Baseball

May 11, 2008
Franklin Pierce: '#20/29 Franklin Pierce Captures Second-Straight Northeast-10 Title'

Third-seeded Franklin Pierce University, ranked 20th in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and pingbaseball.com Division II polls and 29th in the Collegiate Baseball magazine rankings, opened a 6-0 lead after five innings and held off a late rally to collect a 6-4 victory over second-seeded Southern Connecticut State University, among teams receiving votes in the NCBWA poll, and claim its second-straight Northeast-10 Conference Baseball Championship.

May 6, 2008
Bryant Claims Top Seed In Northeast-10 Baseball Championship

The Bryant University Bulldogs secured the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Baseball Championship presented by Diamond Sports and UBS/The Ricciardi Group.

May 5, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through May 4, 2008

In a 3-0 week, Assumption's Mike Baillargeon batted .600 (9-for-15, 4 RS, 2 2Bs, 7 RBI) and slugged .733 (11 TB). Baillargeon went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in a win at Holy Cross.

May 4, 2008
Boston Globe: 'Marchesi Stands Tall for Bentley'

Jarrod Marchesi hung around his older brother, Joe, long enough while Joe was a pitcher at Bentley College to know that Falcons baseball coach Bob DeFelice was, as Joe put it, "definitely his own little genre."

May 4, 2008
Boston Globe: 'UMass-Lowell retires No. 18'

The uniform number 18 had not been worn since that tragic day in September of 1990, when David Boutin (inset), a catcher for the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, lost his fight with cancer.

April 29, 2008
The Keene Sentinel: 'Team Finds Spot for ex-Bat, Raven NECBL All-Star Keeps Hitting While Playing Several Positions'

Filling in as an emergency outfielder on a 10-day contract with the Keene Swamp Bats turned out to be a good exercise in career planning for then-Franklin Pierce third baseman Garrett Olson.

April 28, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through April 27, 2008

Southern Connecticut's Karl Derbacher hit .531 (17-for-32) with three doubles, a triple, 10 RBI, five runs scored, a walk, a hit-by-pitch and two steals in a 7-0 week. Derbacher posted a slugging percentage of .688 and an on-base percentage of .559.

April 23, 2008
Providence Journal Today: 'Rhode Island Schools Shine on the Diamond'

Brown will not repeat as Ivy League champion, but the University of Rhode Island may have a shot at the Atlantic 10 title.In Division II, Bryant proved Monday that it can win in Division I and should do well in the Northeast-10 tournament.

April 22, 2008
Northeast-10 Names Baseball All Academic Team

The Northeast-10 Conference has announced the members of the 2008 Baseball All Academic Team. The Northeast-10 All Academic Teams are chosen by a vote of the Northeast-10 Sports Information Directors.

April 21, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through April 20, 2008

Franklin Pierce's Derek Ingui hit .444 (12-for-27) with 14 RBI, 10 runs scored, four doubles and two home runs while slugging .815 in a 5-1-1 week. Ingui also had a .515 on-base percentage. He went 3-for-3 with an RBI in a tie with Pace, then went 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored versus American International.

April 14, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through April 13, 2008

Franklin Pierce's Kevin Renaud hit .407 (11-for-27) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI in a 4-3 week, while slugging .741. Renaud posted a .452 on-base percentage and was successful on all three stolen base attempts for the week.

April 7, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through April 6, 2008

Assumption's Mike DiReda hit .519 (14-for-27, 10 RS, 4 2Bs, 3B, HR, 10 RBI) and slugged .852 (23 TB) last week. DiReda went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored, and three RBI versus Southern New Hampshire.

April 1, 2008
Boston Globe: 'Cahill Adjusts to Life on Baseball's Sidelines'

Jon Cahill has always been one of those guys where the diamond was his best friend, even if the feeling wasn't always mutual.

April 1, 2008
The Lowell Sun: 'Royal Opportunity'

There is only the weekend to sweat through before Matt Tupman officially becomes the second former UMass Lowell baseball player to reach the big leagues.

March 31, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through March 30, 2008

Pace's Dustin Corbett posted a 0.69 ERA with a 2-0 record, while striking out 11 in 13 innings pitched this past week. Corbett tossed seven innings, allowing two hits and no runs while striking out seven, earning the win over Assumption.

March 26, 2008
Lowell Sun: 'Baseball - UML Young, But Talented Enough to be a Contender'

The UMass Lowell baseball team, long a Northeast-10 power, is going through a rebuilding phase that will continue into next year, when coach Ken Harring says he will be bringing in the best group of recruits he's ever had.

March 24, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through March 23, 2008

Pace's Neil Ross batted .524 (11-for-21) with 10 runs scored, five RBI, a double and three homeruns, while slugging 1.000 in seven games this past week. Ross went 3-for-8 in two games against West Chester with three runs scored and two RBI.

March 21, 2008
Berkshire Eagle: 'Marron Back at the Helm for Pittsfield'

It's only March, but Mike Marron said he can't wait to return to Wahconah Park this summer. Marron will begin his second season as manager of the NECBL's Pittsfield Dukes in June.

March 17, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through March 16, 2008

During a 3-2 week, Bentley's Garrett Stenhouse hit .350 (7-20), slugged .900, drove in 10 runs and scored six times. Stenhouse homered three times, also had a triple and extended his hitting streak to seven games.

March 10, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through March 9, 2008

Franklin Pierce's Scott Savastano hit .364 (4-for-11) with three runs scored, a double, triple, two home runs and five RBI in a 2-1 week, while slugging 1.182 and posting a .462 on-base percentage. Savastano was a combined 3-for-7 with a triple, two home runs, three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of Philadelphia.

March 7, 2008
The Salem News: 'UMass Lowell Hall Calls for Cahill'

Jon Cahill hasn't changed. He's still the epitome of humility, the same as he was as a schoolboy baseball star at Peabody High, then as a collegian at UMass Lowell.

March 3, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through March 2, 2008

Southern Connecticut's Karl Derbacher hit .636 (7-for-11) over a 4-0 weekend with two doubles, a triple, six runs scored, five RBI, five walks, a hit by pitch, eight stolen bases and a .765 on-base percentage.

February 29, 2008
The Keene Sentinel: 'Ravens Locked, Loaded FPU Baseball Team Stocked With Veterans'

Franklin Pierce’s baseball team has to wait another three months for a chance at a do-over to erase last season’s disappointing finish in the Division II College World Series. No less an authority than Baseball America believes the Ravens are more than capable.

February 25, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through February 25, 2008

In five games down south, Bentley's James Roche hit .368 (7-19) and slugged .842 with three home runs, five RBI and four runs scored. Roche drove in a run in all five contests, and had three multi-hit games, including 3-for-4 versus Saint Leo.

February 18, 2008
Northeast-10 Baseball Weekly Report For Contests Through February 17, 2008

Bryant's Pat O'Connor hit .462 (6/13), with three doubles and two home runs, while slugging 1.154 in a 2-2 week. In addition, O'Connor scored four runs and drove in six, while drawing one walk. In the victory over Bentley on Sunday, he went 3-for-4 at the plate with five RBI, including a homerun and three runs.