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Tyler Delaney selected to All-Canadian Baseball Team |
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 04:50 |
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 Presque Isle, ME - Senior co-captain Tyler Delaney (Truro, NS) was recently selected to the All-Canadian College Baseball Team - Canada's equivalent to our National All-American Team. Tyler was selected as the third team second baseman. T-Bone, as he's called by his teammates, set many single-season records for the Owls in 2009 and after just three seasons owns many UMPI career records. Tyler led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) last year in triples and batted a team best .426; he was also selected to the NAIA Sunrise All-Conference Team and to the NCAA AD3I First Team as a second baseman. In the 2009 season, Delaney earned National Player of the Week honors for the week of March 30th - April 5th. In that week long stretch, the second baseman went 21-25 (.840) from the plate in the five game win streak for the Owls; during a three game stretch, he hit in 14 straight plate appearances. On the week, Tyler compiled 15 RBI's, scored 16 runs, smashed four doubles, four triples, and four homers while slugging 1.800. He also went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts.
CONGRATULATIONS Tyler!
For more information, see the website link http://baseballdeworld.com/2010/01/02/10th-annual-all-canadian-college-baseball-team/ |
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Charette elected Co-captain |
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 15:26 |
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Senior firstbaseman and All Conference player DJ Charette (Stearns High School, Millinocket) was elected by his teammates to be the Owls' baseball team co-captain; joining returning co-captain Tyler Delaney. Charette takes over for Brandon Elie, who graduated from UMPI this past sping after playing four seasons for the Owls. Both Charette and Delaney bring a great deal of leadership by example to the team as each works diligently both in and out of the classroom to be the best student-athletes thay can be. Congratulations to DJ for his selection. |
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Thursday, 24 September 2009 02:20 |
The Owls baseball team won both games of a double-header on Saturday when they played the UMaine Fort Kent baseball club. Fort Kent scored first in both games and lead the Owls for a couple of innings; but UMPI was able to overcome the deficit to win 9-2 in game 1 and 15-4 in game 2. The Owls wrap up fall practice this week as they prepare to improve upon last year's record season.
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Monday, 21 September 2009 02:20 |
Baseball Games with UMFK & Unity College
Come watch the UMPI Baseball Team take on the baseball club teams from UMaine - Fort Kent and Unity College on Saturday, September 26. In the first game (12:00 noon) UMPI will take on Unity College. Shortly after that games ends Unity College will play UMFK; then sometime around 4:00 p.m. UMPI will play UMFK. All games will take place at the Presque Isle High School baseball field. Refreshments and warm grilled food will be available; all proceeds go to the support of UMPI baseball. |
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Monday, 20 July 2009 04:44 |
Baseball Alumni Game - Homecoming 2009
The University of Maine at Presque Isle alumni baseball game is scheduled for Saturday, September 19th at 9:00 a.m. The game will take place at the Presque Isle High School field; and is part of UMPI's homecoming celebration. All prior baseball players who played at least one season and then graduated from UMPI are eligible to play or participate in some way. Call coach Leo Saucier (207.768.9421) for further information. |
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UMPI Baseball Players Selected to AD3I All-Conference Teams |
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Monday, 18 May 2009 05:03 |
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Association of Division III Independents names 2009 All-Independent Baseball and Softball Teams. The players were selected by baseball coaches at member institutions of the Association of Division III Independents. The following UMaine Presque Isle baseball players were honored by the AD3I:
FIRST TEAM:
Second base – Tyler Delaney, Junior (Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Utility Player - Corey Harding, Sophomore (Plymouth, ME)
(Corey also made the 2nd Team as a pitcher)
SECOND TEAM:
Third Base - AJ Pennartz, Junior (Birch Harbor, ME)
The Association of Division III Independents consists of 17 Division III independent institutions, located throughout the United States, that have joined together to recognize student-athletes at independent institutions, and to provide exempted postseason championship competition in seven sports in 2008-09. The Association recognizes outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. The Association provides statistical services for its members in seven sports. In addition, it will announce All-Independent teams at the conclusion of eight other sports this year.
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Owls Conclude Season at Home |
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 02:00 |
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The UMPI Owls baseball team completed their 2009 season with games at home; their first home games in over four years. The Owls hosted Bates College of Lewiston, Maine at local Presque Isle High School in a double header. It was a sunny, brisk and windy day with temperatures in the low 50's but a crowd of 50-60 people got to see the Owls play at home; many, seeing their first ever UMPI Owls baseball game. It was also Brandon Elie's (the lone senior on the team) only home games of his entire 4 year playing career; his parents were also in attendance.
With the script set the Owls almost pulled out game 2; Brandon Elie had pitched very well for 7 innings but was behind 4-1 in the bottom of the 7th. The Owls needed a rally to finish the season with a win and give Elie his fourth pitching win of the year. The Owls managed to get two runners on base, a homerun would now tie the game. At bat with 2 outs, Tyler Delaney, the Owls top hitter; leading the team in almost every offensive category including homeruns. Delaney was down in the count 1 ball - 2 strikes; WHAM! a well hit linedrive to the rightcenter field gap, both baserunners scored making it 4-3. Delaney, now the tying run, is at 2nd base. The team's second leading hitter is at bat; he is 3 for 3 on the day, hitting over .400 for the season. Just one more hit ties the game, a homerun wins the game, the hitter has already hit a homerun earlier in the game, has hit 4 HRs on the season, was the leading HR hitter the season before, CRACK! goes the bat, popout to 2nd base. Owls lose 4-3.
The Owls end their season with a GREAT last game; the only thing better of course would have been the 2-run homer to win the game. However, GREAT games aren't always won. The Owls played well and gave themselves a chance in the bottom of the 7th. It was a good ending to a record season for UMPI Baseball; 14 wins is believed to be the most ever (athletic archives are tough to find) by an UMPI baseball team. The Owls played more games than ever before, had a team batting average of well over .300, had 4 players make ALL CONFERENCE, have a player leading the nation in triples, and on and on, there are many more record-setting accomplishments. The next step is to keep improving, set goals, work hard. The returning players to the 2010 team will surely do just that; they know Coach Saucier expects nothing less.
View Player / Team Statistics |
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Baseball Players Earn All Conference Selection |
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Monday, 27 April 2009 02:12 |
The Sunrise Conference named their ALL CONFERENCE players on Friday, the opening day of the Sunrise Conference Tournamnet. Four UMPI Owls players were selected by the coaches of the conference as the ALL CONFERENCE representatives. Selected to the ALL CONFERENCE team were DJ Charette (1B), Tyler Delaney (2B), and Corey Harding (P). The ROOKIE of the YEAR was freshman Tyson Tash. DJ Charette also won the Golden Glove award for his defensive play at his position (1B). View Conference Statistics
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Owls Baseball to Play in Championship Round |
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 14:50 |
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The UMPI Owls baseball team has earned their way into the championship round of the Sunrise Conference playoffs. The Owls lost their first game on Saturday to Fisher College 17-6 but battled Vermont Tech. in their elimination game to win 11-8 and enter Sunday's final round. UMPI must beat Fisher College twice to earn the title of Sunrise Conference Champs. If Fisher wins 1 game on Sunday, they will be the champions for the fifth consecutive year. The Owls now sport a 14-22 overall record and are 13-6 in the Sunrise Conference. |
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Friday, 24 April 2009 12:06 |
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The UMPI Owls baseball team won its first game of the Sunrise Conference Playoffs today in beating Vermont Technical College 8-5. Freshman pitcher Caleb Hale, battled for 7 innings and kept the score close as the Owls were able to score 3 late inning runs to break a 5-5 tie. Junior pitcher Corey Harding, pitched the last two innings to save the game for Hale. DJ Charette and AJ pennartz each drove in two runs for the Owls who will play again on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The Owls are now 12-5 in conference play. |
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Playoff Game - Time Change |
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 06:45 |
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The UMPI Baseball playoff game scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24 will be played earlier at 2:00 p.m. The location remains the same, UMPI will play Vermont Technical College at 2:00 p.m. at Fraser field in Lynn, Mass. |
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Baseball Clinches 2nd Place in Sunrise Conference |
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Monday, 20 April 2009 02:03 |
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The Owls baseball team split four games with Vermont Technical College over the weekend to clinch 2nd place in the Sunrise Conference; they will play Vermont Tech. again in the first round of the playoffs and will bat last as the home team. The Owls finish their conference schedule at 11 wins 5 loses. They lost both games on Saturday 10-9 and 3-0, and with one more win on Sunday Vermont Tech. would likely clinch 2nd place. But the Owls met the challenge and pounded out 15 hits in game one on Sunday to win 8-5 and added 18 more hits in game two to win 13-7. UMPI will play its opening game of the tournament on friday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m. The tournament is taking place at Fraser Field in Lynn, Massachusetts. |
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Baseball Player Returns to UMPI |
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 02:26 |
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Jared Manzo, the Owls centerfielder who was hurt in the collision last week, returned to campus yesterday to resume academic activities. He will be out of game action for a while longer but we are all elated about his return to school. Tyson Tash, the Owls rightfielder hurt in the collision, remains at home with some additional recovery time required. Coach Saucier and many teammates have talked with Tyson and we will continue to keep our readers posted. The Owls baseball team is back in action this weekend with five total games, four against conference opponent Vermont Technical College. |
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UMPI Baseball Players Released From Hospital. |
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Monday, 13 April 2009 02:27 |
Both Jared Manzo and Tyson Tash have been released from the medical centers where they were treated last weekend after receiving injuries from a head-on collision while both were diving for a flyball. Both players will be out of action for a while but are expected to make full recoveries. The collision happened in the fifth inning of a baseball game against Colby-Sawyer College. Thank you to the training staff at Colby-Sawyer for the immediate and thorough treatment of both players and to the New London, New Hampshire EMT service for the quick response.
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UMPI Baseball Loses Game and Two Players to Injury. |
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Friday, 10 April 2009 15:34 |
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The Owls lost a game to Colby-Sawyer on Friday 8-7 after having a 7-2 lead; but more importantly lost two starting players to injury when centerfielder, Jared Manzo and rightfielder, Tyson Tash collided with each other while both were diving for a flyball. The collision happened in the fifth inning of game 2; play was stopped as both players needed medical attention. The delay resulted in game 2 being stopped with the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer leading 4-0. Both Jared and Tyson were transported to New London hospital for treatment; news of their conditions is pending. |
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Owls Split DH with Fisher College |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 15:35 |
The Owls baseball team won the first game of their DH with Fisher College on Thursday; Fisher is the 4 time defending champion of the Sunrise Conference. The Owls scored 3 runs in the first inning when DJ Charette hit an RBI single and Tyson Tash followed with a 2 RBI triple. Freshman pitcher Caleb Hale started and finished the game posting his 3rd win of the season; he walked only one and struck out two Falcon hitters. Tash picked up another RBI in the 5th inning when he singled to score AJ Pennartz. The loss was the first conference loss for Fisher College in a couple of years; Fisher is now 11-1 in conference play while the Owls are in 2nd place at 9-3.
Fisher College took command early in game 2 and beat the Owls 17-4. Five different UMPI pitchers pieced the game together; the Owls have 4 more games over the weekend, two with Colby-Sawyer (NH) and two with Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, VT.
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Delaney Earns National Player of the Week Award |
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 09:23 |
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 NAIA Baseball
Delaney & Thompson earn national honors
April 7, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tyler Delaney of Maine-Presque Isle has been selected as the NAIA Baseball Player of the Week while Derek Thompson of William Carey (Miss.) was awarded the NAIA Baseball Pitcher of the Week, for the week of March 30-April 5.
Delaney, a 5-9 junior second baseman from Truro, Nova Scotia, went 21-for-25 (.840) from the dish in five wins last week. During a three game stretch, he had a hit in 14 straight plate appearances. In the 30-0 win over St. Joseph (Vt.), Tyler went 6-for-6 with five runs scored, 4 RBI and four extra base hits including two round trippers.
On the week, he compiled 15 RBI, scored 16 runs, smashed four doubles, four triples and four homers while slugging 1.800. Tyler also went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts.
Thompson, a 6-1 senior from Mendenhall, Miss., came out on top of a pitcher’s duel against No. 5 Louisiana State-Shreveport. Derek went 9.0 innings and notched the 2-1 win over the Pilots. He allowed just six hits, one run (earned) and one walk while striking out 11 batters. He surrendered the lone run in the first inning. Derek held a LSU-S offense to its second lowest run total this year and worked against a team ranked No. 1 in the country in runs per game (11.3 rpg).
Thompson improved to 8-1 on the season and now has a 3.66 ERA in 66 1/3 innings.
The next Players of the Week will be announced on April 14.
Other Player of the Week Nominees:
Ryan Stovall, Thomas (Ga.); Chris Curley, Campbellsville (Ky.); Franky Busani, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Julian Alvarez, Lee (Tenn.); David Cramblitt, Mobile (Ala.); Ross Muirhead, Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.); Steven Stewart, Baker (Kan.); Travis Spencer, Texas Wesleyan; Ryne Otis, Taylor (Ind.); James Green, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Luis Roa, Virginia-Wise; Patrick Braswell, Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.); Josh Estep, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Will Richards, Indiana Tech; Ben Wyatt, Indiana-Southeast; Bart White, Lambuth (Tenn.); Brandon Mathes, Kansas Wesleyan; Mark Houck, Peru State (Neb.); John O’Brien, St. Xavier (Ill.); Diego Robles, College of Idaho; Riley Gavello, Missouri Baptist; Scott Chirpich, Waldorf (Iowa); Billy Vopinek, Biola (Calif.); Morgan Blatnik, Concordia (Neb.)
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Owls Sweep College of St. Joe's |
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Monday, 06 April 2009 03:19 |
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The Owls baseball team completed the 4 game sweep of the College of St. Joseph's (VT) and went 5-0 on the weekend trip to improve their record to 9-14; the Owls are 8-2 in the Sunrise Conference. The offense wasted little time in putting big numbers on the scoreboard and the pitching was dominant over the Saints of St. Joe's. Several Owl hitters had a big offensive weekend but two stood out from the rest; Tyler Delaney went 17 for 20 in the four games with 3 doubles, 3 triples, 3 homeruns, 14 runs scored, and 12 RBIs. AJ Pennartz equaled the homerun total with 3, he also had 2 doubles, 10 runs scored, and 12 RBIs; he was 11 for 16 on the weekend. Owl pitchers to register wins were Caleb Hale, Brandon, Boulware, Corey Harding, and Brandon Elie. Hale struck-out 12 in his outing giving up just 1 earned run; Brandon Boulware pitched a complete game shutout giving up only 1 hit, he struck-out 7. Corey Harding gave up a first batter homerun in his game but St. Joe's did little more; Harding gave up only one more hit, he struck-out 8 and walked no one. Brandon Elie also registered a win while striking out 5 and surrendering only 3 hits. The Owls are back in action this weekend when they play 2 conference games with conference leader Fisher College (10-0); they also play at Colby-Sawyer in N.H. and at St. Michael's in Vermont. |
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Owls Baseball Wins Two Conference Games |
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 13:29 |
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The Owls baseball team took 2 conference games from the College of St. Joe's (Vt.) today to boost their conference record to 6-2. Both games were lopsided affairs with the Owls winning 26-4 and 30-0. Owl hitters managed 53 hits in the 2 games and belted a total of 8 homeruns. Tyler Delaney and AJ Pennartz were the hitting highlights of the day as each belted 3 homeruns; Delaney recorded 10 hits, 10 RBIs, and hit for the cycle in game 2 while Pennartz had 9 hits and 8 RBIs on the day. Jared Manzo and Brandon Elie each recorded 6 hits on the day while Tyson Tash and DJ Charette each recorded 5.
Caleb Hale pitched and registered the win in game 1; he allowed 1 earned run on 5 hits, he walked one batter and struck out 12. Brandon Boulware pitched a complete game shutout in game 2, allowing only 1 hit. Boulware also only walked one St. Joe's hitter and struck out 7. The Owls and Saints will go at it again on Sunday; they are playing at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in Hyannis, Ma. Game time is 11:00 a.m. |
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Baseball "HITS BIG" against Daniel Webster College |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 14:17 |
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The Owls baseball team smacked 20 hits en route to their 11 - 5 win against Daniel Webster College on thursday. Freshman pitcher Max Mayer recorded his first pitching win by logging 5 1/3 innings; he gave up 5 runs but only one earned run, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5 hitters. Caleb Hale stopped another scoring threat in the 6th inning by retiring the 2 hiitters he faced with runners on 1st & 3rd. He then pitched a scoreless 7th inning. Corey Harding finished the game by pitching 2 perfect innings, striking out 4 of the 6 hitters he faced.
Several Owl hitters had big days. DJ Charette had 4 hits, 3 singles and a double with 2 RBIs. Tyler Delaney, AJ Pennartz and Tyson Tash each recorded 3 hits; Delaney had 2 doubles and a homerun with 2 RBIs. Pennartz had 2 doubles and a triple with 2 RBIs, and Tyson Tash hit 3 singles. Brandon Elie and Corey Harding each had 2 hits. The Owls are back in action this weekend with 6 conference games. |
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Monday, 30 March 2009 06:10 |
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The Owls baseball team lost both ends of a Sunrise Conference double header on saturday to defending conference champion Fisher College of Boston; sunday's DH was rescheduled due to rain. In game 1 the score was tied 1-1 until Fisher plated 5 runs in the fifth inning. Starting pitcher Caleb Hale pitched well but took the loss. UMPI's lone run was scored in the third inning when Tyler Delaney hit an RBI single to score Brandon Elie who had earlier hit a double. In game 2 the Owls and Falcons of Fisher College both managed 8 hits for the game but Fisher plated 8 runs in the first inning to nail down the win 12 - 0. The Owls are now 4 - 2 in the Sunrise Conference. |
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Owls lose a close one to CCNY |
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Saturday, 28 March 2009 02:39 |
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The Owls baseball team lost a close one in the Bronx yesterday when they played the City College of New York (CCNY); final score 5-3. The game was close the whole way and the Owls out hit CCNY 8-5 but a couple of miscues on defense again proved to be the difference in the final outcome. In all, it was a well played game and exciting to the end. Max Mayer started on the mound for the Owls and pitched very well; he went 4 2/3 innings and didn't surrender his first hit until the 4th inning. He gave up three hits, walked 2 and struckout 2; of the 4 runs he gave up only 3 were earned. Tyler Delaney and Jared Manzo were the only Owl hitters with 2 hits; Manzo, AJ Pennartz, and Corey Harding each had an RBI. The Owls are back at it on the weekend when they play Fisher College in a 4 game Sunrise Conference series; the games are being played in Haverhill, Mass. |
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Another Owls Media Appearance |
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Friday, 27 March 2009 03:24 |
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The UMPI Owls baseball team will be making another media appearance when a story is featured about them on the Yes network; a large TV network of the New York City Metropolitan area. The story’s producer spent time in Presque Isle with the team prior to their trip to NYC and met them again when they played Lehman College in the Bronx. The story will air on April 11, 2009 on the sports show “Sports Life New York City.” The story will play after the New York Yankees post game report. |
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Owls lose To Purchase College |
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 14:29 |
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The Owls baseball team lost (13 - 3) to Purchase College today of Purchase, NY. The Owls scored 2 runs in the first inning but made defensive miscues in the bottom half of the inning and allowed PC to score 5 runs of their own. AJ Pennartz pitched well enough to win; he struck out 8 and only walked 2. More defensive mistakes led to additional runs for the Panthers of Purchase College. The Owls hitters managed 6 hits and earned 6 walks but left a total of 11 runners on base; they had several opportunities to score but just didn't get the timely hits they needed. The Owls have another chance in New York City on friday when they play against the City College of New York. The game will be played at the Bronx Community College. |
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 14:39 |
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The Owls baseball team played Lehman College in the Bronx, NY today and led early 2 - 1. Lehman College took the lead for good though in the fourth inning by scoring 3 runs. Tyler Delaney started for the Owls and took the loss, despite pitching well for 4 innings. Lehman pounded out 14 hits which included three doubles and a triple. The Owls only managed 5 hits for the game; the Lehman college pitchers struckout 10 Owl hitters. The Owls play Purchase College in White Plains, NY on thursday. |
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UMPI Baseball "drops" game |
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 01:46 |
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The Owls baseball team took a tough loss on Tuesday at St. Joseph's College of Long Island, NY. The team committed 6 errors to contribute to the loss; offensively they hit well enough to win the game. The offense scored 5 runs on 8 hits with 3 triples and 2 doubles. The Owls led 3 - 1 when the Eagles of St. Joe's scored 3 unearned runs in the 3rd inning. The Owls then tied the game in the 4th inning only to give the lead back in the 6th. In the 3 run third inning for the Owls Brandon Elie doubled, DJ Charette and AJ Pennartz then hit back to back triples. The Owls play again today at Lehman College in the Bronx. |
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Owls baseball Sweeps SUNY Canton |
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Sunday, 22 March 2009 16:15 |
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From Staten Island, NY:
The Owls baseball team won 2 more games on Sunday against Sunrise Conference opponent SUNY Canton to complete the 4 game sweep over the weekend. In game 3 of the series Corey Harding pitched masterfully to earn a complete game win; the final score 5-1. Harding allowed only 1 run on 4 hits. He struck out 8 and only walked 1 hitter. The Owls scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning to secure the win. The big hits of the inning were Tyson Tash’s RBI double followed by run producing hits by Seth Dorr and Corey Harding.
In the 2nd game of the day and the 4th of the series, Senior pitcher Brandon Elie completed a 4 hit, 1 run gem of his own to earn the Owls their fourth win of the weekend; the final score 2-1. Elie struck out 5 and didn’t walk a batter to earn his first win of the season. The owls scored both runs in the bottom of the fourth inning; AJ Pennartz singled to score Tyler Delaney from 2nd base. Later in the inning, James Cirell hit a deep flyball to left field to score the 2nd run (Pennartz) on a sacrifice fly.
The Owls continue to play in New York the rest of the week. |
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Sunday, 22 March 2009 02:12 |
The Owls baseball team won both games of its opening day double header in Sunrise Conference play by beating SUNY Canton. The Owls came back to win game one (7-6) in walkoff fashion, after being down 6-3 in the bottom of the 7th inning. With the bases loaded and 1 out freshman Tyson Tash secured the win with a sacrifice flyball that scored Brandon Elie from 3rd base. Freshman pitcher Caleb Hale battled hard to get his first college win; he allowed just 2 earned runs on 5 hits. He walked 5 and struck out 7.
In game 2 the owls pounded out 13 hits to score 10 runs; many Owl hitters had multiple hits. Brandon Boulware got his first college pitching win by going 5 strong innings before giving way to Clint Carter who finished the game and got the save. The Owls are 2-0 in conference play. They will play SUNY Canton again on Sunday in another conference double header. All 4 games are being played on Staten Island, NY at the College of Staten Island baseball field.
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UMPI Baseball to Appear on ESPN |
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 09:19 |
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 The University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball team is scheduled to appear on the ESPN morning show, "First Take." The ESPN broadcast, which includes interviews with the UMPI baseball team, will air the same day as their visit on Friday morning, March 20th. The story on the team will air on "First Take" at 10-12 am, and it will then repeat several times over the next several days.
The baseball team will "hit the road again" on Thursday afternoon, and after making a stop at the ESPN studios on Friday morning, they will continue on to Staten Island, NY for a pair of weekend double-headers versus Sunrise conference team SUNY Canton. The Owls then stay close to New York city throughout the week playing five different teams in five days, before heading to Boston, MA on March 28th for a two-day, four game series against conference rival Fisher College. Check out the baseball homepage on the UMPI athletic website for me information on teams played and game times. http://owls.umpi.edu/baseball
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Baseball - Virginia Trip 2009 |
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Friday, 27 February 2009 05:06 |
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UMPI’s first annual February break baseball trip wrapped up this past weekend; on the whole, we accomplished many good things. At the same time, we learned where we need further work as a team. Our goal is to be competitive in Division III anywhere in the country; and that takes time, but again, good things happened on this trip. On day 1, after having practiced in the gym since the semester started, we scored in the first inning of both games of our opening day double-header. In game 2 we out hit our opponent 10 – 9 but lost 7 - 2 in a close game; Ferrum didn’t pull ahead until the bottom of inning 5. Senior pitcther Brandon Elie, battled, as he always does and kept us close. Later in the week he would again come close to a win.
While many of the game scores do appear lopsided, several of our young pitchers did have successful innings. Max Mayer, Clint Carter, Brandon Boulware, and Jared Manzo (all left handed pitchers - 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores) earned valuable time on the mound; and that will surely pay-off come the New York City trip. Another freshman pitcher, Caleb Hale, made 2 starts and 2 relief appearances. After a shaky introduction to college baseball (a game 1 start) he pitched well in both relief appearances and did a superb job in a 6 – 0 loss to Southern Virginia University. In 6 innings he allowed only 4 hits and 4 earned runs; we just couldn’t manage any offense in that game.
Three of our players (Brandon Elie, Corey Harding, and Seth Dorr) each managed to hit their first career homerun (high school or college); as each also managed multiple hits during the week. The big hitter for the week was returning second team All Independent – All American, Junior, Tyler Delaney. Tyler had a .310 batting average for the week with 2 doubles, a homerun, and 5 RBI. Junior DJ Charette and AJ Pennartz also had multiple hits for the week as did freshman right fielder Tyson Tash.
The best opportunity for a win was in game 8 of the week. Senior pitcher and co-captain, Brandon Elie was leading 4 – 3 in the fifth inning with 2 outs and the bases loaded. A blooper, that received some miscommunication among fielders put SVU ahead to stay. But in all, with circumstances considered, we are much more ready to begin conference play than we were a year ago. We open conference play on the cape (Mass.) March 21 against SUNY Canton with a 4 game series, then play in NY City for the week of 3/23 through 3/27.
posted by Coach Saucier
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