University of Massachusets Athletics

Wednesday, April 19
Burlington, Vt.
3:00 PM ET

University of Massachusetts

14-14-1

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Vermont

17-13

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Massachusetts0203002108124
Univ. of Vermont001010000253

UMass Baseball Tops Vermont, 8-2

April 19, 2000 | Baseball

April 19, 2000

Box Score

           123 456 789     R  H  E
UMass      020 300 210  -  8  12  4
Vermont    001 010 000  -  2   5  3
Skirkanich, Reedy (9) and Morgan. Dixon, Van Der Beek (4), Dobens (5), DeMulder (7), Deso (9) and Tarigo, Clough (6). W - Skirkanich (2-2). L - Dixon (0-2). 2B - Gorneault (4), Senez (13). SB - O'Connell (6), Asadoorian (2), Boulanger (1), W. Rikert, K.Rikert 2. CS - Senez (3), Barry.

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Junior Nick Skirkanich (Chesire, Conn.) scattered five hits over eight innings, leading the Minutemen to an 8-2 in over Vermont on Wednesday afternoon at Centennial Field. The Minutemen improved to 14-14-1 overall, while the Catamounts dropped to 17-13 on the season.

UMass jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first and broke out for three more runs in the fourth inning, building a 5-1 lead after four innings of play. Sophomore Chris Morgan (Cranston, R.I.) led off both innings with two of his three hits on the day. Sophomore Aaron Senez (Springfield, Mass.) hit his team-leading 13th double of the season, moving Morgan into scoring position in the fifth before freshman Jeff Altieri (Whitinsville, Mass.) lifted a deep fly ball to center field, driving in Morgan for the eventual game-winning run.

Freshman Matt Boulanger (Westfield, Mass.) was 2-3 on the day, driving in two runs.

Skirkanich improved to 2-2 with the win, striking out seven while walking two. Jeff Dixon took the loss for the Catamounts, dropping to 0-2 on the year.

UMass will host Fordham in a three-game Atlantic 10 Conference series starting Friday at noon. The Minutemen will face the Rams in a doubleheader on Friday afternoon and a single, nine-inning game on Saturday at noon.

Next Event

Fordham
L, 2-4

Apr 21 (Fri)

12:00 PM ET

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Skirkanich (2-2)

L: Dixon (0-2)

Massachusetts LogoMassachusetts

Batting:

2B: Gorneault 1 ; Senez 1

RBI: Gorneault 1 ; Senez 1 ; Altieri 2 ; Boulanger 2

SH: Gorneault 1 ; Senez 1 ; G. Clark 1

SF: Altieri 2 ; Boulanger 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Skeffington 1 ; Gorneault 1 ; Morgan 2 ; O'Connell 1 ; Senez 1 ; G. Clark 1 ; Asadoorian 1

SB: O'Connell 1 ; Asadoorian 1 ; Boulanger 1

CS: Senez 1

HBP: Asadoorian 1

PO: Altieri 1

Univ. of Vermont LogoUniv. of Vermont

Batting:

RBI: W. Rikert 1

Base Running:

RUNS: W. Rikert 1 ; Bourhill 1

SB: W. Rikert 1 ; K. Rikert 2

CS: Barry 1

HBP: W. Rikert 1 ; Bourhill 1

Game Leaders

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AB
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