Thomas College Eliminated - Edged Out by Castleton 10-9
STANDISH, MAINE - A six-run 7th inning made the difference as #3 Castleton State defeated #4 Thomas College 10 - 9 today in Game 3 of the NAC Tournament at Mahaney Diamond. Castleton (22-18, 8-6) will play the loser of the 2:00 p.m. St. Joe's/Husson match-up at 6:00 p.m. this evening. Thomas finishes the tournament 15-25 overall record and 7-7 NAC.
Castleton plated a run in the first and took advantage of three Thomas errors in second to score twice and go up 3-0.
Thomas got on the board in the top of the third as senior Jerry Randall (Milton, NH) doubled and scored of a sacrifice fly by sophomore Tim Mercier (Lewiston, ME).
The Spartans made it 4-1 in the sixth after a single by senior Adam Massey (Jacksonville, FL) scored sophomore Eric Anderson (Chester, VT).
Randall evened the score for the Terriers with a three-run homer in the seventh.
In the seventh, Castleton went up 10-4 with six runs on five hits which included a 2-RBI double by freshman Oliver Aldrich (Saratoga, NY).
Showing no signs of defeat, Thomas added four runs in the eighth and one more as junior Brandon Connors (Rochester, NH) hit a lead off homer in the ninth to close the gap to 10-9. After two ground outs and a single by freshman Nick Schauwecker, Castleton closed out the game on a fly out to left field.
