2007 NECNECNEC BASEBALLBASEBALLBASEBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Baseball Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner 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) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Baseball Northeast Conference Baseball Facts & Figures (Week 3 - March 19, 2007)

This Week’s Schedule School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Tuesday, March 20 Saturday, March 24 1. Central Connecticut State 0-0 .000 4-1 .800 W2 2-0 2-1 0-0 WC at Siena CCSU at Penn State Monmouth 0-0 .000 6-5-1 .542 W1 0-0 6-4 0-1-1 Manhattan at LIU QU at Holy Cross Mount St. Mary's 0-0 .000 7-9 .438 W4 1-0 2-5 4-4 Boston College at CCSU Vermont at MU (DH) Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 4-7 .364 L5 0-0 4-7 0-0 FDU at Delaware State (DH) Wednesday, March 21 WC at Virginia Commonwealth Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 4-8 .333 L2 0-0 1-2 3-6 WC at NJIT Wagner 0-0 .000 3-7 .300 L1 0-1 3-6 0-0 Georgetown at MSM Quinnipiac 0-0 .000 2-5 .286 L3 0-0 1-3 1-2 CCSU at Fairfield Sunday, March 25 QU at Connecticut CCSU at Penn State Long Island 0-0 .000 2-7 .222 W1 0-0 0-2 2-5 Iona at MU Holy Cross at QU Brown at SHU Vermont at MU The top four teams based on conference winning percentage qualify for the NEC Tournament. FDU at Delaware State (DH) Thursday, March 22 WC at Virginia Commonwealth Bucknell at MSM Akadema/NEC Player of the Week St. Peter’s at MU Kyle Higgins, Monmouth QU at Fairfield Jr., SS, R/R, 6-0, 175 lbs., Green Brook, NJ/Watchung Hills Friday, March 23 For the second time in three weeks, Higgins walks away with Akadema/NEC Player of the Week honors CCSU at Penn State after batting .667 with three doubles, a homer, five runs and seven RBI as Monmouth took two-of-three SHU at Army from Wofford in a weekend series in Spartanburg, SC. He went a perfect 5-5, including a home and WC at Virginia Commonwealth a , with five RBI and four runs scored in the Hawks’ 19-3 win over the Terriers - who are off to a 17- For starting times, see Schedule/Results page. 6 start - on Saturday. Higgins also laced a pair of doubles and drove in two runs in a 3-4 effort on Sunday as the Hawks took the rubber game, 11-8. His for the series was an astounding 1.167. Akadema/NEC Player of the Week Higgins, a Green Brook, NJ native, currently ranks first on the club with a .491 average, .679 slugging Mar. 5 Kyle Higgins, MU percentage, five doubles and 14 runs scored. Mar. 12 Pete Kummerfeldt, QU Mar. 19 Kyle Higgins, MU Apr. 19 Rob Hosgood, CCSU Akadema/NEC of the Week Apr. 26 Keith Stegbauer, CCSU Evan Scribner, Central Connecticut State Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week Sr., RHP, 6-3, 190 lbs., Washington Depot, CT/Shepaug Valley Mar. 5 Evan Scribner, CCSU Scribner claims his second Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week award of the season and fourth of his Mar. 12 Jay Monti, SHU Apr. 19 Jesse Anziano, FDU career after shutting down Hartford in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday. He pitched a Mar. 19 Evan Scribner, CCSU Apr. 26 Chris Della Rocco, MU complete-game five-hitter, allowing just one run while striking out eight in the Blue Devils’ 2-1 victory. Scribner permitted only three runners past second base. The Washington Depot, CT product is now 2-0 Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week with a 0.64 ERA on the season with a pair of complete game victories for CCSU, which is off to a 4-1 start. Mar. 5 Brett Brach, MU Apr. 19 Robert Rowen, LIU Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week Mar. 12 Ryan Buch, MU Apr. 26 Robert Rowen, LIU Mar. 19 Bobby Tretola, WC Bobby Tretola, Wagner Fr., RHP, 6-2, 180 lbs., Union, NJ/Roselle Catholic Tretola picked up his first career win on Saturday with a dominant relief performance in Wagner’s 12-7 NEC Baseball Tournament win over a Winthrop team that was ranked as high as 22nd in the nation earlier in the year. With the game May 24-26 tied at 7-7, Tretola entered the game in the fifth inning and tossed five scoreless frames. He allowed just at New Britain Rock Cats Stadium, New Britain, CT two hits, struck out two and did not walk a batter. Tretola, who hails from Union, NJ, has now given up just two earned runs and fanned six batters over his last 11.2 innings of work. On the season, he leads Four team, double-elimination tournament Wagner with a 4.50 ERA and has held opposing batters to a .259 average. NEC Website For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit 2007 NEC Baseball Championships the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org Presented By Akadema Standings are updated daily; statistics are updated weekly. www.akademapro.com 2007 NEC Baseball Schedule/Results Schedule Subject To Change. All times are local.

Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (4-1, 0-0 NEC) (4-7, 0-0 NEC) (2-7, 0-0 NEC)

M 3 at Navy (DH) W 9-1, W 5-2 M 3 at Maryland Eastern Shore (DH) W 7-5, W 16-4 F 23 vs. Oakland (Richmond, KY) L 2-9 F 23 at Eastern Kentucky L 1-8 M 4 at Navy L 0-1 M 4 at Maryland Eastern Shore (DH) W 9-8, L 5-6 F 24 vs. Oakland (Richmond, KY) L 0-10 M 7 at Hartford Cancelled M 10 at Appalachian State (DH) L 4-11, W 4-2 F 25 at Eastern Kentucky L 4-7 M 13 at Northeastern Postponed M 11 at Appalachian State L 2-9 F 28 St. Peter’s Cancelled M 13 at Duke L 4-15 M 3 at Hartford (DH) Cancelled M 14 Hartford W 2-1, W 13-9 M 4 at Hartford Cancelled M 17 Holy Cross (DH) Postponed M 14 at Duke L 5-10 M 6 at Iona Postponed M 18 at Holy Cross Postponed M 17 at Longwood Cancelled M 7 Maryland-Eastern Shore Cancelled M 20 Boston College 3:00 pm M 18 at Longwood (DH) L 7-12, L 2-3 at Palm Beach Challenge M 24 at Delaware State (DH) 12:00 pm M 10 vs. St. Bonaventure W 13-5 (10) M 21 at Fairfield 3:00 pm M 11 vs. Northern Illinois L 6-18 M 23 at Penn State 12:00 pm M 25 at Delaware State (DH) 12:00 pm M 12 vs. NJIT L 12-23 M 24 at Penn State 12:00 pm M 28 at Seton Hall 3:30 pm M 13 vs. Fordham L 3-8 M 25 at Penn State 12:00 pm M 30 Albany 3:00 pm M 14 vs. Maine W 8-2 M 31 Albany (DH) 12:00 pm at Villanova Spring Bash M 27 Vermont 12:00 pm M 16 at St. Joseph’s (PA) Cancelled M 29 Fairfield 3:00 pm A 1 Albany 1:00 pm M 17 at Villanova Cancelled A 3 at Rhode Island 3:30 pm A 3 St. Peter’s 3:00 pm M 18 at Temple Cancelled A 5 SACRED HEART 3:00 pm A 5 QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm M 20 Manhattan 3:00 pm A 6 QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm M 28 at Villanova 3:00 pm A 6 SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm M 30 at Longwood 2:30 pm A 7 SACRED HEART 12:00 pm A 7 QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm M 31 at Longwood (DH) 12:00 pm A 10 at Boston College 3:00 pm A 11 at St. John’s 5:00 pm A 1 at Longwood 1:00 pm A 13 at QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm A 13 at SACRED HEART 3:30 pm A 3 Hofstra 3:00 pm A 14 at SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm A 5 WAGNER 3:00 pm A 14 at QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm A 6 WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm A 15 at QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm A 15 at SACRED HEART 12:00 pm A 7 WAGNER 2:00 pm A 17 at Iona 3:30 pm A 18 at Manhattan 3:30 pm A 10 at NYIT 3:00 pm A 20 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3:00 pm A 20 MONMOUTH 3:00 pm A 13 at MONMOUTH 3:00 pm A 21 MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm A 14 at MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm A 21 MOUNT ST. MARY’S (DH) 12:00 pm A 15 at MONMOUTH 12:00 pm A 22 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 12:00 pm A 22 MONMOUTH 12:00 pm A 17 St. John’s 3:30 pm A 24 Massachusetts 3:00 pm A 25 at NJIT 7:00 pm A 20 at SACRED HEART 3:00 pm A 27 at MONMOUTH 3:00 pm A 27 at WAGNER 2:00 pm A 21 at SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm A 28 at WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm A 22 at SACRED HEART 12:00 pm A 28 at MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm A 25 at Rider 3:00 pm A 29 at MONMOUTH 12:00 pm A 29 at WAGNER 12:00 pm A 27 QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm M 1 at Brown 2:00 pm M 2 at Rutgers 3:30 pm A 28 QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm M 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:00 pm M 4 at CCSU 3:00 pm A 29 QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm M 5 at CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm M 1 at St. Peter’s 3:30 pm M 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm M 4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3:00 pm M 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm M 6 at CCSU 12:00 pm M 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S (DH) 12:00 pm M 9 Connecticut 3:00 pm M 11 LONG ISLAND 3:30 pm M 6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 12:00 pm M 11 at WAGNER 3:00 pm M 12 LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm M 9 at Hofstra 3:30 pm M 11 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:30 pm M 12 at WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm M 13 LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm M 12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm M 13 at WAGNER 12:00 pm M 15 at Fordham 7:00 pm M 13 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm M 18 at LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm M 17 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3:00 pm M 15 Rider 3:30 pm M 19 at LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm M 18 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S (DH) 12:00 pm M 18 CCSU 3:00 pm M 19 CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm M 20 at LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm M 19 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S 12:00 pm M 20 CCSU 12:00 pm M 24-26 NEC Tourament (, New Britain, CT) M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac (6-5-1, 0-0 NEC) (7-9, 0-0 NEC) (2-5, 0-0 NEC)

M 2 at Central Florida W 7-4 F 10 at Duke (DH) L 10-13, L 2-8 M 9 vs. Michigan State (Tampa, FL) L 5-8 M 3 at Central Florida L 10-11 F 11 at Duke L 2-10 M 9 at South Florida W 5-4 M 4 at Central Florida W 13-4 F 20 at Maryland-Eastern Shore (DH) L 1-5, W 8-7 M 10 vs. Harvard (Clearwater. FL) L 3-4 (10) M 5 vs. St. Bonaventure (Boca Raton, FL) W 15-7 F 24 vs. Radford (Davidson, NC) W 10-9 (13) M 11 vs. Michigan State (Tampa, FL) W 12-9 M 7 vs. Boston College (Boca Raton, FL) T 3-3 (9) F 24 at Davidson L 8-16 M 12 at Stetson L 7-9 M 7 vs. Maine (Boca Raton, FL) L 7-14 F 25 vs. Ohio (Davidson, NC) Cancelled M 13 at Stetson L 6-13 M 10 at Navy (DH) L 1-2, W 5-2 M 3 vs. Villanova (Miami, FL) L 8-11 M 11 at Navy L 1-2 M 3 vs. St. Bonaventure (Miami, FL) W 6-4 M 14 at Bethune Cookman L 3-4 M 17 at Wofford (DH) W 19-3, L 3-10 M 4 vs. Penn (Miami, FL) L 3-4 M 17 at St. John’s Cancelled M 18 at Wofford W 11-8 M 5 vs, Maine (Miami, FL) L 8-9 M 18 at St. John’s Cancelled M 21 Iona 3:00 pm M 6 vs. Villanova (Miami, FL) L 2-11 M 21 at Connecticut 3:00 pm M 22 St. Peter’s 3:00 pm M 8 vs. St. Bonaventure (Miami, FL) W 7-1 M 22 at Fairfield 3:00 pm M 24 Vermont (DH) 12:00 pm M 9 vs. Penn (Miami, FL) W 13-3 M 24 at Holy Cross 12:00 pm M 25 Vermont 12:00 pm M 13 at George Mason W 5-4 M 25 Holy Cross 12:00 pm M 31 at Liberty (DH) 11:00 am M 14 Navy W 18-3 M 27 at Army 3:00 pm A 1 at Liberty 1:00 pm M 17 Buffalo Cancelled M 28 Dartmouth 3:00 pm A 3 Columbia 3:00 pm M 18 Buffalo Cancelled M 31 at Hartford 1:00 pm A 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S 3:00 pm M 21 Georgetown 3:00 pm A 1 Hartford 12:00 pm A 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S (DH) 12:00 pm M 22 Bucknell 3:00 pm A 4 at Yale 3:00 pm A 7 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S 12:00 pm M 27 at Navy 2:30 pm A 5 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:00 pm A 10 at Princeton 3:30 pm M 28 Maryland-Eastern Shore 3:00 pm A 6 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm A 11 at Lafayette 3:30 pm A 5 MONMOUTH 3:00 pm A 6 MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm A 7 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm A 13 LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm A 11 at Dartmouth 3:00 pm A 14 LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm A 7 MONMOUTH 12:00 pm A 15 LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm A 11 Towson 3:00 pm A 13 CCSU 3:00 pm A 17 Rider 3:30 pm A 13 at WAGNER 2:00 pm A 14 CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm A 18 at St. Peter’s 3:30 pm A 14 at WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm A 15 CCSU 12:00pm A 20 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:00 pm A 15 at WAGNER 12:00 pm A 17 at Rhode Island 3:00 pm A 21 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm A 18 at Penn State 7:00 pm A 20 WAGNER 3:00 pm A 22 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm A 20 at CCSU 3:00 pm A 21 WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm A 21 at CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm A 22 WAGNER 12:00 pm A 24 at Rider 3:00 pm A 22 at CCSU 12:00 pm A 25 Seton Hall 3:30 pm A 24 UMBC 3:30 pm A 27 at LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm A 27 CCSU 3:00 pm A 25 at Georgetown 7:00 pm A 28 at LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm A 28 CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm A 27 SACRED HEART 3:00 pm A 29 at LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm A 29 CCSU 12:00 pm A 28 SACRED HEART(DH) 12:00 pm M 1 at Boston College 3:00 pm M 4 at QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm A 29 SACRED HEART 12:00 pm M 4 MONMOUTH 3:00 pm M 5 at QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm M 1 at Coppin State 3:00 pm M 5 MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm M 6 at QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm M 4 at LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm M 6 MONMOUTH 12:00 pm M 9 at Rutgers 3:00 pm M 5 at LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm M 11 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3:00 pm M 10 SACREDHEART 3:00 pm M 6 at LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm M 12 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S (DH) 12:00 pm M 11 SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm M 11 QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm M 13 at MOUNT ST. MARY'S 12:00 pm M 12 SACRED HEART 12:00 pm M 12 QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm M 15 at Seton Hall 3:30 pm M 15 at Massachusetts 3:00 pm M 13 QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm M 17 SACRED HEART 3:00 pm M 18 WAGNER 3:00 pm M 17 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:00 pm M 19 WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm M 18 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm M 18 SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm M 20 WAGNER 12:00 pm M 19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm M 19 SACRED HEART 12:00 pm M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2007 NEC Baseball Schedule/Results Schedule Subject To Change. All times are local.

Sacred Heart Wagner (4-8, 0-0 NEC) (3-7, 0-0 NEC)

F 24 at Norfolk State (DH) L 4-8, W 4-0 M 2 at FIU L 8-19 F 25 at Norfolk State L 8-11 M 3 at FIU L 2-14 M 4 vs. Pittsburgh (Clearwater, FL) W 7-0 M 4 at FIU W 10-9 M 4 vs. Duquesne (Clearwater, FL) L 6-11 M 9 at UMBC L 2-4 M 5 vs. St. Joseph’s (PA) (Clearwater, FL) W 6-3 M 10 at UMBC L 0-5 M 6 vs. Pittsburgh (Clearwater, FL) L 1-5 M 11 at UMBC W 7-5 M 7 vs. Lehigh (Clearwater, FL) L 10-11 M 13 St. Peter’s L 3-4 M 9 vs. St. Joseph’s (PA) (Clearwater, FL) L 7-16 M 17 at Winthrop (DH) L 2-11, W 12-7 M 10 vs. Notre Dame (Clearwater, FL) W 3-0 M 18 at Winthrop L 1-3 M 11 vs. Pittsburgh (Clearwater, FL) L 1-9 M 20 at Siena 3:00 pm M 14 Connecticut L 4-7 M 21 atNJIT 3:00 pm M 17 at Delaware Cancelled M 23 at VCU 7:00 pm M 18 at Delaware (DH) Cancelled M 24 at VCU 2:00 pm M 21 Brown 3:30 pm M 25 at VCU 1:00 pm M 23 at Army 3:30 pm M 28 at St. John’s 3:00 pm M 27 at Massachusetts 3:30 pm M 29 Lafayette 3:00 pm M 30 at Hartford 3:30 pm M 31 at William & Mary (DH) 1:00 pm M 31 Vermont TBA A 1 at William & Mary 12:00 pm A 1 Vermont (DH) TBA A 3 at Rutgers 3:00 pm A 3 Iona 3:30 pm A 5 at LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm A 5 at CCSU 3:00 pm A 6 at LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm A 6 at CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm A 7 at LONG ISLAND 2:00 pm A 7 at CCSU 12:00 pm A 10 Stony Brook 3:30 pm A 10 at Yale TBA A 13 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm A 13 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:30 pm A 14 MOUNT ST. MARY’S (DH) 12:00 pm A 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm A 15 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 12:00 pm A 15 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm A 18 Seton Hall 3:30 pm A 17 at Manhattan 3:30 pm A 20 at QUINNIPIAC 3:00 pm A 20 LONG ISLAND 3:00 pm A 21 at QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm A 21 LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm A 22 at QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm A 22 LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm A 25 at Iona 3:30 pm A 24 at Rhode Island 3:30 pm A 27 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2:00 pm A 27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 3:00 pm A 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (DH) 12:00 pm A 28 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S (DH) 12:00 pm A 29 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 12:00 pm A 29 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 12:00 pm M 1 NJIT 3:30 pm M 1 Fairfield TBA M 4 at SACRED HEART TBA M 4 WAGNER TBA M 5 at SACRED HEART (DH) 12:00 pm M 5 WAGNER (DH) 12:00 pm M 6 at SACRED HEART 12:00 pm M 6 WAGNER 12:00 pm M 11 CCSU 3:00 pm M 10 at MONMOUTH 3:00 pm M 12 CCSU (DH) 12:00 pm M 11 at MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm M 13 CCSU 12:00 pm M 12 at MONMOUTH 12:00 pm M 16 NYIT 3:00 pm M 17 at QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm M 18 at MONMOUTH 3:00 pm M 18 at QUINNIPIAC (DH) 12:00 pm M 19 at MONMOUTH (DH) 12:00 pm M 19 at QUINNIPIAC ``12:00 pm M 20 at MONMOUTH 12:00 pm M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) M 24-26 NEC Tourament (New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT) NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Baseball NEC Baseball Notes: Facts & Figures (through games of March 18) 2007 Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Central Connecticut State (6) 6. Long Island Team-By-Team Notes 2. Quinnipiac Wagner 3. Sacred Heart (1) 8. Fairleigh Dickinson Central Connecticut State (4-1, 0-0 NEC) 4. Monmouth The Blue Devils had four games cancelled (one against Northeastern and a three-game Mount St. Mary’s (1) series with Holy Cross over the weekend) last week due to the weather and field conditions but managed to play a home doubleheader on Wednesday, sweeping Hart- ford, 2-1 and 13-9, to improve to 4-1 overall on the season...In the first game against NEC vs... the Hawks, junior Jack Kidd (Casper, WY/McCook CC) a two-run America East 4-4 MAAC 0-1 walk-off in the bottom of the seventh inning to give senior righthander Evan ACC 0-5-1 Mid-American 0-1 Scribner (Washington Depot, CT/Shepaug Valley) his second complete game Atlantic Sun 0-2 Mid-Con 0-2 Atlantic 10 5-3 MEAC 5-5 victory of the season. The home run was the first of the season for Kidd and the Blue Big East 3-5 Missouri Valley 0-0 Devils...Kidd was 3-6 with three runs scored and three extra-base hits (two doubles) in Big South 2-2 Mountain West 0-0 the twinbill with a homer and a pair of RBI... Scribner, who was awarded Akadema/ Big Ten 1-1 Ohio Valley 0-2 Big 12 0-0 Pac-10 0-0 NEC Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time this season, tossed seven innings, Colonial 1-0 Patriot 4-4 allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight to move to 2-0 on the season with Conference USA 2-1 Southern 3-4 an 0.64 ERA. He allowed only three runners past second base...In the second game, Division II 0-0 Southland 0-0 the Blue Devils belted out 13 hits to score a season-high 13 runs, and senior righty Division III 0-0 Sun Belt 1-2 Horizon 0-0 WAC 0-0 Adam Piechowski (Winsted, CT/Philadelphia University) threw four innings Independent 0-3 WCC 0-0 of relief to earn his first win of the year. He yielded six hits and one run while fanning Ivy 1-2 Total 32-49-1 four...The Blue Devils are batting .333 as a team through the first five games of the season and have a team ERA of 5.14...Kidd is batting .375 with a team-high six RBI, NEC Past Champions while junior outfielder Jay Schillaci (McKeesport, PA/McKeesport Area) owns Regular Season Tournament team-highs in hits (eight), doubles (four), stolen bases (two) and average (.500)...The 2006 CCSU 2006 Sacred Heart Blue Devils play four on the road this week, taking on Fairfield on Wednesday and Penn 2005 Quinnipiac 2005 Quinnipiac State for three games from Friday thru Sunday. 2004 CCSU 2004 CCSU 2003 CCSU 2003 CCSU 2002 Monmouth 2002 CCSU Fairleigh Dickinson (4-7, 0-0 NEC) 2001 CCSU/St. Francis (NY) (N) 2001 UMBC The Knights dropped four games last week on a southern swing, falling twice to Duke UMBC/Monmouth (S) (15-4 on Tuesday and 10-5 on Wednesday), followed by a doubleheader sweep at the 2000 Long Island (N)/UMBC (S) 2000 Wagner hands of Longwood (12-7 and 3-2) on Sunday. A third game scheduled against 1999 FDU/CCSU (N) 1999 Monmouth Monmouth (S) Longwood was lost to the weather...Senior outfielder Vincente-Alexander Medina 1998 St. Francis (NY)/Monmouth 1998 Monmouth (North Bergen, NJ/Paramus Catholic) hit .285, scored three runs and drove in five 1997 Marist 1997 Marist more on the week. In game one of the doubleheader against the Lancers on Sunday, he 1996 Monmouth/Rider 1996 Rider collected two hits in five at-bats with an RBI double and three-run homer. His .400 1995 Rider 1995 Rider 1994 Rider/FDU 1994 Rider average and two round trippers lead the team...Senior outfielder Chris Grabowski 1993 FDU 1993 St. Francis (NY) (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) laced a pair of doubles in the first game against Duke...Junior 1992 St. Francis (NY) Luis Rosario (Bronx, NY/James Monroe (Rockland CC)) contributed 1991 Monmouth two hits and an RBI in the second game against the Blue Devils, who rallied from a 5- 1990 Long Island 1989 Monmouth 3 deficit with three in the seventh and four in the eighth...Junior southpaw John 1988 Fairleigh Dickinson O’Hara (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter’s) went the distance against Longwood in 1987 Fairleigh Dickinson game two on Sunday, but took the loss after allowing a game-winning two-run single in the bottom of the seventh. He yielded three runs on nine hits and struck out seven...On NEC in NCAA Statistics (through games of April 18) the season, O’Hara is 2-1 with a 2.91 ERA. He has fanned 21 in 21.2 innings...Grabowski is the team leader with five doubles, two triples and nine RBI...FDU heads to Dover, DE Individual Categories this weekend for a pair of doubleheaders against Delaware State. Player School Statistics Batting Average Long Island (1-5, 0-0 NEC) 4th Keith Stegbauer CCSU .457 The Blackbirds finished up their five-game Florida trip last week with a 23-12 loss to 38th Rob Hosgood CCSU .413 NJIT and an 8-3 defeat to Fordham, before ending the swing on a positive note with an Runs 6th Keith Stegbauer CCSU 1.42/game 8-2 win over Maine. All told, Long Island was 2-3 at the Papa John's Palm Beach Doubles Challenge...Long Island was scheduled to play Saint Joseph's, Villanova and Temple in 22nd Bryan Sabatella Quinnipiac 0.45/game Earned Run Average the Villanova Baseball Bash, but all three games were cancelled due to the snow and ice 14th Scott Vitelli CCSU 1.68 storm that blanketed the northeast region...Freshman James Jones (Brooklyn, NY/Telecommunications) smacked a two-run homer in the sixth in- Team Categories ning for the go-ahead runs in the win over Maine. For the week, he batted .333 with a Rank School Statistics , a homer, four runs, six RBI and two stolen bases. Against NJIT, he tripled and Batting Average 3rd CCSU .346 drove in three runs, then went 2-3 against Fordham with an RBI...Senior righthander 13th Mount St. Mary’s .329 Scoring 16th CCSU 8.5 rpg NEC Baseball Mike Maynard (Staten Island, NY/st. John’s) earned the win over the Black Facts & Figures Bears, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits over seven innings...The Blackbirds entertain Manhattan on Tuesday. 2006 NEC Final Standings Monmouth (6-5-1, 0-0 NEC) Monmouth inched above .500 for the season after taking two-of-three at Wofford over NEC Pct. Overall Pct. the weekend. The Hawks blasted the Terriers - who are off to a 17-6 start - in the 1. Central Conn. St.* 16-7 .696 33-18 .647 opener of a twinbill on Saturday, 19-3, but dropped the nightcap, 10-3. Monmouth 2. Quinnipiac* 14-8 .636 22-24-1 .479 took Sunday’s rubber game, 11-8...This is the fastest Monmouth has reached six wins 3. Wagner* 15-9 .625 18-34 .346 to open a season since 1992, when the Hawks went 7-5 en-route to a 24-14 mark 4. Monmouth 14-9 .609 27-22 .551 under coach Walter Woods...The win on Sunday was the 350th career victory for head Sacred Heart*# 14-9 .609 26-30 .464 coach Dean Ehehalt, now in his 14th year at Monmouth and 16th as a head coach...Junior 6. Mount St. Mary's 12-11 .522 23-24 .489 Kyle Higgins (Green Brook, NJ/Watchung Hills), who was tabbed 7. Long Island 10-13 .435 13-33-1 .287 Akadema/NEC Player of the Week for the second time this season, led the Hawks with a .667 average, going 8-12 with three doubles, a homer, five runs and seven RBI. He 8. Fairleigh Dickinson 6-18 .250 10-43 .189 went a perfect 5-5, including a home run and a double, with five RBI and four runs 9. St. Francis (NY) 3-20 .130 6-39 .133 scored in the Hawks’ win on Saturday. Higgins also went 3-4 with two doubles and a pair of RBI on Sunday. His slugging percentage for the series was an astounding * NEC Playoff Participant # NEC Tournament Winner 1.167...Higgins ranks first on the club this season with a .491 average, .679 slugging percentage, five doubles and 14 runs...Freshman Ryan Buch (Yardley, PA/Conwell Egan Catholic) moved to 2-0 on the season, scattering four hits, while allowing three runs and fanning six in 6.0 innings in the 19-3 victory. He has struck out a team-high 2007 NEC Baseball Tournament Bracket 18 in 13.1 innings of work on the year as opposing batters are hitting just .170 against the righthander...Freshman Matt Frazier (Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park) earned #1 Game #1 Winner of Game #1 his first career win by tossing 5.1 innings of relief in Sunday’s 11-8 triumph. He May 24, 12:00 pm permitted two runs on four hits...Junior Brad Brach (Freehold, NJ/Freehold #4

Township) now has 136 career strikeouts, 12 behind Brian Gismonde (1998-01), Game #3 Winner of Game #3 who is seventh on the school’s all-time list...Sophomore infielder Mike Casale (Toms May 25, 12:00 pm River, NJ/Toms River North) connected on his first collegiate home run on Sunday, #2 going back-to-back with junior first baseman Andy Meyers (Stratford, NH/Ster- Game #2 May 24, 3:30 pm Winner of Game #2 Game #6 Winner of Game #6 ling), who hit his second of the year and 12th of his career...Meyers now has 91 RBI #3 May 26, 12:00 pm for the Blue & White....Senior outfielder Kyle Messineo (Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Loser of Game #3 Game #7 Grove) is 11-12 in attempts this season, giving him 40 swipes in his May 26 Game #5 (30 minutes NCAA Loser of Game #1 season-plus with the Hawks, which ranks him seventh in Monmouth history. Greg May 25, 7:00 pm Winner of Game #5 after Game 6 Tournament Landis (1998-01) is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 90...Messineo went 5-9 Game #4 if necessary) Automatic Bid May 25, 3:30 pm Winner of Game #4 with a 1.111 slugging percentage last week. He is second on the Hawks with a .429 Loser of Game #2 Loser of Game #6 average on the year...Monmouth hit .366 in the three games and is batting .314 this season...The Hawks open their home slate with five games this week, hosting Iona on Wednesday, St. Peter’s on Thursday and Vermont for three over the weekend. NCAA Play-In Results NCAA Tournament Results Mount St. Mary’s (7-9, 0-0 NEC) Mount St. Mary’s stretched its win streak to four with victories at George Mason (5-4) 1994 Yale 5, Rider 3 1994 Miami 17, Rider 4 and Navy (18-3) last week. The Mount also had a two-game set with Buffalo cancelled Rider 3, Yale 1 West Virginia 19, Rider 7 over the weekend due to inclement weather conditions...The victory over George Ma- Rider 6, Yale 2 1997 Florida State 4, Marist 2 son was the Mount’s second against the Patriots since 1980. Both wins have come on 1995 Penn 13, Rider 3 West Carolina 8, Marist 3 the strength of senior lefthander Dustin Pease (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Spal- Rider 6, Penn 1 1998 Florida 1,2 Monmouth 8 ding), who tossed a complete game in the Mountaineers’ 7-2 win in 2004 and allowed Penn 2, Rider 1 (10 inn.) Illinois 12, Monmouth 2 three runs and fanned five in 8.2 innings last Tuesday...Pease is 2-0 with a 2.31 ERA 1996 Princeton 9, Rider 6 1999 Texas A&M 6, Monmouth 0 over his past five appearances after opening the season with a 13.06 ERA over his first Princeton 7, Rider 6 Mississippi 12, Monmouth 3 three games...Junior outfielder Ryan Murray (Enola, PA/East Pennsboro) con- 1997 Marist 7, Siena 6 2000 Miami 19, Wagner 5 FIU 10, Wagner 1 tinued to excel, going 6-10 (.600) at the plate with a home run and three RBI. His Marist 9, Siena 7 three-run blast in the first inning jump-started the Mount to its win over Navy. He also 2001 East Carolina 7, UMBC 0 1998 Monmouth 5, Navy 1 went 4-5 with two runs scored versus George Mason...Murray leads the team with a Winthrop 6, UMBC 0 Navy 11, Monmouth 4 .447 average and four home runs...Senior first baseman Eric Smith (Marlton, NJ/St. 2002 Texas 7, CCSU 2 Monmouth 8, Navy 4 Joseph’s Prep), who missed most of last season with shoulder and ankle injuries, is Lamar 9, CCSU 4 hitting .271 with 18 RBI in 16 games in 2007...Junior /outfielder Josh Vittek 2003 Arizona State 14, CCSU 2 (Eldersburg, MD/Liberty), who led the Mount in virtually every offensive category INLV 22, CCSU 3 last year, is hitting .353 with a .647 slugging percentage over the past eight games...Mount 2004 Florida 12, CCSU 1 St. Mary’s has posted a 2.50 team ERA in its four-game win streak...The Mount next Oklahoma 6, CCSU 1 hosts Georgetown on Wednesday and Bucknell on Thursday. 2005 Texas 20, Quinnipiac 2 Miami (OH) 35, Quinnipiac 8 2006 Georgia 11, Sacred Heart 0 Jacksonville 4, Sacred Heart 3 Quinnipiac (2-5, 0-0 NEC) The Bobcats dropped three games last week to conclude its Florida spring trip, falling twice to Stetson (13-6 and 9-7) and to Bethune-Cookman (4-2). The weather forced the cancellation of two games at St. John’s over the weekend...Senior rightfielder Ryan Rizzo (East Northport, NY/Commack) had a solid week, batting .429 (6-14) with two doubles, four RBI and three runs scored. In the first game against Stetson, Rizzo was 1-5 with a run and two RBI, then went 2-5 with an RBI double and a run in the nightcap. In the setback to Bethune Cookman, Rizzo reached base in his first three at-bats and finished 3-4 with a run scored...Rizzo has now hit safely in six straight games, the longest hitting streak among all Bobcats, while batting .371 (13-35) with three doubles, seven RBI and five runs...Rizzo has boosted his career hit total to 183 - the most among active Bobcats - and moved into fifth place all-time at Quinnipiac...Sophomore righthander Andy Mayer (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) had an outstanding outing against Bethune-Cookman, pitching six scoreless innings while holding the Wildcats to four hits. He struck out three and walked two...Quinnipiac’s busy week features road games at UConn on Wednesday, Fairfield on Thursday and Holy Cross on Saturday, before the Crusaders return the game on Sunday in Hamden.

Sacred Heart (4-8, 0-0 NEC) The Pioneers played just once last week, falling by an 8-4 score to UConn in a neutral site game at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank, NY. Sacred Heart had three weekend games at Delaware cancelled because of the storm that hit the Northeast...Junior Jeff Hanson (Woodstock, NY/Onteora) hit his second home run of the season on Wednesday. He belted five homers a year ago. Hanson leads the team with 11 RBI...Sophomore outfielder Paul Schmidt (Amityville, NY/St. John the Baptist) hit his first career homer, a two-run shot in the fifth inning...Sacred Heart batters are hitting just .228 with runners in scoring position this season...Freshman infielder Steve Tedesco (Mission Viejo, CA/Trabuco Hills) went 4-5 with a double and an RBI against the Huskies. Tedesco, also a punt returner on the Pioneer football team, raised his season average to .346 with the effort...Sacred Heart hosts Brown on Wednesday, then travels to Army on Friday.

Wagner (3-7, 0-0 NEC) Wagner posted a 1-3 mark on the week starting with a 4-3 loss in ten innings to Saint Peter’s in its home opener on Tuesday. The Seahawks then split a doubleheader at Winthrop on Saturday, losing the first game by an 11-2 margin before rallying for a 12-7 win in game two. The rubber game of the series went to the Eagles on Sunday by a 3-1 count...Senior shortstop Joey DiGeronimo (Hawthorne, NJ/Hawthorne) paced the offense, hitting .389 (7-18) with six RBI, four runs, a double and a home run. He tied the game against the Peacocks in the sixth inning with a two-run dinger, then went 3-5 and drove in three runs in the win over Winthrop...On the season, DiGeronimo leads the Green & White in nine categories with a .442 average to go along with team-highs in runs (eight), hits (19), triples (two), homers (two), RBI (12), slugging percentage (.721), on-base percentage (.457) and stolen bases (six). He also has six multi-hit games and has hit safely in all ten contests this season...DiGeronimo is now fifth on the Seahawks’ all-time hit list with 169...Senior outfielder Ed Sudol (Wallington, NJ/Wallington) also had a solid week, hitting a team-best .412 (7-17) with two doubles and four RBI...In the win over Winthrop on Saturday, the offense pounded out a season-high 17 hits while freshman righthander Bobby Tretola (Union, NJ/Roselle Catholic) picked up his first career win and was named Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week after allowing just two hits and striking out two in 5.0 scoreless innings of relief...Tretola has now given up just two earned runs over his last 11.2 innings...The win was just the second- ever against Winthrop in 14 meetings and the first by Joe Litterio against the Eagles, where he served as an assistant during the 1999 season. Playing against the preseason top-30 team, the Seahawks hit .295 while outhitting (31-29) the Eagles and committing just one error...Junior southpaw Joe Testa (Brick, NJ/Brick) had a solid outing in defeat on Sunday, striking out five and giving up just two earned runs in seven innings...In the Seahawks’ three wins this season, they have combined for 47 hits and 29 runs compared to just 52 hits and 18 runs in seven setbacks...Wagner visits Siena on Tuesday and NJIT on Wednesday before heading south to Richmond, VA for a three-game set at VCU from Friday thru Sunday.

Around The League

Nor’easter Knockout The Nor’easter that swept across the region last week played havoc on the weekend schedules of a number of NEC teams. A total of 14 games were either postponed or cancelled from Friday thru Sunday with only Monmouth and Wagner - who were playing in Florida - keeping their schedules completely intact.

Welcome Win For Wagner Wagner’s 11-7 win over Winthrop - a team ranked as high as 22nd by the NCBWA and 23rd by Baseball America earlier in the season - in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday was particularly sweet for head coach Joe Litterio. The win was just the second for the Seahawks in 14 tries against Winthrop, and the first for Litterio against the Eagles, where he served as an assistant coach in 1999 before taking over the Wagner program a year later.

Pease Effort With a 5-4 triumph last Tuesday, Mount St. Mary’s won just its second game against George Mason since the 1980 season. Both wins have come on the strength of senior lefthander Dustin Pease (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Spalding), who tossed a complete game in the Mountaineers’ 7-2 win in 2004 and allowed three runs and fanned five in 8.2 innings in last week’s victory.

Slaying The Giants With the 2007 season still in its early stages, league members have already racked up a number of impressive wins, the most notable being Sacred Heart’s 3-0 win over five-time defending Big East champion Notre Dame on March 10. In that contest, senior righthander Jay Monti (Marlboro, NY/Marlboro), the Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week, shut down the Fighting Irish bats with a complete-game two-hit shutout. He struck out four without issuing a single free pass.

NEC teams have stopped a number of traditional Florida powers during spring trips this month with Monmouth taking two-of-three from Central Florida, 7-4 and 13- 4, to open their season. Wagner beat Florida International, 10-9, on March 4 and Quinnipiac downed South Florida, 12-9, on March 9.

Other impressive triumphs include Quinnipiac’s 12-9 victory over Michigan State (March 11), Sacred Heart’s 7-0 shutout of Pittsburgh (March 6) and Wagner’s 11- 7 win over Winthrop (March 17). In addition, Monmouth played to a 3-3 tie with Boston College on March 7. The NEC is also 5-3 against Atlantic 10 opponents this season. NEC Regular Season Format With the loss of St. Francis (NY) - which discontinued its baseball program - the eight remaining teams that sponsor the sport will now play 28 league games, facing each member institution four times. Each series will feature a single nine-inning game on Friday, followed by a Saturday doubleheader (seven innings apiece) and a concluding with a nine-inning single game on Sunday. Previously, teams competed in three-game series for a total of 24 league contests. The top four teams on the basis of winning percentage qualify for the NEC Tournament.

New Britain Rock Cats Stadium To Host NEC Tournament After five years contesting the NEC Baseball Tournament at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, NJ, the league’s postseason venue shifts north in 2007 with New Britain Stadium in New Britain, CT serving as host. Akadema (www.akademapro.com) is the presenting sponsor of the tournament.

New Britain Stadium, which opened on April 12, 1996, is the home of the New Britain Rock Cats, a class AA affiliate of the . The venue seats 6,146.

The Rock Cats, who are the Nutmeg State’s oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise, enjoy terrific fan support with an average of nearly 5,000 fans per game. Current and former Major Leaguers who have played for New Britain include , , , , , , , A.J. Pierzynski, , and Ellis Burks.

The three-day, double-elimination event is set for May 24-26 with a rain date on May 27. The championship field will feature the NEC’s top four regular season finishers. Sacred Heart is the defending conference champion.

Central Connecticut State Picked As NEC Favorite Central Connecticut State has been tabbed the preseason favorite to capture the 2007 Northeast Conference baseball championship, according to a poll of league head coaches. The Blue Devils earned six of eight first place votes in the balloting. Quinnipiac was picked second, followed by Sacred Heart, which picked up a first place vote and was tabbed third. Mount St. Mary’s, which was awarded the remaining first place vote, was chosen fourth along with Monmouth. Long Island and Wagner tied for sixth and Fairleigh Dickinson was picked eighth.

Central Connecticut State (33-18, 16-7 NEC), which claimed its third NEC regular season crown in the last four years in 2006, brings back the bulk of a lineup that led the conference in hitting (.313), runs scored (7.1 rpg) and on-base percentage (.400), as well as a trio of capable starters who combined to post a 21-9 record. This experience should make CCSU a dangerous team in 2007 under eighth year head coach Charlie Hickey, who was awarded NEC Coach of the Year honors for the third time in his career last season after returning the Blue Devils to the top of the league standings. A quartet of second team all-conference picks dot the lineup, including senior Sean Salvatore (Southington, CT/Southington) and Matt Memoli (Shelton, CT/Shelton). Salvatore, a shortstop, led the Blue Devils and ranked fourth on the circuit with a .378 average a year ago, while Memoli hit .315 and finished the year second in the league in triples (five) and third in RBI (43). Senior designated hitter John Romano (Staten Island, NY/Brookdale CC) made an immediate impact last season upon his arrival in New Britain, hitting .355 and driving in 43 runs, to rank fifth and third, respectively, among NEC hitters. Sophomore outfielder Richie Tri (Everett, WA/Barnstable (MA)) (.295, 40 runs, 35 RBI) was one of the top young players in the conference in 2006, earning Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week honors on three occasions prior to his second team all-NEC recognition at year’s end. Senior righthander Evan Scribner (Washington Depot, CT/Shepaug Valley) was one of the league’s best last year, earning first team all-star accolades after finishing 7-4 with a 3.25 earned run average (fourth in the NEC). Somewhat overlooked in CCSU’s rise to the top of the league standings a year ago was junior southpaw Matt Gianini (West Haven, CT/West Haven), who finished second in the NEC in both wins (nine) and ERA (2.75), while holding opposing hitters to a .208 average, lowest of any NEC hurler. Senior righty Adam Piechowski (Winsted, CT/Philadelphia University) (5-1, 4.16 ERA) rounds out the talented trio.