Baseball Rips Coast Guard, 16-1, In NEWMAC Tournament
SC 16, Coast Guard 1
Wheaton 6, SC 3
BABSON PARK, Mass., April 24, 2004 -- Fifth-seeded Springfield College erupted for 15 hits and 16 runs to defeat the sixth-seeded Coast Guard Academy in an elimination game of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Baseball Tournament on Saturday at Babson College.
The Pride (11-9) will face top-seeded Wheaton College in another
elimination contest on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Wheaton, with the winner
facing second-seeded Babson later that afternoon.
SC junior
Anthony Gorneault (Longmeadow, Mass.) singled in
junior
Mike Burns (Wynanstkill, N.Y.) for the game's first run in the
bottom of the first, and sophomore
Adam Tarquini (Fishkill, N.Y.) ripped a two-run double to right later in the inning to give the Pride an early 3-0 advantage. Sophomore
Scott Samolewicz (Florence, Mass.) then doubled in a run and scored on an RBI-groundout by Gorneault in the second, giving the Pride a 5-0 lead after two. The Pride would tack on four more runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings on its way to the 16-1 victory.
Gorneault led the SC attack with four hits and five RBI, while
sophomore
Derek Yvon (East Longmeadow, Mass.) added three hits and two
RBI. Sophomore
Jon Davis (Ludlow, Mass.) and junior
Gregg Waite (Hadley, N.Y.) were outstanding on the mound for the Pride, combining on a
three-hitter. Davis started and went five scoreless innings to improve
to 2-3, while Waite gave up one run on one hit in four innings of
relief. Waite was credited with his first save of the season.
Earlier in the day, the Pride dropped a 6-3 decision to Wheaton.
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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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