BB: GNAC: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

[RedDevils36]

St. Joes: 7
Suffolk: 1

Is this score accurate?  I saw it on the GNAC website.  I know numerous players on that St. Joes squad.  They all know how to win.  I wouldn't count them out if their pitching comes through.  A great hitting team with fundamental defense.

[Stump]

The score is right. Keirstead threw a very good game, kept Suffolk hitters off balance to help deliver Coach Sanborn's 400th victory

[RedDevils36]

St. Joes 6
Suffolk 5

SJC wins the GNAC conference tourney and earns a free bid.  Go Monks!

[wordsmith]

St. Joes 6
Suffolk 5

SJC wins the GNAC conference tourney and earns a free bid.  Go Monks!

Congrats to Coach Will (The Hardest Working Man in D-III Baseball) Sanborn and the Monks for qualifying for yet another NCAA Tourney. This is a school deep in the boonies of southern Maine, with about 300 male students and a total of about 1100 in the student body.

Great Job Monks.

Word

[Stump]

I encourage everyone to check out TheGNAC's analysis and preseason rankings in the General New England thread. It is a terrific post and everyone should log in give him your comments. As much work as he put into this, he deserves kudos.
Looking forward to the season!

[TheGNAC]

I encourage everyone to check out TheGNAC's analysis and preseason rankings in the General New England thread. It is a terrific post and everyone should log in give him your comments. As much work as he put into this, he deserves kudos.
Looking forward to the season!

Thanks, Stump.

My GNAC preview is coming soon, stay tuned.

[TheGNAC]

Checking in on the opening weekend of the GNAC...

Suffolk took two from Rivier, beating the Raiders 34-0 in game one (not a typo) and 9-1 in game two. Suffolk is now 11-3 (2-0 GNAC), Rivier is 0-4 (0-2).

St. Joe's (ME) took two from Albertus Magnus, winning game one 6-4 in 8 innings and game two 10-2. St. Joe's is now 8-6 (2-0), Albertus Magnus is 1-10 (0-2).

Emerson swept Norwich today by scores of 12-6 and 16-9. Emerson is now 6-6 (2-0), while Norwich stands at 0-2 (0-10-1).

In the final slate of games today, Johnson and Wales swept newcomer Lasell by scores of 9-0 and 6-2. JWU moves to 8-9 (2-0), and Lasell falls to 3-11 (0-2).

[Stump]

Sunday results: St. Joes splits with Johnson & Wales. St. Joes(9-7,3-1GNAC) wins 1st 13-4. Johnson & Wales(9-11,3-1GNAC) comes back in 2nd for 8-7 victory.  Grounds crew at Pierce Field did good job getting field ready to play after a 2 hour delay. Waking up Sun. AM it didn't look good for any games but they did a good job getting the field ready.  The light were horrible but the field was playable.

[TheGNAC]

St. Joe's went 4-0 this weekend, beating Rivier and Lasell two times each, by a combined score of 93-4. 

[Stump]

Rivier is a very undermanned team. 11 players on roster. Probably 2 or 3 are ballplayers. I hope the players they do have can maintain the program while the new coach tries to recruit a new nucleus to stabilize and begin rebuilding from the disaster left behind by the old coach. Good luck,keep plugging away and best wishes on future success.

Lasell is a 1st year varsity program. 20 players on roster, all but 2 are freshmen or sophomores. They apperar to have the makings of a solid programs. Good luck and best wishes for the growth of your program.

That being said: This was one ugly weekend.  Much playing time for players who normally don't see much.

Saturday St. Joe's received the benefit of27 free passes(14 BB & 13 HBP), 4 errors and numerous catchable flyballs that dropped harmlessly between 2 or 3 fielders.

Sunday it looked like Lasell may have run down on pitching. They swept Norwich Saturday 14-10 & 11-10 in extra innings.

[soxfan42585]

I like the start for saint joes, a bit slow coming out of florida and still trying to find footing on a pretty young staff, did I hear keirstad their number 2 was hurt? but gaining some steam heading into more competitive teams soon.  Hopefully the bats continue to pop and the pitchers keep the ball down

[soxfan42585]

anyone know what the conference standings look like?  Looks like a 3 man race between J n W, SJC and Suffolk from what I know

[363dp]

Congratulations to St. Joes Mike Burdin selected hitter of the week!!  Hit for the cycle in one game and had  a banner weekend. Way to go.

[Stump]

anyone know what the conference standings look like?  Looks like a 3 man race between J n W, SJC and Suffolk from what I know

Soxfan: you're right about it being basically a 3 team race:

St. Joe's    7-1 (split w/J&W, swept Albertus,Rivier,Lasell)
Suffolk      5-1 (split w/J&W, swept Rivier,Emerson)
J&W          6-2 (split w/St.Joes&Suffolk, swept Lasell,Rivier)
Emerson   2-2 (swept Norwich, swept by Suffolk)
Albertus    2-2 (swept by St. Joes, swept Norwich)
Lasell        2-4 (swept by J&W,St.Joes, swept Norwich)
Norwich     0-6 (swept by Emerson,Albertus,Lasell)
Rivier         0-6 (swept by Suffolk,St' Joes, J&W)

  Kierstad had some injury problems but seems to be in good shape,now. Weekend rotation seems to be Moran(Jr) then 3 lefties, Kierstad(Jr),`Dorr(Jr) and Murray(Fr). Bats have struggled some against better pitching. Hitters have come on pretty good but the competition has been horrible so it's hard to judge how much is the hitters and how much is the poor pitching they are seeing. (There was some pretty serious stat inflation this past weekend. Team BA for 4 games .509) 

[Knuckles97]

I was in Portland area yesterday on business so I decided to drive to Standish (not as close as it looked on the map!) to check out the Monks.  They beat Daniel Webster College 9-6. 
I was surprised to see that it was a close game, but former Monks pitcher JP Pine's team gave them a fight.  SJC certainly has some pop in the lineup.  I expected them to beat up on a 2-15 team, wondering if they took their opponent lightly?