Press Release

MIDDLEBURY CRUISES PAST PURPLE KNIGHTS, 21-1           Six-run fourth inning helps Panthers snap SMC’s three-game winning streak FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      FOR MORE INFORMATION April 26, 2005                                                                            Contact: Seth Cole                                                                                                 Phone: (802) 654-2537 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Middlebury College broke open a close game with six runs in the fourth inning and cruised past Saint Michael’s College, 21-1, in baseball action on Tuesday at Doc Jacobs Field. Middlebury improves to 13-8, while Saint Michael’s (3-7) three-game winning streak came to an end. Junior Noah Walker (Oakland, Calif.) paced the Panthers’ 25-hit attack with three doubles and two singles, knocking in six runs and scoring three times. Senior David Reister (Appleton, Wis.) and freshman John Lanahan (Jacksonville, Fla.) each singled three times, with Reister driving in four runs and Lanahan two. Junior Ryan Armstrong (Whitman, Mass.) tripled and singled to drive in two runs, while senior Chris Fraser (Brooklyn, N.Y.) pitched six innings for the win. For the Purple Knights, junior Kevin Koscso (Tampa, Fla./Jesuit) singled twice and drove in their lone run on a sacrifice fly, while freshman Ryan Hawley (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) also had two singles. Senior Eric Libardoni (Brattleboro, Vt./Brattleboro Union) added a double and run scored, while senior James Everhart (Birdsboro, Pa./Daniel Boone Senior) suffered the loss on the mound. Neither team scored in the first two innings, with Saint Michael’s wasting a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the bottom of the second. The Panthers opened the scoring with a run in the third, then scored six runs off of Everhart in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead. The Purple Knights closed to within 7-1 in the bottom of the fifth, but Middlebury scored 14 unanswered runs in the final four innings, including seven in the ninth, to seal the victory.   Saint Michael’s returns to action on Thursday, as the Purple Knights host in-state rival Lyndon State College in a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. Middlebury visits Trinity College for a twinbill on Sunday at 12 p.m.                                              ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

For more information please contact the SMC Sports Information Office at (802) 654-2537
Last Revised: October 25, 2002