By NoontimeSports.com
Here are the results from today’s NCAA baseball and softball games.
New England Baseball Regional:
* No. 4 Western New England 5, No. 6 St. Joseph’s (ME) 3
* No. 2 Wheaton College 3, No. 8 Daniel Webster 1
* No. 3 Endicott College 5, No. 1 Southern Maine 2
* No. 4 Western New England 8, No. 2 Wheaton College
Ithaca Regional:
* No. 1 Ithaca College 3, No. 6 Amherst College 2
NCAA Division III Softball Championship:
* Tufts University 6, Texas-Tyler 0
By NoontimeSports.com
The Wheaton College baseball team kept their season alive with a victory against Daniel Webster this afternoon in the NCAA Division III New England Regional. Wheaton will attempt to extend its season to tomorrow when they return to the diamond later this evening against Western New England, who defeated St. Joseph’s (ME) earlier this morning.
Courtesy of the Wheaton athletic department, here’s the release from their win against the Eagles:
HARWICH, Mass. – Second-seeded Wheaton College, ranked no.15 overall in the latest D3baseball.comnational poll, eliminated eighth-seeded Daniel Webster from the NCAA Division III New England Regional double elimination tournament with a 3-1 triumph on Friday afternoon at Whitehouse Field in the first-ever meeting between both squads.
The Lyons (32-11) will play Western New England University in an elimination game later tonight at 8 p.m. The Eagles season comes to a close at 29-12 overall.
Junior right-hander Nick Filloramo (Rochester, Mass./Old Rochester Regional) improved to 6-3 overall on seven innings pitched, four hits, one run (earned), zero walks and five strikeouts on 89 pitches (68 strikes). Sophomore Mike Bisceglia (New Boston, N.H./Goffstown) hurled a scoreless eighth yielding just one hit and junior closer Ryan Grant (Easton, Mass./Avon Old Farms School) locked down his 12th save of the season on two strikeouts in the ninth. Grant surpassed Mike Spavento ’02 for the all-time career lead in saves as both relief pitchers were tied at 35 entering this afternoon’s contest.
Daniel Webster senior Syed Ali (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) was dealt the loss over seven innings, eight hits, three runs (all earned), three walks and two punchouts.
Wheaton opened up the scoring with two outs in the top of the third as senior Dan Gusovsky (Andover, Mass./Andover) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to take a 1-0 advantage. Gusovsky knocked in his team-leading 23rd two-out RBI of the season.
Senior Eric Jensen (Gorham, N.H./Gorham) reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second base and advanced to third on an infield single to third base from classmate Sean Ryan (Norton, Mass./Norton). After Ryan swiped second, sophomore Apolinar De la Cruz (Providence, R.I./Classical) worked a seven pitch walk to set up the scoring. Ali held the Lyons offense in check with a ground out to first to end the threat.
Freshman Matt Lavanchy (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) gave the Lyons a 2-0 lead in the fourth with a sacrifice bunt RBI in between the pitcher’s mound and home to plate senior Paul O’Neill (Framingham, Mass./Framingham)from third. O’Neill led off the frame with a single to center field and used his speed to advance from first to third on a base hit to center by senior Justin Connor (Arlington, Mass./Arlington).
In the sixth, Lavanchy hooked a run-producing double on the chalk of the right field line to push Wheaton ahead 3-0. Sophomore Justin Peluso (North Andover, Mass./Saint John’s Prep) scored from first base as Lavanchy’s hit bounced into the Lyons open bullpen down the line in foul territory. Peluso got the offense started in the inning with a leadoff single up the middle.
Daniel Webster answered in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly to right field off the bat of senior Elliot Kilgore (Milford, N.H./Milford), his 17th RBI of the season. Classmate Darrik Marstaller (Spofford, N.H./Keene) notched a single to right-center, stole his team-leading 17th base of the season and advanced to third on a ground out for the Eagles lone run.
Filloramo used a ground out to end the inning and three more in the seventh to erase a two-out double down the left field line from freshman Devin DeCarteret (Pelham, N.H./Pelham) to close out his outing. Bisceglia allowed a one-out single in the eighth, stranding a runner at second base with three ground outs. Grant retired the side in order in the ninth on a strikeout swinging, a 1-3 ground out and a strikeout looking for his 36th career save. Grant is also the all-time leader in games finished (69) in program history and third all-time in appearances (72) as a junior.
Lavanchy collected Wheaton’s only multi-hit game going 2-for-4 with two RBI. Lavanchy now has 18 multi-hit games this season. Jensen extended his hitting to nine games while De la Cruz pushed his to eight and Gusovsky moved his to seven as all three hitters had just one hit in the contest.
By NoontimeSports.com
A couple local squads will be competing in various NCAA tournaments this morning, afternoon and evening, and below are the times.
NCAA Division III New England Baseball Regional:
* No. 4 Western New England vs. No. 6 St. Joseph’s (ME), 9:30 a.m. — Elimination Game
* No. 2 Wheaton College vs. No. 8 Daniel Webster, 1 p.m. — Elimination Game
* No. 1 Southern Maine vs. No. 3 Endicott College, 4:30 p.m.
* St. Joe’s/WNE vs. Daniel Webster/Wheaton, 8 p.m. — Elimination Game
NCAA Division III Ithaca Regional:
* No. 1 Ithaca College vs. No. 6 Amherst College, 4:30 p.m.
NCAA Division III Softball Championship Tournament:
* Tufts University vs. Texas-Tyler @ Eau Claire, WI, 5 p.m.
By Matt Noonan
MIT’s baseball season concluded this morning in Harwich as the Engineers saw its three-run lead erased by a four-run fifth inning and a five-run seventh by Daniel Webster in the NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament.
The No. 8 seeded Daniel Webster dropped their first tournament game yesterday to No. 1 Southern Maine, 5-2, but kept their playoff hopes alive with a 10-4 victory against the fifth seeded Engineers.
The Eagles will play the loser of Endicott College-Wheaton College tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Hayden Cornwell began the Engineers three-run first inning by driving in Creed Mangrum, who led off the frame with an infield single. Parker Tew followed with a two-run home run to provide MIT with a 3-0 lead, but Daniel Webster trimmed the deficit in the top of the second off a triple by Tyler Bonin, who sent Elliot Kilgore to the plate.
MIT responded in the bottom of the inning with their fourth and final run as James McKinney sent K.J. Parent to the dish on a single to right field.
Aric Dama, who started for the Engineers, pitched four and one-third innings, but gave up five earned runs. He did finish with two strikeouts, though.
MIT’s season concludes with a 27-13 mark, as well as this year’s ECAC Division III New England Baseball champions.
Excluding MIT, Salem State, another local squad, saw its season conclude with a 7-5 setback to St. Joseph’s (ME) in the second game of the day.
The Vikings lost to Wheaton last night, 5-3, and never led the Monks. Ryan Beliveau recorded two of his team’s five runs, along with one hit, while teammates Kevin Salines, Brett Cahill, Richard Fecteau and Matt Burgess each recorded one RBI.
Salem State’s season ends with a 25-15 overall record, as well as this year’s Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) champions. The Vikings hadn’t won their conference crown since 2006.
By NoontimeSports.com
The second day of the NCAA Division III New England Baseball Regional, which is being hosted by the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) in Harwich, begins this morning at 9:30 a.m., and below the schedule:
* No. 5 MIT vs. No. 8 Daniel Webster, 9:30 a.m. – Elimination Game
* No. 6 St. Joseph’s (ME) vs. No. 7 Salem State, 1 p.m. – Elimination Game
* No. 1 University of Southern Maine vs. No. 4 Western New England, 4:30 p.m
* No. 2 Wheaton College vs. No. 3 Endicott College, 8 p.m.
By Matt Noonan
The road to the NCAA Division III baseball tournament begins this morning in Harwich as four local squads, along with four New England teams will be competing in a double-elimination tournament.
The tournament, which begins today, will conclude on Sunday, May 19, with the winner earning an automatic bid to the championship bracket.
Wheaton College won the New England Regionals last season and advanced to the World Series for the second time in program history, but came up short to Marietta College, the same squad that defeated them in 2006.
Below is today’s schedule and for more information on the bracket — HOP HERE
* MIT vs. Western New England, 9:30 a.m.
* Southern Maine vs. Daniel Webster, 1 p.m.
* Endicott College vs. St. Joseph’s (ME), 4:30 p.m.
* Wheaton College vs. Salem State, 8 p.m.
By NoontimeSports.com
Courtesy of the Northeastern University athletic department’s YouTube channel, here is last night’s postgame interview with coach Neil McPhee and Rob Fonseca after the Huskies defeated UMass and claimed their first Beanpot crown since 2009.
By NoontimeSports.com
The Northeastern University baseball team captured its first Beanpot crown since 2009 as the Huskies defeated UMass at Fenway Park this evening, 6-3.
UMass jumped out to a 2-0 lead after three frames, but Northeastern rallied with four runs in the fourth, which included a home run by Rob Fonseca that reached the Green Monster to secure the lead for good.
Fonseca finished with two runs, two hits and one RBI, while teammates Michael Foster, John Puttress and Pete Castoldi combined for four runs. Matt Cook picked up his second win on the bump, while Michael Foster recorded his first save of the season.
Rob McLam and Dylan Begin combined for UMass’ three runs, while Aaron Plunkett earned his fourth loss of the season.
With the win, NU improves to 24-17 overall, while UMass slips to 10-25.
By NoontimeSports.com
Courtesy of the UMass Boston sports information department, here’s this afternoon’s release about Lucas Ilges, who recorded his first career shutout as the Beacons defeated No. 13 University of Southern Maine and earned their 13th win of the season. Here’s the recap:
GORHAM, Maine—Lucas Ilges (Gloucester, Mass.) scattered three hits over nine innings en route to his first career shutout as UMass Boston (13-16, 5-5 Little East) handed #13 University of Southern Maine (25-5, 7-1 Little East) their first conference loss of the season with a 4-0 win at the USM Baseball Field.
Ilges was dominant the entire way, striking out five and retiring the first 10 batters he faced to earn his first collegiate shutout and help the Beacons snap a 5-game Little East Conference losing streak. The junior right-hander moved to 3-3 on the year by handing the Huskies just their second loss in their past 21 games.
At the plate, battery mate Todd Ezold (Westfield, Mass.) led the Beacons with two RBI, while Jose Pena (Boston, Mass.) and Matt Consiglio (Southbury, Conn.) each recorded a team-high two hits. Pena and sophomore shortstop Bryan Failla (Torrington, Conn.) each recorded an RBI.
A week after going through six pitchers in a 12-6 home loss to Southern Maine, Ilges and his teammates set the tone early.
The Beacons grabbed their first lead in 16 innings with three hits and a run in the top of the first. Consiglio doubled down the left field line with one out in the top of the first and moved over to third base on a single from Jamill Moquette (Boston, Mass.), before coming in to score on Ezold’s RBI single left field.
Ilges proceeded to mow the Huskies down 1-2-3 over the next three innings, including recording a pair of strikeouts against the Little East’s top offense.
UMass Boston struck for another run in the top of the third, when they loaded the bases with one out and Pena came in to score on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ezold.
The Huskies put two runners on with two outs in the fourth inning, but Ilges induced a John Carey fly out, one of his seven fly ball outs on the afternoon.
Southern Maine put two more runners on in the sixth, but Ilges had the Huskies number once again, forcing the LEC’s top hitter Nick Grady to groundout.
UMass Boston put the game away in the top of the seventh behind two hits and a costly Huskies error.
With one out and Ryan Manning (Plainville, Mass.) on first, Patrick Murphy (Stamford, Mass.) singled to right field and Manning reached third on a Huskies error. The Beacons capitalized on the error, as Failla put down a perfectly-executed squeeze bunt to score Manning and put Murphy in scoring position with two down. Pena followed with an RBI single to right that scored Murphy and pushed the UMB lead to 4-0.
Ilges took over from there, allowing one hit and one hit by pitch over the final three innings, to earn the Beacons their first Little East Conference win since April 6.
The Beacons will return to action to Thursday when they travel to MIT for a 4 p.m. non-conference game.
By NoontimeSports.com
Courtesy of the Anna Maria College sports information department, here’s this evening’s release from the AMCATs baseball game against Eastern Nazarene. Anna Maria swept their non-conference foe, while coach Dave McNamara netted his 100th and 101st wins in the dugout:
QUINCY, Mass.- Anna Maria College swept Eastern Nazarene in non-conference baseball action 6-5 and 4-2 today at Adams Field. With the wins the AMCATS improve to 5-11 overall, while head coach Dave McNamara nets his 100th and 101st wins in the AMC dugout. ENC drops to 5-10 on the season.
In game one, Anna Maria plated a pair of runs in the first to grab a 2-0 edge. Andrew Montiverdi singled to right-centerfield to score Kevin Wodatch and Mike Guarnieri with two outs.
Eastern Nazarene responded with two runs in the home half of the first to level the score, 2-2. Ryan Garza (Elsa, Texas) and Jake Koch (Dayton, Nev.) landed back-to-back RBI singles with two away in the inning.
The AMCATS seized a 3-2 lead in the top of the second as Padraig Gilman scored on a RBI base knock by Joe McNeil.
The visitors doubled their advantage to 4-2 in the fourth inning. Gilman crossed the plate as Wodatch laced a single to right field.
The Lions captured a one-run edge in the bottom of the fifth, tallying three runs to lead 5-4. Estrada ignited Eastern Nazarene’s rally with a two-out double to left. Berroa followed with a single up the middle to drive in Estrada from second while Berroa advanced to second on the throw home.
After Berroa took third on a wild pitch, Max Pugh (San Diego, Calif.) doubled to the gap in left-center to even the score at 4-4. Pugh advanced to third and scooted home with the go-ahead run on back-to-back wild pitches.
Anna Maria reclaimed a one-run lead in the next half-inning, scoring twice in the top of the sixth to go ahead 6-5. McNeil and Guarnieri each picked up RBI base hits in the inning as Anthony Risotti and McNeil came across to score.
Lucas Davis worked 4.2 innings on the mound in a no-decision outing, fanning four batters and allowing a pair of earned runs. Tyler Stuart pitched two innings in relief striking out one batter and a run scored to earn his second win for AMC. Phil Weihn closed out the game on the hill for the AMCATS, recording the last out to post his third save of the game.
In the nightcap, the visitors jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the second inning. Gilman motored home from second on a single by Risotti that ricocheted off the pitcher’s mound and rolled into left field. Julian Diaz registered his first RBI of the day with a single through the left side of the infield to drive in Risotti.
Anna Maria tacked on two runs in the top of the fifth to stretch its lead to 4-0. McNeil scored as Gilman landed a single in shallow centerfield. Guarnieri jogged home to score the AMCATS’ fourth run of the contest after Risotti was hit by a pitch.
Eastern Nazarene got on the board in the fifth, cutting the gap to 4-2. Quentin Moore sparked the Lions’ offense with his first collegiate hit, a single up the middle. Jeremy Wagner and Rocco Martinelli followed with walks to load the bases. Chiaradio drove in Moore and Wagner with a two-run single up the middle with two outs.
Senior Justin Hyland hurled 4.2 innings in his fourth outing of the year. Hyland fanned five Lions while surrendering just two hits and two runs to pick up his first win of the season. Sophomore Brandon Normandin made his fourth pitching appearance of the season, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings while striking out three batters to earn his first save of the year.
McNamara, now in his seventh season with Anna Maria has a career record of 101-140. After posting just one win in his first season he has had three consecutive 20-win seasons for AMC and three straight post-season appearances. In 2011 the AMCATS captured the ECAC Championship, the first in school history. Coach Mac, the reigning GNAC Coach of the Year, has produced the GNAC Player of the Year, TCCC/ECAC Scholar Athlete of the Year, and several first and second team all-conference recipients.
Anna Maria will return to the diamond after the Easter break when they travel to Nichols College on Tuesday for a non-conference game, first pitch is slated for 3:30pm.
