2008 Woodie Awards
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Playoffs in sight for UM with sweep
Eli Rosenswaike, Collegian Staff
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: Sports
If ever there was a time for a series sweep, it would've been this past weekend for the Massachusetts baseball team.
Three wins and a series sweep later over Dayton this weekend in Ohio, the Minutemen are now serious players in the hunt for one of the final spots in next month's A-10 Conference Tournament.
UMass (15-18, 9-9 A-10) won easily on Friday, 12-4, but escaped with victories in close games on both Saturday (4-3) and Sunday (4-2). Nine errors in the series hurt the Flyers (17-15, 6-12 A-10), as they fell into a tie for 11th with La Salle in the conference. The Minutemen moved up into a tie for seventh with George Washington, with nine conference games still remaining. The top six teams will advance to the tournament.
Sunday's game featured a pitchers' duel between UMass freshman Jared Freni and Dayton starter Sean Finn, but it was the Minutemen who finally struck first in the sixth inning of a scoreless game - scoring three runs (all unearned) on doubles by Ryan Franczek and Bryan Garrity.
The third inning rally started when Lou Proietti reached on a throwing error by UD second baseman Cole Tyrell. Jim Cassidy's sacrifice moved him to second and Adam Tempesta singled to put runners on first and third with one out. Bryan Adamski then reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. That's when Franczek and Garrity hit consecutive doubles to give UMass the 3-0 lead.
Coming off a rough start, Freni was terrific - shutting out the Flyers for 6 1/3 innings of work. He allowed three hits and five walks, while striking out four for his second win of the season. Dayton did all of its damage with two outs in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run home run by Frank Tedesco off Adamski.
Saturday's game marked the Flyers' best opportunity this weekend to break through against the Minutemen, but they fell just short. Trailing 4-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, Dayton sparked a rally against Adamski - scoring the third run of the game, while having the tying run reach third base with one out.
Three wins and a series sweep later over Dayton this weekend in Ohio, the Minutemen are now serious players in the hunt for one of the final spots in next month's A-10 Conference Tournament.
UMass (15-18, 9-9 A-10) won easily on Friday, 12-4, but escaped with victories in close games on both Saturday (4-3) and Sunday (4-2). Nine errors in the series hurt the Flyers (17-15, 6-12 A-10), as they fell into a tie for 11th with La Salle in the conference. The Minutemen moved up into a tie for seventh with George Washington, with nine conference games still remaining. The top six teams will advance to the tournament.
Sunday's game featured a pitchers' duel between UMass freshman Jared Freni and Dayton starter Sean Finn, but it was the Minutemen who finally struck first in the sixth inning of a scoreless game - scoring three runs (all unearned) on doubles by Ryan Franczek and Bryan Garrity.
The third inning rally started when Lou Proietti reached on a throwing error by UD second baseman Cole Tyrell. Jim Cassidy's sacrifice moved him to second and Adam Tempesta singled to put runners on first and third with one out. Bryan Adamski then reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. That's when Franczek and Garrity hit consecutive doubles to give UMass the 3-0 lead.
Coming off a rough start, Freni was terrific - shutting out the Flyers for 6 1/3 innings of work. He allowed three hits and five walks, while striking out four for his second win of the season. Dayton did all of its damage with two outs in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run home run by Frank Tedesco off Adamski.
Saturday's game marked the Flyers' best opportunity this weekend to break through against the Minutemen, but they fell just short. Trailing 4-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, Dayton sparked a rally against Adamski - scoring the third run of the game, while having the tying run reach third base with one out.
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