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Northeast-10 Player of the Week Northeast-10 Conference 16 Belmont Street South Easton, MA 02375 Director of Media Relations: Gregory Pellegrino E-Mail: [email protected] PHONE: (508) 230-9844 2009 NE-10 Baseball n Regular Season Release FAX: (508) 230-9845 March 23, 2008 n For Immediate Release WEBSITE:WWW.NORTHEAST10.ORG ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Northeast-10 Baseball Standings Through March 22, 2009 Last Week's Contests Monday, March 16 Southern Connecticut 7, C.W. Post 3 Conference Overall New Haven 8, Molloy 3 GP Record Win % GP Record Win % UMass Lowell 2, Caldwell 1 UMass Lowell 3 3-0-0 1.000 13 10-3-0 0.769 UMass Lowell 6, Caldwell 5 Assumption 3 3-0-0 1.000 16 9-7-0 0.562 Lynn 9, Franklin Pierce 5 Southern Connecticut 2 2-0-0 1.000 12 7-5-0 0.583 Barry 12, Merrimack 1 Southern New Hampshire 2 2-0-0 1.000 13 5-8-0 0.385 Tuesday, March 17 Saint Anselm 3 2-1-0 0.667 15 5-10-0 0.333 Caldwell 10, New Haven 7 Bentley 2 1-1-0 0.500 18 9-9-0 0.500 Merrimack 5, St. Thomas Aquinas 3 Pace 3 1-2-0 0.333 18 6-11-1 0.361 Merrimack 5, St. Thomas Aquinas 4 Saint Rose 4 1-3-0 0.250 17 5-12-0 0.294 Southern Connecticut 9, Saint Rose 5 Merrimack 0 0-0-0 0.000 13 9-4-0 0.692 Nova Southeastern 6, Franklin Pierce 2 Franklin Pierce 0 0-0-0 0.000 16 7-9-0 0.438 UMass Lowell 3, Florida Tech 0 American International 2 0-2-0 0.000 14 2-12-0 0.143 Wednesday, March 18 Stonehill 3 0-3-0 0.000 16 7-9-0 0.438 Post 5, Stonehill 4 New Haven 3 0-3-0 0.000 10 3-7-0 0.300 Post 4, Stonehill 0 St. Thomas (Fla.) 6, Pace 3 Thursday, March 19 Northeast-10 Player of the Week Pace 11, Molloy 6 American International 1, Bloomfield 0 Jeff Berume, Merrimack (Sr., OF, Leicester, Bloomfield 10, American International 7 Mass.) – Hit .526 this past week with 20 hits in St. Thomas Aquinas 2, Franklin Pierce 1 (12) Friday, March 20 38 at-bats to go with six doubles, a homer, UMass Lowell 6, New Haven 5 Franklin Pierce 1, Molloy 0 seven steals, and 10 RBI. Molloy 3, Franklin Pierce 1 Merrimack 4, Philadelphia 0 Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week Merrimack 6, Philadelphia 2 (12) Post 8, Saint Anselm 7 Chris Pinette, Merrimack (Fr., SP, Norwood, Saturday, March 21 Mass.) - Hurled a no-hitter, in his second career So. New Hampshire 4, American International 2 So. New Hampshire 6, American International 5 start, striking out three and walking one in a 4- Saint Anselm 3, Pace 2 0 win over Philadelphia. Saint Anselm 2, Pace 1 Merrimack 16, Philadelphia 3 Assumption 9, Stonehill 1 Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week Assumption 11, Stonehill 10 Pat Devlin, UMass Lowell (Fr., 2B, Dracut, UMass Lowell 4, New Haven 3 UMass Lowell 9, New Haven 5 Mass.) - Batted .421 (8-19), slugged .632 with Saint Rose 8, Bentley 6 (11) three stolen bases, five runs and two walks in a Sunday, March 22 Bentley 4, Saint Rose 3 6-0 week. Hit safely in four of five games. Went Pace 3, Saint Anselm 2 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run in a Assumption 10, Stonehill 4 2-1 win over Caldwell; Batted 7-for-13 in the three-game sweep over New Haven with four runs, one walk, one stolen base and one RBI. Northeast-10 Conference 16 Belmont Street South Easton, MA 02375 Director of Media Relations: Gregory Pellegrino E-Mail: [email protected] PHONE: (508) 230-9844 2009 NE-10 Baseball n Regular Season Release FAX: (508) 230-9845 March 23, 2008 n For Immediate Release WEBSITE:WWW.NORTHEAST10.ORG ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Honor Roll: This Week’s Contests Monday, March 23 Kevin Farrell, American International (Sr., 1B, Wilbraham, Mass.) - Hit .308 (4-13) Saint Anselm at Adelphi Tuesday, March 24 this past week, including two homeruns. The first homerun of the week was a walk- Assumption at New Haven off in the bottom of the ninth to beat Bloomfield 1-0. Against Southern New Franklin Pierce at Southern New Hampshire Hampshire, went 2-for-4 with another solo homerun. Pace at American International Bentley at Merrimack Mike Baillargeon, Assumption (Sr., 2B, Worcester, Mass.) - In a 3-0 weekend series Stoenhill at UMass Lowell with Stonehill, hit .545 with six hits including the 200th of his career. Also scored six Wednesday, March 25 runs had two doubles, one triple, one home run and had four RBI. C.W. Post at New Haven Assumption at Southern New Hampshire Merrimack at Bentley Jeff Barbale, Assumption (Sr., P, Charlton, Mass.) - In seven innings pitched, Thursday, March 26 allowed just two hits and one run (unearned) while striking out six in the 9-1 win Southern New Hampshire at Franklin Pierce over Stonehill in the first game of a double header. New Haven at Assumption American International at Pace Mike DiReda, Assumption (Sr., 3B, Shrewsbury, Mass.) - In a 3-0 weekend series Merrimack at Bentley with Stonehill, hit .533 with eight hits and scored six runs. Had two doubles one UMass Lowell at Stonehill triple and two home runs and added seven RBI. Saturday, March 28 UMass Lowell at Bentley (DH) Mike Adams, Franklin Pierce (Sr., SP, Orchard Park, N.Y.) - In his only appearance American International at Franklin Pierce (DH) Stonehill at New Haven (DH) of the week, threw 7.2 innings, allowed one run on five hits, walked three and Pace at Saint Rose (DH) matched his career high with 13 strikeouts and did not factor in the decision against Southern New Hampshire at Merrimack (DH) St. Thomas Aquinas. Assumption at Saint Anselm (DH) Sunday, March 29 Kyle Vazquez, Franklin Pierce (Jr., SP, Berlin, Conn.) - Threw a seven-inning Saint Anselm at Assumption (DH) shutout in his only appearance of the week, the first game of a doubleheader against Bentley at UMass Lowell Molloy. Walked one and struck out six to post the victory. Franklin Pierce at American International Saint Rose at Pace Merrimack at Southern New Hampshire J.T. Leary, UMass Lowell (Jr., SS, Newburyport, Mass.) - Batted .375 (6-16) with three RBI, six walks and two runs in a 6-0 week. Batted 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBI in a 6-5 win over Caldwell. Also batted 4-for-8 with four walks, two runs and one RBI in the three-game sweep over New Haven. Jimmy Rivas, New Haven (Sr., C, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) - Had a grand slam, four doubles and 12 RBI in six games this past week. Finished the week with a .308 batting average and a .577 slugging percentage. Led the team with eight hits in 26 plate appearances. Zach Dayton, Pace (Sr., SP, North Falmouth, Mass.) - Tossed 7.2 innings, allowing one run on seven hits, while recording seven strikeouts against Saint Anselm. Michael Sciarretta, Pace (So., P, Stamford, Conn.) - Tossed eight innings in a start and one relief appearance. Tossed a scoreless inning, registering two strikeouts in a team win over Molloy. Pitched seven innings in a start against Saint Anselm allowing no earned runs and seven hits, while fanning seven. Ben Waldrip, Saint Anselm (Fr., 1B, Medford, Mass.) - Went 6-for-16 at the plate and cracked his first-career home run in the 8-7 non- conference loss to Post University. Also compiled four RBI and two doubles throughout the week. Northeast-10 Conference 16 Belmont Street South Easton, MA 02375 Director of Media Relations: Gregory Pellegrino E-Mail: [email protected] PHONE: (508) 230-9844 2009 NE-10 Baseball n Regular Season Release FAX: (508) 230-9845 March 23, 2008 n For Immediate Release WEBSITE:WWW.NORTHEAST10.ORG ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Nick Delzio, Southern Connecticut (Jr., OF, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) - Went 3-for-9 Past Player of the Week: in a 2-1 week with five RBI, three walks, three runs scored and a double. In the win 2/10: Daniel O'Leary, Saint Rose, Sr., RP versus Saint Rose, went 2-for-3 from the plate with two RBI and a run scored. 2/16: Kevin Bowerman, So.Connecticut, Sr., 3B 2/23: James Roche, Bentley, So., OF Ryan Quinn, Southern New Hampshire (Sr., SP, Lebanon, Conn.) - Struck out a 3/2: Jeff Bercume, Merrimack, Sr., OF career-high 14 batters and scattered eight hits while walking three in a complete-game 3/9: Kevin Farrell, American Int’l, Sr., 1B win American International. Allowed just two earned runs and held the Yellow 3/16: Matt Guisti, Stonehill, Sr., SP Jackets to a .216 batting average. Past Pitcher of the Week: 2/10: Daniel O'Leary, Saint Rose, Sr., RP Ryan Healey, Stonehill (Jr., C, Lynn, Mass.) - Hit a team-best .417 in four games last 2/23: Mike Adams, Franklin Pierce, Sr., SP week. Three of his five hits were for extra bases, including a pair of homers. Had a 2/23: Kyle Vazquez, Franklin Pierce, Jr., SP slugging percentage of 1.000 and an on-base percentage of .462. Highlighted the week 3/2: Kyle Vazquez, Franklin Pierce, Jr., SP with a 3-for-5 performance with three RBI in an 11-10 loss to Assumption. 3/9: Jack Leathersich, UMass Lowell, Fr., SP 3/16: Matt Guisti, Stonehill, Sr., SP Past Freshmen of the Week 2/16: Vinnie Eruzione, Bentley, SS 2/23: Ben Benigno, Franklin Pierce, 3B 3/2: Ben Waldrip, Saint Anselm, 1B 3/9: Ben Waldrip, Saint Anselm, 1B 3/16: Ryan Geffert, Southern Connecticut, 1B .
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