Baseball Season Comes to End with NCAA Tournament Loss on Saturday
The Central Connecticut baseball season came to an end on Saturday afternoon with a 25-5 loss to Connecticut in the second game of the NCAA Tournament in Norwich. The Blue Devils finish the 2010 season with a 33-23 overall record, marking their sixth season in the last 11 with at least 30 win. They captured their fourth Northeast Conference Championship last weekend in Bridgewater, NJ. UConn advances in the regional, and will play on Sunday against the loser of the Oregon and Florida State game on Saturday night.
The Central Connecticut baseball season came to an end on
Saturday afternoon with a 25-5 loss to Connecticut in the second
game of the NCAA Tournament in Norwich. The Blue Devils finish the
2010 season with a 33-23 overall record, marking their sixth season
in the last 11 with at least 30 win. They captured their fourth
Northeast Conference Championship last weekend in Bridgewater, NJ.
UConn advances in the regional, and will play on Sunday against the
loser of the Oregon and Florida State game on Saturday night.
The Huskies struck in the top of the first inning off of Blue Devil
starter Jason Foster. With the
bases loaded and two outs LJ Mazzilli singled to left field to
score a pair of runs. The Huskies took advantage of three walks in
the inning from Foster.
Four more runs in the second inning gave UConn a 6-0 lead. With
men on second and third Pierre LePage singled to right field to
drive in two. Following a sacrifice bunt, George Springer homered
to center field to drive in two more.
The Blue Devils cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second
inning. A run scored when senior Kyle Zarotney reached on a
throwing error. Senior Anthony Scialdone doubled in
two more runs to make it 6-3. The lead reached 7-3 on an RBI
single from LePage in the top of the third. A two-RBI single for
Zarotney in the third inning cut the lead to 7-5.
An eight-run fourth inning gave the Huskies a 15-5 lead. Mike Olt
drove in four runs in the inning, including a two-run home run, the
second of the game for the Huskies. Five more runs in the fifth
made it 20-5. Olt his this second home run of the game, a
three-run shot, in the sixth inning to make it 24-5. He had eight
RBI on the day.
In the sixth inning, senior Sean Allaire singled to left
field. It was the 100th hit of the season for Allaire, matching
the school-record set in 2004 by former NEC Player of the Year
Keith Stegbauer.
The Blue Devils end the season with a 33-23 overall record. They
advanced to their fourth NCAA Tournament in the last nine years
befoe dropping the first game on Friday to Florida State and then
the game to the Huskies on Saturday.
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