2006
NCAA II NORTHEAST REGIONAL
Franklin Pierce (42-11) will
face unbeaten and fifth-seeded Dominican College (42-16) tomorrow at
9:30 a.m. The Chargers improved to 2-0 in the regional earlier in the
day with an 8-7 victory over UMass Lowell (37-14) this morning.
Fourth-seeded Southern Connecticut State University (35-18) avoided
elimination and knocked out sixth-seeded Dowling College (31-15) in
Saturday’s second game. Sunday’s game schedule is below. Senior right-hander Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills), senior All-American Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock Regional) and sophomore Matt Anderson (Medford, Mass./Medford) led Franklin Pierce this afternoon.
Cummings collected his
ninth win of the year (9-1), allowing four runs, three earned, on nine
hits and three strikeouts with two walks in eight innings of work to
collect his 26th career victory. Senior Mike Farrell
(Russell, Mass./Gateway Regional) collected his fourth save of
the season as he retired the only batter he faced after entering the
game with runners on first and second after UMass Lowell had already
scored twice in the inning.
Anderson was 3-for-4 with a
pair of home runs, three RBI and two runs scored. The homers were the
first of his collegiate career and came on back-to-back at bats in the
fourth and fifth innings. His first homer came on his 296th
career at bat.
Duplissie was 4-for-5 with a
home run, two RBI and two runs scored. The two RBI give him a
Northeast-10 Conference-best 58 for the season, surpassing the
single-season program record of 57 set by Henry Wilson in 1996.
Junior All-American Garrett
Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) also played a big role in
the Ravens 15-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, while
freshman Scott Savastano (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North)
was 2-4 with two RBI. Senior Mike Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry)
chipped in his seventh homer of the season and scored three runs. Junior Patrick Wilson (Dracut, Mass./Bishop Guertin) paced UMass Lowell as he hit 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI. Sophomore Tim Manton (Swansea, Mass./Joseph Case) was 2-4 with a double, stolen base and two runs scored, while junior Steve Paddock (Milford, Mass./Milford) was 2-4 with a double and RBI. Senior Bob Theriault (Lowell, Mass./Lowell) contributed his third homer of the year in his final collegiate game.
Junior Kevin
Graham (Billerica, Mass./Billerica) took the loss, yielding
five earned runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and no walks over
four-plus innings.
For the first time in the
regional tournament, Franklin Pierce was able to gain an early lead
with a run in the first. Chambers was hit by a pitch, and reached
third on an Olson single, before scoring on a single from Duplissie.
UMass Lowell knotted the score thanks to the Ravens fifth
outfield error of the tournament in the third. The Ravens quickly
regained the lead in the third as Olson reached on an infield single
and later scored on Savastano’s single to center.
Anderson led off the fourth
with his first home run in the fourth, but Wilson’s two-run shot
knotted the score again in the top of the fifth (3-3). The homer was
the first off Cummings since Franklin Pierce’s season-opening loss
at New Jersey Institute of Technology on March 5, 2004 – ending a
streak of 161.2 innings pitched without yielding a home run.
The Ravens scored four in
the fifth, capped by a two-run Anderson blast to deep leftfield.
Franklin Pierce gained some insurance with two more in the sixth on s
UML refused to go out
quietly as Theriault smacked a solo homer in the eighth, which was
answered by an RBI single from Savastano in the home half, but forced
the Ravens into a save situation with two in the ninth. One run scored
on a sacrifice fly on a foul ball from Wilson, before Paddock
delivered an RBI double with two out. 2006 NCAA Division II Sunday, May 21: Scenarios: |
