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Fairfieldat Stags Baseball Fairfield University Sports Information Walsh Athletic Center 1073 North Benson Rd. Fairfield, CT 06824 Baseball SID: Kelly McCarthy [email protected] 203-254-4000, ext. 2877 Fax: 203-254-4117 2011 LEADERS FAIRFIELD FINISHES ROAD SWING AT UMBC WITH THREE GAMES BATTER GP/GS AVG. H R RBI The Stag will play three more contests on the WEEK AHEAD FOR THE STAGS Tyler Wosleger 7/7 .333 8 3 0 road as they head to the University of Maryland (3-4; 0-0 MAAC) Tucker Nathans 7/7 .333 8 3 8 Baltimore Country (UMBC) this weekend. The Ryan Furbeck 7/7 .308 8 4 0 Retrievers are seeking their first win of the sea- Saturday, March 12, 12pm Mark Skrapits 7/7 .240 6 2 2 UMBC (DH) son after an 0-5 start. PITCHER APP ERA W-LL-SS IP K Kyle Capaldo 3 2.25 0-0-1 4.0 2 ON THE WEB: Live Stats are available by visiting Sunday, March 13, 2:30pm UMBC Mark Bordonaro 2 2.89 1-0-1 9.1 8 umbcretrievers.com. Brett Shulick 2 3.21 0-1-0 14.0 6 2011 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FAIRFIELD VS. UMBC 2/25 @ William & Mary L, 5-6 (10) The Stags and the Retrievers last met in 2009 with Fairfield sweeping a three-game series from 2/26 @ William & Mary L, 2-14 UMBC. The Stags took the first game, 7-2, edged the Retrievers, 6-4, in extra innings in the second, 2/26 @ William & Mary W, 6-5 and closed out competition with a 5-4 win. Tucker Nathans hit .583 against UMBC with six RBI in that 2/27 @ William & Mary W, 4-3 series while Ryan Furbeck collected six hits, had two sac bunts, and scored four times. The Stags are 3/4 @ Old Dominion L, 3-4 5-4 all-time against the Retrievers. 3/5 @ Old Dominion W, 4-1 3/5 @ Old Dominion L, 1-9 3/6 @ Old Dominion Cancelled - Rain ONE RUN GAMES 3/12 @ UMBC 12:00 pm Four of the Stags’ seven games this season have been decided by one run. Fairfield is 2-2 in those 3/12 @ UMBC 3:00 pm contests. 3/13 @ UMBC 2:30 pm 3/15 St. John’s 3:00 pm STRONG INFIELD DEFENSE 3/18 @ Temple 3:00 pm The Stags have played strong defense in the infield turning in a .990 fielding percentage. The infield 3/19 @ Villanova 1:00 pm has committed just two errors in seven games this season. 3/20 @ St. Joseph’s 1:00 pm 3/23 @ Bryant 3:30 pm 3/26 @ Marist* 12:00 pm IT’S A STEAL 3/26 @ Marist* 3:00 pm Fairfield has been active on the base paths so far this season. The Stags have swiped 13 bases in 16 3/27 @ Marist* 12:00 pm attempts. 3/29 Fordham 3:30 pm 4/2 @ Manhattan* 12:00 pm ROAD WARRIORS 4/2 @ Manhattan* 3:00 pm 4/3 @ Manhattan* 12:00 pm Twenty-two of the Stags’ first 24 games of the season will be on the road, including the first 11. The 4/5 @ Army 3:30 pm Stags home opener is slated for March 15 against St. John’s and the Stags don’t return to Alumni 4/9 Niagara* 12:00 pm Diamond until March 29 when they host Fordham. 4/9 Niagara* 3:00 pm 4/10 Niagara* 12:00 pm MOVING ON UP 4/13 Yale 3:30 pm Senior Tucker Nathans has steadily moved up Fairfield’s career charts in several offensive categories 4/15 CCSU 3:00 pm 4/16 CCSU 1:00 pm over his first three seasons as a Stag. Against Old Dominion on March 5, he tied Mike Pike for second 4/17 @ CCSU 1:00 pm all-time in career hits with 209. He is 20 hits shy of breaking Ryan Bittner’s record of 228 set in 2002. 4/19 @ UConn 3:00 pm He also is third in doubles with 48 and nine away from snapping the record and four triples away from 4/23 @ Rider* 12:00 pm the record (10). With 128 RBI, he is third all-time at Fairfield and is approaching Tom Lopusznick’s 4/23 @ Rider* 3:00 pm record of 165 which was set in 2000. Nathans is also in the top-10 all times in career home runs (15) 4/25 @ Rider* 3:30 pm batting average (.353) and slugging percentage (.534). 4/26 Sacred Heart 3:30 pm 4/27 Stony Brook 3:30 pm 4/30 Siena* 12:00 pm SAVES THE DAY 4/30 Siena* 3:00 pm Sophomore Mark Bordonaro notched a save at Old Dominion on March 5 to bring his career total to 5/1 Siena * 12:00 pm six, which ties him for fourth all-time at Fairfield. 5/5 @ Quinnipiac 3:30 pm 5/7 Iona* 12:00 pm STILL GOING 5/7 Iona* 3:00 pm Junior Tucker Nathans has appeared in all 153 games in which the Stags have played since his arrival 5/8 Iona* 12:00 pm 5/14 @ Canisius* 12:00 pm in 2008. In addition, Nathans has made 140 consecutive starts. 5/14 @ Canisius* 3:00 pm 5/15 @ Canisius* 12:00 pm JOHN SLOSAR – THE FINAL SEASON 5/19 St. Peter’s* 12:00 pm After 27 years guiding the Stags, Head Coach John Slosar will be retiring upon the conclusion of the 5/19 St. Peter’s* 12:00 pm 2011 campaign. Slosar has been at the helm of more than 1,000 games and has collected more than 5/20 St. Peter’s* 12:00 pm 400 victories. Before assuming the reins as head coach in the 1985 season, Slosar was an assistant 5/26-28 MAAC Tournament Trenton, N.J. coach for the Stags for eight years. Since coming to Fairfield in 1975, Slosar has helped coach the * Indicates MAAC opponent Stags to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship, four MAAC South titles, six ECAC playoff appearances, and twelve 20-win seasons. 2011 Fairfield University Baseball Weekly Notes HEAD COACH JOHN SLOSAR COACHING CHANGES Fairfield welcomes two new coaches to the staff in 2011. Bill Currier was named the Associate Head Record at Fairfield/Overall Record Coach over the summer and will take over the reins of the program in 2012. Currier spent the 2010 459-626-7 (27th Season) season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Tennessee after spending 22 seasons as the head John Slosar enters his 27th and final coach at the University of Vermont. Currier was the winningest coach in Catamount history, posting season as Fairfield University’s head a 486-470 overall record, including a 240-203 America East record. He helped Vermont win two baseball coach. During his tenure, America East Regular Season Championships and was named America East Coach of the Year three Slosar has been at the helm of more times, in 2002, 2003, and 2006. Joining Currier on the coaching staff is Manny Torres who will help than 1,000 games and has collected with the pitching staff. Torres, a 2002 graduate of the University of Alabama, was an All-American for more than 400 victories. Slosar will retire upon the con- the Crimson Tide and pitched professionally in the Cincinnati Reds organization. Torres made three clusion of the 2011 season. trips to the College World Series with Alabama and finished his with a 21-4 record and 211 strike- Before assuming the reins as head coach in the 1985 outs. season, Slosar was an assistant coach for the Stags for eight years. Since coming to Fairfield in 1975, Slosar has MAAC PRESEASON POLL helped coach the Stags to a Metro Atlantic Athletic MAAC Preseason Poll The Stags were picked to finish seventh in the league according to the MAAC 1. Rider 73 Conference (MAAC) championship, four MAAC South 2. Marist 67 titles, six ECAC playoff appearances and twelve 20-win Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. Rider, the defending MAAC Champion, was 3. Canisius 65 seasons. chosen to repeat its title, finishing with 73 points in the poll, while Marist fin- 4. Manhattan 56 5. Siena 51 In his final season as a player for the University of ished second. Canisius placed third with 65 points. Manhattan placed fourth, 6. Niagara 28 Connecticut, he helped the Huskies to a fifth-place finish followed by Siena, Niagara, Fairfield, Saint Peter's, and Iona. 7. Fairfield 27 8. Saint Peter’s 20 in the 1972 College World Series in Omaha, Neb., by hit- 9. Iona 18 ting .400. He was named to the Sporting News Honorable MAAC PRESEASON PICK Mention All-American squad. Slosar finished with a Sophomore Anthony Hajjar was named Preseason All-MAAC by league’s coaches. Hajjar, the only career .346 batting average for the Huskies. After his underclassman on the Preseason All-MAAC Team, was named the 2010 MAAC Rookie of the Year playing days in Storrs, Conn., Slosar spent one year in the New York Mets farm system. In high school, he helped after phenomenal debut. Hajjar, who also earned 2010 Freshman All-American honors from Stratford High School to a state championship in 1968, Louisville Slugger/NCBWA and Ping! Baseball, hit .380 and set the Fairfield single season record for and was inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. hits (76) last season. He did not miss a single start and was second on the team in RBI with 46 to go Slosar led the Stags to six consecutive seasons of 20 along with his 37 runs scored, 14 doubles, and seven homers.