After 55 years of coaching, 50 coaching baseball, 47 as a Head Coach in the town of Northfield between the high school and Norwich University, Head Coach Frank Pecora has announced his retirement.
Stockton upset Rowan on Sunday but they were just one of two past National Champions they defeated this weekend, having defeated William Paterson on Saturday. Up in New England, Norwich got their first win over Johnston & Wales in seven years.
Jacob hit his 29th career home run to become Wartburg's career home run leader. Plattsburg State and Hamilton ran over their opponents. The Cardinals stole 20 bases in a double dip with Norwich and Continentals sole seven in a single contest with Cazenovia.
Norwich University assistant baseball coach Frank Pecora has been promoted to head baseball coach, as announced by Athletic Director Tony Mariano on Tuesday.
BENNINGTON, Vt. – Senior third baseman Joe Sleeman (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena) hit a two-out RBI single to drive home freshman designated hitter Brad Crickard (Strafford, N.H./Coe-Brown Northwood) with the winning run in the top of the ninth inning to give Norwich a 9-8 victory over Southern Vermont College Thursday, March 29, at Epstein Field. With the win the Cadets improve to 2-13.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Despite cutting the lead down to one run in the fifth inning and two runs in the eighth inning, the Norwich University baseball team could not overtake Plattsburgh State Tuesday, March 27, as it fell by a 7-3 final at Chip Cummings Field.
When Norwich has a late-innings lead, coach John Rhoades smiles. And, with what he has in the bullpen, he should. After all, not many college baseball coaches can go to a cadet colonel to help cinch up a win.
Pat Warrington went 4-for-5 with two RBI and four runs scored and Andrew Northup added a bases-clearing two-run triple in the third inning as Southern Vermont rolled past Norwich University, 11-2, in non-conference college baseball action Thursday afternoon at Epstein Field.
Syed Ali threw five innings of two-hit ball to lead Daniel Webster past Norwich University, 13-3, in a non-league college baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Harvey Woods Field. Ali (2-0) struck out six, walked two and allowed a single run in picking up his second win of the season.
Host Clark University scored a total of 39 runs and banged out a combined 29 hits as it swept a doubleheader from visiting Norwich University, 17-5 and 22-3, in a non-league college baseball twinbill on Saturday afternoon at Granger Field.
Matt Kerr pitched six solid innings, giving up one earned run, as Salem State cruised to a 17-3 victory over Norwich University in a non-conference college baseball game Friday afternoon at the Central Campus Baseball Field. The decision was Kerr's second win in 2011 and Salem State's first home win of the season.
Calvin College (Ohio) took both games of a college baseball doubleheader against Norwich Friday afternoon at Kino Sports Stadium. The Knights won the first game, 11-5, before capturing a 22-6 decision in the nightcap.
Despite a furious rally in the home half of the seventh inning the Norwich University baseball team could not catch Northeastern College, falling by a 5-4 score Thursday afternoon at the Kino Sports Complex.
Sean Callegari threw a five-inning one-hitter to lead the Douglas College (Canada) baseball team past Norwich University, 15-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Kino Sports Complex.
The Norwich University baseball team dropped both games of its season-opening doubleheader against National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) foe Dakota Wesleyan on Monday at Kino Sports Center Stadium. The Cadets fell in the first game, 4-1, before coming up on the wrong end of a 22-4 decision in the nightcap.
The Norwich University baseball team is set to head out west as it will be traveling to Arizona for the 2011 edition of its annual spring break trip. It marks a departure from the team's usual warm weather destination of Florida.