Baseball Splits Opening Day Action With Coast Guard, Caroll

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Elms College junior right-hander Matt Wood (Feeding Hills, Mass.) pitched five innings and struck out six batters to help lift the Blazers to a 7-4 season-opening win over Coast Guard. Elms then fell to Carroll University, 9-5 in Saturday's second baseball game at the 2010 Gene Cusic Classic.

With its split, Elms starts the 2010 campaign 1-1 overall.

Game One - Coast Guard

Freshman outfielder Stephen Fisher (West Boylston, Mass.) paced the Blazers' offense, reaching base five times thanks to four walks and a hit by pitch, and scored two times in the 7-4 win.

Junior shortstop Brendan Cordeiro (Berkley, Mass.) provided the power at the plate, knocking in two runs.

On the hill, Wood allowed just one earned run to complement his six-strikeout effort.

Game Two - Carroll

In the 9-5 loss to Carroll, senior righty Dan Ingraham (Granby, Mass.) was stellar on the mound through the first four innings, fanning six batters, while allowing just two runs.

Cordeiro went 2 for 5 at the plate with a pair of RBI, while sophomore infielder Nicolino Iavicoli (Hampden, Mass.) was 2 for 4 with a RBI and two runs scored.

Senior infielder Mike Andrews (Greenfield, Mass.) connected for two doubles and drove in a pair of runs in the losing effort.

Elms returns to Gene Cusic Classic action on Sunday, March 7 when it takes on Olivet at 6:00 p.m. in Fort Myers.