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June 9, 1997

Dog pound: Huskies rout Wooster, 15-1, for III baseball title

Southern Maine pounded out 20 hits and junior Jason Jensen threw his second complete game of the series to lead the Huskies to a 15-1 victory over Wooster in the Division III Baseball Championship title game May 28 in Salem, Virginia.

The championship is the second in six years for Southern Maine. The Huskies won their first title in 1991.

"It was very similar to 1991," said Southern Maine head coach Ed Flaherty, referring to the team that defeated the College of New Jersey, 9-0. "We got hot hitting in the regional tournament and carried it into the championship (finals). It's almost like deja vu.

"It's not very often you can sit in the dugout and know you've won it in the fifth inning. We did it in 1991 and today."

Junior first baseman Jason Crepeau hit the first of his two home runs in the first inning to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Senior third baseman Tony Miner singled later in the inning to extend his hitting streak to a Division III record 35 games.

Travis Snyder put Wooster in the record book when he tied the game with an opposite field home run in the bottom of the first. It was the 104th home run of the season for Wooster, which broke the Division III single-season team home run mark established by Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1986.

Southern Maine countered with five runs in the second to take the lead for good. The Huskies sent 10 men to the plate in the inning, including designated hitter Ritchie White, who hit a two-run double, and Bill O'Brien and Ken Reed, who added sacrifice flies.

The Huskies continued the assault with four runs in the sixth inning. White stroked an RBI single and Rich Cahill drove in two of his four RBIs with the second of his three doubles.

Jensen, who was named the tournament's most outstanding player, found a groove after allowing Snyder's home run in the first. The lefthander allowed just five more hits and struck out nine in winning his ninth game of the year. In the series, Jensen was 2-0 with a 1.00 earned-run average and 16 strikeouts.

"I stayed with the fastball and kept the change-up away," Jensen said. "I had more of a curveball today. I just went after them."

Joining Jensen on the all-tournament team were teammates Cory Adams, outfielder; first baseman Crepeau; shortstop O'Brien; and designated hitter White. Also named to the team were catcher Matt Jackson, Wooster; second baseman Jamie Whiting, North Carolina Wesleyan; third baseman Snyder, Wooster; outfielder Shorty Flees, Carthage; outfielder Trevor Urban, Wooster; and pitcher Drew Binkowski, Wooster.

Southern Maine finished its championship season with a 39-9 record, while Wooster finished 46-8-1.

Game 1

Cortland St. -- 200 -- 200 -- 000 -- 4 -- 6 -- 1

Carthage -- 400 -- 001 -- 10x -- 6 -- 9 -- 4

Scott Landers, Rich Jarer (7) and John Sheible; Jim Miller and Brian Bahn. W -- Miller. L -- Landers. HR -- Shorty Flees (Carthage).

Game 2

Wis.-Stevens Point -- 030 -- 200 -- 400 -- 9 -- 17 -- 3

Bri'water (Mass.) -- 200 -- 000 -- 001 -- 3 -- 11 -- 1

Chris Simonson, Terry Stepan (8), Tony Austreng (9) and Jason Bach; Mike McMahon, Joe Dolansky (7) and Charlie Young. W -- Simonson. L -- McMahon.

Game 3

Southern Me. -- 410 -- 110 -- 000 -- 7 -- 14 -- 0

Wooster -- 100 -- 000 -- 000 -- 1 -- 6 -- 3

Jason Jensen and Ken Reed; Matt Rodgers, Mike Morris (9) and Matt Jackson. W -- Jensen. L -- Rodgers. HR -- Tony Miner (Southern Me.)

Game 4

Chapman -- 000 -- 000 -- 001 -- 000 -- 2 -- 3 -- 10 -- 1

N.C. Wesleyan -- 000 -- 000 -- 100 -- 000 -- 3 -- 4 -- 14 -- 0

Josh LaRocca, Cale Shepherd (9) and Mike Thornton; Mike Abbruzzese, Scott Tharrington (13) and Scott Forbes. W--Tharrington. L--Shepherd.

Game 5

Bri'water (Mass.) -- 200 -- 100 -- 101 -- 5 -- 13 -- 3

Cortland St. -- 003 -- 011 -- 34x -- 12 -- 13 -- 0

Joe Dillon, Fred Martin (6), Joe Perna (8), Doug Climo (8) and Matt Wetherell; Mike Dempsey, Chris Fuller (7) and John Sheible. W -- Dempsey. L -- Dillon. S -- Fuller. HR -- Billy Bacon (Cortland St.).

Game 6

Wooster -- 312 -- (10)03 -- 000 -- 19 -- 14 -- 2

Chapman -- 000 -- 010 -- 500 -- 6 -- 8 -- 2

Drew Binkowski, Shane Flinner (6) and Matt Jackson, Andy Nowicki; Jim Brewer, Mark Mazon (3), Jeremy Starns (4), Marty Pacino (6), Jason Besson (8) and Mike Thornton, Dan Nevarez. W -- Binkowski. L -- Brewer. S -- Flinner. HR -- Jim Bartlett (Wooster), Jackson (Wooster), Cale Shepherd (Chapman).

Game 7

Carthage -- 006 -- 101 -- 202 -- 12 -- 15 -- 0

Wis.-Stevens Point -- 100 -- 000 -- 000 -- 1 -- 9 -- 5

Tim Pulizzano and Brian Bahn; Ryan James, Zak Redding (6), David Busse (8) and Jason Bach. W -- Pulizzano. L -- James.

Game 8

N.C. Wesleyan -- 010 -- 110 -- 001 -- 4 -- 8 -- 1

Southern Me. -- 030 -- 210 -- 53x -- 14 -- 20 -- 0

David Peacock, Jon Rardin (4), Scott Tharrington (5), Heath Terry (7), Daniel Johnson (8) and Scott Forbes; Denny Webber and Ken Reed. W -- Webber. L -- Peacock. HR -- Jeremy Stewart (N.C. Wesleyan), Tony Miner (Southern Me.), Ritchie White (Southern Me.) 2.

Game 9

Wis.-Stevens Point -- 200 -- 002 -- 210 -- 7 -- 11 -- 1

Wooster -- 201 -- 300 -- 50x -- 11 -- 14 -- 1

Jesse Ray, Adam Adamovich (7) and Jason Bach; Dan Van Dyke, Drew Binkowski (7) and Matt Jackson. W -- Binkowski. L -- Ray.

Game 10

Cortland St. -- 000 -- 100 -- 300 -- 4 -- 6 -- 1

N.C. Wesleyan -- 021 -- 000 -- 000 -- 3 -- 9 -- 1

Scott Brown, Rich Jarer (7) and John Sheible; Sean Fleming, Scott Tharrington (7), Chad Eaton (7) and Scott Forbes. W -- Brown. L -- Fleming. S -- Jarer.

Game 11

Southern Me. -- 000 -- 004 -- 020 -- 6 -- 10 -- 1

Carthage -- 002 -- 100 -- 200 -- 5 -- 13 -- 2

Matt Harbour, Greg Swett (4), Joe Roach (7) and Ken Reed; Will Madson, Mark Kruckeberg (6), Jim Miller (8) and Brian Bahn. W -- Roach. L -- Miller.

Game 12

Carthage -- 001 -- 000 -- 000 -- 1 -- 7 -- 0

Wooster -- 000 -- 001 -- 10x -- 2 -- 7 -- 1

Bryon Gaddy and Brian Bahn; Matt Rodgers and Matt Jackson. W -- Rodgers. L -- Gaddy.

Game 13

Southern Me. -- 000 -- 100 -- 000 -- 1 -- 8 -- 1

Cortland St. -- 000 -- 010 -- 001 -- 2 -- 7 -- 0

Wylie Herzberg and Ken Reed; Brian Dyring and John Sheible. W -- Dyring. L -- Herzberg.

Game 14

Wooster -- 000 -- 160 -- 010 -- 8 -- 9 -- 1

Cortland St. -- 000 -- 010 -- 000 -- 1 -- 7 -- 4

Drew Binkowski and Matt Jackson; Scott Landers, Chris Fuller (5), Rich Jarer (6), Steve Losquadro (9) and John Sheible. W -- Binkowski. L -- Landers. HR -- Bryan Kinney (Wooster), Chris Mihin (Wooster).

Championship game

Southern Me. -- AB -- R -- H -- RBI

Bill O'Brien, ss -- 5 -- 0 -- 1 -- 1

Greg Michaud, rf -- 5 -- 3 -- 2 -- 0

Jason Crepeau, 1b -- 4 -- 4 -- 3 -- 2

Ritchie White, dh -- 6 -- 2 -- 4 -- 3

Tony Miner, 3b -- 3 -- 1 -- 2 -- 1

Ken Reed, c -- 5 -- 1 -- 2 -- 2

Rich Cahill, 2b -- 6 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4

Mike McCullum, cf -- 6 -- 1 -- 2 -- 0

Cory Adams, lf -- 5 -- 1 -- 1 -- 0

Jason Jensen, p -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Totals -- 45 -- 15 -- 20 -- 13

Wooster -- AB -- R -- H -- RBI

Trevor Urban, cf -- 5 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Travis Snyder, 3b -- 4 -- 1 -- 1 -- 1

Matt Jackson, c -- 3 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0

Chris Mihin, 1b -- 4 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0

Shane Flinner, dh-p -- 3 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0

Ryan Pedley, rf -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Bryan Kinney, lf -- 4 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Sean Malone, rf -- 2 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Andy Nowicki, ph -- 1 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0

Ben Maibach, rf-p -- 1 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0

Jeff Nowoczynski, 2b -- 4 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Jim Bartlett, ss -- 4 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Dan Van Dyke, p -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Mike Morris, p -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

Totals -- 35 -- 1 -- 6 -- 1

Southern Me. -- 150 -- 104 -- 202 -- 15 -- 20 -- 2

Wooster -- 100 -- 000 -- 000 -- 1 -- 6 -- 3

E -- Miner 2, Bartlett, Snyder, Urban. LOB -- Southern Me. 11, Wooster 9. 2B -- Cahill 3, Michaud, Miner, O'Brien, White 2, Maibach, Nowicki. HR -- Crepeau 2, Snyder. SB -- Nowoczynski. SF -- O'Brien, Reed.

-- IP -- H -- R -- ER -- BB -- SO

Jensen (Winner) -- 9.0 -- 6 -- 1 -- 1 -- 2 -- 9

Van Dyke (Loser) -- 3.1 -- 10 -- 7 -- 5 -- 2 -- 1

Morris -- 2.2 -- 4 -- 4 -- 3 -- 1 -- 1

Flinner -- 2.0 -- 4 -- 2 -- 2 -- 1 -- 2

Maibach -- 1.0 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 1 -- 2

PB -- Jackson. HBP -- Crepeau (by Van Dyke). T -- 2:45. A -- 863.