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Co-Rookies of the Year Named Freshman All-America
Columbia's Dario Pizzano (pic.) and Dartmouth's Chris O'Dowd were named to the Louisville Slugger's Freshman All-American team, as announced by Collegiate Baseball. Pizzano was tabbed in the outfield, while O'Dowd earned the nod at catcher.
Late Homers Doom Upset Bid for #4 Dartmouth
The Big Green gave 20th-ranked Texas A&M all it could handle as freshman Kyle Hunter pitched beautifully, but solo home runs in the eighth and ninth ended Dartmouth's season in a 4-3 loss at the NCAA Regionals. The Ivy champs finish 27-19.
Offensive Explosion 23 Years in the Making
Although it is probably against protocol to post, but Dartmouth's Jason Brooks drove in six runs and Zack Bellenger blasted two home runs while Cole Sulser threw five innings of two-run relief as Dartmouth eliminated Florida International in the Coral Gables Regional with a 15-9 victory. The Big Green will now face Texas A&M in an elimination match.
Frantic Comeback Falls Short at NCAA Regional
After falling behind 11-0 through five innings, the Dartmouth Big Green pecked away against the 11th-ranked Miami Hurricanes but fell short in their comeback quest in a 12-8 loss in the first round of the NCAA Regional in Coral Gables, Fla.
Herrmann Answers Cleveland Indians' Call
Former Harvard pitcher Frank Herrmann has been called up to the Major League and will be pitching for the Cleveland Indians this weekend. The Chicago White Sox will host Cleveland before the Tribe returns home for a seven-game home stand with the first four coming against the Boston Red Sox.
Dartmouth Avoids Top-8 Seed; Heads to Coral Gables
Dartmouth (26-17; #4 seed) will join #2 Texas A&M and #3 Florida International in Coral Gables, Fla. as the University of Miami anchors one of the 16 NCAA Baseball Regionals. The Big Green avoided a Top-8 National seed and will face the host Hurricanes (40-17) at Alex Rodriguez Park on June 4.
All-Ivy Baseball -- 2010
Although turned away in the Ivy Championship Series, the Columbia Lions took the majority of superlative awards for the season. Pat Lowery (pic.) won Pitcher of the Year and Dario Pizzano earned Co-Rookie of the Year. Penn's Tom Grandieri and Dartmouth's Chris O'Dowd were also honored.
Dartmouth Takes Ivy Baseball Championship
The 2010 Ivy League baseball championship series between Columbia and Dartmouth needed a third game to decide a champion. After it was all said and done, the visiting Big Green used timely hitting to win the Ivy title, 11-5, and earn the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Regional.
Eight Sandlot Ivies on CoSIDA Academic All-District
The Ivy League had a nice showing on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team. In all, eight student-athletes were recognized in District 1, including three first team selections that are now eligible for Academic All-America.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 9 - 5/4
Kyle Hendricks won both of his starts this past week, each coming in a critical game for Dartmouth. The Big Green needed to separate from the Brown Bears atop the Rolfe Division and then turn away a Harvard challenge for earn a berth in the Ivy League Baseball Championship. Hendricks' efforts certainly helped.
Columbia to Entertain Dartmouth for Baseball Title
Lou Gehrig Division Champion, Columbia, will host Dartmouth, the Red Rolfe Division winner, for in the 2010 Ivy Baseball Championship Series. The series will begin Saturday, May 8 at Columbia's Robertson Field at the Baker Athletics Complex. The opening pitch is slated for noon.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 8 - 4/27
Columbia freshman right-hander Tim Giel tossed seven shutout innings in the second game of Columbia's doubleheader at Cornell on Saturday, helping lift the Lions to a 3-2 win. Giel allowed just four hits over the first seven innings of the game.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 7 - 4/20
Dartmouth's Cole Sulser was nearly untouchable during the week, pitching 10 innings in three games while earning a win and a save. He gave up just one run on four hits and a walk in his 10 innings while striking out 11 for a 0.90 ERA as the Big Green moved into a first-place tie in the Rolfe Division.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 6 - 4/13
Columbia outfielder Dario Pizzano had a huge week at the plate, helping the Lions to a 4-1 week. The first-year batted .650 with five home runs and 11 runs batted in. He scored 11 runs, had a .682 on-base percentage, slugged at a 1.550 clip, and eight of his 13 base hits went for extra bases.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 5 - 4/6
Tom Grandieri was the catalyst to Penn’s 4-1 record last week. The right fielder got a hit, an RBI and scored a run in each of the team’s five games. On the week he hit .476, scored eight times, hit two doubles and three home runs. The senior also had a team-high eight RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 4 - 3/30
Dean Forthun batted .533 in five games this week, posting an on-base percentage of .667 in helping lead Columbia to a four-game weekend sweep of Bucknell. Starting all five games behind the plate, Forthun had three multi-hit games and reached base safely in every game during the week.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 3 - 3/23
Penn’s Paul Cusick was simply dominating for the Quakers last week. Against Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday, he threw a complete game three-hit shutout for his first win of the year. On the week, the junior threw 8.1 innings, striking out ten and walking two with a 0.00 ERA.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 2 - 3/16
Columbia DH/1B Alexander Aurrichio flashed his power at the plate this weekend, hitting towering home runs in consecutive games at Richmond and at Virginia Tech. In three games, he batted .556 with two home runs, seven runs batted in and three runs scored and slugged at a 1.444 clip.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Report 1 - 3/9
Harvard's Sean O’Hara batted .545 with four doubles for a .909 slugging percentage, three RBI and a .909 on-base-percentage for the Crimson this past weekend. O'Hara was 3-for-3 against Notre Dame, with all hits going for extra bases. The junior also went 2-for-3 against Kansas State.
NL Divisional Series Has Ivy League Flavor
The St. Louis Cardinals (91-71) travel to the Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67) tonight in the opening game of the National League Divisional Series. The team that will emerge from this match-up is yet to be determined, but one thing is true: an Ivy Leaguer will be one step closer to a World Series berth upon conclusion of the best-of-five series.
Tampa Bay Rays Again Look to Perez with Déjà vu Hopes
Former Columbia outfielder Fernando Perez ('04) is among four players the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays have recalled from AAA Durham on Tuesday. Along with pitchers Andy Sonnanstine and Jeff Bennett and catcher Shawn Riggans, Perez will join the Rays before they host Boston with AL Wild Card implications on the line.
Princeton's Hale Selected by Atlanta in Third Round
David Hale left Georgia three years ago to play baseball at Princeton. In the third round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, he learned that the next step in baseball jersey could potentially bring him full-circle as his hometown Atlanta Braves selected him 87th overall.
Dartmouth Duo Named Freshman All-America
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper announced its Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America selections
recently and shortstop Joe Sclafani (pictured) and pitcher Kyle Hendricks of the Dartmouth Big Green were among those honored by the publication.
Dartmouth's Season Ends as Kansas' Bats Explode
Zac Elgie drove in six runs and belted a grand slam to lead the third-seeded Kansas Jayhawks to a 16-0 victory over Dartmouth at the Chapel Hill Regional on Saturday at Boshamer Stadium. Dartmouth finishes the season with 27 wins and 18 losses.
Dartmouth Falls to UNC in Regional Opener
Seventh-ranked North Carolina turned a season-high four double plays to keep Dartmouth from pulling off the upset in the first round of the NCAA Regional in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels won the opener, 5-2. Dartmouth will face Kansas in an elimination game at 1pm Saturday.
Dartmouth Earns Baseball Berth in Chapel Hill Region
Dartmouth will open up against No. 4 North Carolina in the 2009 NCAA Baseball Regional at Chapel Hill, N.C. Kansas and Coastal Carolina complete this very difficult and potent region. Play for the Big Green will begin on Friday, May 29th.
All-Ivy Baseball -- 2009
Ending a 22-year title drought, Dartmouth earned the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Big Green also cleaned up in All-Ivy awards, as Nick Santomauro (pic.) won the Player of the Year and Joe Sclafani earned Rookie of the Year, both in unanimous votes by League coaches.
Yale's John Stuper Joins NCAA.com Baseball Chat
The NCAA.com Baseball Chat Series continues on Thursday afternoon at 4pm ET with Yale coach John Stuper as the special guest. Coach Stuper is the third of four current college coaches joining the chat initiative this season.
Dartmouth Cruises to Baseball Championship
Led by a strong pitching performance from freshman Kyle Hendricks, Dartmouth rolled to a 10-0 win in the Ivy Baseball Championship. The Big Green were led on offense by two towering home runs from Johnathon Santopadre, who had four RBIs in the game. Jim Wren also had four RBIs on the day for the Big Green.
Cornell and Dartmouth All-Square on Diamond
The 2009 Ivy Baseball Championship will be decided in the third game of a best-of-three series on Sunday, May 3rd at 1 pm. Dartmouth took the opening game 8-6, before Cornell forced the deciding game with a 14-12 win. The winner will be the Ivy League Champion and the representative at the NCAAs.
Cornell Emerges in Gehrig Divisional Playoff
Cornell used a flurry of offense in the early innings and strong pitching throughout to defeat Princeton, 9-0, in the Gehrig Divisional Playoff. Corey Pappel opened the game and went six strong innings, striking out 11 and allowing just two hits. The Big Red will now travel to Dartmouth for the best-of-three Ivy League Baseball Championship.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 9 - 4/28
Cornell's Nate David hit .533 on the week to lead the Big Red to a share of the Gehrig Division crown. The junior's résumé included a grand slam in a midweek clash and several clutch performances to earn a Divisional playoff rematch with Princeton.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 8 - 4/21
Dartmouth's Mike Pagliarulo found his power stroke this week, blasting four home runs (including a grand slam) in the five games he started while driving in a team-high 11 runs. For the week, he hit .381 with seven runs scored.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 7 - 4/15
Joe Sclafani continued his torrid hitting this week, hitting .522 with four multi-hit games, two doubles, three triples, seven runs and eight RBIs in Dartmouth's five games. The reigning Rookie of the Week reclaims the award for this week and adds Player of the Week honors to his Ivy League résumé.
Six Ivies Earn MLB Appointments as 2009 Season Starts
Six former Ivy Leaguers have been named to various rosters across the Major League Baseball landscape for 2009 season, which began over the weekend as the 2008 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies entertained the Atlanta Braves.
Ivy League Weekly Baseball Awards 6 - 4/7
Brown's Matt Kimball has simply been lights out recently, giving up just a single earned run in the four games that he pitched last week. The sophomore got a win and recorded two saves on the week, upping his season total to five saves.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 5 - 4/1
Nick Santomauro led Dartmouth to five victories last week, including four in Ivy play, by hitting .560 with eight RBIs. The senior was extra-potent against Ivy pitching, hitting for a .688 average (11-of-16) with three home runs as the Big Green swept doubleheaders on the road at Penn and Columbia.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 4 - 3/24
Harvard's Matt Rogers was a shining star for a Crimson team that endured a tough week of action. The senior batted .600 (9-15) with three doubles and three RBI in four starts against Centenary to take Player of the Week honors.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 3 - 3/17
After a week that saw plenty of rain outs for Ivy teams, Penn emerged unscathed and used the nice weather in Florida to improve to 6-5 on the year. The Quakers success was due in large part to a trio of players who had outstanding trips, but none more so than Jeremy Maas, who hit .516 at the plate.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards - 2 - 3/10
Princeton's Brian Berkowitz enjoyed a nice series against William & Mary over the weekend. The junior outfielder hit .462. Two of the six hits were home runs, including a grand slam in the third game. He finished with seven RBI.
Ivy Weekly Baseball Awards 1 - 3/3
Matt Hill got the start in game one for Cornell and showed why he’s the ace of the staff, as he worked a complete-game shutout over Navy. The junior worked seven innings, allowing just two hits and a pair of walks while striking out three.
Harvard's Matthews Nominated for College Baseball HOF
Harvard baseball pioneer William Clarence Matthews has been nominated to the ballot for the College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2009.
Cornell Names Bill Walkenbach to Lead Baseball Team
Bill Walkenbach, a former player and assistant coach at Cornell, has been named the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball at his alma mater. Walkenbach succeeds Tom Ford, who moved into the role of associate head coach with the Cornell baseball program.
Red Sox Nation Takes Lavarnway in Sixth Round
Yale catcher Ryan Lavarnway was selected by the Boston Red Sox in as the 202nd overall pick of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. In all, eight current Ivy League baseball players were picked up by franchises.
Columbia's Cox Named Louisville Slugger All-American
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Louisville Slugger announced their Freshmen All-American team on June 4. Columbia's Nick Cox was one of 20 outfielders in the country to earn the honor. The Ivy League Rookie of the Year is the second player in the history of Columbia baseball to earn the honor.
Columbia Falls 10-2 at Coastal Carolina Region
The Columbia baseball team showed that it belonged in the NCAA Baseball Championship in Conway, S.C. in the early innings against Coastal Carolina. But the Chanticleers eventually solved Bill Purdy and pulled away late, 10-2. The Lions will play an elimination game against East Carolina on Saturday at 1 pm.
Brown Baseball Duo Named Academic All-Americans
Senior Brown baseball players Conor Reardon and J.J. Eno have been selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America teams by members of the College Sports Information Directors Association. Reardon was named to the University Division second-team while Eno made the third-team.
All-Ivy Baseball (2008)
Columbia's Henry Perkins hit .384 in Ivy play with six doubles, three triples and two home runs. The everyday player was also an extremely effective spot pitcher and fielder, posting a .980 fielding percentage in addition to a heavy bat. He is the 2008 Ivy League Player of the Year.
Ten Baseball Ivies Selected to CoSIDA All-District Teams
Ten Ivy League Baseball players have been selected to CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams. Half of the 10 total Ivies selected came from Brown. Harvard, Penn and Yale also had at least one player selected. First-team selections will be forwarded for Academic All-America honors.
Lions Roar in Decisive Third Game
Rome wasn't built in a day, and the Ivy League Baseball Championship certainly wasn't decided in one. After a postponement from the weekend, and two high scoring affairs, the Columbia Lions took the deciding game, 7-5.
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In His Blood
Soon after finishing his freshman season on the basketball team at Princeton University, Will Venable went to the office of the baseball coach, Scott Bradley, and asked if he could also play on the Tigers' baseball team the next year. Bradley was thrilled. "Do you want to go hit?''
Thinking Man's Game
The Wall Street Journal once labeled him “the smartest man in baseball, if not the entire world,” and the presence of a molecular biophysics and biochemistry degree from Yale would appear to support the claim. However, when doubts crept in about his baseball future, Breslow, at least for once, went with his heart instead of his brain.
The Miracle on Morningside
The 1976 Columbia baseball team began the year with nowhere to go but up. The Lions had finished the 1975 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League season — consisting of the eight Ivies plus Army and Navy — with a league-worst record of 3–10–1. Although most expected better, a championship was not realistic. Then Rolando Acosta ('79, '82L) arrived on Morningside.
Quick Study
Former Princeton two-sport standout Will Venable has put the use of his degree in anthropology on hold while he pursues a vocation in a field of an entirely different sort - starting right fielder for the San Diego Padres.
Brimming with Intelligence
While milling around before a game, Ross Ohlendorf (Princeton '06) stood at his locker and discussed his senior thesis — the investment and financial return of signing players in the June amateur draft. It may have been the first time such a topic was discussed in a baseball clubhouse.
Racing to the Show
Columbia's Fernando Perez ’04 figured he should chew gum. That was what big leaguers did, right? That was how guys handled the ninth inning of the World Series’ deciding game, right?
Diamond Dialogue
For Princeton students interested in the evolution of baseball, a new course not only offers academic views on America’s pastime but the perspective of a career on the field. Behold, the "Making of Modern Baseball".
Pitching 101
John Stuper has compiled enough wins (302) in 16 years to be in second-place all-time at Yale. Yet his most remarkable accomplishment may be the 22 players he's coached who have been drafted by major league baseball, including a stable of pitchers.
Catching the CWS Craze
Thousands have descended on Omaha, Neb. for the annual celebration of collegiate baseball excellence — the 62nd NCAA Men’s College World Series. With the championship game just around the corner, we bring you Norm Felske ('48) — the Yale catcher that started it all.
Rebuilding Red Rolfe
Through a generous $5.2 million gift, Dartmouth's Red Rolfe Field will undergo a major renovation. And by opening day 2009, the Big Green will have a new home-field advantage with Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park.
Visualizing Success
Before Brett Boretti settled in as the new Columbia baseball coach three years ago, he told his players to think big, to visualize themselves as Ivy League champions. Never mind that the team he inherited had won only five league games.
Fear Those at the Top
Former Major League Baseball player and Penn graduate Doug Glanville ('93) has a piece of advice that the league had best learn if it is to put the age of steroids behind it — be afraid. After all, a healthy amount of fear can lead to great results.
Ivy's Abound
MLB's ALCS & NLCS are looking more like the Ivy League Championship Series', with a host of Ivy alums in all four front offices — including Princeton grad and Indian GM Mark Shapiro.
Ivy-Covered Relief
Princeton graduate Ross Ohlendorf became the first Ivy Leaguer to play for the Yankees in nearly two decades and he struck out five of the first eight batters he faced. Newsday's Joe Gergen has the story.
Trading Spaces
Not many professional athletes get a second chance in the sports industry. Yet former Princeton University catcher Tim Lahey is living proof that some players can reinvent themselves, while making the most of an opportunity.
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