Providence College Athletics
PC Continues BIG EAST Action
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 16, 1998
# 4 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (31-21-1) vs. #2 NOTRE DAME (40-16)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT
- Thomas J. Dodd Stadium
- Norwich, Connecticut
Saturday, May, 16, 1998
FRIARS ADVANCE TO BIG EAST TOURNAMENT...The Friars return to the BIG EAST Tournament after missing last season. Seeded fourth, the Friars lost the opening game, 7-2, to the Red Storm. Yesterday, the Friars rallied in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run single by Mike O'Keefe to beat the top seed, Rutgers, 3-2. The Friars face West Virginia this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The Mountaineers beat the Friars twice this season at Morgantown. The Friars are 30-21-1 overall and 14-8 -1 in BIG EAST play.
PROBABLE LINEUPNo. Name Pos.B-T Ht. Wt. Year Avg. HR RBI SB 1 Jason Hairston LF R-R 5-8 165 So. .345 1 20 18-2021 Angelo Ciminiello 3B R-R 6-1 195 Jr. .376 12 57 6-10 8 Scott Friedholm C R-R 6-1 222 Sr. .398 13 64 16-1824 Mike O'Keefe 1B L-L 5-11 200 Fr. .335 8 39 11-14 7 Paul Costello 2B R-R 6-2 185 Jr. .337 6 36 5-814 Jeremy Sweet DH R-R 6-2 205 So. .311 2 28 3-436 Keith Reed RF R-R 6-4 200 So. .304 13 56 2-313 Bryan Tamul CF L-R 6-0 185 Gr. .292 6 37 11-1411 Pat Carey SS R-R 5-11 185 Sr. .371 6 42 2-2+ clinched playoff spot
TOP RESERVESNo. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Year Avg. HR RBI SB 4 Mike Pandolfo 2B/SS R-R 5-11 174 Sr. .286 1 10 1-116 Coley O'Donnell DH L-L 6-3 220 So. .238 6 22 0-132 Rudy Mauritz DH L-L 5-8 183 Sr. .323 5 16 1-2
STARTING PITCHERSNo. Name Throws Ht. Wt. Year W-L IP ERA25 Marc DesRoches RHP 6-2 210 Sr. 8 - 4 91.2 4.91 29 Rob Corraro RHP 6-7 210 Jr. 5 - 4 79.0 5.5819 Josh Burnham RHP 5-11 170 Jr. 6 - 1 72.1 4.98 22 Mike Stuart LHP 5-10 176 Fr. 3 - 4 42.2 7.80
RELIEF PITCHERSNo. Name Throws Ht. Wt. Year W-L-Sv IP ERA21 Angelo Ciminiello RHP 6-1 195 Jr. 1 - 1- 1 12.2 4.2623 Mike Galligan RHP 6-4 212 Jr. 3 - 2- 2 19.0 6.6331 Andy Scott LHP 6-1 165 Fr. 3 - 1 28.1 2.5433 Todd Murray RHP 6-1 180 Jr. 1 - 1 22.0 3.68 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE... Wedneday, May 13 Game 1 #1 Rutgers 9 vs. #6 Seton Hall 6 (17 innings) Game 2 #2 Notre Dame 5 vs. #5 West Virginia 4 Game 3 #3 St. John's 7 vs. #4 Providence 2
Thursday, May 14 Game 4 #5 West Virginia 7 #6 Seton Hall 2 (Seton Hall eliminated) Game 5 #4 Providence 3 #1 Rutgers 3 Game 6 #2 Notre Dame 3 #3 St. John's 2
Friday, May 15 Game 7 # 1 Rutgers 14 #3 St. John's 10 (St. John's eliminated) Game 8 # 3 Providence 10 #5 West Virginia 1 (WVU eliminated) Game 9 #1 Rutgers 7 #2 Notre Dame 6 (10 innings)
Saturday, May 16 Game 10 #2 Notre Dame vs. #4 Providence 3:30 p.m. Game 11 #1 Rutgers vs. Winner of ND/PC Game 7:00 p.m.
FINAL BIG EAST STANDINGS... W-L-T .PCT W - L - T .PCTRutgers + 17-3-0 .850 31 -14 .683Notre Dame + 15-4-0 .789 40 -16 .717St. John's + 14-7-0 .667 28-16-1 .640PROVIDENCE + 14-8-1 .630 31-21-1 .590West Virginia + 13-9-0 .591 37-17-1 .702Seton Hall + 12-10-0 .545 25-23 .543Connecticut 12-11-0 .522 25-17 .595Villanova 6-15-0 .286 26-21-1 .552Pittsburgh 5-16 .238 12-27-1 .313Boston College 4-15-1 .225 17-23-1 .427Georgetown 5-19-0 .208 22-34 .393
FRIARS VERSUS TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS... Here's a breakdown of PC versus tourney teams this season, in playoffs and all-time:
TEAM 1998 PLAYOFFS ALL-TIME Notre Dame 0-0 0-1 (1996) 2 - 4 Rutgers 2-2 2-0 (1998) 6 - 6 St. John's 2-2 2-6 (1998) 56-37-1 Seton Hall 2-1 2-3 (1995) 24-28-1 West Virginia 1-2 1-0 (1998) 2 - 7
PC IN BIG EAST TOURNEY...The Friars have been in the BIG EAST Tournament nine times in the 14 years that the league has sponsored baseball. PC is 15-16 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament games with one championship (1992) and three second place finishes. Saturday's game is the fifth time that PC has played in the championship round.
HEAD COACH CHARLIE HICKEY...The second year coach of the Friars picked up the 50th win of his young career with PC's 7-0 shutout in game one of Saturday's doubleheader against Georgetown. Hickey is now 57-44-1 (.561) over his first two seasons with the Friars. In only two other seasons have the Friars won more BIG EAST games than the 14 won this year (1995-16, 1996-15). Hickey became just the second coach in PC history to win 30 games in a season. The Friars were picked eighth in the preseason coaches poll. Hickey served as an assistant at Providence for five years to Paul Kostacopoulos. During his five seasons, the Friars went to a pair of NCAA Tournaments (1992, 1995), won a BIG EAST Tournament (1992) and won a BIG EAST regular season title (1995). Eight players from those teams have been drafted by Major League baseball teams.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASEBALL...All-time record: 75 seasons - 1084-841-13 (.563)....
RECORD BREAKERS...The Friars have had quite a year offensively and have already broken several school marks at the plate. Heading into the BIG EAST Tournament, PC has broken the school record for average (.335 - previous .319), runs (490, previous - 467); rbi's (433, previous - 418) and home runs (79, previous - 61)....
ROLLING SEVENS...Senior shortstop Pat Carey had seven straight hits between games two and three. Carey was 4-4 in the 3-2 win over Rutgers. He was 3-3 in his first three trips to the plate in the West Virginia win. He struck out in the seventh to snap the streak. He is 7-11 (.636) in the tournament.
SNOW BLIND....The Friars did not play Notre Dame during the regular season. The scheduled doubleheader between the two teams on March 21st was postponed due to six inches of snow in Providence. PC is 2-4 against the Irish in six games played.
POST SEASON HONORS...Two members of the PC baseball team were honored by the school at its 37th annual awards banquet on May 4th. Utility infielder MIKE PANDOLFO (Westbrook, Conn.) received the Sine Quo Non Award as the Unsung Hero of Providence College athletics. SCOTT FRIEDHOLM (Sr., Walpole, Mass.) was named the College's Athlete of the Year for team sports. Friedholm leads the team in several offensive categories and has set school records this year for doubles in a career (59) and rbi's in a season (64).
FIFTH TIME...The Friars are in the BIG EAST Championship round for the fifth time. They have finished second three times and first once (1992). The last time PC finished second was in 1996.
