Shirley Prejean
March 12, 2007Clyde Dennis
March 14, 2007
The Nicholls Colonels committed eight costly errors to suffer a 7-2 loss to Stony Brook, Sunday afternoon at Ray E. Didier Field.
The Colonels posted three runs on just four hits, while committing eight errors, while the Seawolves recorded seven runs on 10 hits.
Justin Breaux (1-3) took the loss, allowing three earned runs on four hits through 3.2 innings of work. Kurt Jung (1-2) picked up the win, giving up just one earned run, while scattering three hits through seven innings.
Patrick Thompson finished the game, going 1-for-1 at the plate with a homerun, RBI and run scored. Walter Jones, Brett Hoeflich and Shane Barksdale recorded the three other hits for Nicholls. Brian Witkowski was the only Stony Brook player to have a multiple hit game, as he finished 2-for-2 with two RBI, a sacrifice, walk and one run scored.
Stony Brook jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the first and two more in the second.
Witkowski led off the bottom of the first with an infield single and went to second on a Chris Sipp walk. After sacrifice bunt by Michael Stephan advanced the runners to second and third, a Michael Tansey RBI groundout to second base scored Witkowski for the first run of the game.
In the second inning, a Chris Cruz walk and Keith Fier single up the middle put runners on first and second base with one out. After pulling off a successful double steal, consecutive RBI singles by Witkowski and Sipp scored Cruz and Fier, giving the Seawolves a three-run advantage.
The Seawolves extended their lead with three unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning. Two hits and three costly Colonel errors contributed in giving Stony Brook a 6-0 lead.
Stony Brook added a run in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs, consecutive singles by Leonard and Mazzurco put runners at first and second. Cruz followed with a single to right field, but Colonel right fielder, A.J. DeLaneuville, bobbled the ball, allowing Robert Leonard to score, and widen the gap to 7-0.
Nicholls trimmed the lead with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning. A two-out triple by Shane Barksdale scored Jones, who had earlier walked.
The Colonels added two more runs in their half of the eighth inning. DeLaneuville led off the inning with a walk, and came around to score on pinch hitter Patrick Thompson’s homerun over the right field wall, to cut the deficit to 7-3.
On Saturday, the Colonels split a double header with Stony Brook. After losing the series’ opener 8-6, Nicholls won the nightcap 3-2, in extra innings.
Nicholls will end their six-game homestand on Tuesday as they host Southern at 5 p.m.
Nicholls men’s tennis falls 5-2
The Colonels’ Vlad Popa and Eric Fisher posted impressive wins in doubles and in singles on Sunday, but Nicholls as a team fell 5-2 to the Mavericks of Texas-Arlington.
“We played well against one of the best teams in our conference,” said head tennis coach Jim Hunter.† “Vlad and Eric played well, and the rest of the team gave it their best.”
Popa and Fisher teamed up in doubles and took down the Mavericks best pair in Daniel Omana and Gonzalo Bienzobas by the score of 8-5.† The Colonels fell in the next two doubles matches to lose the doubles point.
The Colonels’ Popa picked up a victory in the No.1 position in the lineup against Omana, and teammate Fisher followed suit with a victory of his own over Alberto Agis.† Popa and Fisher’s wins were the only two victories in singles play for the Colonels on the afternoon.
Dockrey sets school record in high jump
Chelsea Dockrey just missed an NCAA Regional Qualifying high jump of 5-8.75, as she posted a school record jump of 5-7, finishing the event in second place at the Southern Miss Invite in Hattiesburg, Miss.
In addition to her recording breaking jump, Dockrey was also part of a 4X400-meter relay team that moved into second place all-time at Nicholls. The team of Dockrey, Nicoya Hutcherson, LaNation McCray and Latasha Bishop ran in a time of 4:06.62 to finish in fifth place.
Rahjanaye Bailey continued to place her name on the Nicholls’ career lists, as she moved into third place all-time in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles. Her personal best time of 15.89 in the 100-meter hurdles led her to an eighth place finish, while her time of 1:08.89 in the 400-meter hurdles also put her in eighth place.
Bishop moved into fourth place in the Colonels record books in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.68, while Jarina Guilbeau currently sits in fifth place all-time in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.45.
Other Nicholls performers included: Dominique Harris (100-meter dash, 13.47, 31st; long jump, 16-2.50, 12th), Guilbeau (100-meter dash, 13.52, T-32nd), Lauren Bazunu (200-meter dash, 27.54, 24th), Hutcherson (400-meter dash, 1:03.05, 18th), Eunice Jepkogei (1500-meter run, 5:11.20, seventh), Sabrina Henkes (400-meter hurdles, 1:10.94, 10th) and the 4X400-meter relay “B” team consisting of Bailey, Bazunu, Henkes and Harris (4:37.06, eighth).
The Colonels return to action on March 17 when they participate in the Louisiana-Lafayette Open in Lafayette, La.
From NSU Sports Information
