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

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BA EB LL '77 ECSC 1977 W For ninth year Head Coach Bill Holowaty and the entire ECSC baseball squad, 1977 proved to be, indeed, another vintage year. With a standout veteran pitching corpse, awesome hitting, and a solid bench, the Warriors again took the New England area by storm - winning 28 and losing just three over the entire Northern schedule and wrapped up the spring campaign with a remarkable 35-9 slate. The Warriors may have fallen short in their relentless pursuit of yet another National tourney berth, but their elimination in the NCAA regionals, which ECSC had the distinc- tion of hosting, does little to dampen another milestone season for the diamondmen. For the fifth consecutive year, Holowaty guided his charges over the 30 win mark - a feat un- matched in New England collegiate baseball circles. The Warriors, however, don't rely upon rabbit's feet or other such good luck charms to insure their reputation as one of the most respected schools in the nation. The mystery behind their continued success is quite simpleg ECSC, under the dedicated guidance of coaches Holowaty, Bob Wojick, John Risley, and Pete Fappiano, gives more of themselves than most other teams would even dream of giving. lt takes a year round devotion to the game in order to maintain the excellence which Eastern Connecticut State College has, over the years, come to enjoy. Throughout the past decade, such ECSC legandary greats as John Caneira, Lenny Reed, Tom Somers, Tom Lynn, and Steve Thomas have etched their names into school, New England, and national recordbooks, and, in keeping with this tradition, the crew of '77 produced their share of recordbreakers. Both individually and as a team, the Warriors smashed past records with a fury. The most notable among the broken discs included junior southpaw Scott Budner's no-hit, no-run ballgame against the University of Lowell, Budner's goose-egg performance, the first ever in ECSC history, came about despite frigid tempera- tures and a constant snowfall. Steve Krajewski, a four-year starter and last year's captaih, slammed l0 homeruns to take over the all-time record for round-trippers, with 23 Shortstop Mike Turgeon, who along with Budner was drafted last summer in the major league free agent draft, broke the single season basehit record, formerly held by Bill Hickey, with 63 safeties. - Though the Warriors cruised into the regional tournament fresh off a 15 game winning fcontinued on page 166, column 1.1 University of 2- Roger 3 University of Western John Risley Pete Eappiafno

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42 vb 2 Ll lik BJ -43- ill Sitting L-R- Bob Cressotti, Ray Sullivan, Bud Silva, Bob Del-ucia, Mark Reimer, Mike Stevens, Bob Nicoletti. Second Row- Ken LaFrancois, Mike Griffin, Mike Armonaitis, Ray Royce, Lou LaVecchia, Jim Broadwell, Tom Bongo, Brian Murphy. Standing- John Risleyg Ass't Coach, Bob Wojickg Ass't Coach, Rick Hunter, Scott Budner, Mike Turgeon, Tom Powers, Don Fusari, Ken Hewitt, Steve Krajewski, Bill Holowatyg Head Coach