2006 NEC BASEBALL N EWS & N OTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Baseball Contact: Donna Poyant, Assistant 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) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Baseball Northeast Conference Baseball Facts & Figures (Week 5 - April 3, 2006) This Week’s Schedule School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Tuesday, April 4 Saturday, April 8 1. Monmouth 6-0 1.000 12-10 .545 W9 3-0 7-8 2-2 St. John’s at ST. FRANCIS (NY) LONG ISLAND at CCSU (DH) Wagner 3-0 1.000 4-17 .190 W3 0-2 4-13 0-2 WAGNER at Rutgers FDU at SFNY (DH) 3. Sacred Heart 5-1 .833 11-13 .458 W5 4-1 7-2 0-10 CCSU at Rhode Island WAGNER at MT. ST. MARY’S (DH) 4. Quinnipiac 4-2 .667 8-12-1 .405 W1 7-3 1-9-2 0-0 LONG ISLAND at Hofstra QUINNIPIAC at SACRED HEART (DH) 5. Mount St. Mary's 3-3 .500 10-13 .435 L1 3-5 4-4 3-4 Siena at QUINNIPIAC SACRED HEART at Iona Sunday, April 9 6. Central Connecticut State 1-2 .333 14-7 .667 W1 8-2 6-5 0-0 Princeton at MONMOUTH LONG ISLAND at CCSU 7. Long Island 1-5 .167 4-15-1 .225 L3 2-5 2-5-1 0-5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON at SFNY Fairleigh Dickinson 1-5 .167 3-18 .143 L6 0-4 2-9 1-5 Wednesday, April 5 QUINNIPIAC at SACRED HEART St. Francis (NY) 0-6 .000 2-13 .133 L8 0-5 1-5 1-3 Rutgers at MONMOUTH WAGNER at MT. ST. MARY’S Yale at QUINNIPIAC NJIT at MONMOUTH The top four teams based on conference winning percentage qualify for the NEC Tournament. St. Joseph’s at LONG ISLAND CCSU at Boston College WAGNER at Fordham For starting times, Akadema NEC Player of the Week ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Stony Brook see Schedule/Results page. FDU at St. John’s (DH) Nick Massari, Monmouth Sr., SS, L/R, 5-8, 175 lbs., Trenton, NJ/Hamilton West Thursday, April 6 Massari batted .688 (11-for-16) with 14 runs scored, 13 runs batted in, four doubles, two home runs and MONMOUTH at Columbia one stolen base in a 4-0 week for Monmouth, to help extend the Hawks win streak to nine games. The St. Peter’s at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON senior shortstop started the week going 5-for-6 with seven runs, six RBI, three doubles, one sacrifice fly Akadema NEC Player of the Week and one stolen base in a 35-1 win over Temple. Massari then posted three two-hit games against NEC rival Long Island during a three-game series sweep. In doubleheader action on Saturday (W 14-0, W 8-1), he Mar. 6 John Romano, Central Connecticut St. Mar. 13 Scott Appleton, Central Connecticut St. went 4-for-7 with four RBI, three walks, one double and two home runs, both of which came in Game 1 Mar. 20 Seth Brown, Central Connecticut St. action. In Sunday’s 14-1 win over the Blackbirds, Massari was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three Mar. 27 Jeff Mainetti, Quinnipiac runs batted in. For the week, he had an astonishing 1.313 slugging percentage and .750 on base Apr. 3 Nick Massari, Monmouth percentage. On the year, Massari is hitting .312 and tops the NEC in runs batted in (25), ranks second in runs scored (23) and home runs (4) and fourth in slugging percentage (.562). Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week Mar. 6 Dustin Pease, Mount St. Mary’s Mar. 13 Derek Roberts, Central Connecticut St. Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week Mar. 20 Matt Gianini, Central Connecticut St. Joe Cummings, Monmouth Mar. 27 Dustin Pease, Mount St. Mary’s Sr., LHP, 5-10, 175 lbs., Toms River, NJ/Toms River East Apr. 3 Joe Cummings, Monmouth Cummings is named Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week after posting a 14-0 shutout win over Long Island Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week to open the three-game weekend series on Saturday. The senior southpaw threw a complete game seven Mar. 6 Richie Tri, Central Connecticut St. inning shutout, scattering six hits and striking out three, while walking only one. So far this season, Mar. 13 Richie Tri, Central Connecticut St. Cummings is 3-2 with a 4.35 ERA and 20 strikeouts. Mar. 20 Richie Tri, Central Connecticut St. Mar. 27 Kenny Cedel, Long Island Apr. 3 Rick Niederhaus, Monmouth Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week Rick Niederhaus, Monmouth NEC Baseball Tournament Fr., DH, 6-3, 195 lbs., Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central May 25-27 Niederhaus posted a .615 slugging percentage and batted .462 with five runs batted in, one run scored, at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, New Jersey one triple and one walk in a four win week for Monmouth last week. The rookie designated hitter went Four team, double-elimination tournament 2-for-3 with an RBI in the win over Temple. In the opening game doubleheader against LIU on Saturday, Niederhaus was 2-for-4 and in the nightcap, was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk. He closed out the week NEC Website on Sunday with a bases loaded triple against the Blackbirds, finishing the day 1-for-4 with three RBI and For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit one run scored. On the year, Niederhaus is hitting .364 to rank sixth in the conference in batting average the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org and has recorded 16 hits, two doubles, two triples, 11 RBI and six runs. Standings are updated daily; statistics are updated weekly. 2006 NEC Baseball Schedule/Results Schedule Subject To Change. All times are local. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (14-7, 1-2 NEC) (3-18, 1-5 NEC) (4-15-1, 1-5 NEC) M 4 at Navy (DH) L 3-4, L 2-5 F 25 at Seton Hall Cancelled M 4 at Md. Eastern Shore (DH) L 3-5, T 1-1 (7) M 5 at Navy W 12-9 M 4 at Coppin State (DH) L 2-10, W 4-3 M 5 at Md. Eastern Shore W 11-7 M 8 Hartford W 10-4 M 5 at Coppin State (DH) L 2-8, L 4-11 M 11-15 at West Palm Beach, FL M 10 at La Salle W 13-5 M 11 at Delaware State (DH) L 1-4, L 9-11 M 11 vs. Seton Hall L 0-9 M 11 at Villanova W 14-13 M 12 at Delaware State L 8-9 M 12 vs. St. Bonaventure L 2-17 M 12 at La Salle Cancelled M 14-18 at Bradenton, FL M 13 vs. Maine L 5-16 M 15 Hartford W 13-7 M 14 vs. Northern Iowa L 5-7 M 14 vs. Manhattan L 2-14 M 18 at Holy Cross (DH) L 1-2, W 6-5 (8) M 15 vs. Bradley L 2-11 M 15 vs. Maine L 6-10 M 19 Holy Cross W 20-6 M 16 vs. Fairfield W 7-4 M 17-19 at Philadelphia Spring Tourney (Philadelphia, PA) M 17 vs. Army (DH) L 1-3, L 1-10 M 17 at Temple L 6-7 M 21 Boston College W 7-6 M 18 at St. Joseph’s L 6-11 M 22 at Fairfield W 6-1 M 18 vs. Vermont L 2-18 M 22 Iona L 3-13 M 19 at Villanova L 1-5 M 25 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S (DH) W 4-1, L 0-7 M 21 at Rhode Island L 1-4 M 26 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 3-4 M 25 at QUINNIPIAC (DH) W 7-5, L 1-10 M 26 at QUINNIPIAC L 2-19 M 25 SACRED HEART (DH) L 2-4, L 0-3 M 29 Vermont (DH) L 3-11, W 9-6 M 26 SACRED HEART W 7-0 M 30 Fairfield W 7-4 M 28 at Hofstra L 1-8 A 1 WAGNER (DH) L 1-2, L 1-11 M 28 St. Peter’s W 7-3 A 1 Binghamton (DH) W 12-8, L 1-10 M 29 at Rider W 7-5 A 2 Binghamton W 11-2 A 2 WAGNER L 7-8 A 1 MONMOUTH (DH) L 0-14, L 1-8 A 4 at Rhode Island 3:00 pm A 5 at St. John’s (DH) 3:30 pm A 2 MONMOUTH L 1-14 A 5 at Boston College 3:00 pm A 6 St. Peter’s 3:30 pm A 4 at Hofstra 3:00 pm A 8 LONG ISLAND (DH) 12:00 pm A 8 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) (DH) 12:00 pm xA 8 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE (DH) 12:00 pm A 9 LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm A 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 12:00 pm A 9 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 12:00 pm A 13 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) (DH) 12:00 pm A 12 at New York Inst. of Tech. 3:30 pm A 11 at New York Inst. of Tech. 3:30 pm A 15 at ST.