Baseball Posts 4-1 Week
Baseball Posts 4-1 WeekThe following rainy day, Amherst claimed a 7-6 win at UMass-Dartmouth. Righthander Mike Sweeney (Keene, NH) pushed his record to 5-1 as the junior allowed only two runs in six innings of work, and Amherst took a 7-2 lead in the top of the seventh with a two-run double by senior Geoff Spies (Princeton, NJ). A three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh cut the Lord Jeff lead one, but Andy Ditchfield (Lebanon, NH) struck out two before the game was called because of rain.
Amherst returned home to split weekend doubleheader with Suffolk. St. Clair registered a two-run homer toward an 8-0 lead after four innings. Cross earned the win after striking out five in 6.2 innings of work as Callaghan picked up his second save of the season. In game two, however, the Rams jumped out to a 5-0 lead with one out in the first toward an 8-4 victory. Two runs on two hits by Berchelmann led Amherst, while Callaghan returned to the mound to strike out six in five innings.
On Monday Amherst hosted American International College in a slug-fest that totaled 33 hits and 29 runs. St. Clair, who has hit safely in 17 of his 19 games, including the last eight straight, tied the score at 2-2 with his seventh homer of the year and fourth in six games. The rightfielder went 5-for-6 with four runs and four RBI. Three runs in the second gave Amherst the lead for good, and the Jeffs led by as much as 12-6 after a six-run fourth. Quattlebaum posted four runs on two walks and two hits, and junior Spencer Christensen (Southboro, MA) went 3-for 6 from centerfield.
The team prepares for games against the top two teams in New England in the next five days. Amherst hosts second-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University (18-5) on Wednesday after being knocked out of the NCAA Regional by the Warriors, 16-12, last year. Including the 12-5 win during the regular season, the Jeffs pounded seven home runs off Warrior pitching, including a pair by senior leftfielder Josh Carroll (Winchester, MA). Berchelmann, Quattlebaum and senior co-captain Mike Sullivan (Andover, MA) also registered homers against the Warriors among 28 long-balls last season.
Amherst will then travel to top-ranked Brandeis for a Sunday game. The Jeffs defeated the Judges twice last year, once during the regular season to claim a No. 1 ranking in the region, and once during the NCAAs to upset the top-seed.
Hitting: 28 or more at bats Pitching Statistics AB H HR RBI BA IP H K ERA Michael St. Clair '99 68 33 7 23 .485 Whit Griffinger '00 32 13 2 9 .406 Greg Berchelmann '99 65 25 2 13 .385 Hugh Quattlebaum '00 72 27 5 16 .375 Mike Sullivan '98 68 23 2 13 .338 Josh Carroll '98 61 20 1 11 .328 Mike Grant '99 47 15 0 9 .319 Dan Blednick '98 44 14 0 14 .318 Jordan Krall '01 53 16 0 13 .302 Geoff Spies '98 30 9 0 8 .300 Mike Sweeney '99 36.0 35 33 2.75 Jon Cross '98 27.0 26 22 3.33 George Gumpert '99 2.1 3 2 3.86 Kevin Downes '01 5 4 0 2 .800 15.1 17 13 5.28 Mike Spirito '98 5.0 4 4 5.40 Andy Ditchfield '99 26.2 31 25 5.74 Graham Callaghan '99 22.1 40 19 6.04 Dave Siegle '01 8.1 13 11 12.46 Team Totals 610 215 19 138 .352 143.1 169 129 4.90 Opponent Totals 597 169 13 83 .283 139.0 215 73 8.94 Current Record: 15-4, 14-3 v. Division III Last Week: at Mass College, W 12-9 at UMass-Dartmouth, W 7-6 Suffolk (2), W 9-6, L 4-8 AIC, W 18-11 This Week: Wed Apr 15 Eastern Connecticut, 3:30pm Sun Apr 19 at Brandeis, 1:00pm
Facing Norwich, Sandy Accordino (Closter, NJ) tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh with a single to score Darcy Sweeney (Keene, NH) and force the match into a tiebreaker. With Allison Schwarting (Los Angeles, CA) on second, junior Vicki Gonzalez (Miami, FL) pounded a double deep into left field for the game-winner and her third hit of the game. On the mound, Schwarting had struck out 10 and allowed only two hits.
Senior co-captain Jen Shea (Hatfield, MA) took the mound in game two and allowed one hit in five innings. The Jeffs took advantage of two Cadet errors in the third for six runs, includuing a three-run homer by sophomore Liza Feldman (Sudbury, MA). They added three more in the fourth for the team's eighth game called by the mercy rule.
Hosting Mass College on Monday, Amherst swept its fourth doubleheader of the year. Schwarting fanned 10 more batters in game one to push her record to 11-3 while allowing only two hits in a 4-1 win. The Jeffs took advantage of three Mohawk errors and scored on two of four walks. Six Mass College errors in game two helped Amherst to a 7-3 win, highlighted by a four-run fifth to secure the victory. Feldman pound her her third homer to close out Amherst scoring. Shea struck out four toward a 7-1 record for the season.
Neither Shea nor Schwarting have walked a batter in the last three games, and only four have gained a base on balls in the last six games while 36 have gone down swinging. In the same span, the Jeffs have drawn six walks and struck out only four times.
Men's Lacrosse Falls to Middlebury
Traveling to eighth-ranked Middlebury, Amherst suffered a 20-6 loss to the Panthers, who outshot the Jeffs 46-20 and led by as much as 14-1 early in the third quarter. Junior quad-captain Todd Nichols (Skaneateles, NY) returned from injury to score the Jeffs' lone goal of the opening half, and fellow captain Payson Bullard (Wilton, CT) stopped a 9-0 Panther run with his tally in the third. Amherst scored three of the final four goals of the game, while rookie Corey Simonson (Brookline, MA) made 12 saves. The Jeffs face fellow Snively league rivals Trinity and Wesleyan this week as Amherst kicks off Little III play.
Kicking off Little III competition, the Jeffs swept the singles matches against Wesleyan and won two of three for the doubles point. The team of Ryan Cole (Pikesville, MD) and Matt Fox (Plano, TX) registered an 8-0 win over the Cardinals, while sophomore Scott Chase (North Andover, MA) posted a 6-1, 6-0 win to remain undefeated at No. 6 singles.
Top-flight Harlan Stock (West Hartford, CT) outlasted his Swarthmore opponent to post a 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 individual victory and a 4-3 team win over the third-best squad in the region. Stock and Lippe-Klein had teamed up for the decisive 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles which, combined with an 8-6 win by Chase-Segal at No. 2, gave Amherst a 1-0 lead heading into singles competition. Wolf registered his tenth win of the year as he is 10-1 overall and undefeated against Division III opponents.
Softball extended its win streak to seven with a sweep of three doubleheaders to push the Jeffs' record to 18-4. The team kicked off the week with its fifth shutout of the year, a 5-0 blanking of Pioneer Valley rival Smith. Senior co-captain Sarah Rinaldi (Washington, DC) went 2-for-3 in game one with a pair of stolen bases, and she scored the game-winning run in game-two after tripling to lead off the sixth. An overthrow to third sent the rightfielder home and gave Amherst the 5-4 win.
Softball Sweeps Three Doubleheaders
Hitting: 33 or more at bats Pitching Statistics
AB H HR RBI BA IP H K ERA
Allison Schwarting '00 73 36 1 11 .493 88.0 63 73 1.75
Sarah Rinaldi '98 63 27 5 24 .429
Liza Feldman '00 51 18 3 11 .353
Victoria Gonzalez '99 62 21 0 8 .339
Meghan Nelson '01 55 18 0 10 .327
Melissa Roja '00 53 17 0 8 .321
Darcy Sweeney '00 59 16 0 11 .271
Jen Shea '98 5 0 0 0 .000 50.0 42 25 2.52
Team Totals 562 179 10 102 .319 138.0 105 98 2.03
Opponent Totals 541 105 1 33 .194 129.0 179 29 5.70
Current Record: 18-4, 18-3 v. Division III
Last Week: Smith (2), W 5-0, W 5-4
Norwich (2), W 4-3 (8), W 9-0
Mass College (2), W 4-1, W 7-3
This Week: Fri Apr 17 Coast Guard (2), 3:30pm
No Name G A P
14 Sam Altman '00 19 12 31
10 Matt Roy '99 13 13 26
22 Jason Sowers '00 12 8 20
21 Kyle Bohannon '99 13 8 21
5 Payson Bullard '99 8 8 16
2 James DeLuca '99 10 5 15
1 Todd Nichols '99 10 3 13
15 Eric Edelson '01 4 3 7
36 Andy Neviaser '98 5 1 6
13 Robbie Gibson '01 4 2 6
9 Geoff Hengerer '99 4 1 5
33 John Laufer '99 2 3 5
23 Todd Robin '98 1 3 4
31 Eric Kahrl '00 3 0 3
34 David Pitney '01 3 0 3
12 Ben Beckman '98 2 1 3
27 J.P. Bruneau '01 2 0 2
Amherst Totals 125 71 196
Opponent Totals 99 37 136
Goalkeeping GP W L Min Svs GA Sv% GAA
7 Bryan Goldstein '99 8 5 3 351 65 46 .586 7.86
20 Corey Simonson '01 6 1 1 229 43 50 .462 13.10
8 Pat Korody '00 2 0 0 20 6 3 .667 9.00
Amherst Totals 10 6 4 600 114 99 .535 9.90
Opponent Totals 10 4 6 600 122 125 .494 12.50
Current Record: 6-4
Last Week: at Middlebury, L 6-20
This Week: Wed Apr 15 Trinity, 4:00pm
Sat Apr 18 at Wesleyan, 2:30pm
Women's lacrosse extended its win streak to three with a 24-5 rout of Pioneer Valley rival Smith. Amherst took a 12-1 lead over Smith 16 minutes after the opening whistle toward a 15-3 lead at the break. Senior tri-captain Heather Kestner (Wilmington, DE) tallied a career-high six goals to push her career total to 96. Three players notched hat tricks as rookie Kristin Osborn (Morristown, NJ), sophomore Katherine Poulin (St. Davids, PA) and senior tri-captain Heidi Cline (Andover, MA) each notched three goals. Osborn added three assists as Amherst outshot the Pioneers 35-18 and had nine people tally points on offense. Rookie keeper Jess Thaxton (Wayland, MA) made six saves in her first collegiate start.
Women's Lacrosse Pounds Smith
No. Name G A P
15 Heidi Cline '98 25 4 29
24 Heather Kestner '98 16 4 20
23 Jen Corso '99 12 6 18
17 Kristin Osborn '01 10 8 18
11 Alie Stechenberg '00 11 3 14
16 Katherine Poulin '00 6 3 9
12 Sarah Scheessele '01 4 2 6
10 Rachel Bernstein '00 5 1 6
4 Irene Permut '99 2 3 5
3 Julia Powell '01 1 0 1
19 Jess Flynn '98 0 1 1
20 Alexa Faigen '01 0 1 1
Amherst Totals 92 37 129
Opponent Totals 48 12 60
Goalkeeping GP W L Min Svs GA Sv% GAA
33 Sarah Evans '99 6 4 2 321 38 40 .487 7.48
32 Jess Thaxton '01 3 1 0 99 9 8 .529 4.85
Amherst Totals 7 5 2 360 47 48 .495 6.85
Opponent Totals 7 2 5 360 105 92 .533 13.14
Current Record: 5-2
Last Week: at Smith, W 24-5
This Week: Wed Apr 15 Tufts, 4:00pm
Sat Apr 18 at Wesleyan, 12:00pm
Men's tennis claimed three more wins as the second-best team in New England to push their record to 8-3 overall, 8-1 against Division III competition. Amherst started the week with a match at undefeated Trinity, who felt its first loss behind a trio of three-set matches. Senior Noah Lippe-Klein (Palo Alto, CA) claimed a win at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 7-5, 6-0, in his first three-setter of the season, and senior Adam Wolf (Roslyn Heights, NY) and rookie Reeve Segal (Newton, MA) claimed 6-1 victories in the third.
Men's Tennis Wins Three
Individual Match Records Singles Doubles
Harlan Stock '99 5-6 2-3
Ryan Cole '98 6-5 7-3
Adam Wolf '98 10-1 0-0
Reeve Segal '01 6-5 7-3
Yo Kobayashi '99 2-3 2-2
Noah Lippe-Klein '98 9-2 4-6
Scott Chase '00 5-1 7-3
Matt Fox '99 0-0 7-3
Addison West '01 0-0 0-1
Current Record: 8-3, 8-1 v. Division III
Last Week: at Trinity, W 4-2
Wesleyan, W 7-0
Swarthmore, W 4-3
Up Next: Wed Apr 8 at Trinity, 4:00pm
Sat Apr 11 Wesleyan, 1:00pm