text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">March 26, 2004

& Around College Baseball

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font-family:Arial">Since I’ve been spending a good bit of time following

players our family has come to know these last few years, it seemed only logical

to start promoting some of these guys. Personally I was aware of a handful of

athletes playing at the next (college) level but I was surprised to find out

there are actually 58 former Delaware high school players on college

baseball rosters this season. I’m certain there are others we’ve missed and

we invite you to let us know who they are and where they’re playing. The idea

is to offer highlights of their performances week by week.

HEADS TO CLEARWATER

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font-family:Arial">The Gulls of Salisbury University spent this week in

Clearwater, Florida at Jack Russell Stadium, Huggins & Englebert Fields. The

state of Delaware is very well-represented on this Salisbury team with Pete

Callahan (C - Newark HS), Greg Lemon (2B - St. Mark’s HS), Kyle Muller (P/OF -

St. Mark’s HS), Nick Dunk (P/SS - Seaford HS), Nick Pegelow (1B - Seaford HS),

Brian Theibault (OF - Brandywine HS) and Josh DeVries (P - Caravel Academy).

Although individual stats are not available at this time, the following game

results have been provided:

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yes">  Sat  Trinity (CT) 

Clearwater, FL/Jack Russell  L

4-3 

mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mar 20

yes">  Sat  Trinity (CT) 

Clearwater, FL/Jack Russell  L

4-1 

mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mar 21

yes">  Sun  Suffolk 

Clearwater, FL/Huggins Field  L

4-1 

mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mar 22

yes">  Mon  Chicago 

Clearwater, FL/Jack Russell  W

6-4 

mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mar 22

yes">  Mon  Western

Connecticut   Clearwater,

FL/Jack Russell  W 9-8 (10) 

mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mar 23

yes">  Tue  Ramapo 

Clearwater, FL/Englebert Field  W

13-10

UMBC

- 7, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE - 6

font-family:Arial">It was Delaware vs Delaware on a cold & windy Tuesday

afternoon… After the Blue Hens pushed across a run in the bottom of the first

inning, the Retrievers scored four times in the top of the second. Chris Cerullo

singled home Jack Saffron, followed by an RBI double by Kevin Brooks that scored

Mike Orlando and Cerullo. An RBI double by starting pitcher and former Newark HS

standout Zach Clark plated Brooks and give UMBC a 

4-1 lead.

font-family:Arial">Brent Rogers homered for Delaware in the eighth to cut the

lead to 7-4, and the Hens loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of ninth.

Freshman Bryan Hagerich flied to center to score sophomore Todd Davison to make

it 7-5, followed by a single by Kelly Buber that scored senior Steve Van Note to

put the Hens to within a run at 7-6 but Delaware pinch-hitter Dan Kozek followed

with a ground out to third on the first pitch for the second out and Brian

Valichka fanned on a 3-2 count to end the game.

font-family:Arial">Senior Jarame Beaupre suffered his first loss of the season

for Delaware, allowing four hits and four runs - all unearned - in two innings

of work. Clark picked up the win for UMBC, allowing three runs

(one earned) and eight hits in seven innings of work, striking out seven.

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7 10 7

font-family:Arial">DELAWARE.................111 000 012 

6 11 4

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12.0pt;font-family:Arial">: Beaupre, Chiciak (3), Harris (4), Iannucci (7) and

Coudon (8) and Valichka. UMBC: Clark, Wildasin (8) and Scheffel. 2B: Brooks,

Clark, Cerullo, Graham, Van Note. HR: Wildasin, B. Rogers. SF: Hagerich. SB:

Graham 2, Van Note 2. Reached on CI: Donovan (Brock – Wm Penn).

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Wins in 10 Innings

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font-family:Arial">Dover, DE - Bryan Baylis (Pocomoke, MD/Pocomoke) doubled in Mike

Lemon (Wilmington, DE/St. Mark's) for the game-winning RBI in the bottom

of the 10th inning to give the Wolverines a 6-5 victory over conference opponent

Eastern University.  Both Lemon and

Baylis were 2-for-5 on the day.  Rich

Einhorn (2-1) (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) came in and pitched the final 3 2/3

innings to get his second win on the year. 

Einhorn gave up only 1 hit and struck out 5 on the day. 

Wesley starter Brandon Dunning (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna) had 8

strikeouts in 6 innings of work.  Chad

Odenwelder (Seaford, DE/Seaford) was 3-for-4 with 1 RBI, while Brock

Dean (Ocean View, DE/Indian River) was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored.

 

Sweep for Wolverines

font-family:Arial">Dover, DE - Wesley College (5-11-1, 2-0) won both games

against conference opponent Eastern University on Saturday afternoon, 7-0 and

1-0.  In game 1, Wesley was led by

Bryan Sorenson (West River, MD/Southern) going 2-for-3 with 2 doubles and 1 RBI. 

Bryan Baylis (Pocomoke, MD/Pocomoke) and Brian Testa

(Wilmington, DE/St. Elizabeth) were both  2-for-4

on the day.  Baylis contributed 2

RBI's.  Justin Strickland

(1-2) (Dover, DE/Caesar Rodney) took the win on the mound going 4 innings,

giving up only 4 hits and striking out 3.  Brandon

Dunning (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna) and Matt McKee (Dover,

DE/Caesar Rodney) combined for 3 innings of hitless relief.

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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (Wilmington, DE/St. Mark's)

doubled to left center field to drive in Steve Robusto (Bear,

DE/William Penn) in the top of the 6th inning for the only run of the game in

the nightcap.  Lemon finished the

day 1-for-3 and Chris Maczynski (Hockenssin, DE/A.I. DuPont) was

1-for-2.  Wesley starter J.T.

Norris (1-2) (Harrington, DE/Lake Forest) went 6 innings, striking out

7, and gave up 4 hits on the day. 

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COLLEGE

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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">March 23, 2004

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font-family:Arial">(Allentown, PA) -- The Dickinson College baseball team played

to a 10-10 tie in its Centennial Conference opener with Muhlenberg on Tuesday

night. The Red Devils rallied to score five runs in the eighth and take a 10-9

lead. Muhlenberg answered with a run in the bottom of the ninth and the game was

called due to darkness at the end of the inning.

 

font-family:Arial">Ryan Anderson (New Oxford, PA) drove in three runs on two

hits for Dickinson. Ryan Stearrett (Wilmington, DE/St. Elizabeth)

and Tre Dwinell (Fairfax Station, VA/St. Stephen/St. Agnes) each had two hits as

well.

 

font-family:Arial">The Red Devils are 3-8-1 on the year and 0-0-1 in the

conference. They travel to King's College on Thursday for a make-up game before

hosting Muhlenberg at MacPhail Field on Friday.

ISLAND UNIVERSITY

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Baseball falls in doubleheader to Monmouth, March 21, 2004

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font-family:Arial">(Game 2)

 

font-family:Arial">Long Island dropped its first two home games of the season,

falling 7-3 and 5-0 to Northeast Conference foe Monmouth at LIU Field on Sunday

afternoon.

 

font-family:Arial">In the first contest, the Blackbirds grabbed the early lead

in the first inning. Tony Valvano (Lyndhurst, N.J.) led off with a single and

advanced to second on a wild pitch. A base hit through the left side from Trey

Bell (Georgetown, Del.) moved Valvano to third. Designated hitter Tim

Doherty (Newark, Del.) added a sacrifice fly for the team’s first RBI.

font-family:Arial">Brett Hardie drilled a two-run single to right field in the

third to give the Hawks, who rapped 13 hits, a lead they would not relinquish.

Trailing 7-1, the Blackbirds staged a comeback in the sixth. With two runners

aboard, Miguel Perez reached on the fielder’s choice and advanced to second on

an error by the second baseman that plated LIU’s second and third runs of the

game.

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font-family:Arial">LIU will face Siena on Wednesday and entertain Albany on

Thursday.

 

STATE UNIVERSITY

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inning run lifts Navy past Delaware State

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font-family:Arial">Annapolis, MD --- B.J. Bickel singled in the game-winning run

with two outs in the ninth to give Navy a 3-2 victory over Delaware State in

college baseball Wednesday. The Midshipmen snapped a six-game losing streak to

improve to 6-16. Delaware State has dropped its last four games, including three

by one run, to fall to 9-15. Navy opened up a 2-0 lead in the second inning when

Ryan McGinn and Matt Lukevics hit solo homers off Delaware State starter Jimmy

Conroy (AI DuPont). The Hornets scored a run in the fourth on a single

by Jason Rust, and added an unearned run in the seventh to tie the

game. The Hornets loaded the bases in the top of the ninth, but failed to score.

Lukevics opened the Navy ninth with a single off Delaware State reliever Kevin

Long (Polytech). He was sacrified to second base, and one out later,

scored on Bickel's single to right center off Long (1-4). Conroy,

who did not figure in the decision, pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing only two

runs on nine hits. He struck out seven and walked one. Joe Koessler, Navy's

fifth pitcher of the game, pitched 2/3 of an inning to earn the win.

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font-family:Arial">03/19/2004

 

font-family:Arial">McDaniel 5, Oneonta State 8

font-family:Arial">McDaniel 9, Finlandia (MI) 0

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font-family:Arial">Cocoa Beach, FL --- Base: Green Terror Finish Spring Trip 6-1

font-family:Arial">The McDaniel College baseball team wrapped up their Spring

Break 2004 trip with a 6-1 record after defeating Finlandia 9-0 and losing to

Oneonta State 5-8 Friday afternoon.

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font-family:Arial">In the Finlandia game, Mitch Hoffman threw a one hitter over

six innings to pick up the victory, and Scott Deitrch came in to close out the

game with a perfect seventh in his first appearance of the season. At the plate,

Ryan Shotzberger (SS – Friends) went 2-for-3, while Chad Keller

and Chris Seibert each went 2-for-4.

font-family:Arial">Against Oneonta State, Matt Cornelius took the loss after

giving up four runs on four hits, and Tyler Stewart threw the next two innings,

giving up four runs on five hits.

font-family:Arial">After the day, the Green Terror finished their spring trip

6-1, and pushed their season record to 6-2.

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OF MD, EASTERN SHORE

font-family:Arial">UMES DROPS 9-8 DECISION IN BOTTOM OF FINAL INNING, FALLS IN

GAME ONE, 14-3

 

font-family:Arial">Bobby Shaw goes yard for second time this season, Greg

Cathell (IF/P – Delmar) was a combined 5-8 with four runs and an RBI

on the day.

 

font-family:Arial">Princess Anne, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Hawks (UMES) (2-24-1) dropped a double-header pair to the visiting Tigers of

Savannah State University (12-12) by scores of 14-3 and 9-8. The second game was

decided in the last inning as UMES gave up two runs in the top of the inning

after leading at the end of eight.

 

font-family:Arial">In that game the Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first on three

hits when T.J. London led off with a single and was moved over by a Brandon Pope

shot to left center. Another single drove London home and a walk later loaded

the bases. Rafel Blanco grounded into a double play but picked up the RBI to

record their second run.

font-family:Arial">UMES was not to be outdone. Greg Cathell led

off with a bunt single and was moved over by Joel Maher. Rob Benak collected an

RBI by singling to right. Next up was Bobby Shaw. Shaw took Tiger starter

Jeremiah Fielder deep for his second dinger of the season and the Hawks were up

3-2.

font-family:Arial">The offense traded punches over the next few innings.

Savannah State scored four in the second but UMES bounced back with two runs of

their own. The Hawks got five hits in their second, after Pete Mayta, who led

off with a single was caught stealing, James Walls singled up the middle. Two

batters later he would score on a Cathell triple. Cathell

crossed on a Maher single to first. The score was 6-5 Tigers.

 

font-family:Arial">The Hawks shut down Savannah State in the third but tied it

on a Butch Mills double that scored Bobby Shaw who reached on a single to left.

font-family:Arial">UMES took the 7-6 lead in the fourth when Graylon Kitchens

would score on a beautifully executed suicide squeeze by Joel Maher.

 

font-family:Arial">The Tigers tied it up in the sixth getting a run when Brandon

Pope scored on Tim Paige single.

 

font-family:Arial">The Hawks took the lead right back getting a run in the

bottom of the inning. Shaw recorded the RBI scoring Cathell who led off with a

double. The game was in grasp for the Hawks.

font-family:Arial">The seventh inning started with skies darkening for

nightfall. The Tigers took advantage of the game nearing an end scoring two runs

on a London single that scored two Tigers. The Hawks could not muster a run in

the bottom and Savannah State snuck out with a 9-8 win.

 

font-family:Arial">In game one the Hawks collected 11 hits, but could not string

them together, plating only three runs. Starter Dereck Casper allowed 12 earned

runs in four and a third innings.

font-family:Arial">Jackson was 3-4 with a run, while Benak and Cathell

both went 2-4. Cathell scored a run. Mayta collected two of the

three RBIs. The other came off the bat of Maher.

 

font-family:Arial">On the day for the Tigers, George Pope was 3-7 with two runs,

T.J. London was 3-6 with four runs and five RBIs, Brandon Pope was 4-9 with four

runs and two RBIs.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Nine Yale pitchers combined to allow seven hits and

shutout Marist, 7-0, at Yale Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs, who

have won four of their last five games, scored seven runs in the first two

innings. Jake

Doyle (Brandywine High) and Chris Esper each had two hits for Yale.

Yale (5-6) sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the second and

scored six runs, highlighted by a Matt Stone two-RBI double and an Esper RBI

single.

Josh Zabar led off the second with a single and advanced to third following a

throwing error on an Eric Rasmussen sac bunt attempt. Zabar scored and Rasmussen

moved to third following a wild pitch. C.J. Orrico followed with a walk, then

Stone smashed a two-RBI double over the head of Marist left fielder Kevin Buck

to give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead. Esper then promptly lined a single up the

middle to score Stone and to tie Marc Sawyer for the team lead in RBI with 10.

The Bulldogs' bullpen retired 13 straight batters at one point, as Brett

Rosenthal, John Janco, Mike Mongiardini and Doug Shimokawa each pitched one

perfect inning in relief of Yale starter Alec Smith (2-1). Yale pitchers

combined to walk only two batters in the game, and have only walked 24 in 95.1

innings this season.

Team captain Randy Leonard singled in the seventh inning to increase his

hitting streak to five games. Leonard now has at least one hit in 10 of Yale's

11 contests.

Bryan Towler went 3-for-4 for Marist (4-14). Red Foxes' starter Jonathan

Smith took the loss, surrendering seven runs (three earned) and eight hits over

five innings.

Yale returns to action this weekend to host Albany for a doubleheader on

Saturday and Sunday beginning at 12 p.m. both days. This weekend's games were

originally scheduled to be played in Albany, N.Y., but were switched to New

Haven due to field conditions.

 

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BASEBALL: Delaware Valley 5, Wilkes University 0

NORRISTOWN (PA) -- Sophomore Dave Keeler pitched a complete

game, eight-hit shutout as Delaware Valley College opened Freedom Conference

play with a 5-0 victory over visiting Wilkes University at Latshaw Field. 

The win is the third straight for the Aggies as they

improved to 7-5 overall and 1-0 in conference action. Wilkes saw its 10-game

unbeaten streak (9-0-1) come to an end as the Colonels fell to 10-3-1, 0-1. The

teams will meet for a pair of seven-inning conference games at Wilkes on

Saturday (12:00 p.m.). 

Delaware Valley scored three times in the third inning to

give Keeler all the runs he would need. Bret Thiel drew a two-out walk and Brandon

McCabe (OF/P Sussex Central) brought him home with a double to

left-center field. Justin Hoban (C – Indian River) followed with

a single to left that scored McCabe. Ken Keiffer was hit by a

pitch and Ryan Burza walked to load the bases. Mike Gargiulo followed with a

single to left to score Hoban.

Mike Gargiulo went 3-for-3 with two RBIs for Delaware

Valley to give the freshman seven hits in eight at-bats over the last two days. Hoban

also had a multiple-hit day as he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Mike Spotts took the loss for Wilkes and fell to 2-2 on the

year as he allowed four runs and eight hits in four innings. Justin Popovich,

Jeff Ridge and Mike Quinn combined to allow just one run on three hits in the

final four innings.

 

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