GAME 3

STANDISH, MAINE - #2 Husson College (24-15, 10-3) defeated #4 Castleton State College 12-1 in game 3 of the NAC Tournament at Mahaney Diamond today.

Junior Jason Harvey (Bucksport, ME) led the way for the Eagles with a 3 for 4 performance that included a homerun, a triple and 3 RBI's. Junior Travis Tripp (Bar Harbor, ME) earned the win, pitching 7 innings and allowing 4 hits.

Husson jumped out to an early lead, scoring 3 runs in the first inning and added 3 more runs in both the third and fourth innings to make it 9-0.

Castleton (18-21, 7-7) scored a run in the bottom of the fourth as senior Chad Phillips (Huntington, VT) singled and went on to score.

The Eagles plated 3 more runs on 4 hits in the fifth.

Husson junior Justin Spencer (Brewer, ME) went 3 for 4 and sophomore Adam Sheehan (Bucksport, ME) added two hits for the Eagles.

Phillips went 2 for 4 for Castleton and senior Travis Myers (Mountain Home, ID) went 5 innings, giving up 13 hits.

With this second loss, Castleton State is eliminated; Husson College will go on to face the winner of the 2 PM Becker-St. Joe's game.

GAME 4

STANDISH, MAINE - Freshman hurler Charlie Furbush (South Portland, ME) earned his 7th win of the season, pitching a complete game and striking out 14 as #1 seed Saint Joseph's College (31-9, 13-1 NAC) defeated #3 Becker College 6-0 in Game 4 of the NAC Tournament at Mahaney Diamond today.

The Monks scored 4 runs in the third on 5 hits to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Senior Aaron Cieslak (Windham, ME) singled and scored in the fourth inning to make it 5-0.

In the sixth inning, freshman Luke Enman (Milan, NH) hit his sixth home run of the season to put St. Joe's up 6-0.

Senior Derek McIntosh (Auburn, ME) went 3 for 4 and Cieslak was 2 for 3 to lead the Monks.

Sophomore Cory Shepherd (Worcester, MA) went 2 for 3 for the Hawks (23-16, 8-6 NAC) and freshman Jim Pesente (Whitman, MA) struck out four and gave up 11 hits in the loss.

The Hawks will meet the Eagles of Husson College at 6 PM to determine who will face Saint Joseph's in tomorrow's 10 AM Championship game.