BRYANT BASEBALL
May 19, 2007
Boxscore; Caldwell
Recap; Caldwell Boxscore
Campbell's Homer and 5 RBIs Send
Bulldogs to Regional Championship after 10-0 Victory over Adelphi;
Will Face Franklin Pierce Sunday at Noon
RINDGE, N.H. - The Bryant
baseball team capped off an incredible Saturday, winning their
second game in five hours, defeating second-ranked Adelphi 10-0 to
advance to the Northeast Regional Championship at Dr. Arthur and
Martha Pappas Field.
The Bulldogs, ranked fifth in the Northeast region, will take on
top-seed Franklin Pierce Sunday, needing to beat the Ravens, who
are 3-0 in the Regional, twice to advance to the Division II
College World Series in Montgomery, Alabama.
Bryant got going right away, scoring eight times in the first
three innings off two Panther pitchers.
The Bulldogs broke the game open, scoring six times in the
second inning. Mark Dondero (Medfield, Mass.)
drilled a double to left-center in the second to bring home
T.J. Magnell (Leominster, Mass.). With two outs
and runners at the corners, Taylor Ferguson (Charlton,
Mass.) nailed a two-strike pitch to the same spot as
Dondero's, clearing the bases as Magnell and Pat McKenna
(Orange, CT) came into score. After Jay Alexander
(Simsbury, CT) beat out an infield single, Nick
Campbell (Raynham, Mass.) launched a three-run homer to
left-center, his second of the season, and ending starter's Mike
McLasky's day on the hill.
They made it 8-0 as Ferguson's sacrifice fly brought home
Magnell, who doubled to lead off the third.
Starter Brent Almeida (5-6) (Fairhaven, Mass.)
took full advantage of his team's run support as he worked quickly
and effectively on the hill, hurling a complete-game shutout.
Almeida allowed just four hits, while striking out a career-high
seven.
A fifth-inning double by Campbell brought McKenna home and made
the score 9-0. Mike Rocco (Tewksbury, Mass.) then
grounded out to bring home the team's tenth run as Alexander scored
on the ground out.
The Bulldogs scored in the first without a hit as Ferguson was
hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch, third on a
sacrifice bunt, and scored on a groundout by Campbell.
McLasky lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing seven runs including
the big homer from Campbell.
Campbell was 3-for-5 with a homer and a career-high 5 RBIs,
while Ferguson was 2-for-2 with 3 RBIs.
Bryant (35-23) avoided elimination earlier Saturday by defeating
fourth-ranked Caldwell 3-2 in 10-innings. They tied the game at two
after being down to their last out in the ninth inning before
winning it in the tenth.
Post-game Notes:
-Campbell's 5 RBIs are a season-high for any Bulldog player.
-Sunday's championship can be heard live on bryantbulldogs.com
with first pitch of the first game slated for noon.
-Bryant faced Franklin Pierce in the conference championship
last Sunday, with the Ravens edging Bryant by 4-2 and 4-3 scores to
capture the conference title.
-Bryant has not appeared in the College World Series since 2004
when they defeated Caldwell in the regional finals.
-Almeida was Bryant's lone player on the Daktronics All-Region
Team. He was a second-team selection.
Linescore:
Bryant University 10, Adelphi University 0 (May 19, 2007
at Rindge, N.H.)
Adelphi University.. 000 000 000 - 0
4 3 (35-17)
Bryant
University... 161 020 00X - 10
8 0 (35-23)
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Pitchers: Adelphi University - McLasky; Mongiello(2);
Bartlett(4); Intelasano(5).
Bryant University - Almeida.
Win-Almeida(5-6) Loss-McLasky(5-3)
T-2:29 A-106 HR BRYBB - Campbell (2).
Game notes:
2007 NCAA DIVISION II NORTHEAST REGIONAL - Game
9
Start delayed 54-minutes. Adelphi seeded second, Bryant
seeded fifth.
Bryant advances to Sunday's championship round to face
top-seeded Franklin
Pierce at noon. Adelphi eliminated.
Schedule:
Thursday, May 17
Game 1: #6 Wilmington (29-18) 1 at #1 Franklin
Pierce (45-9), 4
Game 2: #5 Bryant (32-22) 4 vs.
#2 Adelphi (34-15), 5
Game 3: #4 Caldwell (24-13) 9 vs. #3 UMass Lowell
(33-18), 4
Friday, May 18
Game 4: Wilmington 1 vs. Bryant 5
(Wilmington eliminated)
Game 5: Franklin Pierce 7 vs. UMass Lowell 4
(UMass Lowell eliminated)
Game 6: Adelphi 4 vs. Caldwell 0
Saturday, May 19
Game 7: Franklin Pierce 7 vs. Adelphi 2
Game 8: Bryant 3 vs. Caldwell 2
(Caldwell eliminated)
Game 9: Bryant 10 vs. Adelphi,
0 (Adelphi eliminated)
Sunday, May 21
Game 10: Franklin Pierce vs. Bryant,
noon
Game 11: if Bryant wins, 30 mins upon conclusion
of game 10
