ENDICOTT COLLEGE

GULLS

2010 baseball

After an improbable 2009 playoff run that featured wins over the nation’s 14th-ranked team Curry College and the conference’s fourth-seeded Salve Regina University, Endicott College looks to once again reclaim its spot atop The Common-wealth Coast Conference standings in 2010. The Gulls, who will be led by third year head coach Bryan Haley, won 20 games last year for the first time since 2006, which was also the year the Blue and Green last captured the TCCC title.

Senior Colin McGinn (Tolland, Conn.) and Benjamin Petrides (Belchertown, Mass.) will anchor the Gulls’ starting rotation, as the No. 2 & 3 starters from a season ago will spearhead the effort on the hill. McGinn, a 2008 All-TCCC Honorable Mention recipient, went 6-4 in 14 appearances in 2009, tossing a team-high 59.2 innings while sur-rendering 37 earned runs and striking out 48 batters. McGinn also pitched a squad-leading five complete games a year ago. Petrides had the team’s third-lowest earned run average, post-ing a 4.32 ERA in 15 appearances (50 innings) in his rookie campaign.

A handful of arms will duel for the privilege of taking the ball from Haley as a starter, as senior Nick Kelley (Malden, Mass.), sophomore transfer Robbie Goldstick (Deerfield, Ill.), and a trio of freshmen in Brendan Pittsley (Plympton, Mass.), Mike Griffin (Arlington, Mass.), and Kevin Dupras (Belchertown, Mass.) will compete. Kelley, the only returnee of the group, went 2-2 last season, logging 34.1 innings in 10 appearances including six starts.

The backend of the rotation will feature senior Matt Sharon (Wall-ingford, Vt.) and sophomore Rich Yutkins (Billerica, Mass.), two steady contributors from last year’s staff. Sharon appeared in 18 games and struck out 24 batters in 23.1 innings of work. Yutkins, who logged only 8.1 innings in seven outings, posted

a 3.24 ERA without factoring into a decision. Coach Bryan Haley is excited about the potential of Yutkins serving as the team’s closer, as a new arm angle has been extremely successful for the sophomore in the preseason. The pair will be joined by junior Mike Drinkwater (Hamilton, Mass.) and four freshmen in Mike Silva (Saugus, Mass.), Tyler Borosavage (Medfield, Mass.), Tyler Hitchcock (Abington, Mass.), and Justin Forman (Water-town, Mass.).

TCCC Honorable Mention recipient Joe Klein (Monroe, Conn.) will be back behind the plate for the Blue and Green. Klein, who appeared in 37 games a season ago, batted .295 with five doubles and 17 RBI. The senior catcher also fields his position proficiently, as he had 161 outs and 29 assists, committing just six errors last season (.969). Senior Dan Greel (Rockport, Mass.) and sophomore Scott Worth (Londonderry, N.H.) will also vie for time.

Senior Drew Betts (Bristol, Conn.) will man first base while sophomore Robbie Valair (Norwood, Mass.) and senior Andrew Skelton (Sudbury, Mass.) will also work in some reps. Betts started all 42 games last season and hit .305 with 19 RBI. The sure-handed Betts slugged at a .348 clip last season with a .371 OBP and went 23-of-27 in stolen base attempts, all while fielding .990.

Freshman Eric Lemke (Southington, Conn.) will start at second base in his rookie campaign, while junior Chris Dominguez (Braintree, Mass.) will hold down the shortstop position. Dominguez hit .277 as a sophomore and was plunked by a team-high 11 pitches. The Endicott shortstop had 64 putouts and 91 assists in 2009.

Rookie Joe Kasabuski (Saugus, Mass.) and sophomore John Halsey (Reading, Mass.) will share time on the “hot corner.” Halsey, who ap-peared in 11 games with seven starts last year, posted a .286 batting aver-

2010 spring preview

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age in just 21 plate appearances. Utility infielders Robbie Goldstick and Benjamin Petrides will also work their way into the mix.

In leftfield, Endicott returns sopho-more All-TCCC Honorable Mention Mike Russo (Natick, Mass.). As a rookie, Russo hit a team-best .397 in 22 conference games which included a .452 slugging and .443 on-base percentage. For the season, Russo had a team-high 48 hits and was second on the squad with 23 RBI. Russo was a big reason the Gulls qualified for the postseason in 2009, as the freshman batted .714 in the final week of the season, including six RBI in four games.

All-Conference member Aaron Santos (Cambridge, Mass.) will return to center-field after overcoming a foot injury. The speedy Endicott standout hit .325 with team-high’s in runs (42), doubles (9),

triples (5), homeruns (2), sacrifice flies (5) and walks (34). His slugging percentage of .524 and OBP of .474 were also tops on the team.

Bryant University transfer Colin Sitarz (West Hartford, Conn.) is penciled in to see action in the corner outfield, as will designated hitter Ralph Fidaleo (Fairfield, Conn.). Rob Valair will also get his fair share of at-bats at the DH position and spelling Russo in left.

A young and talented squad will once again open the season at the RussMatt Baseball Central Florida Invitational Tournament during the Gulls’ annual Spring Break trip.

Bryan Haley - Head CoachThe spring of 2010 will be Bryan Haley’s third season as head coach of the Endicott baseball team. Haley, who took over the program in February of 2008, is only the second coach in the 15-year history of the

Endicott baseball program. In Haley’s first two seasons as skipper of the Gulls, the team has seen steady improvement. In 2008, the Gulls’

baseball team improved its win total from 16 to 19 and finished in fifth place out of twelve teams in the TCCC standings. In 2009, the Endicott baseball team won 20 games and finished in a fourth place tie in the final league standings. In the first round of the conference play-offs, the Gull’s travelled to Newport, RI and downed Salve Regina 10-0. This victory was followed by a trip to Milton, MA to take on nationally ranked Curry College. The Gulls stunned the Colonels with a 2-0 victory and advanced to the bracket finals in which they were eliminated, ending their play-off run. The team wrapped up the season by defeating, regional participant, Suffolk University 8-5, to finish the season at 20-22.

Coach Haley is very optimistic as the Gulls prepare for the start of the 2010 season. “We have a great balance of upperclassmen leadership and young talent both in the field and on the mound. We are all looking forward to the spring season and expect to compete for a confer-ence title in May. Our team is working hard to restore the tradition of excellence to the baseball program here at Endicott.”

Before arriving in Beverly, Haley spent six seasons as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Columbia University. In his final season with the Lions, Haley’s first recruiting class, as seniors, led Columbia to their first Ivy League title in 32 years. Haley developed six All-Ivy pitchers while at Columbia and two of his Lions’ pitchers were signed to professional contracts.

Prior to his time at Columbia, Haley spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Brandeis University and one year as a pitcher/coach with the Ryde Eastwood Hawks in Sydney, Australia.

While at Brandeis, Haley coached a pitching staff that ranked 16th in the nation with a 3.41 ERA and earned an NCAA New England Region-al Tournament bid. Three of Haley’s pitchers at Brandeis went on to sign professional contracts. In Australia, Bryan pitched the Hawks to a club championship, going 14-4 with a league leading 150 strikeouts and a 2.54 ERA on the mound. One of Haley’s pitchers with the Hawks, Richard Thompson, was signed by the Los Angles Angels of Anaheim and pitched on the silver medal winning Australian Olympic team in 2004. Thompson made his Major League debut with the Angels in 2007.

Haley is a 1999 graduate of Brandeis University, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies. Bryan was a member of the most successful four-year span in Brandeis baseball history in which he was a four-time letter winner, a 1998 All-New England honoree and a first team all conference and Athletic Director Outstanding Male Athlete award winner in his senior campaign. Over the course of his career, the Judges posted a 111-47-1 record and made their first Division III College World Series appearance in 22 years.

Coach Haley currently resides in Peabody, Mass. with his wife Jennifer and two children, Brayden and Madelyn.

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2009 resultsDate Opponent Location Time/Result

March14 Bowdoin Winter Haven, Fla. L, 12-8 14 Bowdoin Winter Haven, Fla. W, 5-4 15 Trinity (Conn.) Winter Haven, Fla. L, 9-1 15 Trinity (Conn.) Winter Haven, Fla. L, 7-6 16 Umass Boston Winter Haven, Fla. W, 4-3 18 Amherst Winter Haven, Fla. L, 5-4 19 Franklin & Marshall Winter Haven, Fla. W, 7-5 19 Franklin & Marshall Winter Haven, Fla. L, 10-9 20 Umass Dartmouth Winter Haven, Fla. W, 4-2 20 Umass Dartmouth Winter Haven, Fla. W, 6-4 25 Salem State Beverly, Mass. L, 6-5 27 Wheaton (Mass.) Beverly, Mass. L, 6-2 28 Wentworth Beverly, Mass. W, 7-2 28 Wentworth Beverly, Mass. L, 4-1 31 New England College Henniker, N.H. W, 11-1 31 New England College Henniker, N.H. L, 5-3

April1 Eastern Nazarene Quincy, Mass. L, 11-5 1 Eastern Nazarene Quincy, Mass. L, 12-1 5 Western New England Beverly, Mass. L, 12-0 5 Western New England Beverly, Mass. L, 15-2 7 Southern Maine Gorham, Maine L, 24-15 8 Babson Babson Park, Mass. L, 10-8 9 Curry Beverly, Mass. L, 11-5 9 Curry Beverly, Mass. L, 6-4

13 Roger Williams Bristol, R.I. W, 4-1 13 Roger Williams Bristol, R.I. W, 2-1 15 Colby-Sawyer Beverly, Mass. W, 5-4 15 Colby-Sawyer Beverly, Mass. W, 8-0 18 Salve Regina Newport, R.I. W, 5-3 18 Salve Regina Newport, R.I. L, 3-2 19 Anna Maria Beverly, Mass. W, 7-4 19 Anna Maria Beverly, Mass. W, 5-1 23 Gordon College Beverly, Mass. W, 8-4 23 Gordon College Beverly, Mass. L, 8-4 24 Brandeis Waltham, Mass. L, 4-0 25 Nichols College Beverly, Mass. W, 7-2 25 Nichols College Beverly, Mass. W, 11-1028 Salve Regina Newport, R.I. W, 10-0 29 Curry Milton, Mass. W, 2-0

May

2 Curry Milton, Mass. L, 6-2

2 Curry Milton, Mass. L, 15-1

2010 roster# Full Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Highschool

2 Chris Dominguez JR SS/3B 5-9 180 Braintree, Mass./Braintree

3 Colin McGinn SR RHP 6-0 170 Tolland, Conn./Tolland

4 Doug Dellorfon SO IF 6-0 170 Natick, Mass./Natick

5 Benjamin Petrides SO RHP/UTL 5-10 175 Belchertown, Mass./Wilbraham/Monson

6 Drew Betts SR 1B 5-11 180 Bristol, Conn./Suffield Academy

7 Mike Russo SO OF 5-11 175 Natick, Mass./Natick

8 Aaron Santos SR OF 5-8 195 Cambridge, Mass./Cushing Academy

9 Eric Lemke FR 2B 5-7 160 Southington, Conn./Southington

10 Matt Sharon SR RHP 5-11 185 Wallingford, Vt./Mill River Union

11 Ralph Fidaleo FR OF 5-10 190 Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde

12 Joe Kasabuski FR 3B/2B 5-9 190 Saugus, Mass./St. Mary's

13 Mike Barbati JR UTL 5-9 185 Melrose, Mass./Malden Catholic

14 Brendan Pittsley FR RHP 6-2 170 Plympton, Mass./Silver Lake

15 Robbie Goldstick SO RHP/IF 5-7 155 Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield

16 Tyler Borosavage FR LHP 5-10 145 Medfield, Mass./Medfield

17 Robbie Valair SO 1B 6-3 240 Norwood, Mass./Northfield Mt. Herman

18 Justin Forman FR RHP 6-2 190 Watertown, Mass./Watertown

19 Mike Silva FR RHP 6-2 175 Saugus, Mass./Saugus

20 Andrew Skelton SR 1B 6-1 185 Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln Sudbury

21 John Halsey SO 3B 5-11 195 Reading, Mass./Reading

22 Mike Drinkwater JR RHP 6-4 200 Hamilton, Mass./Hamilton Wenham

23 Kevin Dupras FR RHP 6-1 175 Belchertown, Mass./Belchertown

24 Colin Sitarz SO OF 6-0 185 West Hartford, Conn./Conard

25 Scott Worth SO C 5-11 190 Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry

26 Dan Greel SR C 6-0 200 Rockport, Mass./Rockport

27 Nick Kelley SR RHP 6-0 220 Malden, Mass./Malden Catholic

28 Brian Millea SO 1B/3B 6-0 225 Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield

29 Mike Griffin FR RHP/OF 5-10 185 Arlington, Mass./Arlington

30 Tyler Hitchcock FR RHP 6-0 165 Abington, Mass./Abington

31 Nick Mello FR UTL 5-8 215 Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack

32 Victor Resto FR OF 6-4 215 Franklin, Mass./St. Mark's

33 Joe Klein SR C 6-0 225 Monroe, Conn./Masuk

34 Rich Yutkins SO RHP 6-0 185 Billerica, Mass./Billerica

45 Mike Nich SO RHP 6-0 225 Amity, Conn./Amity

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2009 statistics

# Player ERA W L APP GS CG IP ER SO BB B/Avg24 Mike Nich 2.29 6 2 13 9 4 59 15 27 18 0.259

14 Rich Yutkins 3.24 0 0 7 0 0 8.1 3 5 5 0.25

5 Benjamin Petrides 4.32 3 5 15 8 3 50 24 22 8 0.353

3 Colin McGinn 5.58 6 4 14 9 5 59.2 37 48 11 0.318

27 Nick Kelley 6.03 2 2 10 6 1 34.1 23 18 17 0.287

13 Matt Sharon 8.87 2 2 18 2 0 23.1 23 24 10 0.358

10 Dave Weinreich 9.14 0 2 16 0 0 21.2 22 10 13 0.36

28 Brian Millea 9.28 0 0 8 0 0 10.2 11 6 6 0.449

4 Dean Diamantopolo 10.12 0 0 8 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 0.261

15 Alex Judge 10.8 1 0 7 1 0 8.1 10 4 8 0.314

9 Alex Borre 11.37 0 0 6 1 0 6.1 8 7 6 0.4

19 Michael Drinkwater 12.68 0 5 10 6 0 22 31 13 17 0.364

TOTAL 6.2 20 22 42 42 13 309 213 188 123 0.324

OPPONENTS 5.05 22 20 42 42 10 311.2 175 226 144 0.283

RECORD: 20.22 HOME: 7-7AWAY: 8-10 NEUTRAL: 5-5CONFERENCE: 12-10

# Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OB%

7 Michael Russo 0.336 143 25 48 7 1 0 23 0.38212 Scott Worth 0.333 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0.4298 Aaron Santos 0.325 126 42 41 9 5 2 20 0.474

26 Dan Greel 0.316 19 3 6 2 0 0 4 0.3916 Andrew Betts 0.305 141 24 43 4 1 0 19 0.371

25 Joe Klein 0.295 105 11 31 5 0 1 17 0.36818 Roberto Zapata 0.295 129 21 38 4 1 2 27 0.37715 Alex Judge 0.287 87 8 25 1 1 0 11 0.37430 John Halsey 0.286 21 5 6 1 0 0 1 0.40022 Brian Andersen 0.278 108 20 30 6 0 1 13 0.3552 Chris Dominguez 0.277 101 21 28 2 1 0 16 0.387

16 Mike Barbati 0.23 100 15 23 4 0 0 8 0.2945 Benjamin Petrides 0.202 89 11 18 2 2 0 13 0.339

20 Andy Skelton 0.2 20 3 4 0 0 0 2 0.3041 Joe Whitney 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.333

29 Rob Valair 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.20017 John Unikas 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 Nick Kelley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 010 Dave Weinreich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 03 Colin McGinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 0.284 1209 214 343 49 12 6 175 0.375

OPPONENTS 0.324 1308 257 424 86 11 27 237 0.398

Baseball Quick FactsLocation .........................Beverly, Massachusetts

Founded ...................................................... 1939

Enrollment ................................................. 2,000

Nickname ..................................................... Gulls

Colors .......................................... Blue and Green

Home Field ........................................ North Field

Affiliations ..................... NCAA Division III, ECAC

Conference ......................... The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC)

President ............................. Dr. Richard E. Wylie

Director of Athletics ......................... Brian Wylie

Head Coach ...................... Bryan Haley (3rd year)

Assistant Coaches .......................... Mike Dowdy, Frank DeFelice

2009 Record ................................................ 20-22

All-time Program Record .......... 302-259 (53.8%) (15 total seasons)

Athletics Department Phone ......... 978-232-2312

Baseball Phone ............................... 978-232-2304

Email ................................ bhaley@endicott.edu

Editor .............................................. Jeff Pardue, Sports Information Director

Layout ......................................... Angela Gulino, Publications Coordinator

Photography .................... Spartan Sport Shots

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Endicott College is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity em-ployer and is committed to the principles of equal employment and complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regula-tions advancing equal employment. The College’s objective is to employ individuals qualified and/or trainable for open positions by virtue of job-related education, training, experience, and qualifications without regard to sex, race, religion, color, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin or citizenship, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

Endicott College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

2010 scheduleMarch13 Westfield State # Orlando, Fla. 12:30 pm14 Framingham State # Orlando, Fla. 1:30 pm15 Denison Orlando, Fla. 3:30 pm 17 Ramapo Orlando, Fla. 3:30 pm 18 McDaniel # Orlando, Fla. 3:00 pm 19 Amherst # Orlando, Fla. 9:30 pm 24 Salem State Salem, Mass. 3:00 pm 26 Wheaton Norton, Mass. 3:30 pm 27 Wentworth *# Beverly, Mass. 12:00 pm 28 New England College *# Beverly, Mass. 12:00 pm 30 Worcester State Assumption College 3:30 pm 31 Eastern Nazarene *# Beverly, Mass. 2:00 pm April3 Roger Williams *# Beverly, Mass. 12:00 pm 5 UMass Boston Beverly, Mass. 4:00 pm 6 Univ. of Southern Maine Beverly, Mass. 3:30 pm 7 Babson Babson Park, Mass. 3:30 pm 10 Salve Regina *# Beverly, Mass. 12:00 pm 11 Anna Maria *# Paxton, Mass. 12:00 pm 14 Gordon *# Wenham, Mass. 2:00 pm 15 Suffolk Beverly, Mass. 3:30 pm 17 Nichols *# Dudley, Mass. 12:00 pm 18 Curry *# Milton, Mass. 12:00 pm 21 Brandeis Beverly, Mass. 4:00 pm 22 Colby-Sawyer *# New London, N.H. 2:00 pm 24 Western New England *# Springfield, Mass. 12:00 pm 27 TCCC Playoffs TBA TBA 28 TCCC Playoffs TBA TBA 30 TCCC Playoffs TBA TBA May1 TCCC Playoffs TBA TBA 2 TCCC Playoffs TBA TBA * Indicates Conference Game# Indicates Doubleheader

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