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CHARLOTTE, FL - St. Joe's improved their season record to 4-3 with
two 9-5 victories over Northland College (WI) on Thursday. Starting
pitcher SR David Doucette (Ipswich,
MA) threw four innings of 2-hit ball to earn the win and SR Brian
Schools (Gorham, ME) was 3-3 with two RBI's in game
one. JR Andy Pooler (Somesville,
ME) provided the Monks with 3 shutout innings in relief to earn the
game two decision. SR Luke Enman
(Milan, NH) went 3-4 at the plate and registered 3 RBI's, 2 coming
off an inside the park home run, in the victory.
Both the Monks and the Lumberjacks provided plenty of offense in the
games as the two teams combined to score 28 runs and collect 39 hits
in the doubleheader.
GAME ONE
Northland opened the first game by scoring a run in the first off
of two SJC errors. SR Mike Stevens (Cadillac, MI) scored the run for
the Lumberjacks.
St. Joe's countered with two runs in the bottom of the opening inning
by taking advantage of two Northland miscues. JR Wade
Oliver (Owls Head, ME) led off the inning and reached
on an error and Brian Schools followed
with a single. Oliver scored two batters later on a SO Ben
Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) stuck-ball that was misplayed by
the Lumberjacks' third baseman. SR Dustin Spiller
(Gorham, ME) sent Schools home with a sac fly that
gave the Monks a 2-1 lead.
Lumberjacks' leadoff hitter SO Bryce Szymanski (Pequot Lakes, MN)
opened the top of the third with a double, was moved to third by a
Mike Stevens sacrifice bunt and driven home by a SO Matt Tenneberg
(Kennewick, WA) single to tie the game at two apiece. The Monks struck
with a run in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead as Wade
Oliver led off with a triple and scored on a Brian
Schools single.
St. Joe's managed to score 4 runs off of 5 hits in their next turn
at bat as SO Mike Burdin (Gardiner,
ME), Wade Oliver and Brian
Schools each had RBI singles in the inning. Oliver
scored on an error made by the Northland right fielder to account
for the fourth SJC run of the inning.
JR Cody Carroll (Shawano, WI) hit a double for the Lumberjacks to
send Bryce Szymanski home in the top of the fifth to reduce the SJC
lead to 7-3.
The Monks was not finished as FY Ian Lee
(Hampden, ME) doubled home Dustin Spiller,
who reached with a single, and Burdin registered
another RBI base knock in the 5th inning to stake a 9-3 Monks' lead.
Northland's Cody Carroll tripled to plate Matt Tanneberg, who reached
on a base on balls, and later scored on a SO Michael Cross (Auburn,
WA) double to cap the NC scoring in the game.
For the Monks, Wade Oliver, Ian
Lee and Mike Burdin
all collected 2 hits. Oliver scored 3 runs, Burdin notched 2 RBI's
and Brian Schools stole two bases
in the win.
Cody Carroll was 2-4 with 2 RBI's in the game for the Lumberjacks.
GAME TWO
St. Joe's started the scoring in the second game of the twinbill with
a run in the first to take a 1-0 lead. Wade Oliver
led off the inning with a single up the middle, was moved
over to second base via a sacrifice bunt from Brian
Schools and driven home by shortstop Luke
Enman with a single.
Northland followed suit in the first by scoring a run of their own
to tie the game 1-1. Matt Tenneberg drove home teammate Bryce Szymanski,
who reached base with a leadoff walk, with a fielder's choice.
The Monks broke out in the second inning, scoring three runs off of
four hits to take a 4-1 lead. Dustin Spiller
opened the inning by hitting a line drive off the right field
fence for a double. FY Ryan Murphy
(South Weymouth, MA) drove Spiller home with his
first collegiate hit and later scored with teammate FY Joe
Douglass (Poland, ME), who reached with a base hit,
on a Wade Oliver single.
The Lumberjacks diminished the SJC lead to 4-3 after they scored 2
runs in the third inning. Matt Tenneberg notched another RBI by driving
home Bryce Szymanski with a double and FY Corey Stibbe (Ashland, WI)
singled home teammate Mike Stevens to account for the pair of NC runs
in the inning.
Brian Schools led off the top of
the 5th inning for St. Joe's with a single and Luke
Enman followed with a deep ball to centerfield that
ended up being a two-run inside the park home run. The Monks held
a 6-3 advantage through five innings of play.
Northland fought back with 2 runs off of 3 hits in the bottom of the
sixth to cut the SJC lead to 6-5. Bryce Szymanski was in the middle
of the offensive effort yet again for the Lumberjacks as he singled
to send home teammate SR Casey Frantz (Charlotte, MI) and Mike Stevens
was knocked home by a Cody Carroll single to cap the NC scoring.
St. Joe's sent three runners across home plate in the top of the seventh
to seal the Monks' victory. Dustin Spiller
hit a ball over the left fielder's head to drive in Luke
Enman and FY Chris Campbell
(Rochester, NH) and scored one batter later on a sacrifice fly hit
by first baseman Ryan Murphy.
For the Monks, Wade Oliver was 2-3
with 2 RBI's and a stolen base, Dustin Spiller
went 2-4, a double, triple and 2 RBI, Ryan Murphy
registered 2 RBI's and Brian Schools
notched his first career save in the win.
Northland's Cody Carroll was 3-3 with an RBI and Corey Stibbe went
2-3 with an RBI in the losing bid. Starting pitcher Bryce Szymanski
took the loss and threw all seven innings.
The Monks will play two games on Friday, 3/7. The first game begins
at 10:00 AM against Olivet College (MI) and the second game is set
to start at 1:30 PM against Misericordia University (PA). Both games
will be played at North Charlotte Regional Park in Port Charlotte,
FL.
