March 11, 2007
Eagles Drop Two, History is Made in Orlando
 

The Daniel Webster College baseball team dropped two at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. As part of its season opening Spring trip Sunday. The Eagles fell to the University of Rochester and Saint Joseph’s, Maine by identical 19-3 scores.

Nick Michaud (Windsor Locks, Conn.) took the loss (0-1) in the opener allowing five runs on five hits, while newcomer Mike Sweeney (Foxboro, Mass.) drove in two runs.

In the nightcap, history was made for the Eagles and New England baseball as freshman pitcher Christal Fitzgerald (Sydney, Australia) tossed 2 1/3 innings of middle relief against Saint Joseph’s. Fitzgerald, just the fourth female student-athlete to play in a men’s collegiate baseball game, allowed one hit over two full innings before being touched four three earned run on four hits and walking one in the third. Fitzgerald is also the first international woman to play in a collegiate game.

Starter Jared Galm (Kingston,N.Y.) took the loss (0-1), allowing nine runs on seven hits over four innings.

Michael Adams (Frankfort, Maine) and Andrew Storck (Leesburg, Ohio) led the Eagles (0-4) with two hits each, while Chuck Manning (Riverside, R.I.) added one hit.

The Eagles, who dropped their season opening doubleheader on Saturday to Farmingdale State, 6-0 and 8-3, are off until Tuesday when they face Saint Joseph’s, Maine again at 7:00 p.m.