ADELPHI HANDS COUGARS FIRST LOSS AT NORTHEAST REGION TOURNEY
5-18-07
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 RINDGE,
N.H. – The Caldwell College baseball team lost to Adelphi University,
4-0 in the winner’s bracket of the NCAA Division II Northeast Region
Tournament Friday night at Pappas Field. The fourth-seeded Cougars
(25-14) will play fifth-seeded Bryant University on Saturday, May 19
at 2:30 p.m. in an elimination game, while the second-seeded Panthers
(36-15) remain unbeaten in the tourney and will face top-seeded
Franklin Pierce College at 11:00 a.m.
The Panthers scored two runs on a pair of doubles and a single in the
top of the first to take a 2-0 lead. A sacrifice fly by Bill Melillo
plated Mike Colonna for a 3-0 advantage. Adelphi pitcher Michael Myers
held the Cougars without a hit until freshman Andrew Robertson
(Coral Springs, FL/Taravella) singled with one out in the bottom of
the fifth. Freshman Raymond Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern
Regional) led off the bottom of the seventh with a single, eventually
advancing to third on an error and fly out. But Myers struck out
Robertson to end the threat.
In the bottom of the eighth, freshmen Jon Irwin (Mahopac,
NY/Mahopac) and Omar Velazquez (Astoria, NY/Long Island City)
hit back-to-back singles and eventually advanced to second and third
with two out. Again Myers got out of the jam by forcing a groundout.
Rob DeGennaro’s second double of the game plated Ralph Tropiano in the
top of the ninth to put the Panthers up 4-0.
Junior pitcher Tommy Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville),
right, kept the game close, allowing three runs on seven hits while
fanning 10 in seven innings of work. But it was Caldwell’s inability
to get to Myers that decided the outcome. The senior right-hander went
the distance and scattered five hits to earn the shutout and improve
to 10-0.
Caldwell continues play in the Northeast Region Tournament on
Saturday, May 19 against Bryant University (33-23) which eliminated
Wilmington College with a 5-1 win earlier today.
NCAA Division II Northeast
Region Baseball Tournament
Hosted by Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, N.H.
Thursday, May 17
Game 1: No. 1 Franklin Pierce 4, No. 6 Wilmington 1
Game 2: No. 2 Adelphi 5, No. 5 Bryant 4
Game 3: No. 4 Caldwell 9, No. 3 UMass-Lowell 4
Friday, May 18
Game 4: No. 5 Bryant 5, No. 6 Wilmington 1 (Wilmington eliminated)
Game 5: No. 1 Franklin Pierce 9, No. 3 UMass-Lowell 4 (UMass-Lowell
eliminated)
Game 6: No. 2 Adelphi 4, No. 4 Caldwell 0
Saturday, May 19
Game 7: No. 1 Franklin Pierce vs. No. 2 Adelphi, 11:00 a.m.
Game 8: No. 5 Bryant vs. No. 4 Caldwell, 2:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 7, 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20
Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9, 12:00 p.m.
Game 11: Re-play Game 10 if necessary, 3:30 p.m.
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