May 15, 2006
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Northeast-10 Player & Pitcher of the Week
Pat Donovan, UMass Lowell (Jr., RP, Lowell, MA) - Named the Most Valuable Player of the Northeast-10 Tournament. Earned three wins in two days as UMass Lowell defeated Bryant (1-0), Franklin Pierce (2-1) and Southern Connecticut (6-5), to capture the tournament title. Pitched 3.2 innings, allowing two hits, no runs or walks while striking out two.
Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week
Michael Diaz, Southern Connecticut (Fr., SS, Monroe, CT) - Batted .421 (8-19) and slugged .632 in a 2-2 week. Scored three runs and drove in four from the leadoff spot. Hit .462 (6-13) with two doubles and a triple (.846 slug. Percentage) in the Northeast-10 Tournament. Broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning RBI double in a 2-0 first round Northeast-10 tournament win over Saint Anselm.
Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll:
Bryan Duplissie, Franklin Pierce (Sr., 1B, East Swanzey, NH) - Hit 2-for-4 in the lone game of the week, a 2-1 setback to UMass Lowell in the semifinal round of the Northeast-10 tournament.
Shane Presutti, Franklin Pierce (Jr., SP, Southbridge, MA) - Struck out a season-high 12 batters over 8.1 innings of work, scattering four hits and two runs in the tough 2-1 setback to UMass Lowell in the Northeast-10 tournament semifinal.
Tim Dempsey, UMass Lowell (Sr., OF, Lexington, MA) - Batted 2-for-5 with three RBI and one run in a 6-
5 victory over Southern Connecticut in the Northeast-10 tournament championship game. Hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to knot the score 5-5.
Steve Paddock, UMass Lowell (Jr., OF, Milford, MA) - Batted 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and two runs in a 6-5 victory over Southern Connecticut in the Northeast-10 tournament championship game.
Karl Derbacher, Southern Connecticut (Fr., OF, Northford, CT) - Batted .417 (5-12) with two doubles, three runs scored, and a .500 on-base percentage in a 2-2 week. Had 14 putouts and added two sacrifice bunts in four games. Scored the eventual winning run in a 2-0 Northeast-10 tournament victory over Saint Anselm.
Jeff Farrell, Southern Connecticut (Sr., SP, Naugatuck, CT) - Pitched a five-hit shutout, in a 2-0 victory against Saint Anselm, in the first round of the Northeast-10 tournament. Struck out a season-high nine batters and walked none. Yielded no extra-base hits and allowed only one runner to reach third base.
Max Vigliotti, Stonehill (Jr., OF, Stamford, CT) - Went 2-for-3 in a 5-1 setback to Southern Connecticut in Northeast-10 tournament.
Northeast-10 Weekly Notes:
FRANKLIN PIERCE: Franklin Pierce, ranked 7th last week in both Division II polls, has earned the top seed and will host the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional for the second straight year Thursday through Sunday at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field. The Ravens will face NYCAC Tournament champion Dowling College in opening round action Thursday (Time TBA). The Ravens are making their third NCAA Tournament appearance overall. Three seniors, Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine), Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H.) and Elliot Shea (Jaffrey, N.H.) have earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I College Division first team, announced last week. Junior shortstop Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine) was named NE-10 Player of the Year on Monday, marking the third-straight year a Raven has collected the award. Olson joins teammate Bryan Duplissie (2005) and former All-American Eric Cavers (2004) as NE-10 Players of the Year. Third baseman Scott Savastano (Plymouth, N.H.) is the first Franklin Pierce player to earn NE-10 Freshman of the Year plaudits. The Ravens 2-1 setback to UMass Lowell in Friday's NE-10 Tournament semifinal snapped a streak of 86-straight victories when leading after 8 innings. Senior Elliot Shea enters the Northeast regional just six hits shy of assistant coach Scott Loiseau's career hit record (246), with 240 career hits. Senior Bryan Duplissie is just two RBI shy of the program's single-season record of 57 set by Henry Wilson in 1996?STONEHILL: Stonehill, which advanced to the Northeast-10 "final four" for the eighth time in nine seasons, has won 25 or more games in each of the last six campaigns. Skyhawk Head Coach Patrick Boen, who enters the 2007 season five wins shy of the 250 victory plateau, earned his third Northeast-10 Coach of the Year accolade for his efforts this season in guiding his alma mater to a second place finish in the conference standings. Boen, who previously won the honor back-to-back in 1999 and 2000, is the sixth different Stonehill coach to be named as a Northeast-10 Coach of the Year during the 2005-2006 academic year, joining Karen Boen (men's cross country), David McLaughlin (men's basketball), Scott Harlow (ice hockey), Pam Arpe (women's tennis) and Michael Daly (women's lacrosse). Senior P Billy Sittig (West Roxbury, Mass.) closed out his career with a school record 286 strikeouts and was one of five Skyhawks to earn all-conference accolades for their performances this spring. Sittig, a three-time first-team selection, was joined by senior OF Coley Lyons (West Roxbury, Mass.) and junior OF Max Vigliotti (Stamford, Conn.), who were both named to the second team, as well as senior 1B Sean Lawrence (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and junior 2B Tom Aldrich (New Canaan, Conn.) who each earned third team honors?SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT: Southern senior LHP Jeff Farrell tossed his fifth career shutout in Wednesday's play-in game victory over Saint Anselm. His nine strikeouts were a season high. Junior RHP Josh Terletzky and sophomore RHP Justin Cox each took their first no-decisions of the season as starters last week, Cox in the Northeast-10 Championship game. Southern's 3-2 12-inning loss to Pace on May 8 was the only of its 30 regular-season league games in which the starter did not get the decision. In the NE-10 semifinals, senior LHP Matt Hennessey earned his 22nd career victory, one shy of the school record held by Brian Forgione (2001-04). The Owls also lost to UMass Lowell in the NE-10 finals in 2004. Southern has made four conference playoff appearances in its six years in the league?UMASS LOWELL: UMass Lowell won its fifth Northeast-10 Conference Tournament Championship in the last six years with victories over Bryant (1-0), Franklin Pierce (2-1) and Southern Connecticut (6-5), all won in the ninth inning. With the title, the River Hawks also clinched their ninth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 10 years and 16th appearance overall. At 36-12, UML is also inching upon the school record for wins in a season (39) set in 2001.
