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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. 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 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 , 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. It is the second consecutive year in or more wins from 1995 to 2000, and 10 such cam- which a Stag has been named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team. Last season, Rob Gariano earned paigns in the last 12 seasons. Since 1995, Fairfield has the honor. The last position player to earn Preseason All-MAAC status was Peter Allen in 2008. captured a pair of MAAC South crowns, and the Fairfield mentor earned his second MAAC Coach of the Year in FRESH FACES 1997. In 2000, Slosar led the Stags to a school-record Fairfield will have 12 newcomers on the field this season – 10 freshmen, a junior college transfer, 26 wins and a berth into the MAAC Championship game. and a sophomore transfer. Junior Brett Shulick joins the Stags after two years at UConn-Avery Point 2011 FAIRFIELD QUICK FACTS where he was named the Pitcher of the NJCAA DII Tournament and helped his team finish as the national runners-up in 2010. Sophomore catcher Gary Esposito heads north from the University of School Information Tampa where he redshirted his freshman season. Location ...... Fairfield, Conn. Founded ...... 1942 FAIRFIELD’S PROJECTED STARTERS Enrollment ...... 3,300 President ...... Fr. Jeffery von Arx, S.J. C Chris Horning (14) Sr. 2011 STATS – .222 avg., 4-ffor-118, 1 RBI, 4 R Athletic Director ...... Eugene P. Doris – Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in win at W&M on 2/27 Nickname ...... Stags 1B Anthony Hajjar (27) So. 2011 STATS – .105 avg., 2-ffor-119, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB School Colors ...... Cardinal Red – MAAC Rookie of the Year, Freshman All-American in 2010 Home Field ...... Alumni Diamond 2B Tucker Nathans (2) Sr. 2011 STATS – .333 avg., 8-ffor-224, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 R, 8 RBI Surface/Dimensions ...... Grass/330, 400, 330 – Went 4-for-5 and a 3B short of the cycle in season opener Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I – All-MAAC Second Team selection in 2010 Conference ...... Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 3B Mark Skrapits (26) Jr. 2011 STATS (BATTING)– .240 avg., 6-ffor-225, 2 R, 2 RBI Team Information 2011 STATS (PITCHING)– 0.00 ERA, 1 SAVE, 1 APP, O K, 2.0 IP Head Coach ...... John Slosar (UConn ’72) – Picked up first collegiate save in first collegiate appearance on Record at Fairfield/Seasons ...... 459-629-7/26 the mound at William & Mary on 2/27 Career Record/Seasons ...... Same SS Larry Cornelia (1) Jr. 2011 STATS – .240 avg., 6-ffor-225, 4 R, 3 RBI, 4-44 SB-SSBA Associate Head Coach ...... Bill Currier (Vermont ’84) – Batting .400 against left handed pitchers this season Assistant Coach ...... Adam Taraska (Bridgeport ’03) Assistant Coach ...... Manny Torres (Alabama ’02) LF Marco Garamella (33) Sr. 2011 STATS – .000 avg., 0-ffor-112, 6 SO 2010 Record ...... 18-32 – Had 10 multi-hit and multi-RBI games last season 2010 MAAC Record ...... 8-16 CF Ryan Furbeck (3) Jr. 2011 STATS – .308 avg., 8-ffor-226, 4 R, 0 RBI 2010 MAAC Regular Season Finish ...... 7th – Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in win at W&M on 2/27 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 24/9 RF Tyler Wosleger (34) Jr. 2011 STATS – .333 avg., 8-ffor-224, 3 R, 0 RBI Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 2/2 – Went 3-for-4 in William & Mary finale on 2/27 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ...... 5/2 DH Carmine DeVito (30) Sr. 2011 STATS – .190 avg., 4-ffor-221, 2 R, 1 RBI Sports Information Office – Had 11-game hitting streak snapped in season opener Sports Information Director ...... Jack Jones RHP Brett Shulick (15) Jr. 2011 STATS – 3.21 ERA, 0-11, 2 App, 2 GS, 0 CG, 6 K, 14.0 IP Associate SID ...... Chris O’Connor – Right-handed batters hitting just .156 against Shulick Assistant SID/Baseball Contact ...... Kelly McCarthy RHP Scott Gussaroff (13) Gr. 2011 STATS – 7.36 ERA, 1-11, 2 App, 2 GS, 0 CG, 7 K, 11.0 IP Sports Information Graduate Assistant . .Caitlyn Young – Notched the win on Old Dominion on March 5 McCarthy Office Phone . . . . .203-254-4000, ext. 2877 RHP Scott Warwick (6) Jr. 2011 STATS – 12.38 ERA, 1-11, 2 GS, 0 CG, 5 K, 8.0 IP McCarthy Cell Phone ...... 203-395-3858 McCarthy E-mail ...... [email protected] – Earned first collegiate win against William & Mary on 2/26 Sports Information Fax ...... 203-254-4117 RHP Mark Bordonaro (10) So. 2011 STATS – 2.89 ERA, 1-00, 2 App, 1 GS, 0 CG, 48 K, 9.1 IP Website ...... FairfieldStags.com – Notched first win as a starter against William & Mary on 2/27

2011 Fairfield University Baseball Weekly Notes BACK IN THE LINEUP RECORD VS. 2011 OPPONENTS Junior Mark Skrapits makes his return to the infield after missing almost all of 2010 with injury which was sustained just six games into last season. Army 3-66-11 Last Meeting: April 26, 2005 WHAT THEY DID ON THEIR SUMMER VACATIONS Last Win: 1994 Several Stags had successful summers on the baseball diamond playing on competitive collegiate Bryant 0-11 leagues. Last Meeting: April 1, 2010 Last Win: Never D Tucker Nathans had an excellent summer for the Danbury Westerners in the New England Canisius 21-118 Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). He was earned the NECBL Sportsmanship Award, All-NECBL Last Meeting: May 2, 2010 Second Team honors, NECBL All-Star status, and was named the Westerner’s MVP. He batted .294 Last Win: May 1, 2010 with eight homers, 11 doubles, 30 RBI, and 37 runs scored to help Danbury finish as the runners- Central Connecticut 27-440-11 up in the NECBL Championship. Last Meeting: May 5, 2010 Last Win: April 25, 2007 D Mark Bordonaro also played in the NECBL for the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club (23-19) which Connecticut 15-552-11 were elminated from the playoffs by Nathans’ Westerners. Bordonaro made eight starts, finishing Last Meeting: April 20, 2010 with a 3.69 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 39.0 innings of work. Last Win: April 25, 2006 Fordham 22-224 D Tyler Wosleger received a 2010 Rawlings Finest In The Field Award for his play at first base over Last Meeting: March 31, 2010 the summer for the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods League. Wosleger posted a fielding Last Win: April 1, 2009 percentage of .994 in 53 games at first base for the Border Cats. Wosleger finished the summer Iona 58-558-11 with a .241 batting average, five doubles, 18 RBI, and a team-best nine steals. Last Meeting: May 9, 2010 D In the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League(ACBL), Larry Cornelia, Carmine DeVito, and Scott Last Win: May 9, 2010 Gussaroff helped the Long Island Collegians clinch the Kaiser Division Regular Season Manhattan 65-336 Championship. Cornelia batted .330 with 17 runs, 14 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 31 games while Last Meeting: April 18, 2010 Last Win: April 17, 2010 DeVito hitting .234 with 13 runs and 12 RBI in 25 games. On the mound, Gussaroff had a 3.52 ERA Marist 8-332 with 12 strikeouts in seven appearances. Last Meeting: May 21, 2010 D Sam Robertson played in the ACBL for the Sag Harbor Whalers and finished the summer with a Last Win: March 24, 2008 2-1 record and a 3.69 ERA in six appearances. Niagara 24-114 Last Meeting: April 25, 2010 2010 IN REVIEW Last Win: April 24, 2010 Old Dominion 1-22 MAAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Last Meeting: March 5, 2011 Freshman Anthony Hajjar was named the 2010 MAAC Rookie of the Year. In his freshman campaign, Last Win: March 5, 2011 Hajjar led all MAAC rookies by hitting .380 and set the Fairfield single season records for hits (76). Quinnipiac 16-112 Hajjar, who did not miss a single start at first base, was second on the team in RBI with 46 to go Last Meeting: April 11, 2010 along with his 37 runs scored, 14 doubles, seven homeruns, and two triples. He also notched .575 Last Win: April 11, 2010 slugging percentage and posted a .429 on-base percentage, reaching base in 45 of 50 games. Rider 20-336 Hajjar batted .404 in league games, scoring 30 runs while driving in 28. He only struck out 21 times Last Meeting: April 5, 2010 Last Win: April 5, 2010 in 200 at-bats. Hajjar is Fairfield’s first MAAC Rookie of the Year since 1997 when Tom Lopusznick Sacred Heart 17-112 was named the MAAC South Rookie of the Year. Last Meeting: March 23, 2010 Last Win: March 24, 2009 ALL-MAAC HONORS Saint Joseph’s 1-77 Junior Tucker Nathans earned All-MAAC Second Team honors. Nathans started in all 50 games at Last Meeting: April 28, 2010 second base for the Stags in 2010, hitting .357 with 75 hits. He led the team in RBI (50) and dou- Last Win: April 3, 2007 bles (22) both one shy of the single season record. He also had seven home runs and two doubles, Saint Peter’s 84-441 a .581 slugging percentage, and 10 stolen bases. Nathans set the single game record for RBI, driv- Last Meeting: March 28, 2010 ing in nine at Hartford on March 25. Last Win: March 27, 2010 Siena 15-226 NEIBA ALL-STAR HONORS Last Meeting: May 15, 2010 Second baseman Tucker Nathans was named to the 2010 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Last Win: March 22, 2009 St. John’s 4-223 Association (NEIBA) All-Division I First Team. With his inclusion on the First Team, he was selected Last Meeting: March 17, 2010 to play in the NEIBA All-Star Game at Fenway Park held on June 6. It is Fairfield’s first NEIBA All-Star Last Win: March 22, 2005 selection since 2007 when Peter Allen earned First Team honors. Ryan Holsten, Jon Novalis, and Stony Brook 1-77 Dan Krines are the three other Stags to be selected to the NEIBA All-Star game since 2000. Last Meeting: April 28, 2010 Last Win: April 3, 2007 FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN HONORS Temple 0-00 First baseman Anthony Hajjar continued to garner accolades as he was named to the Louisville Last Meeting: First Meeting Slugger Freshmen All-American Team by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and to the Ping! Last Win: First Meeting Baseball Freshman All-American Third Team. He is the first Stag since 1993 to earn similar acco- UMBC 5-44 lades when Mike Pike was named to the Mizuno Freshman All-American Team. Last Meeting: March 29, 2009 Last Win: March 29, 2009 Villanova 10-22 Last Meeting: March 2, 2008 Last Win: March 2, 2008 Inning-BBy-IInning Summary William & Mary 3-44 Last Meeting: February 27, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total Last Win: February 27, 2011 Fairfield 1 2 2 4 7 1 0 2 2 2 23 Yale 15-225 Opponents 1 6 11 3 2 8 1 7 2 3 44 Last Meeting: April 14, 2010 Last Win: April 14, 2010

2011 Fairfield University Baseball Weekly Notes FAIRFIELD BY THE NUMBERS IN 2011 DRAFTED! GAME HIGHS IN 2011 Senior Rob Gariano was drafted in the Total ...... 3-4 36th round of the MLB First Year Player Team Batting At bats: 41 at William & Mary (2/25) Conference ...... 0-0 Draft by the . Gariano is Non-Conf ...... 3-4 Runs scored: 6 at William & Mary (2/26) the first Stag to be drafted since the 2001 Hits: 13 at William & Mary (2/25) Home ...... 0-0 season when Ryan Holsten was taken in RBIs: 4 at William & Mary (2/27) Away ...... 3-4 Doubles: 3 at Old Dominion (3/5) Neutral ...... 0-0 the 22nd round by the . Home runs: 1 at William & Mary (2/25) Day ...... 3-3 Total bases: 18 at William & Mary (2/25) Night ...... 0-1 Walks: 3 at William & Mary (2/26) vs Left ...... 1-1 IT’S A HIT 3 at William & Mary (2/27) vs Right ...... 2-3 Rookie Anthony Hajjar set Fairfield’s sin- 3 at Old Dominion (3/5) 1-Run games ...... 3-1 gle season hits record, finishing 2010 with Strikeouts: 13 at Old Dominion (3/4) Sac hits: 1 at William & Mary (2/25) 2-Run games ...... 0-0 76. Hajjar, along with Tucker Nathans, sur- 5+Run games ...... 0-2 1 at William & Mary (2/26) passed the previous record of 69 on May 1 at William & Mary (2/27) Extra inns ...... 0-1 14 at Siena. Nathans finished the year with Sac flies: 2 at William & Mary (2/27) Shutouts ...... 0-0 75 hits to break his own record. Stolen bases: 5 at William & Mary (2/26) Hit by pitch: 2 at Old Dominion (3/5) RECORD WHEN... 2 at Old Dominion (3/5) Scoring 0-2 runs ...... 0-3 ON THE OFFENSIVE Caught stealing: 2at William & Mary (2/27) Scoring 3-5 runs ...... 2-1 Fairfield forged 10 new offensive stan- Runners LOB: 10 at William & Mary (2/25) Scoring 6-9 runs ...... 1-0 dards in the record books. As a team, the 10 at Old Dominion (3/5) Scoring 10+ runs ...... 0-0 squad set the records for hits (517), dou- Opponent 0-2 runs ...... 0-0 Team Pitching bles (105), homeruns (44), at-bats Innings pitched: 9.2 at William & Mary (2/25) Opponent 3-5 runs ...... 3-1 (1736), runs scored (355), and RBI (321). Runs allowed: 14 at William & Mary (2/26) Opponent 6-9 runs ...... 0-2 Individually, single season records were Earned runs: 11 at William & Mary (2/26) Opponent 10+ runs ...... 0-1 set for hits (76-Hajjar) and homers (13- Walks allowed: 7 at William & Mary (2/26) Scored in 1st inning ...... 1-0 DeVito) and single game records for RBI Strikeouts: 10 at Old Dominion (3/5) Scores first ...... 2-1 Hits allowed: 11 at William & Mary (2/26) Opp. scores first ...... 1-3 (9-Nathans), runs (5-Rafferty & Furbeck), Doubles allowed: 5 at Old Dominion (3/5) After 6 leading ...... 3-0 and total bases (14-Rafferty). Triples allowed: 1 at William & Mary (2/26) After 6 trailing ...... 0-3 1 at William & Mary (2/26) After 6 tied ...... 0-1 NEW STRIKEOUTS LEADER 1 at Old Dominion (3/5) After 7 leading ...... 2-0 Home runs: 2 at Old Dominion (3/4) With his four strikeouts at Saint Peter’s on 2 at Old Dominion (3/5) After 7 trailing ...... 0-2 March 27, senior Rob Gariano broke Wild pitches: 3 at Old Dominion (3/5) After 7 tied ...... 0-1 Fairfield’s career strikeouts record of 239 Hit batters: 2 at William & Mary (2/26) After 8 leading ...... 2-1 set by Keefe Cato in 1979. The historic After 8 trailing ...... 0-2 strikeout came in the top of the eighth Individual Batting After 8 tied ...... 0-0 At bats: 5 (9 games) Hit 0 home runs ...... 3-3 inning as Gariano set down leadoff batter Runs scored: 2 (9 games) Hit 1 home run ...... 0-1 Mike Pearson. He finished with 293 career Hits: 4, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/25) Hit 2+ home runs ...... 0-0 K’s. RBIs: 3, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/27) Opponent 0 home runs ...... 2-2 Doubles: 1 (8 games) Home runs: 1, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/25) Opponent 1 home run ...... 1-0 GETTING ON BASE Total bases: 8, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/25) Opponent 2+ HRs ...... 0-2 Freshman Anthony Hajjar reached base in Walks: 2, Mark Skrapits at Old Dominion (3/4) Made 0 errors ...... 1-1 all but five of the 50 games the Stags 2, Tucker Nathans at Old Dominion (3/5) Made 1 error ...... 2-3 played. He reached base in 18 straight Strikeouts: 3, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/26) Made 2+ errors ...... 0-0 games before it was snapped on May 15 at 3, Chris Horning at Old Dominion (3/4) Opp. made 0 errors ...... 0-1 Sac hits: 1, Anthony Hajjar at William & Mary (2/25) Opp. made 1 error ...... 1-1 Siena. He went on to reach in 26 of the last 1, Tyler Wosleger at William & Mary (2/26) Opp. made 2+ errors ...... 2-2 29 contests. 1, Ryan Furbeck at William & Mary (2/27) Out-hit opponent ...... 1-1 Sac flies: 1, Tucker Nathans at William & Mary (2/27) Out-hit by opponent ...... 1-3 1, Larry Cornelia at William & Mary (2/27) 1, Larry Cornelia at Old Dominion (3/4) Hits are tied ...... 1-0 Stolen bases: 2, Larry Cornelia at William & Mary (2/26) 2, Carmine DeVito at Old Dominion (3/5) Last 5 games ...... 3-2 Hit by pitch: 1, (8 games) Last 10 games ...... 3-4 Last 15 games ...... 3-4 Individual Pitching Longest Winning Streak ...... 2 games Innings pitched: 7.0, Brett Shulick at William & Mary (2/25) Longest Losing Streak ...... 2 games 7.0, Brett Shulick at Old Dominion (3/4) Runs allowed: 6, Scott Gussaroff at William & Mary (2/26) 2011 MAAC STANDINGS 6, Scott Warwick at Old Dominion (3/5) Earned runs: 6, Scott Gussaroff at William & Mary (2/26) MAAC Overall 6, Scott Warwick at Old Dominion (3/5) W L Pct. W L Pct. Walks allowed: 5, Scott Gussaroff at William & Mary (2/26) 5, Scott Warwick at William & Mary (2/26) Marist 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 Strikeouts: 4, Brett Shulick at William & Mary (2/25) Fairfield 0 0 .000 3 4 .429 4, Mark Bordonaro at William & Mary (2/27) Manhattan 0 0 .000 3 4 .429 Hits allowed: 10, Scott Warwick at William & Mary (2/26) Rider 0 0 .000 3 4 .429 Doubles allowed: 3, Kyle Goldstein, at W&M (2/25) 3, Scott Warwick at Old Dominion (3/5) Canisius 0 0 .000 3 4 .429 3, Scott Gussaroff at Old Dominion (3/5) Iona 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 Triples allowed:1, Andrew VanEyck at William & Mary (2/26) Saint Peter's 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 1, Scott Warwick at William & Mary (2/26) Home runs allowed: 2, Brett Shulick at Old Dominion (3/4) Niagara 0 0 .000 2 9 .182 Wild pitches: 2, Scott Warwick at William & Mary (2/26) Siena 0 0 .000 0 9 .000 2, Scott Warwick at Old Dominion (3/5)

2011 Fairfield University Baseball Weekly Notes 2011 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY STAGS BASEBALL ROSTER

NO.NAME CL.POS. B/T HT.WT.HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) 1 Larry Cornelia Jr. IF R/R 5-10 160 Dix Hills, N.Y./St. Anthony 2 Tucker Nathans* Sr. IF L/R 6-1 195 Warwick, N.Y./Salisbury Academy 3 Ryan Furbeck Jr. OF L/L 5-7 160 Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills 4 Kyle Goldstein Jr. LHP L/L 6-0 155 Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug 5 Mike Maschi Fr. OF R/R 5-7 160 Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep 6 Scott Warwick Jr. RHP R/R 6-1 160 Quincy MA/ Boston College HS 7 Nick Piccirillo Jr. IF R/R 5-9 165 Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph 8 Justin Nusblatt Sr. IF R/R 6-0 170 Doylestown, Pa./The Pennington School 10 Mark Bordonaro So. RHP L/R 6-0 155 Berlin, Conn./Berlin 11 Jack Giannini So. IF R/R 6-0 185 Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep 12 Kyle Capaldo So. RHP R/R 5-11 180 Thomaston, Conn./Thomaston 13 Scott Gussaroff Gr. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor 14 Chris Horning* Sr. C R/R 5-11 185 Potomac, Md./Georgetown Prep 15 Brett Shulick R-Jr. RHP R/R 5-11 190 Stratford, Conn./Bunnell (UConn Avery Point) 16 Michael Bennett So. C R/R 5-7 185 Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell 17 Mike Xarras Fr. LHP L/L 5-11 185 Lunenburg, Mass./Lunenburg 18 Luis Pla So. C R/R 5-10 190 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/San Ignacio de Loyola 19 Brian Comiskey* Sr. RHP R/R 5-10 175 Coram, N.Y./Longwood 21 Rob LoPinto Fr. IF R/R 5-11 175 E. Hanover, N.J./Hanover Park 22 Gary Esposito Fr. C R/R 5-10 180 Dunedin, Fla./Tampa Prep (Univ. of Tampa) 25 Sam Robertson Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 180 Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield 26 Mark Skrapits Jr. IF/RHP R/R 6-2 185 Bronx, N.Y./Regis 27 Anthony Hajjar So. 1B R/R 6-2 200 Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian 28 Tyler Wosleger Jr. 1B/OF L/R 6-4 200 East Hampton, Conn./East Hampton 30 Carmine DeVito Sr. OF R/R 6-1 195 Plainview, N.Y./Holy Trinity 31 Marco Garamella R-Sr. OF L/R 6-0 220 Shelton, Conn./Shelton (UConn Avery Point) 32 Gavin McCullough Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 190 Stamford, Conn./Stamford (Vermont) 33 Brian DelGuercio Fr. C/OF R/R 6-0 180 Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove 34 Greg Donahue So. OF L/R 6-4 190 Lowell, Mass./St. John’s Prep 35 Ryan Plourde Fr. C/OF R/R 6-0 195 Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross 37 Tom Nagy Fr. OF R/R 6-3 220 Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe 38 Christian Fox Fr. RHP R/R 5-11 155 Braintree, Mass./Braintree 39 Joe D'Angiolillo Fr. IF R/R 5-11 180 Chatham, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 41 Dan Zarnik Fr. RHP R/R 6-1 195 Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield 42 Andrew VanEyck Fr. RHP R/R 6-3 175 Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich * Team Captain

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: John Slosar (UConn ’72) – 27th Season Associate Head Coach: Bill Currier (Vermont ’84) – First Season Assistant Coach: Adam Taraska (Bridgeport ’03) – Second Season Assistant Coach: Manny Torres (Alabama ’02) – First Season

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 4 Kyle Gold-SSTEEN 13 Scott GUS-aa-rroff 33 Brian Del GURR-ccee-ooh 5 Mike MASHY 17 Mike ZAR-rras 35 Ryan PLORDE 7 Nick Pick-EER-iill-OOh 18 Loo-eeese PLAH 37 Tom NAG-eee 10 Mark Bor-ddan-AAIR-ooh 26 Mark SCRAP-iits 39 Joe DEE-aan-JJOE-llil-ooh 11 Jack GIA-kknee-kknee 27 Anthony HADGE-aare 42 Andrew Van IKE 12 Kyle Cah-PPAUL-ddough 28 Tyler Wass-lleg-eer Head Coach John SLOW-ssar

2011 Fairfield University Baseball Weekly Notes The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Fairfield (as of Mar 08, 2011) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-4 Home: 0-0 Away: 3-4 MAAC: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 28 Wosleger,Tyler . 3 3 3 7-7 243810009 . 3 7 51141 . 3 8 5 0 1 2-3 16 1 0 1.000 2 Nathans,Tucker . 3 3 3 7-7 24 3 8 3 0 1 8 14 . 5 8 3 3 0 5 0 . 3 9 3 1 0 1-3 20 19 0 1.000 3 Furbeck,Ryan . 3 0 8 7-7 264810009 . 3 4 62030 . 3 5 7 0 1 1-1 17 0 1 . 9 4 4 26 Skrapits,Mark . 2 4 0 7-7 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 6 . 2 4 0 2 0 7 0 . 2 9 6 0 0 0-0 8 17 0 1.000 1 Cornelia,Larry . 2 4 0 7-7 254610037 . 2 8 00250 . 2 7 6 2 0 4-4 10 18 1 . 9 6 6 14 Horning,Chris . 2 2 2 6-5 18 2 4 2 0 0 1 6 . 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 . 2 2 2 0 0 0-0 23 4 1 . 9 6 4 30 DeVito,Carmine . 1 9 0 7-7 212400014 . 1 9 0 2 1 10 1 . 2 9 2 0 0 3-3 1001.000 35 Plourde,Ryan . 1 2 5 7-4 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 . 1 2 5 0 0 3 0 . 1 2 5 0 0 0-0 7 2 0 1.000 27 Hajjar,Anthony . 1 0 5 7-7 191200012 . 1 0 53250 . 2 9 2 0 1 2-2 58 4 0 1.000 ------7 Piccirillo,Nick . 3 3 3 3-1 60200012 . 3 3 30011 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 31 Garamella,Marco . 0 0 0 6-4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 . 0 7 7 0 0 0-0 5 0 1 . 8 3 3 5 Maschi,Mike . 0 0 0 3-0 10000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 211 . 7 5 0 22 Esposito,Gary . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 11 Giannini,Jack . 0 0 0 2-0 11000000 . 0 0 01000 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 8 Nusblatt,Justin . 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 Totals . 2 2 8 7 219 23 50 8 0 1 19 61 . 2 7 9 14 8 54 4 . 2 9 5 3 3 13-16 170 75 5 . 9 8 0 Opponents . 2 8 4 7 218 44 62 20 3 5 38 103 . 4 7 2 31 5 30 7 . 3 8 4 1 5 5-8 180 62 12 . 9 5 3

LOB - Team (44), Opp (46). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (6). Picked off - Furbeck 1, Nathans 1, DeVito 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 26 Skrapits,Mark 0 . 0 00-01000/012.000010000 . 0 0 0 0000 0 12 Capaldo,Kyle 2 . 2 5 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 1 4.0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 . 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 Bordonaro,Mark 2 . 8 91-02100/019.183348100 . 2 4 2 1101 1 15 Shulick,Brett 3 . 2 1 0-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 14.0 10 5 5 6 6 2 0 2 . 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 19 Comiskey,Brian 6 . 7 50-02000/004.043301201 . 2 3 5 0000 0 13 Gussaroff,Scott 7 . 3 6 1-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 11.0 11 9 9 8 7 4 0 1 . 2 6 8 1 1 0 0 3 6 Warwick,Scott 12.38 1-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 8.0 15 11 11 7 5 5 2 1 . 3 8 5 4120 0 4 Goldstein,Kyle 16.88 0-1 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 7 5 5 1 0 3 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------38 Fox,Christian 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 Xarras,Mike 0 . 0 00-01000/000.200011000 . 0 0 0 1100 0 42 VanEyck,Andrew 99.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 3 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 . 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 . 5 1 3-4 7 7 0 0/0 3 56.2 62 44 41 31 30 20 3 5 . 2 8 4 7 5 3 1 5 Opponents 2 . 1 0 4-3 7 7 1 0/0 1 60.0 50 23 14 14 54 8 0 1 . 2 2 8 8 8 1 3 3

PB - Team (0), Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (2), Horning 2, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - Horning (3-5), Plourde (2-3), Warwick (2-3), Shulick (1-2), Bordonaro (1-2), Gussaroff (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Fairfield (as of Mar 08, 2011) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 27 Hajjar,Anthony 62 58 4 0 1.000 8 0 0 - - -00 2 Nathans,Tucker 39 20 19 0 1.000 8 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Skrapits,Mark 25 8 17 0 1.000 2 0 0 - - -00 28 Wosleger,Tyler 17 16 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 35 Plourde,Ryan 97201.000 0 2 1 . 6 6 700 13 Gussaroff,Scott 4 1 3 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 15 Shulick,Brett 30301.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 000 10 Bordonaro,Mark 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 30 DeVito,Carmine 11001.000 0 0 0 - - -00 17 Xarras,Mike 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 8 Nusblatt,Justin 10101.000 0 0 0 - - -00 6 Warwick,Scott 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 2 1 . 6 6 7 0 0 1 Cornelia,Larry 29 10 18 1 . 9 6 6 5 0 0 - - -00 14 Horning,Chris 28 23 4 1 . 9 6 4 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 3 Furbeck,Ryan 18 17 0 1 . 9 4 4 0 0 0 - - -00 31 Garamella,Marco 6 5 0 1 . 8 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Maschi,Mike 4211 . 7 5 0 0 0 0 - - -00 19 Comiskey,Brian 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Piccirillo,Nick 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 42 VanEyck,Andrew 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Capaldo,Kyle 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 4 Goldstein,Kyle 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Giannini,Jack 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 38 Fox,Christian 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Esposito,Gary 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 Totals 250 170 75 5 . 9 8 0 8 5 3 . 6 2 5 0 0 Opponents 254 180 62 12 . 9 5 3 6 13 3 . 8 1 3 1 0

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 15 AB Pitching minimums - 1 Games 2 IP