STANDISH, MAINE - Senior Greg
Kimball (Lebanon, ME) pitched a complete game,
striking out 7 and allowing only one run as #1 seed Saint Joseph's
College (32-9, 14-1 NAC) defeated #2 seed Husson College, 7-1 in
the North Atlantic Conference Championship game at Mahaney Diamond.
Saint Joe's went 3-0 in its first NCAA Conference Tournament
appearance.
Kimball improved to 6-2 on the season while senior
Mike Cowperthwaite (Prospect Harbor, ME) pitched 6.1 innings for
Husson (25-17, 11-5 NAC) and was tagged with the loss.
Junior Jason Harvey (Bucksport, ME) scored Husson's only run of the
game in the first inning. The Monks went to work in the bottom of
the inning as senior Derek
McIntosh (Auburn, ME) singled and junior
Ben Muniz (Readfield, ME) crushed
a 2-run shot over the right field fence to go up 2-1.
Seniors Aaron Cieslak (Windham,
ME) and Jake Rodden (Somersworth,
ME) both singled and St. Joe's added a run in the second inning
after Cowperthwaite had a throwing error to first.
The Monks went up 5-1 in the third as freshman
Charlie Furbush (South Portland,
ME) scored on an error and Rodden singled to score
freshman Luke Enman (Milan,
NH).
Rodden finished 3 for 4 and notched his third
single of the game in the fifth inning to score Muniz who had also
singled. Enman reached on a fielder's choice and
scored on a single by freshman Brian
Schools (Gorham, ME) to put St. Joe's up 7-1.
Seniors Kyle Mathieu (Winslow, ME) and Bill Kane (Bradford, ME)
each had two hits for the Eagles.
Saint Joseph's Baseball now waits through "Selection Sunday," May
15, to see if it earns an at-large Pool B bid for the NCAA New
England Regional Tournament to be played at Whitehouse Field in
Harwich, Mass. on Cape Cod.
NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Greg Kimball-MVP Saint Joseph's College
Jake Rodden Saint Joseph's College
Charlie Furbush Saint Joseph's College
Travis Tripp Husson College
Billy Kane Husson College
Jason Harvey Husson College
Keith Renaud Becker College
Kevin Renaud Becker College
Tom Cummings Castleton State College
Chad Phillips Castleton State College