Sunday, May 6, 2007

Baseball Goes Down, But Not Without A Fight

The Fairfield baseball team was not intimidated by Manhattan, who entered the series with a perfect 17-0 MAAC record.

The Stags were aggressive throughout and loaded the bases several times on Saturday. Unfortunately, they could not get over the hump and score runners when they needed it most.

In the two games combined, Fairfield left a total of 16 men on base and struck out a total of 13 times.

In addition to a strong start from Calabrese, the Stags will need some timely hitting to come away with a win on Sunday.

-Frank Romano

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Baseball Puts On A Clinic

Fairfield showed quite the offensive prowess in its past two games, hammering a total of 37 hits.

20 came against Sacred Heart, while 17 came against Hartford.

In each game, multiple players had multi-hit games.

To achieve continued success, the entire Fairfield lineup must continue to put the ball in play. In games past, only one or two guys have hit, and the squad has struggled.

While the pitching Wednesday was a little shaky, Doug Ciallella was magnificent on Tuesday. Ciallella's outing was representative of the many quality starts Fairfield pitchers have made so far this year.

Now, it looks as if the offensive pop may have finally returned-hopefully this time, for good.

-Frank Romano

Softball Falls Again

The Stags lost another MAAC matchup this Wednesday against Iona.

As Head Coach Brzezinski said a few games ago, the team really needs to step it up and sweep some of its MAAC games.

The Stags don't seem to be performing as planned.

If the team does not take charge in the upcoming doubleheader against Manhattan, there seems to be little chance that Fairfield will dominate the MAAC postseason.

-Michelle Morrison