Baseball Travels To Mount St. Mary's For Northeast Conference Series This Weekend
3/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 12 p.m. (9-Inning, 7-Inning)
Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 12 p.m. (7-Inning, 9-Inning)
E.T. Straw Family Stadium - Emmitsburg, Md.
At The
Mount
Quinnipiac will
travel to Emmitsburg, Md. to face Mount St. Mary's in a four-game
Northeast Conference series at the E.T. Straw Family Stadium. The
Bobcats and the Mount will play a pair of doubleheaders on Friday,
March 25 and Saturday, March 26. Friday's contests will begin at
1:00 p.m., while Saturday's doubleheader will start at noon.
Live Stats
Live statistics are available for the Bobcats' series at Mount St.
Mary's.
All-Time Against Mount St. Mary's
Quinnipiac is 20-18 all-time against Mount St. Mary's, including an
8-10 record at the Mount's home ballpark. The Bobcats won 17 of the
first 24 meetings between the two teams while the Mount has won 11
of the last 14 games. Quinnipiac is 1-0 all-time against the Mount
in the NEC Tournament and 1-0 in extra innings against Mount St.
Mary's.
Scouting The Mount
Mount St. Mary's is currently 7-8 overall and 2-2 in the Northeast
Conference. The Mount has won four its last six games, including a
four-game series split against Wagner last weekend in Staten
Island, N.Y. Mount St. Mary's is led by Zach Helman, who is batting
.415 (17-41), good for third in the NEC. The Mount is the only team
in the NEC with three players ranked in the top 10 in batting as
Michael Foster (.377) and Tommy Flynn (.373) hold down the No. 9
and 10 spots, respectively. Flynn is also tied for the NEC lead
with seven stolen bases. Pitchers Max Brittenham and Vincent
Molesky also fall into the top 10 in earned-run average as
Brittenham is fifth with a 2.77 ERA and Molesky is 10th at
3.80.
Historical Start
Quinnipiac, at 7-6 overall, are off their best start in the
program's Division I history while their 3-1 NEC mark is their best
start to conference play since the 2006 season. The Bobcats best
NEC schedule start all-time was in 2004 when they won their first
six conference games before finishing the NEC slate at 16-4.
In First
Place
After losing their NEC opener on Friday, March 18 to Fairleigh
Dickinson, Quinnipiac rattled off a league-best three straight wins
and currently sit in a three-way first-place tie with Central
Connecticut State and Monmouth at 3-1.
Outscoring FDU
The Bobcats
outscored the Knights 26-14 for the series.
Comeback Kids?
Sunday's series finale, in which Quinnipiac trailed 6-0 after the
second inning, marked the first time in four games in which its
opponent scored first that Quinnipiac won the game, and also the
first time Quinnipiac trailed after the sixth inning and won
Mr.
200
Ben Farina (Waterford, Conn.) continues his trek to become the
seventh player in Quinnipiac history to record 200 hits with three
this weekend to push his career total to 198. Farina is currently
second on the team with 17 hits while leading the team with six
stolen bases.
Pitching Leaders
Quinnipiac weekend-starters Anthony Cinelli and Derek Lamaccia
currently sit in first and third place, respectively, in earned-run
average. Cinelli checks in at 0.64 while Lamaccia is at 1.00.
The
Mick
Mickey Amanti currently leads the team, and ranks among the NEC
leaders, in hits (21), average (.375), doubles (4), runs scored
(11) and total bases (22).
