MCC Wins First Two Tournament Games

MCC beat Massasoit CC 8-4 behind Liam Ohlmann and Steve Simon in its first game in the NJCAA Region 21 Baseball tournament in Manchester, then beat Holyoke 7-6 in the second game. the cougars (28-10-2) are one win away from a berth in the NCJAA World Series in Tyler Texas May 17-23.

In the nightcap, Jeff Raymond pitched into the ninth inning and Kevin Garrison closed the game out as MCC came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the no. 1 seed Holyoke. Mike Quagliaroli drove in the seventh and deciding run with a single in MCC’s three-run sixth inning.

In game one, Bryan Hager had three hits and scored a run. Kevin Clements and Dan Angelillo hit back-to-back doubles in the fifth. Clements scored on Angelillo’s double while Angelillo score on a Derek Grundmann (two singles, walk, run scored) sacrifice fly.

MCC will play the winner of Sunday’s(May 11) 10 a.m. game between Massasoit and Holyoke at 1 p.m. In the double-elimination format, MCC needs just one win to advance to the tournament. An MCC loss in the 1pm game would force the Cougars to play again at 4 p.m.

All Sunday games will be played at MCC.

NJCAA Region 21 Division III Baseball Tournament
at Manchester, Connecticut

May 10, 2008

Game 1
No. 4 Northern Essex CC 003 000 000 — 3 9 5
No. 1 Holyoke CC 072 000 00x — 9 11 2
NE – David Hudson, Justin Wojick (3) and Richard Garth; H – Michael Uzar and Paul Pollini. WP – Uzar, LP – Hudson. Records: NE – 14-16, H- 24-16.

Game 2
No. 3 Massasoit CC 000 300 100 — 4 6 1
No. 2 Manchester CC 300 021 20x — 8 11 0
MS – Jeff Llanes, Tyler White (6) and Daniel Coury; MC – Liam Ohlmann, Steve Simon (7) and Kevin Clements. WP – Ohlmann; LP Llanes; SV – Simon. Records: MS – 28-12; MC 27-10-2.

Game 3 (at Northwest Park)
Northern Essex CC 000 001 00 — 1 6 4
Massasoit CC 011 201 04 — 9 11 0
NE – Charlie Spears, Troy Ingemi (6) and Juan Gonzalez; MS – Cory Collins and Daniel Coury. WP – Collins; LP – Spears. HR: MS Tony Santos. Records: NE – 14-17; MS – 29-12.

Game 4
Manchester CC 000 223 000 — 7 7 2
Holyoke CC 120 000 021 — 6 11 1
M – Jeff Raymond, Kevin Garrison (9) and Derek Grundmann; H – Kellin Bliss, Jonah Faucher (6), Scott Schnidier (9) and Paul Pollini. WP – Raymond; LP – Bliss; SV – Garrison. Records: M -28-10-2; H – 24-17.

Sunday’s Schedule
Game 5 – No. 3 Massasoit CC vs. No.1 Holyoke CC 10 a.m.; Game 6 – Game 5 winner vs. Manchester CC 1p.m.; Game 7 (if necessary) 4p.m. All games at MCC.