Box Score

Game 55
Final Score	Northeastern 11, James Madison 7 (W, Cook 3-1)
Records	NU 30-25 (12-15 CAA), JMU (25-30, 11-16 CAA)
Next Game	Fri., May 24 vs. No. 1 UNCW (Harrisonburg, Va.), 7:30 p.m.
Video Recap	CAASports on YouTube

HARRISONBURG, Va. – A five-run fifth inning propelled Northeastern to another elimination-game victory as the Huskies toppled upset-minded James Madison, 11-7, at Veterans Memorial Park on Friday. NU, which reached the 30-win plateau for the fourth time in program history (and first since 1997), remains alive to face UNCW in the 2013 CAA Baseball Championship's eighth game Friday evening.

In what has become old hat for Jason Vosler at the dish, the sophomore led the Huskies with three hits on the afternoon -- his fifth consecutive multi-hit performance and fourth consecutive showing with at least three or more base knocks. With two runs and an RBI, Vosler has upped his 2013 postseason numbers considerably, and is now batting .667 (10-for-15) with seven runs scored and four runs batted in. Michael Foster (2-for-6, 2R, 2RBI) and Brad Burcroff (2-for-6, 2R, 1RBI) also had days at the plate, as both went yard for the second time this tournament. Rob Fonseca (2-for-3, 2R, 1RBI) and Sean Lyons (2-for-3, 2R, 1RBI) added two hits apiece as well, rounding out a stellar outing for the Huskies' bats.

NU handed the ball off to freshman Nick Cubarney in the team's second straight elimination game. Cubarney went 4.0 strong innings, giving up three runs on four hits, while walking three and fanning a pair. The Dukes tossed Michael Howerton, who completed 5.1 innings, giving up seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits, with three walks and three strikeouts on the day. The two teams went heavy to the bullpen to finish off the game, each showing four hurlers, including Matt Cook, who earned the win after an inning of work, and Foster, who picked up the save after going 2.0 scoreless innings. Foster gave up just one hit and one walk, while striking out a pair, including the final out of the afternoon.

Foster and Lyons teamed up to put NU on the board first for the 35th time this season. On the first pitch he saw, Foster belted a deep fly over the right field fence -- his fifth of the year -- to put the first dent in the scoreboard. After Lyons chopped an infield single to short, Pete Castoldi (1-for-3, 1RBI) moved his teammate up a station with a base hit of his own. Freshman designated hitter Will Dougherty (1-for-5, 1RBI) then continued his postseason success at the plate, driving Lyons home from second, giving NU a 2-0 advantage.

JMU made a game of it in the home-half of the second, scoring two two-out runs. Cole McInturff drew a walk, and Matt Tenaglia gave the Dukes runners on the corners for Bobby San Martin. The JMU catcher cleared the bases on line double down the left field line to tie things at 2-2 heading into the third.

Cubarney calmed the Dukes his next time around, however, striking out a pair, retiring the side in order to finish off the third. The Huskies pounced again in the fourth, thanks to a leadoff walk from Lyons. The shifty center fielder stole his second base of the season, and then moved up to third as Castoldi reached on an error. Aaron Barbosa (0-for-5, 1R, 1RBI) followed up by bringing Lyons home on a groundout to short, giving NU another lead, at 3-2.

In the fourth, Fonseca kept up his defensive dominance and made sure Cubarney had his second three-up, three-down inning in a row. The sophomore first baseman snagged a grounder, touched first and hurled the ball to Vosler who applied the tag in time for a nifty 3-6 double play.

Fonseca kept up the pace at the plate in the following frame, grabbing a single to left to kickstart four-straight hits for the Huskies in the fifth. It was John Puttress (1-for-5, 2RBI) -- the third hit in that string -- who plated Fonseca to push NU's lead to 4-2. But after the side was retired, JMU added another run of its own after a leadoff single from Johnny Bladel prompted the pitching change for the Huskies. After Cook was handed the ball, Chad Carroll reached on a fielder's choice and stole second in the next at-bat. Carroll's gamble paid off immediately as Bradley Shaban pushed him across with a single to right, cutting NU's lead to 4-3.

But the Huskies broke things open in the sixth inning. Barbosa drew a one-out walk, followed by an infield single coming from Burcroff on a short chopper past the mound. Vosler continued to make his case for an All-Tournament team selection in his at-bat, sending Barbosa home with an RBI double. Then, thanks to a slew of walks, errors and a hit-by-pitch, Northeastern saw four base runners in a row cross the plate in the inning.

Casey Goss represented James Madison's fourth run after Cook plunked him to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Dylan Maki took the reigns and didn't allow a hit in the inning, but Goss came across after a walk and a pair of grounders to Foster and Castoldi.

In the seventh, Vosler showed his patience and drew a two-out walk, which paid dividends as Fonseca shot an RBI double off the right field wall. With the Huskies up 10-4, the Dukes tried to dig themselves out of a deep hole with two runs in the seventh. Ty McFarland started things with a leadoff walk. An error on the throw from Vosler allowed him to slide safely into second as Carroll reached first with no play. A groundout by Shaban and a single from Brown brought both runners in to cut NU's lead to 10-6.

The Dukes got within three in the eighth after an RBI groundout from Carroll drove in Roberts, but Burcroff belted his fifth home run of the season to give the Huskies their final 11-7 lead in the top of the ninth, securing NU's 30th win of the season.