Baseball To Host WPI
BASEBALL TO HOST WPI
The Matchup: WPI Engineers (17-16) at Elms
College Blazers (8-19-1)
Date: Tuesday, May 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: MacKenzie Stadium (Holyoke, MA)
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All-Time Series: WPI leads the series 1-0.
Last Meeting: WPI defeated Elms College 7-4 on May
3, 2005 at Worcester, Massachusetts.
Setting The Scene: Elms College is coming off a four-game,
weekend split of North Atlantic Conference (NAC) doubleheaders at
Thomas College and the University of Maine-Farmington. The Blazers
posted a convincing sweep at Thomas with 7-1 and 7-5 victories on
Saturday, but was swept at Maine-Farmington 4-3 and 2-1 on Sunday.
Against Thomas, freshman pitcher Sean Bergeron (Chicopee,
MA) fired a complete-game, three-hit shutout in game one
and went a combined 3 for 8 with three RBI. In game two, freshman
pitcher Mike Bieber (Calverton, NY) allowed four
earned runs in 5.1 innings en route to his second collegiate win
and junior relief pitcher Jay Wheeler (Chicopee,
MA) induced a flyout and double play in the bottom of the
seventh to earn the save. Sophomore infielder Joe Prattico
(Holyoke, MA) and freshman third baseman Brian
Marrero (Kendall Park, NJ) each added RBI singles to
highlight the Blazers' five-run, third inning.
Scouting The Opposition: WPI, a member of the New
England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), saw its
four-game winning streak snapped when it was upset at home by Coast
Guard 3-1 in last Thursday's first round of the NEWMAC Tournament.
The Engineers had been seeded second in the eight-team tournament
after finishing 8-4 in-conference during the regular season. Junior
first baseman Ryan Rainone (Oakville, CT) leads
WPI with a .384 batting average and 22 RBI in 31 starts.
On A Tear: Freshman second baseman
Justin Jacobs (Springhill, FL) has batted .556
(10 for 18) including a triple, two doubles, six runs scored and a
pair of stolen bases over the last five games.
On The Hill: Bergeron was named NAC Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week on Monday afternoon. In his last three appearances (16.0 innings), Bergeron has gone 3-0 with a 0.56 earned run average, struck out 11 and issued just seven walks.
Keeping Track of Blazers' Athletics: For the
latest news, notes and statistics on all 15
intercollegiate teams at Elms College, visit our new athletics
website at http://athletics.elms.edu/landing/index or call the
Sports Information Hotline at 413-265-2414.