2006 NCAA II NORTHEAST REGIONAL
Fifth-seeded Dominican Tops #2 New Haven, 4-3
Made puts Dominican on top with a seventh-inning, two-run home
run
Courtesy of Keith Brouillard, Assistant SID at Franklin Pierce College
RINDGE, N.H. (May 18, 2006) - Fifth-seeded Dominican College posted two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 4-3 lead and held on to defeat second-seeded New Haven in game two of the 2006 NCAA Division II Northeast Regional at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field this afternoon.
Dominican College (40-17) awaits the winner of today's third game between third-seeded UMass Lowell (36-12) and fourth-seeded Southern Connecticut State University (33-17), for a game tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. New Haven (35-11) will face Dowling College (30-14) tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.
Freshman Jose Made (Binghamton,
N.Y./Binghamton) led the Dominican offense, going
3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI, while
sophomoreSean Brown (Massapequa, N.Y./Saint
Anthony's) was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with
one RBI. JuniorKeith Gebert (Brooklyn,
N.Y./Xaverian) and classmateJose Escalera
(Bronx, N.Y./Saint Raymond's) each chipped in with
one hit and one run scored.
Dominican starter, juniorJoseph Catanese (Huntington, N.Y./Saint Anthony's) tossed a complete game, seven-hitter, to improve to 7-2 on the season. The right-hander allowed three runs, two earned, while striking out six batters and walking five.
University of New Haven was paced by freshman right fielderKen Appel(Orange, Conn.) who hit 2-for-4, with two RBI. Junior left fielderMike Reeder (Export, Pa.) chipped in with his ninth home run of the season while classmateChris Flynn (Milford, Conn.) went 1-for-3 with two walks and one run scored.
New Haven starter, seniorEd Sempey (Clinton, Conn.) suffered the loss, yielding four runs, three earned on seven hits while striking out seven over six innings. JuniorDan Gulino (Alexandria, Va.) tossed three innings of solid relief, allowing only four hits and striking out two.
New Haven opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Flynn drew a lead-off walk and later scored on an Appel groundout. The Chargers added another run in the bottom of the third inning as Appel singled home sophomoreMichael Moras (Orange, Conn.).
Dominican cut the New Haven lead to 2-1 in the top half of the fifth inning as Made connected for a two-out single driving home seniorMike Zani (Goshen, N.Y./Goshen). New Haven countered in the bottom half of the inning as Reeder delivered a two-out homerun to right-center.
After posting a run in the sixth frame to cut the New Haven lead
to 3-2, Dominican rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh to
take its first lead of the day. After a Gebert double down the
right-field line, Made belted a two-run homerun to center-field
giving Dominican a 4-3 advantage.