Eastern Connecticut State University - Sustinet Yearbook (Willimantic, CT)

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BASEBALL 300 Career Victories Pro Con tracts 31 Wins Chalk up another memorable season for the area baseball fans. This marks the seventh year in a row that' an ECSC team has racked up thirty or more wins, an unprecedented record for New England. Other high- lights: finishing second in final weekly polling of New England Baseball Coachesg finishing with a National ranking of nineth in Division III, by Collegiate Baseball Magazineg Winning the Nutmeg Baseball Classic for the fifth straight year, and winning the Annual Eastern Connecticut Baseball Booster Tournament, in which Eastern beat Division I Tourna- ment qualifier Fairfield Univ. by a score of 3-Og seventeen Division II games in regular season lifted Eastern to NCAA Tournament play, the Warriors hosted the NCAA Div. III, Dist. 1 Northeast Regionals for the third straight year. Eastern has also had two players make the Second All New England Team and sign pro contracts. All-American Pitcher Brian Murphy, senior from North Grosvenordale, Ct., with the New York Yankees and All- American Rightfielder Mark Riemer, New Britain senior, with the Pitts- burg Pirates. In addition to Murphy and Riemer, third basemen John Castodio made the Third Team. Pitcher, Co-capt. Bob Cressotti will also be leaving the team. As a final highlight to this season, we cannot forget to mention that Coach Bill Holowaty attained his 300th career victory after eleven seasons for a win percentage of 74'Z1. w e - .W il iifiiill' Q. 1 ' Li.. V Mn 'f' fflhl . LV - M I X ,. 0 ' , gfggifira ' s L i 9 ' 7 Q' KW . , . , . . 'QI

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