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Little East Conference Tournament - Second Round
WestConn Eliminated by 10-9 Loss to UMass Boston

KEENE, N.H. 5/8/08 – Fifth seed UMass Boston rallied for four runs in the top of the ninth and then held off a threat by six seed WestConn to hang on the for a 10-9 victory in Game #4 of the Little East Conference baseball tournament played at Keene State’s Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday.

UMass-Boston (16-25) will play the loser between Eastern Conn. on Friday at noon. Western Conn. (17-25) is eliminated from the tournament.

Trailing 8-6 heading into the ninth, The Beacons plated four run on five hits to take a 10-8 lead. Freshman shortstop Ryan Walsh (Newton, Mass) opened the inning with a double. He scored on a RBI double by freshman catcher Timothy Fontaine (Worcester, Mass.). Pinch-running for Fontaine, Nicholas Martin (Mattapoisett, Mass.) moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by senior third baseman Mike Dorval (Belchertown, Mass.) to tie the score. Dorval stole second and scored the go-ahead run on a single to the right side by junior second baseman Casey Rice (Canandaigua, N.Y.). Rice came home on a balk to give UMB a key insurance rub.

The Colonials came up with one run in the bottom of the inning. Junior catcher Rob Bedard (Uncasville, Conn.) began the inning with a double. Nick Invitary pinch ran for Bedard and scored on a RBI single from freshman designated hitter Dan Boccaro (Berlin, Conn.). Freshman Billy Armstrong (Moodus, Conn.) ran for Boccaro, but he was left stranded after freshman third baseman Jeff Gordon (Milford, Conn.) hit into a game-ending double play.

Western scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-2 lead. Sophomore right fielder Dan Amarante (Cheshire, Conn.) had a two run single for the Colonials, who also scored runs on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. WCSU went up 7-2 on a RBI single by junior center fielder Ryan Koschmieder (Groton, Conn.) in the fifth.

The Beacons answered with fours run in the top of the sixth to cut their deficit to 7-6. Coming up with the bases loaded, junior center fielder Ryan Oshima (La Jolla, Ca.) cleared the bases with a triple. He later scored on an interference call during a run-down play.

The Colonials scored a run on a double play to go up 8-6 in the sixth before UMB rallied to win the game.

Sophomore outfielder Drew Tambling (Sterling, Mass.), Fontaine, Dorval, and Rice had two hits each in UMB’s 13-hit attack

The Colonials finished the game with 16 hits. Sophomore shortstop Sam McNeil (Gales Ferry, Conn.) had three and senior catcher Matt Gardiner (Terryville, Conn.) and Koschmeider had two each.

Sophomore Mike Andriano (Massapequa, Mass.) got the start for the Beacons. He went four innings, giving up six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and on walk. Junior Tom Michael (Manchester, N.H.), 3-3, got the win in relief. He went 4.2 innings giving up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.

Sophomore starter Joe Mangano (Stamford, Conn.) went eight innings for the Colonials, giving up six runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and four walks. Joe Postemsky took the loss and falls to 2-3 on the year.
 

 

							
UMass Boston 10, Western Connecticut 9 (May 08, 2008 at Keene, NH)
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UMass Boston........ 101 004 004  - 10 13  1      (16-25)
Western Connecticut. 101 411 001  -  9 15  2      (17-24)
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Pitchers: UMass Boston - M. Andriano; M. Cain(5); T. Michael(5). Western Connecticut - 
Joe Mangano; Joe Postemsky(9); Josh Murray(9). 
Win-T. Michael(3-3)  Loss-Joe Postemsky(2-3)  T-3:30  A-100


									
						

        

							
							
							

							

							
							BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

 

								

									
									

										

										
										
										
										LITTLE EAST BASEBALL TOURNMANT – GAME #1
										

										ROUSSEAU’S HIT LIFTS OWLS OVER WCSU IN 
										10 INNINGS 
										
										  

										

										
										
										KEENE
										
										, N.H. 
										5/7/08 – Senior third baseman Joe 
										Rousseau’s ( Nashua , N.H. ) RBI single 
										in the bottom of the 10th inning scored 
										the game-winning run as top seed Keene 
										State College escaped the upset bid of 
										sixth seed Western Conn. State with a 
										2-1 victory in the first game of the 
										Little East Conference baseball 
										tournament at Owl Athletic Complex on 
										Wednesday. 

										

										
										Keene
										
										
										
										State (29-8) 
										
										
										will play 
										
										Rhode 
										Island College 
										on Thursday at 
										noon. 
										
										  
										Western (17-24) faces UMass-Boston on 
										Thursday at 9 a.m.   

										

										
										With one out, junior centerfielder Jeff 
										Perkins ( Dunbarton , N.H. ) singled to 
										left and stole second.  He came 
										home on Rousseau’s single that just 
										eluded Colonial sophomore centerfielder 
										Dan Amarante ( Cheshire , Conn. ). 
										

										

										
										“The pitch was a slider he hung over the 
										plate and I just tried to hit it up the 
										middle,” said Rousseau.  “It was 
										enough to get the job done.” 

										

										
										The Owls got on the board in the bottom 
										of the fourth. Junior second baseman 
										Jamie Chevalier ( Amherst , N.H. ) 
										opened the inning with a single up the 
										middle and came around on an infield hit 
										by freshman leftfielder Bobby Doyon ( 
										Keene , N.H. ). 

										

										
										Western tied the score in the top of the 
										eighth.  Freshman first baseman 
										Mike Baccaro ( Berlin , Conn. ) led off 
										with a walk.  Sophomore John 
										Callahan ( Shelton , Conn. ) pinch ran 
										for Baccaro and moved to third on a 
										single to left by freshman third baseman 
										Jeff Gordon ( Milford , Conn. ).  
										Callahan scored on a fielder’s choice by 
										freshman second baseman Zach Dandrea ( 
										Wanaque , N.J. ).  KSC sophomore 
										pitcher Ben Sonberg (Bow, N.H.) struck 
										out sophomore Sam McNeil (Gales Ferry, 
										Conn. ) to end the threat. 

										

										
										KSC had a chance to win the game in the 
										bottom of the ninth, but Colonials 
										reliever sophomore Joe Postemsky 
										(Windham, Conn.) got Owl sophomore first 
										baseman Beau Darak (Londonderry, N.H.) 
										to ground out with runners on first and 
										second. 

										

										
										“The first one is sometimes the hardest 
										to get and that was the case today,” 
										said KSC Coach Ken Howe. “Both teams got 
										great performances from their starters 
										and it came down who was going to make 
										the key play.” 

										

										
										   Sonberg pitched eight innings of 
										three hits ball with a career high seven 
										strikeouts and two walks.  
										Sophomore Rob Delbuono ( Trumbull , 
										Conn. ) pitched two innings of perfect 
										relief to pick-up the win (3-0). 

										

										
										Freshman southpaw Billy Armstrong ( 
										Moodus , Conn. ) tossed 8.2 innings. He 
										gave up one run on three hits with seven 
										strikeouts and walks.  Postemsky 
										(2-2) took the loss for the Colonials. 
										He gave up a run on two hits.  

 		
								

								

									
									

									

Keene State 2, Western Connecticut 1 (May 07, 2008 at Keene, NH)
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Western Connecticut. 000 000 010 0 -  1  3  1      (17-23)
Keene State......... 000 100 000 1 -  2  5  1      (29-8)
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Pitchers: Western Connecticut - Bill Armstrong; Joe Postemsky(9).
Keene State - Sonberg; Delbuono(9). 
Win-Delbuono(3-0)  Loss-Joe Postemsky(2-2)  T-2:15  A-200

											
								

							

									
						

        

							
							 
						

        

    								
						

        

							
							 
						

        

							
							
			

							

							

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