Box Score

Game 57
Final Score	William & Mary 12, Northeastern 4 (L, Lippert 4-2)
Records	NU 31-26 (12-15 CAA), W&M (37-21, 17-10 CAA)
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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Facing elimination for the fourth consecutive game in the 2013 CAA Baseball Championships, Northeastern battled and hung tough with the No. 2 seed William & Mary, but the Tribe pushed across four runs in the eighth inning to halt the Huskies' brilliant season, handing the Red and Black a 12-4 loss at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday.

The Huskies finish the year with a 31-26 record, having gone 12-15 in CAA play over the course of the regular season. In the postseason, however, Northeastern finished 3-2, knocking three teams out of the tournament along the way: the top-seed UNCW, No. 3 seed Delaware and hosts and No. 6 seed James Madison. It was the most successful season from a winning standpoint since 1997, as the Huskies eclipsed the 30-win plateau for just the fourth time in school history.

Sophomore Isaac Lippert toed the rubber for the Huskies in the team's fourth consecutive elimination game, earning the loss after hurling 5.0 strong innings. Lippert gave up five runs on nine hits with four walks issued and two strikeouts. He handed the ball off in the sixth to senior Dylan Maki. The co-captain gave up five runs (four earned) on five hits with a strikeout in 2.0 innings of work. Matt Cook faced seven batters and gave up a pair of hits and a pair of runs in the eighth.

Jason Vosler put together a multi-hit performance for the fourth time in five games during the CAA Championships, grabbing two hits and a run scored in the loss. Rob Fonseca took ahold of the team lead for home runs on the year with a two-run shot over the right field fence, his sixth this season. Fonseca finished with three runs batted in on the afternoon.

The Huskies jumped out ahead with rapid fire to open the contest, loading the bases with nobody out to start. A pair of sacrifice flies from both Fonseca and Michael Foster, plating Aaron Barbosa and Brad Burcroff, gave Lippert and the Huskies a nice 2-0 cushion, but it only lasted another full inning.

In the bottom of the third, William Shaw gave the Tribe a leadoff base runner, which would pay dividends. After his base knock, Michael Katz drew a walk to put two on. An errant throw from Castoldi moved both runners up a station, and then Ryan Hissey singled home Shaw for W&M's first score. With the bases loaded, Jackson Shaver tied things up at 2-2 with a sacrifice fly out to center.

The Tribe added two more an inning later, starting with singles from Derek Lowe and Brown to lead off the fourth. Power-hitter Katz doubled to center as Sean Lyons lost the ball in the sun and high winds, scoring both Lowe and Brown to give W&M a 4-2 lead.

On the hill for the Tribe, John Farrell -- a First Team All-CAA starting pitcher -- handled the Husky bats for much of his 6.0 innings of work. After allowing the two runs in the first, he settled in to retire the Huskies in order two times until the Red and Black bats woke up. Vosler led off the sixth with a single up the middle and Fonseca homered for the second time this postseason, this time tying the game up at 4-4. The Huskies made contact three more times in the inning, but Farrell's defense helped him to get out of the jam unscathed any further.

But then the Tribe opened up in the bottom of the eighth. William & Mary batted around the order between Maki and Cook, splicing four hits leading to four runs for the home team in the inning. Cook eventually got Brown to go swinging, but the Tribe had done their damage.

With three outs remaining in the game, W&M reliever Matt Wainman picked up the save in his third inning of work. He got both Castoldi and Dougherty to go around swinging, then coaxed Barbosa into a fly out to right field to end the Huskies deep playoff run.