Babson Baseball in the Month of May

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Happy Birthdays
INF Mark Siciliano '09 (1st), OF Marc Cirrone '94 (3rd), OF Jay Alberino '07 (24th), OF Andrew Nodine '08 (24th), P Jon Igoe '08 (27th), Student Manager Wesley Sullivan '09 (27th)

Memorable Moments in Beaver Baseball 

May 1, 1996
3B Jeremy Bock, C Greg Foster, P Sammy Kilpatrick, and 2B Scott MacCausland named all-conference. Kilpatrick is also named conference Player-of-the-Year.

May 1, 1999
WNEC scores the winning run in the bottom of the 15th inning to defeat the Beavers, 14-13, in the longest game in Babson baseball history. P Eric Asen took the loss, despite hurling seven innings of two-hit ball. Coach Frank Millerick watched the final eight innings from a park bench beyond the RF fence, after getting tossed for beefing on a play at the plate in the seventh inning that resulted in a WNEC run. Millerick had company for six innings in the person of C Steven McMann, who was banished for arguing a call in the ninth inning.

May 1, 2001
P Billy Fitzgerald, 1B Dave Millman, and OF Mike Santora named all-conference.

May 1, 2002
Deciding to enlist in the Army, Mike Reed announces his resignation as head coach, after one year at the helm. Ten days later, Reed guides the Beavers to the ECAC championship. Coach Reed's abbreviated tenure resulted in a 27-19 (.587) record, the most single-season wins by a Babson baseball team.

May 2, 2000
OF Pat Cutter and DH Dave Millman named all-conference. For Millman, it is the third year in a row he has made the team, as well as the third position on the team, previously making it as an OF and 1B.

May 2, 2005
C Teddy Dziuba named all-conference.

May 3, 1997
In the regular-season finale, Alex Frick tossed a complete-game gem, as the Beavers belted powerhouse Bentley, 8-2. It was Babson's 20th victory of the season. The crafty southpaw yielded a lead-off homer in the first inning, then limited the Falcons to three hits the rest of the way, while striking out 7 and walking 2. LF Jon Cignetti and DH Eric Previte powered the offense, each with two doubles and three RBI. Patrick O'Quinn had three hits on the day. 

May 5, 1974
Bill Olson, the first head coach of Babson baseball, officially steps down, after announcing back in February that the 1974 season would be his final campaign as Beaver skipper. Olson's six-year record stands at 23-42 (.354). Olson served as Athletics Director and head coach of basketball during his entire tenure as baseball coach.

May 8, 1996
SS Patrick O'Quinn elected captain of the 1997 Babson baseball team.

May 9, 1988
Gary Stockbridge resigns after six years as head coach, following a fifth consecutive losing season. His overall record stands at 49-74 (.390).

May 9, 1988
Babson defeats Tufts, 7-6, in the ECAC championship game to claim its first post-season title. The winning run came in the top of the ninth inning, courtesy of a Steven McMann opposite-field home run. Babson beat Wesleyan, 7-6, in the quarterfinal round and Salem State, 7-0, in the semifinal round, before beating the Jumbos in the title game at Medford.

May 10, 1991
In its first post-season appearance, Babson loses a 12-inning heartbreaker to Salem State, 7-6, in the first round of the ECAC tournament. Salem State's winning run was hotly contested to no avail by Coaches Paul Donato and Frank Millerick and the entire Beaver squad. With the score 6-6, runners on first and third with one out, the Salem State hitter drove a shot down the rightfield line. RF Glenn Allard made a spectacular running catch, and in one motion wheeled and fired a bullet to 1B Dave Zaslaw to nail the runner on first, who was running when the ball was hit and was now retreating to the bag following the catch. The umpires claimed the runner from third crossed the plate before the putout was made at first base. Videotape of the play showed clearly that the putout was made at first base before the runner crossed home plate and the run should not have been counted...but the umpire's word is final.

May 11, 2002
Babson claims its second ECAC championship with an 8-3 victory over Western New England College. Earlier in the day, the Beavers staged a come-from-behind rally to carry them past Endicott, 10-9. In that game, SS Kevin Higa had three hits, walloped a grand slam, and had seven RBI, the latter a new Babson single-game standard. On the first day of the tournament, Babson had defeated Castleton State, 9-3.

May 12, 1974
Peter Loiter appointed Babson second head coach, replacing Bill Olson, who resigned one week earlier.

May 12, 1984
CF/P Mike Hume named MVP of the 1984 team.

May 12, 1993
C Jeff Cookson named MVP of the 1993 team.

May 13, 1982
C/1B Rick Loewenstein named MVP of the 1982 team.

May 13, 1987
1B Mike Dayton named MVP of the 1983 team, the same honor he received in 1982.

May 13, 1995
3B Jeremy Bock, C Greg Foster, and 2B Scott MacCausland are elected captains of the 1996 edition of Babson baseball. It is the same trio that had served as captains of the 1995 team.

May 14, 1980
SS Bob Gorman named MVP of the 1980 team.

May 14, 1981
3B, 1B, OF Bob Kelly named MVP of the 1981 team.

May 14, 1983
SS/2B Skip Short named MVP of the 1983 team.

May 14, 1989
C John Hanewich named MVP of the 1989 team.

May 14, 1990
OF Jeff Ewing named MVP of the 1990 team.

May 14, 2001
OF/1B Dave Millman named MVP of the 2001 team, the third consecutive year he has been honored as MVP.

May 15, 1988
OF/P Gary Raphael named MVP of the 1988 team.

May 15, 1995
P Sammy Kilpatrick named MVP of the 1995 team.

May 16, 1992
LF Greg Keenan and P Rob Stack named MVPs of the 1992 team.

May 16, 2005
Babson receives invitation to ECAC tourney, marking the Beavers' 9th post-season appearance in the past 10 years, and 13th spot in the past 15 years.

May 17, 1971
OF Jeff Sherman named MVP of the 1971 team.

May 17, 1979
P/INF Rick Renwick named MVP of the 1979 team. It is the fourth straight year that Renwick has been named team MVP.

May 17, 1996
C Greg Foster named MVP of the 1996 team.

May 17, 2003
SS Kevin Higa named MVP of the 2003 team, repeating his 2002 selection as team MVP.

May 18, 1975
C/INF/OF John Dolan named MVP of the 1975 team.

May 18, 1985
P/OF Joe Burkett named MVP of the 1985 team.

May 18, 1991
2B Mike McGillicudy named MVP of the 1991 team.

May 18, 1997
LF Jon Cignetti named MVP of the 1997 team.

May 18, 1998
3B/P Pete DiDomenico named MVP of the 1998 team.

May 19, 1970
C Scott Chandler named MVP of the 1970 team, marking the second year in a row he has been named team MVP.

May 19, 1973
P/OF Bruce Hancock named MVP of the 1973 team.

May 19, 2004
P Jason Kosow named MVP of the 2004 team.

May 20, 1994
INF/P Dave DiGangi named MVP of the 1994 team.

May 20, 2004
Beavers lose to Bridgewater State, 4-3, in the first round of the NCAA Regional Tournament, held at Eastern Connecticut State College. In the bottom of the ninth, the Beavers had a run in and the bases loaded with one out, but could not get the tying run in, as the next two hitters went down on strikes.

May 20, 2005
C Teddy Dziuba named MVP of the 2005 team

May 21, 1974
P/INF Dick Steiner named MVP of the 1974 team.

May 21, 2004
Babson is defeated by eventual regional winner and NCAA Division III College World Series second-place finisher Eastern Connecticut in the NCAA Regional Tournament. The 8-0 loss to EConn meant the Beavers were knocked out from the double-elimination tourney.

May 21, 2005
Babson loses to Endicott, 4-3, in the championship game of the ECAC tournament, following two extra-inning wins over St. Joseph's (Maine) and Keene State in earlier rounds of the tournament.

May 22, 1972
P Sandy MacKenzie named MVP of the 1972 team.

May 28, 1988
Paul Donato named head coach, succeeding Gary Stockbridge.

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