BEVERLY – The Endicott baseball team split its Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader with Curry College on Monday evening at North Field. Endicott fell to Curry, 3-2 (8 inn.), in game one but bounced back in the nightcap with a 2-0 victory to earn the split.
GAME ONE: Curry 3, Endicott 2 (8 inn.)
Curry junior right-hander David Griffin (Hanover, Mass.) picked up the win (1-2) on seven innings pitched, five hits, two runs (both earned), three walks, and four strikeouts. Matt Fogarty (Millis, Mass.) notched his first save of the season with a clean eighth inning, which included one strikeout.
Nick Quattro (Canton, Conn.) took the loss (1-1) on two innings of work, two hits, one run (earned), three free passes, and four punchouts. Kevin Gould (Rollinsford, N.H.) was dealt the no-decision via six innings pitched, four hits, two runs (both earned), two walks, and four strikeouts.
Tied 2-2 in the top of the eighth, Curry scratched across the game’s eventual game-winning run on a walk, sacrifice bunt, back-to-back walks, and a hit-by-pitch. Fogarty then retired Endicott in order on a pair of fly outs and a strikeout looking to lock up the game one victory.
Endicott forced extra innings in the sixth as Michael Casciano (Somers, Conn.) notched a game-tying single to center that scored Michael DeDonato (Chelmsford, Mass.) from third base with two outs.
GAME TWO: Endicott 2, Curry 0
The Gulls responded in game two behind shutdown pitching efforts from Joseph Oriola (Sandwich, Mass.) and Colby Morris (Newburyport, Mass.). Oriola spun five scoreless innings for his first collegiate win – which included four strikeouts – while Morris locked down his first save of the year on two hitless frames.
Brian Burke (Swampscott, Mass.) took the loss (1-3) on 2 1/3 innings, five hits, two runs (both earned), three walks and two strikeouts.
Endicott scored both of its runs in the first as Mike Kochiss (Fairfield, Conn.) knocked home Nick Berno (St. Albans, Vt.) on an RBI single up the middle, while Chris Seidl (Dracut, Mass.) plated Kochiss with a single to center.
Oriola and Morris did the rest for the Gulls down the stretch to secure the split in the conference doubleheader matchup.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES
- Casciano went 3-for-4 with one run scored and an RBI in today’s doubleheader.
- Seidl was 3-for-6 with an RBI.
- Oriola, Gould, and Quattro all tied for the team-high in strikeouts with four each.
FOR THE FOES
- Fogarty had a 3-for-5 showing at the plate with three RBI.
- Fogarty also tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings out of the pen.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (8-7, 2-2 CCC) hosts Framingham State University this Wednesday in non-conference action at 3:30 PM. Curry (3-10, 1-1 CCC) travels to Babson on Thursday at 3:30 PM.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Endicott men’s lacrosse team did not allow a goal until the fourth quarter en route to a 10-1 league victory over Wentworth on Monday night at Sweeney Field.
Will Jennings (Danvers, Mass.) guided Endicott offensively with five goals and one assist. Bryan McManus (Madison, Conn.) buried two goals and also dished out two assists, while Tommy Hughes (Coram, N.Y.), Matthew Faucher (Western Springs, Ill.), and Colin Bannon (Westport, Conn.) all notched solo tallies in the victory.
Defensively, Grant Thompson (South Hamilton, Mass.) stopped 11 of the 12 shots he faced to move to 3-3 on the season. The Gulls also recorded 59 ground balls – including a game-high 12 from McManus – and nine caused turnovers. Meanwhile, Wentworth was limited to just 25 shots total, and only 12 on goal.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Hughes went 12-for-14 at the face-off X, and scooped up seven ground balls.
- Endicott scored six straight goals before Wentworth finally found the scoreboard at 12:25 of the fourth.
- McManus answered at 8:30 of the fourth to make it 7-1, while Jennings followed with three unanswered goals to wrap up the win (6:35, 5:54, 3:20).
- Jennings has scored 11 goals in his last two games, and at least three or more in his last four straight.
- The Gulls have won three games in a row.
FOR THE FOES
- Spencer Allen (New Boston, N.H.) broke up the shutout for the Leopards at 12:25 of the fourth with his eighth goal of the season.
- Adam Dufault (Lexington, Mass.) stopped 22 shots in the loss (5-4).
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (3-6, 3-0 CCC) hosts Nichols this Wednesday in a league matchup at 4:00 PM. Wentworth (5-4, 1-2 CCC) welcomes Gordon to Sweeney Field on Wednesday at 7 PM.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Endicott women’s lacrosse team ignited for a program-best 26-2 victory over host Wentworth on Monday, April 3 at Sweeney Field in a Commonwealth Coast Conference contest made up today from Saturday’s snowstorm postponement.
Endicott broke the program record for most points (45) and most goals scored (26) as 13 different Gulls celebrated at least one goal on the day, highlighted by senior midfielder Emily Whitney‘s (Rye, N.H.) and sophomore Jackie Healy‘s (Northborough, Mass.) seven points apiece in the game.
Whitney had a season-high four goals and three assists while Healy had a season-high three goals and career-best four assists.
Freshman CCC Offensive Player/ Rookie of the Week Jennifer Lacroix (Wrentham, Mass.) chipped in six points (four goals, two assists) to go along with five ground balls and a game-best three caused turnovers.
Junior Erin McCarthy (Old Lyme, Conn.) also had six points, coming on a goal and a game-high/career-best five assists as the Gulls netted 15 unanswered goals to close out the game for their third game this season with a shutout in a single half en route to their third straight conference win.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott is 5-0 in the all-time series versus Wentworth, which dates back to April 2, 2013.
- Endicott is now on three game win streak — the team’s longest of the season so far.
- 26 goals is a new program-best, eclipsing the previous mark of 25 scored against New England College on April 29, 2008.
- 45 points and 19 assists are a new program record, besting the 40 points and 18 assists set against Regis on April 17, 2010.
- Endicott had a 42-4 shot advantage and a 24-16 edge in ground balls.
- Lacroix, Whitney, and Wentworth’s junior goalie Haley Sabino (Topsfield, Mass.) all scooped up a game-high five ground balls.
- Lennon registered a game-high four draw controls as Endicott tallied a season-high 22 wins on the draw.
- Two-time reigning CCC Defensive Player of the Week Bella Rino (Northborough, Mass.) made one save in the first half to pick up her third straight win in her third collegiate start. Senior Maura Grady (Marblehead, Mass.) did not record a save in the second half.
- Freshman midfielder Emma McDowell (Alexandria, Va.) and freshman attack Alex Fitzgerald (Guilford, Conn.) recorded their first career goals, while sophomore defender Molly McMahon (Hanover, Mass.) and senior defender Chelsea Burke (Georgetown, Mass.) notched their first goals of the season.
FOR THE FOES
- The Leopards have lost four games in a row.
- Sabino made seven saves in 32:46 and sophomore Liz Gunning (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) made two stops in 27:14 of work.
- Sophomore Brooke Paradis (Pelham, N.H.) put Wentworth on the board with a marker with 23:32 remaining in the opening half and found the back of the net again at the 16:49 mark.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (6-3, 3-0 CCC) hosts Nichols on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m. at Hempstead Stadium.
Wentworth (2-7, 0-3 CCC) welcomes Gordon to its campus on Wednesday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m.
