HARWICH, MA - St. Joe's (28-18) lost their final game of the season to Worcester State (24-17) in the 2nd round of the NCAA Regional Tournament.  JR Stephan Gorsun (South Berwick, ME) and FR Todd Keneborus (Hollis, ME) both each had an RBI in the losing effort.  In their final games at St. Joe's, senior Andrew Wood (South Portland, ME) added two hits and scored a run while senior captain Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) went 2 for 3 with two doubles and an RBI.

Matt Hart led off the top of the first for Worcester State with a double to right center field. After an out and an error, Nate Nelson blasted a home run over the left field fence to put the Lancers up, 3-0. Later in the inning Worcester State loaded the bases for Ryan LaPrade, who drilled a grand slam over the left field fence. Hart, batting for the second time in the inning, hit the Lancers' third homer of the inning down the left field line. Saint Joe's starting pitching only lasted 2/3 of an inning and the damage had already been done, with Worcester State ahead, 8-0.

The teams exchanged runs over the next four innings, before LaPrade came up leading off for the Lancers in the sixth. He hit his second round-tripper of the day, again to left field. Following a Hart double and two outs, Nelson stepped in and crushed his second home run of the game to the deepest part of the field - a knock of over 400 feet. Worcester State led, 12-1. SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) scored on a Spiller double in the third inning to account for the SJC run.

What little offense the Monks were able to put together came mostly in the bottom of the eighth. Saint Joseph's squeezed four hits out of Worcester State relievers, and coupled with an error and a fielders choice, were able to get three runs across the plate. Spiller, SO Travis Adams (Saco, ME), Wood and SO Ricky Sarmento (Lowell, MA) recorded hits in the inning for St. Joe's

Worcester State's Hart went 3-for-6 in the game, and scored four times. Nelson and LaPrade combined to hit 5-for-10, while accounting for 12 of the team's 14 RBI. Starter Craig McBride pitched seven strong innings of work, giving up six hits and two free passes as he struck out six.

SO Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) takes the loss on the mound for the Monks to fall to 4-5 on the season. FY Chris Dion (Lawrence, MA), SR Steve Stout (Gloucester, MA) JR Andrew Pooler (Somesville, ME) and SR David Doucette (Ipswich, MA) combined to allow nine earned runs in 8.1 innings of relief.

Score by Innings R H E
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WORCESTER STATE..... 800 103 002 - 14 16 3
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME)... 001 000 030 - 4 10 3
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E - Hawley(9); Nelson(5); LaPrade(12); Schools(14); Enman(22); Burdin(5). DP
- ST. JOSEPH'S 1. LOB - WORCESTER ST 6; ST. JOSEPH'S 10. 2B - Hart 2(14);
LaPrade(4); Spiller 2(18); Burdin(2). HR - Hart(3); Nelson 2(12); LaPrade
2(4). SB - Hart(11); Gorsun(4); Schools(8).

WORCESTER STATE IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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McBride............. 7.0 6 1 0 2 6 29 31
Hayes............... 1.0 4 3 2 0 0 7 7
Brierley............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

ST. JOSEPH'S (ME) IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Pat Moran........... 0.2 7 8 3 0 1 10 10
Chris Dion.......... 4.1 5 3 3 0 1 18 18
Steve Stout......... 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 4 5
Andrew Pooler....... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
David Doucette...... 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 8 9

Win - McBride (6-2). Loss - Moran (4-5). Save - None.
PB - Logan(4).