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14
Winner Northeastern NU 44-13
8
Elon ELON 33-22
Winner
Northeastern NU
44-13
14
Final
8
Elon ELON
33-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northeastern NU 1 0 0 5 1 5 2 0 0 14 16 1
Elon ELON 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 8 12 3

W: Gigliotti, Jake (8-0) L: Sprock, Ryan (3-3)

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Crossen, Gigliotti Lead #3 Huskies To Championship Game

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – In the loser's bracket final of the 2023 CAA Tournament, the Northeastern Huskies (44-13) defeated the Elon Phoenix (33-22) by a score of 14-8 on Sunday afternoon at Patriots Point.
 
Heroic playoff performances from senior third baseman Danny Crossen (4-for-6, HR, 5 RBI), senior shortstop Spenser Smith (3-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI) and pitcher Jake Gigliotti (W, 8-0) gave the Huskies a 12 run lead through seven innings, putting the Huskies back into the CAA Championship game.
 
  • The Huskies struck first in the top of the first after a leadoff walk to Mike Sirota, a single from Danny Crossen, and an RBI ground out by Alex Lane to score Sirota from third.
  • The Phoenix jumped on to scoreboard in the bottom frame, getting four straight hits and scoring one run, but an inning-ending double play kept the game tied at 1-1.
  • After 1.2 innings, Aiven Cabral was subbed out for Jake Gigliotti – Cabral allowed four hits, one walk, and just the game-tying run, with a punch-out in 42 pitches.
  • Northeastern retook the lead in the fourth inning on a leadoff, solo shot to left field by Danny Crossen, making it 2-1.
  • The Huskies tallied four more hits in the inning to load the bases, ending with a one-out bunt single by Luke Beckstein.
  • With two outs, Spenser Smith hit a line drive through the right side to score Beckstein and Harrison Feinberg, giving NU a 4-1 lead.
  • The Huskies added another run in the fifth with a two-out RBI single by Beckstein, scoring Cam Maldonado who reached on a walk and advanced to second on a ground-out.
  • Northeastern tallied another big inning in the sixth, scoring five more runs on five hits – the first came from Danny Crossen who added two more RBIs to his line with a single to right center field, scoring Tyler MacGregor and Sirota.
  • After an Alex Lane single to right, Cam Maldonado rocketed a three-run home run to left center field hitting off of the video board, for the 10-run lead, 12-2.
  • Crossen would add two more RBI to his line with a single through the left side in the top of the seventh, scoring Gregory Bozzo who reached on a single, and MacGregor who walked.
  • The Phoenix got another run back in the eighth with a solo home run to center field, sandwiched between two strike outs from Jake Gigliotti, as he struck out three batters in the inning for a grand total of six on the day.
  • Gigliotti finished his day with a career-high 6.1 innings of relief work, four hits allowed, two runs on two solo home runs, and the six strikeouts.
  • The Phoenix tallied five runs in the final frame, with three homers.
  • Sirota finished the day 0-for-2 but walked and scored three times each.
  • The Huskies have made the CAA Championship game in four of the last five CAA tournaments.
  • Fourteen runs is the most by the Huskies since April 11, 2023 when they tallied 18 against UMass.

The Huskies advance to a winner-take-all Game 10 in a rematch against the #1 seed, UNCW, at Patriots Point on Sunday evening, starting at 5 p.m. on FloBaseball and WRBB.
 
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Players Mentioned

Luke Beckstein

#19 Luke Beckstein

INF
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Gregory Bozzo

#49 Gregory Bozzo

C
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Danny Crossen

#1 Danny Crossen

UTL
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Jake Gigliotti

#37 Jake Gigliotti

RHP
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Mike Sirota

#8 Mike Sirota

CF
6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Spenser Smith

#22 Spenser Smith

INF
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
L/R
Aiven Cabral

#6 Aiven Cabral

RHP
5' 11"
Freshman
R/R
Cam Maldonado

#7 Cam Maldonado

OF
6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
Harrison Feinberg

#9 Harrison Feinberg

OF
6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Alex Lane

#10 Alex Lane

1B/OF
6' 5"
Senior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Luke Beckstein

#19 Luke Beckstein

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
INF
Gregory Bozzo

#49 Gregory Bozzo

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
C
Danny Crossen

#1 Danny Crossen

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
UTL
Jake Gigliotti

#37 Jake Gigliotti

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
RHP
Mike Sirota

#8 Mike Sirota

6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
CF
Spenser Smith

#22 Spenser Smith

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
L/R
INF
Aiven Cabral

#6 Aiven Cabral

5' 11"
Freshman
R/R
RHP
Cam Maldonado

#7 Cam Maldonado

6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Harrison Feinberg

#9 Harrison Feinberg

6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
OF
Alex Lane

#10 Alex Lane

6' 5"
Senior
R/R
1B/OF