). … Junior Ryan Ullrich NEC champion Mount St. Mary's over the weekend (Apr. 17-19). … The Knights averaged 5.75 runs per game (Orange, CT/Amity) went 4-for-6 in during Saturday's twinbill against CCSU, including his in four contests against the Mount. … FDU found itself on the short side of two 8-7 defeats in Emmitsburg. The first career homerun and an RBI double in the second game. … Senior Bryn Doyle Knights trailed 8-2 in the series opener before pulling within one thanks to a five-run eighth inning, but went (Manchester, NH/Manchester) currently leads Quinnipiac in hits (34) and is second in down 1-2-3 in the ninth. It was a different story in the next day's 8-7 loss during which FDU built a 6-2 lead before runs scored (16). Doyle has reached base safely in 31 of 32 games played this season, the Mount exploded for a five spot in the fourth frame. … Senior Jeff Vincent (Murrysville, PA/ including his current 19-game streak. Doyle has delivered with runners in scoring position, Franklin Regional) drove in at least one run in every game against the Mount and has 12 RBI for the season. hitting .370 clip (10-for-27). … Senior Mike Marmo (Brookville, NY/Chaminade) The veteran leadoff hitter ha started 22 of FDU's 31 games. … Sophomore Brian Dillon (Sarasota, FL/ is tied with teammate Mickey Amanti (Waterford, CT/Waterford) for the team lead in Cardinal Mooney) is the only Knight to start all 31 games and leads the team in batting average (.383). The runs scored (19). Marmo also has a team-high 16 walks and a Bobcat-best nine multiple- NEC's fifth-ranked hitter is 41-for-107 at the plate with 23 RBI this season. hit games. … Sophomore Joe Poletsky (Riverside, CT/Greenwich) currently leads the team in RBI (17). Poletsky, who is second on the team with six multiple-RBI games, batted Long Island (9-25, 5-7 NEC) .412 (7-for-17) last week with a pair of doubles, three RBI, and three runs scored. … Long Island postponed its scheduled non-conference home game against Saint Peter's (Apr. 14) due to rain Amanti drove in a five runs while also clubbing a team-best two homeruns last week. … before traveling to Fairfield, CT for a four-game NEC set against Sacred Heart (Apr. 17-19). The Blackbirds Bobak Emamian (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) was called on to pinch hit on Sunday dropped three of the four league games, but sit only 1.5 games back of third place and a NEC Tournament berth. against Central Connecticut and delivered a one-out double off the base of the left field wall that … Junior James Jones (Brooklyn, NY/Telecommunications HS) was the offensive catalyst for Long plated two runs. For the year, Emamian has chipped in with 17 hits, eight RBI and nine runs Island in its series at Sacred Heart. He batted .667 over four games last week to raise his average 29 points to scored in 22 games played. … Freshman Gabe Guerino (Milford, CT/West Haven) .349 for the season. Jones tallied a .737 on-base percentage and slugged 1.333 for a 2.070 OPS. … In the series batted a team-high .412 last week and currently leads the team with a .368 average (25-for- opener, Jones came to the plate in the eighth with the score tied and needing a home run for the cycle. The 68). Guerino, who has 12 RBI and 11 runs scored, also carries a team-bests in slugging Brooklyn native did just that, blasting a two-run shot to put the Blackbirds ahead for good, 11-9, en route to a percentage (.471) and on-base percentage (.444). 15-11 win. In his next at-bat, Jones laced a double to right field that could have been a triple had Michael Tinneny (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by the Sea) not come up lame rounding second base, keeping Sacred Heart (15-19-1, 6-5 NEC) Jones at second. Jones drove in five runs in the win, going 5-for-6. … In the first half of Saturday's doubleheader, The Pioneers hit .398 as a team last week in five games, but an incredible .411 in four games a 10-4 Pioneers win, Jones went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and another home run. In the nightcap, a 5-4 against LIU (58-for-141). Sacred Heart is hitting a hefty .370 in 11 Northeast Conference walk-off win for Sacred Heart, Jones tallied two more hits and two more runs. … In Sunday's 13-9 Sacred Heart games and .308 overall as a team overall. ... Senior Jeff Hanson (Woodstock, NY/ win, Jones went 0-for-2 but still scored a run after drawing three walks. He finished the well-rounded week with Onteora) raised his NEC-leading batting average to .467 with an 11-for-22 week with three 10 hits, eight runs, six RBIs, two doubles, a triple, two homers, four walks and a steal. doubles, a triple, and five RBI. ... Senior Tyler Santos (Johnson City, NY/Johnson City) had a good week at the dish by hitting .455 (10-for-22). He drove home the winning Monmouth (19-16, 8-4 NEC) run in the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday (Apr. 18) with a bases-loaded single Monmouth is now 19-16 on the season, after going 2-2 this week. … With one more victory this season, over the head of a drawn in outfield with one out in the bottom of the seventh. ... Sophomore Monmouth will secure at least a 20-win season for a 14th straight year. Monmouth, which set a program-record pitcher Matt Fitton (Lebanon, CT/Lyman Memorial) lasted only 2/3 in his Friday with 37 victories last season, has 20 scheduled regular season games remaining. … Sophomore Nick start, which resulted in a 15-11 loss, but came back to throw five innings on Sunday to earn Pulsonetti (Old Tappan, NJ/Northern Valley), who has 16 career home runs, ranks second on the the win, allowing four hits and one unearned run. ... Senior hurler Chris Barthel team with 30 RBI. The sophomore now has 78 career RBI in 79 games, in just his second year at Monmouth. (Northford, CT/North Branford) earned his first win in two years with a complete-game … The Hawks connected on six more home runs this week, giving the team a total of 28 on the year. Of the Hawks' 10-4 win against the Blackbirds in the opening game of the doubleheader on Saturday. 38 hits during the four-game series, 11 were for extra-bases. … Senior Chris Collazo (Wall, NJ/Wall), who ranks second on the team with 43 hits, became the 10th player in Monmouth's Division I history to eclipse the Wagner (16-15, 6-6 NEC) 200-hit mark with his single in the second inning of game two on Saturday. Of Collazo's 202 career hits, 80 are Wagner went 3-2 last week. The Seahawks started with a 15-4 demolition of Seton Hall (Apr. singles. … Senior Paul Bottigliero's (Milford, CT/Jonathan Law) three-homer performance on Friday 15) before splitting its four-game weekend set at Monmouth (Apr. 17-19). The Green & White (Apr. 17) marked Monmouth's first game of the sort since 2001 when Jeff Toth connected on three straight long lost the first game at Monmouth (Apr. 17), 13-7, before sweeping Saturday's doubleheader balls against Marist. … Senior Mike Casale (Toms River, NJ/TR North) enjoyed three career-highs on (Apr. 18) against the Hawks by identical 3-1 scores. Wagner fell 15-6 in the series finale (Apr. Sunday. The third baseman collected four hits, two home runs, and eight RBI in the Hawks' 15-6 victory over 19). … The Seahawks have now split all three of their conference weekends … In their 15- Wagner. Casale, who entered the game without a home run this season, slugged a three-run bomb, a two-run 4 win over the Pirates all 14 Wagner players that came to the plate hit safely. The Seahawks double, a two-run blast, and a run-scoring single. … Sophomore Nick McNamara (Branchburg, NJ/ pounded out 18 hits while scoring multiple runs in four of the first six frames. … Wagner Somerville) appeared in two contests this past weekend, working 3.2 scoreless frames for the Hawks out of starter AJ Pirozzi (Staten Island, NY/Farrell), who struck out two while yielding three the bullpen. In Monmouth's 3-1 loss in game one on Saturday (Apr. 18), McNamara kept the Hawks within runs, two earned, over 5.0 innings against the Hall benefitted from the offensive explosion. striking distance by working 3.0 hitless innings. In a two-run contest on Sunday (Apr. 19), the lefty worked out The right-hander collected his first win since returning from Tommy John surgery, which of a bases loaded jam without surrendering a run. In 11 appearances, McNamara now has a 1.29 ERA with 12 forced Pirozzi to miss all of 2008. … The Green & White jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in strikeouts. … Senior Nick Meyers (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) earned his first save of the game one at Monmouth as Damian Csakai (Freehold, NJ/Freehold) blasted his first season, working three scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the Hawks in the 15-6 win (Apr. 19). … Senior career home run in his 550th career plate appearance before junior Vin Avella (Matawan, catcher Bobby Dombrowski (Denville, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) became the first player ever to throw out NJ/CBA) hit his NEC-leading 10th home run of the year. … Wagner got into the win column Wagner's Damian Csakai on a steal attempt. Dombrowski cut down a pair of would-be base stealers in the first on Saturday against Monmouth thanks to a pair of impressive pitching performances. Sopho- inning of game one on Saturday (Apr. 18), including the NEC leader in stolen bases (21). … Junior Ryan Buch more LHP Jack Rice (Middlesex, NJ/Immaculata) led Wagner to a win in the double (Yardley, PA/Conwell Egan Catholic) has 19 career wins, which ties him for third all-time at Monmouth dip's first half, spinning 5.0 innings of one-run ball with two strikeouts. Junior RHP Matt with Dan Severino. … Junior Brett Brach (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Twp.) improved to 5-0 on the season Watson (Howell, NJ/Howell) won the nightcap, striking out two while yielding just one run on with his victory over Wagner (Apr. 19). The righty, who has allowed 11 earned runs in 37.0 innings of work, five hits over 6.1 innings of work. The crafty right-hander improves to 5-1 on the year while now has 34 strikeouts compared to five walks. … Monmouth has scored at least a run in every game this year. lowering his team-best ERA to 2.41. He is now 3-0 with a microscopic 1.56 ERA over 17.1 innings of work against NEC opponents. … Closer Andrew Huebner (Hatfield, PA/ Mount St. Mary’s (17-16, 9-3 NEC) North Penn) saved both games of the twinbill to run his season total to 7 saves. … Wagner The Mount swept FDU this weekend to move into first place in the Northeast Conference with a 17-16 overall then dropped the series finale by a 15-6 score despite Jared Gruccio's (Landisville, NJ/ record and a 9-3 league mark. … With the four-game sweep, the Mount improved to 8-0 at home in NEC games Buena Regional) 11th multi-hit game of the year. On the year, Gruccio is batting a team- and 13-4 at home overall. … Junior shortstop Jacob Darr (Frederick, MD/Thomas Johnson) went best .436, including .452 during NEC play. … In the professional ranks, former Seahawk 7-for-8 at the plate in the Mount's doubleheader sweep of FDU on Saturday (Apr. 18), including a walk-off double Andrew Bailey picked up his second win of the year on Friday (Apr. 17) with four strikeouts to lift the Mount to an 8-7 win in game one. Darr finished the series with four RBI and six two-baggers. … over 2.0 innings in the Oakland A's 8-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Over his first six Sophomore center fielder Tommy Flynn (Reston, VA/South Lakes) hit .471 in the series with eight runs Major League games the hard-throwing right-hander has struck out 11 while yielding just two scored. … Sophomore outfielder Shane Eyler (Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key) belted two home walks and one hit over 8.1 scoreless innings. His scoreless streak is the longest by any runs last week, giving him 10 for the season. Eyler leads the Mount in batting average (.368), home runs (10), American League hurler to start the year this season. Oakland visits the tri-state area this week and RBI (34). … Mount St. Mary's is hitting a robust .332 in NEC games this year, averaging 7.33 runs per game. (Apr. 20-22), squaring off with the New York Yankees. … Flynn leads the Mount with a .484 average in NEC play while Eyler is hitting .400 with seven HR's and 21 RBI