Coast Guard Eliminates Baseball, 6-5
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 28, 2003 – Coast Guard Academy senior third baseman Aaron Holler went 2-for-4 with two RBI as the Bears eliminated Springfield College, 6-5, in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Baseball Tournament this afternoon at Berry-Allen Field.
The Bears (17-15) travel to Wheaton to take on the defending conference champions tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Coast Guard needs to beat Wheaton on Tuesday and again on Wednesday to win the NEWMAC Championship.
For Springfield (15-14), sophomore right fielder
John Beattie (Longmeadow, Mass.) went 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Senior right-hander
Brian Puchalski (South Deerfield, Mass.) hurled 3.2 innings of shutout relief.
Coast Guard freshman right-hander Cory Anderson hurled seven and one-third innings, giving up just two earned runs on four hits, to improve to 3-4. With Coast Guard clinging to a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and two on, freshman left-hander Mike Jarbeau came in on relief and ended the inning with a one-pitch double play. Junior pitcher Matt Smith picked up his school record tying third save after pitching a scoreless ninth.
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Head Coach Mark Simeone
Former Springfield College standout
Mark Simeone will enter his 18th season as the head baseball coach at his alma mater in 2014. The 2012 NEWMAC Coach of the Year, Simeone will lead a veteran squad this spring.
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