MIT wins in clash of playoff teams

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Utica snapped a six game losing streak with the 8-0 win over Keuka.
Utica athletics photo by Jeff Paxton

Keuka jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead, over the first three innings of play, and never looked back as they went on to take game one of a doubleheader with Utica. Utica came back in game two to shut out the Storm, 8-0, spliting the Tuesday doubleheader.

Just one day after winning the CCC title, the Endicott Gulls lost to NEWMAC champions MIT by a score of 4-3 despite Tad Gold and Cam Farnham extending their hitting streaks to 15 games on the road.

On April 19, following a doubleheader loss to St. Scholastica, Bethany Lutheran had little hope of qualifying for their ninth straight conference tournament. Then something clicked and they got on a roll and back in the hunt for a postseason berth. This streak put Bethany in a winner-take-all triple header with Martin Luther. Whichever team won at least twice would take the fourth and final spot in the conference tournament. The Vikings used the momentum they've obtained over the last two weeks to carry them to 7-1 and 15-4 victories in the first two games against the Knights to officially qualify for the tournament.

Senior Joe O'Connor blasted a grand slam on his way to collecting six RBI as Kean outslugged York (Pa.) by the final of 11-8. O'Connor recorded three hits on the after as four Cougars also picked up multiple hits on the day as the Cougars crossed the 30 win plateau for the 10th straight season.

Junior left-handed ace Delio Coutinho, the nation's No. 5 ranked pitcher in strikeouts per nine innings, was the winner for the second straight game, striking out eight batters in seven innings and the Gothic Knights used a 15-hit attack to cap its 2014 season with a third consecutive non-conference victory, 7-4, over FDU-Florham.

More than one month after Ripon's series against Marian began, it has been completed. Ripon took a pair of games from Marian, both ending with a walk-off hit by the Red Hawks. The two teams began the day by finishing a suspended game from April 2, which was won in the bottom of the 12th with a one-out solo home run by Dakotah Kirchenwitz and was followed by a 5-4 Ripon victory in which Nick Uhen recorded a game-winning single.

Springfield was led by the bats of Keith Cotnoir (Westhampton, Mass.), Jared Hopkins (Cranston, R.I.) and Shane O'Leary (Kings Park, N.Y.) in the win. Cotnoir drove in three runs while Hopkins and O'Leary drove in two each. Frank Calabrese (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and Steve Starr (Lebanon, Conn.) each tallied two hits.

Tyler Kelly (Absecon, N.J.) earned the win on the mound in his first collegiate start for the Pride. Kelly went five innings, allowing three hits and just one run while striking out four.

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