The Huskies won their first ever America East regular season title on Saturday with an 8-1 win over Albany at Friedman Diamond. The Huskies finish the regular season at 28-18 overall and 14-6 in America East while Albany falls to 36-12 and 14-7. Northeastern will be the No. 1 seed in the America East Tournament and will face No. 4 Stony Brook at 3:30 on Thursday. Maine beat UMBC on Saturday, earning the No. 2 seed and Albany is No. 3. Maine and Albany will play at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
NU starter Devin Monds led NU to the victory, shutting down Albany's offense. He went eight innings, allowing one unearned run while striking out 10 batters. He improves to 5-3 this season. Monds departed with no outs and the bases loaded in the ninth and Tim Bush got the final three outs, two on strikeouts, to seal the victory. Albany starter Kyle Thomas took the loss, falling to 4-2. He went six innings, allowing five runs (four earned) with seven strikeouts.
The Huskies got on the board with two outs in the bottom of the third when Miguel Paquette hit a bases-loaded double off the left field wall to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead. Paquette advanced to third when Albany left fielder Craig Farley threw to home. Eric Murray, Brad Czarnowski and Jeff Heriot scored. The Huskies added a run in the bottom of the fifth when Bush hit a grounder to Albany shortstop Joe Lamb, whose throw to first sailed high allowing Bush to get to first and Heriot to score from third.
The Huskies scored three insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh. Heriot singled in Mike Steinberg, Bush hit a sac-fly that scored Heriot, and Paul Koslowski hit a pinch-hit single that scored Miguel Paquette.
Monds cruised with the 10 strikeouts and was backed up by a solid defense. He committed NU's only error. Monds struck out the side in order in the sixth inning. Albany loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the third, but Arman Sidhu made a great stab on a two-out line-drive by Great Dane Derek DeGrazio to keep the game scoreless. Monds got help from his defense on two doubleplays - Heriot doubled off a baserunner from center field to end the second inning and Sidhu started a nice 6-4-3 doubleplay in the fifth.
Northeastern has never missed the America East Tournament since its inception in 1993. The Huskies won the tourney in 1994, '97 and 2003. Albany joined the conference in 2002 and will make its first tournament appearance this season. See AmericaEast.com for more information about the America East championship.
Albany 1 (36-12,14-7)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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LAMB, Joe ss............. 5 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0
WYLAND, Steve 2b......... 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0
SCHOONMAKER, Dan 3b...... 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
DEGRAZIO, Derek 1b....... 5 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9
MARTIN, Jason c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 3 0
MEAGHER, Justin rf....... 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
DELANEY, Pat dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
NORTHRUP, Rich dh....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FARLEY, Craig lf......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1
DANIELS, Brad cf......... 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
THOMAS, Kyle p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SUCHOWIECKI, Mark p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DUBIEL, Roman p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MCGOVERN, Scott p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 32 1 6 1 7 12 24 9 12
Northeastern 8 (28-18,14-6)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Mike Steinberg lf........ 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Czarnowski rf....... 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Heriot cf........... 4 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 0
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 3 1 1 3 1 1 9 0 2
Tim Bush 3b/p............ 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1
Jeff Maher dh............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Paul Koslowski dh....... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Nutting 3b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Morizio c........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 12 0 0
Arman Sidhu ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2
Eric Murray 2b........... 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 1
Devin Monds p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 34 8 11 7 2 10 27 7 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Albany.............. 000 000 001 - 1 6 2
Northeastern........ 003 010 31X - 8 11 1
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E - Lamb 2(14); Monds(2). DP - Northeastern 2. LOB - Albany 12; Northeastern
8. 2B - Daniels(5); Heriot(9); Paquette(11). HBP - Daniels; Heriot;
Paquette. SH - Morizio(1). SF - Bush(2). SB - Steinberg(9); Heriot 2(13).
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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THOMAS, Kyle........ 6.0 6 5 4 1 7 24 28
SUCHOWIECKI, Mark... 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
DUBIEL, Roman....... 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 3 4
MCGOVERN, Scott..... 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 5 5
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Devin Monds......... 8.0 6 1 0 6 10 29 36
Tim Bush............ 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
Win - Monds (5-3). Loss - Thomas (4-2). Save - None.
WP - McGovern. HBP - by Thomas (Heriot); by Thomas (Paquette); by Monds
(Daniels). PB - Martin.
Start: 12 pm Time: 2:55 Attendance: 110
Thomas faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Monds faced 3 batters in the 9th.
Albany starters: 2/ss Lamb; 23/2b Wyland; 7/3b Schoonmaker; 9/1b DeGrazio; 28/c
Martin; 11/rf Meagher; 12/dh Delaney; 1/lf Farley; 3/cf Daniels; 13/p Thomas;
Northeastern starters: 19/lf Steinberg; 17/rf Czarnowski; 44/cf Heriot; 31/1b
Paquette; 45/3b Bush; 1/dh Maher; 11/c Morizio; 3/ss Sidhu; 2/2b Murray; 21/p Monds;
Albany 1st - Lamb struck out looking. Wyland walked. Schoonmaker flied out to
lf. DeGrazio popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Steinberg flied out to cf. Czarnowski flied out to lf down
the lf line. Heriot doubled to left center. Paquette struck out swinging. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Albany 2nd - Martin grounded out to 2b. Meagher walked. Delaney flied into
double play cf to 1b; Meagher out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Bush grounded out to p. Maher grounded out to 3b. Morizio
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Albany 3rd - Farley walked. Daniels struck out looking. Lamb singled through
the left side; Farley advanced to second. Wyland flied out to cf. Schoonmaker
singled to shortstop; Lamb advanced to second; Farley advanced to third. DeGrazio
lined out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Sidhu struck out looking. Murray singled to right center.
Steinberg grounded out to ss; Murray advanced to second. Czarnowski walked. Heriot
hit by pitch; Czarnowski advanced to second; Murray advanced to third. Paquette
doubled to left field, advanced to third on the throw, 3 RBI; Heriot scored;
Czarnowski scored; Murray scored. Bush struck out swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Albany 4th - Martin grounded out to 1b unassisted. Meagher singled to left
center. Delaney struck out looking. Farley struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Maher singled to right center. Morizio grounded out to c,
SAC, bunt; Maher advanced to second. Sidhu lined out to ss. Murray struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Albany 5th - Daniels doubled down the lf line. Lamb singled to shortstop.
Wyland grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Lamb out on the play; Daniels
advanced to third. Schoonmaker walked. DeGrazio fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Steinberg flied out to cf. Czarnowski struck out swinging.
Heriot singled up the middle. Paquette hit by pitch; Heriot advanced to second.
Paquette advanced to second; Heriot stole third. Bush reached on a throwing error by
ss, RBI; Paquette advanced to third; Heriot scored, unearned. Maher struck out
looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Albany 6th - Martin struck out looking. Meagher struck out swinging. Delaney
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Morizio grounded out to 2b. Sidhu flied out to lf. Murray
grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Albany 7th - Farley grounded out to 3b. Daniels singled, bunt. Lamb struck
out swinging. Wyland walked; Daniels advanced to second. Schoonmaker grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Steinberg singled to right field. Suchowiecki to p for
Thomas. Steinberg stole second. Czarnowski grounded out to 2b; Steinberg advanced to
third. Heriot singled to right field, RBI; Steinberg scored. Heriot advanced to
second on a passed ball. Paquette walked. Dubiel to p for Suchowiecki. Paquette
advanced to second; Heriot stole third. Bush flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Paquette
advanced to third; Heriot scored. Koslowski to dh for Maher. Koslowski singled to
right field, RBI; Paquette scored. Morizio singled through the right side; Koslowski
advanced to second. Sidhu struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Albany 8th - DeGrazio struck out swinging. Martin grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Meagher struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - McGovern to p for Dubiel. Murray struck out swinging.
Steinberg singled to pitcher. Czarnowski singled to right field, advanced to second;
Steinberg advanced to third, scored on an error by ss. Czarnowski advanced to third
on a wild pitch. Heriot struck out swinging. Paquette grounded out to 2b. 1 run,
2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Albany 9th - Northrup to dh for Delaney. Northrup walked. Farley reached on
an error by p; Northrup advanced to second. Daniels hit by pitch; Farley advanced to
second; Northrup advanced to third. Bush to p. Nutting to 3b for Koslowski. / for
Monds. Lamb struck out looking. Wyland walked, RBI; Daniels advanced to second;
Farley advanced to third; Northrup scored, unearned. Schoonmaker struck out
swinging. DeGrazio grounded out to p. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
