The Quinnipiac Bobcats softball team is traveling to Fairleigh Dickinson to play a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Justin Cohen will have all the action live on our softball sports stream.
Meanwhile, the baseball team is taking on Fairfield at 3 p.m. in Hamden. Corey Hersch, Tom Butto and Andrew Gau will have that call on our baseball sports stream.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Baseball · Quinnipiac Softball
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule
By Tyler Chaput
This week’s WQAQ Athlete of the Week is Katie Allendorfer, junior co-captain of the Quinnipiac softball team. With the help of two home runs, Allendorfer drove in a team-high five RBIs in a 7-3 victory over Holy Cross in the Stony Brook Invitational last weekend.
Her first RBI came in the first inning on a single down the left field line. In her second at-bat, Allendorfer put one over the fence to give the Bobcats a 3-0 lead.
Allendorfer came to the plate once more in the fifth. She would also send this one out of the yard, except this time with two runners on giving her RBIs three, four and five on the day.
The catcher’s presence was also felt on the field when she snapped a throw down to third, picking off Mandy Correale to end the game.
Categories: Athlete of the Week · Tyler Chaput
Tagged: Katie Allendorfer
(HAMDEN, Conn.) – Quinnipiac starter Chris Gloor pitched eight innings, and the Bobcats scored three runs in the eighth inning for a 4-1 win over the Binghamton Bearcats.
Gloor followed his complete game performance last week against Holy Cross with another eight innings, where he only allowed one run.
The senior left-hander struck out 10 hitters and did not issue a walk in his second win of the season.
“He has worked hard all year long,” said Quinnipiac head coach Dan Gooley. “He was very economical with his pitches, managed the game exceptionally well and had outstanding command of his breaking ball.”
Gloor started off with a 1-2-3 first inning as he battled in a pitchers’ duel with Binghamton starter Jeff Dennis. The Bobcats would threaten in the first inning, but Dennis was able to work out of a jam as he matched Gooley throughout the game.
Quinnipiac scored first with a solo home run from Mike Marmo in the fourth inning. The first home run of the season for the Bobcats’ catcher went over the left-center field fence to put Quinnipiac ahead 1-0.
Gloor retired 10 straight at one point as he continued to cruise in front of the scouts at the Bobcats baseball field.
“It seems like I’m putting the pieces to the puzzle together now,” Gloor said. “The object is to just keep getting stronger. I had control and I kept pounding the zone.”
After retiring 15 of 16 hitters, Gloor ran into some trouble in the sixth. With one out, C.J. Lukaszewski hit a bloop single to center field that he stretched into a double as no one covered second base. Gloor ran out to apply the tag, but the Bearcats catcher slide in safely.
The Bobcats’ starter then balked, moving Lukaszewski to third, where he would score the tying run on a single from Jim Calderone in the sixth inning.
With the score now tied at one, Dennis continued to pitch effectively, only allowing three hits and working his way around two errors. Dennis pitched seven innings and left with a no-decision. Dennis finished after stranding two runners in his last inning of work.
Gloor stranded a runner in the seventh and eighth innings respectively, as Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki turned the ball over to reliever Morgan Smith for the bottom half of the eighth.
Smith started the inning with a strikeout of Mickey Amanti but ran into trouble as the next five hitters reached base. With two runners on and one out, Gooley called upon Jeff Carino to pinch hit for Bobak Emamian. Carino blooped a pinch-hit RBI single to center field, scoring Marmo and putting Quinnipiac ahead 2-1.
“Carino got a clutch base hit, something we haven’t really had this year,” Gooley said.
Sophomore Joe Poletsky followed with a fly ball to right-center field that fell in for a two-run triple as Poletsky hustled all the way around to third. Quinnipiac extended the lead to three runs as Gloor exited the game with a 4-1 lead.
Mike Oskandy entered in the ninth and struck out two hitters to earn his first save of the season.
Binghamton’s record drops to 6-8 in 2009 and the Bearcats will continue the America East/NEC Challenge by playing a doubleheader tomorrow at Central Connecticut State beginning at one.
Quinnipiac improves to 4-12 on the season and will host the Vermont Catamounts tomorrow for a doubleheader beginning at noon. The game can be heard live on the Bobcat Sports Network presented by WQAQ.
Notes: Brian Monack singled in the eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to seven games. … Marmo finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a home run and an RBI. His home run gave Quinnipiac the 1-0 lead, and his run in the eightn inning proved to be the winning run. … The 10 strikeouts from Gloor mark the second time this season that the left-hander has struck out at least 10 in a game. In his last start against Holy Cross, Gloor went a complete game nine innings while striking out 13. … Binghamton outfielder Henry Dunn left the game in the bottom of the fourth. He injured his hamstring running to first base and was removed in the bottom of the fourth inning. … Kyle Klee and Lukaszewski both collected two hits in the game for the Bearcats.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Mike Radomski · Quinnipiac Baseball
Tagged: Bobak Emamian, Brian Monack, Chris Gloor, Jeff Carino, Joe Poletsky, Mickey Amanti, Mike Marmo, Mike Oskandy
The Quinnipiac Bobcats baseball team is taking on the Binghamton Bearcats today at 3 p.m. in Hamden.
Mike Radomski, Aaron Tanguay and Glenn Taylor will have the action live on our baseball sports stream at 2:50.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Baseball
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule
The Quinnipiac University Bobcats golf team began its final season at the George Washington Invitational March 20 and 21 with a 21st place finish. Held at the Bear Trap Dunes Golf Course in Bethany Beach, Del., the Bobcats shot a 36-hole team score of 678. The team victor was the University of Rhode Island who shot a combined score of 601. They were followed by Longwood University, the University of Pennsylvania, Skidmore College and the University of Delaware to round out the top five.
Individually, the Bobcats were led by Jayson Loranger, who shot a 36-hole score of 168 for a 72nd place finish. They were followed by captain Ian O’Connor with a 168, Ryan Reynolds who shot 169, Ben Cook who finished with a 172, and Ryerson Stinson who finished with a 181. They all chased Justin Martinson of Delaware, who shot a 145 to win the individual tournament.
Quinnipiac returns to action March 28 and 29 when they participate in the Monmouth University Hawk Invitational in Littlestown, Pa.
Categories: Jeremy Schilling · Quinnipiac Golf
Tagged: Ben Cook, Ian O'Connor, Jayson Loranger, Ryan Reynolds, Ryerson Stinson
The Quinnipiac Bobcats softball team is playing at doublehead at Fordham today beginning at 3 p.m.
Mike Radomski will have the action live on the softball sports stream.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Softball
By Corey Hersch
It’s been rough sledding for the Quinnipiac Bobcats men’s lacrosse team of late. After winning their first game against Wagner 15-4, the Bobcats went on the road, losing all four games on its trip. They returned home and lost to Air Force, then went back on the road and fell to Providence. Sunday, though, Quinnipiac made the five-game skid a thing of the past.
Going up against The University of Detroit Mercy Titans, it was all Bobcats for the entire game. Quinnipiac opened up the contest by scoring the first nine goals. By the time Michael Schumaker scored for Titans with 0:55 remaining in the second quarter, the game was already in hand. When the final buzzer sounded, it was 15-4 Bobcats. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 2-5 on the season, while the Titans fell to 0-7.
Kevin Kelly opened up the scoring for the Bobcats, scoring two goals in the first two minutes of the game. The second was a beautiful goal where he cut across the field to the left of the goal and unleashed a shot from behind his head to beat goalie Vince Diana.
Ted Dimond, a sophomore attacker, led the way for the Bobcats, scoring three goals and adding two assists. His first assist was a great tic-tac pass from the left side of the net to find a wide open Garrett Kerr for the score. All told, 11 different players saw their shots hit the back of the net for the Quinnipiac.
The Bobcats had a 57-38 edge in ground balls, a statistic that had been stressed throughout practices this week.
“Statistics have been that we’ve lost most games in the ground ball category,” Dimond said. “Usually when you end up with the most ground balls, you end up winning the game.”
The Bobcats will now begin conference play in the Great Western Lacrosse League, starting with a matchup against Ohio State on March 28. Bobcats head coach Eric Fekete knows that this conference is not one to be taken lightly.
“The GWLL was the best league in the country last year, with Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Denver all going to the NCAA tournament out of our playoffs,” Fekete said. “ So, I think the goal has always been from there to make it a two game situation [in the GWLL playoffs].”
Dimond also noted how important it was to come out on top in the GWLL this year, with Quinnipiac joining the NEC for men’s lacrosse next year.
“It would be awesome to go out and win the last tournament,” Dimond said. “It would be great just for Quinnipiac and for everybody on our team.”
Categories: Corey Hersch · Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse
Tagged: Eric Fekete, Kevin Kelly, Ted Dimond
We’ll be busy broadcasting games all afternoon today.
The men’s lacrosse team is playing Detroit Mercy at 11 a.m., with Justin Cohen, Corey Hersch and Robin Schuppert broadcasting on our lacrosse sports stream. The women’s lacrosse team will follow at 2 p.m. against Sacred Heart.
At 1 p.m., the baseball team is taking on Holy Cross with Mike Radomski and Tom Butto on the call. The broadcast will begin at 11:50 on our baseball sports stream.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Baseball · Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse · Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
(Worcester, MA) – Chris Gloor pitched a complete game six-hitter and struck out a career-high 13 hitters in Quinnipiac’s 7-3 win at Holy Cross on Saturday.
Gloor fell behind 1-0 in the first after issuing a leadoff walk to Jack Larendeau and an RBI double to John Sills.
The Quinnipiac offense would quickly bring Gloor back into the game with a three-run second inning against Crusader starter Dan Seip. The righthander struck out the side in order in the first inning but struggled in the second.
With two runners on and no outs, catcher Mike Marmo crushed a two-run double to center field as Quinnipiac would control a 2-1 lead. Three batters later, Mickey Amanti brought home another run on an RBI groundout to extend Quinnipiac’s advantage to 3-1.
Gloor continued to shine as he set down 12 consecutive hitters at one point. The lefthander worked his way into trouble in the fifth allowing a leadoff single and walk, but retired the next three hitters to end the inning.
In the sixth, the Crusaders put together a two-out rally and were able to tie up the ballgame. With two runners on and two outs, Matt Perry fit a two-run double to left center field to even the game at 3. Gloor would then walk Billy Cupelo, one of his six walks on the evening, but then struck out Eddie Bleiler to end the inning.
Just like in the second inning, the offensive bats came alive in the seventh inning with a two-run home run from Anes Koummal, his first of the season, to push Quinnipiac ahead 5-3.
Gloor stayed in for the seventh as he retired Brandon McCrea, Jack Larandean and Sills on six pitches. The offense went right back on attack for Quinnipiac with two more runs in the eighth inning including a RBI singles from Joe Poletsky and Amanti.
With a 7-3 lead, coach Dan Gooley stuck with the senior lefthander as he continued hid dominance. Gloor set down the side in the eighth in order including two more strikeouts. The Bobcats starter had eight innings with at least one strikeout and four innings with at least two.
The Crusaders would not go quietly and loaded up the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the tying run at the plate, Gloor induced Sills to ground out to short to end the game.
Gloor never went past five innings this season, going the distance for the complete game victory, his first of the season.
Chris Blanchard was the losing pitcher for Holy Cross. Blanchard entered in relief of Seip who threw 6 1/3 innings, but Blanchard allowed the Bobcats to score four runs in the last three innings.
Quinnipiac has now won their last three games of the season and improve to 3-10. With the loss, the Crusaders snap a three game winning streak and drop to 4-11 overall.
The two teams will meet again on Sunday at the Quinnipiac Bobcats baseball field in Hamden, Conn.
The game can be heard live on the WQAQ Baseball stream beginning at 11:50 with first pitch expected at noon.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Mike Radomski · Quinnipiac Baseball
Tagged: Anes Koummal, Chris Gloor, Dan Gooley, Joe Poletsky, Mickey Amanti, Mike Marmo
By Tyler Chaput
After making ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the Day for the second time in as many seasons, Brian Monack, centerfielder for the Quinnipiac baseball team, was voted in by the WQAQ Sports Department as the WQAQ Athlete of the Week.
Monack tracked down a deep fly in center after completely turning around at one point. As he approached the warning track, Monack laid out and fully extended to catch the ball before landing on the dirt below. Some have said the diving catch looked like something out of Gold Glove centerfielder Jim Edmonds’ repertoire.
The catch landed Monack as the No. 2 play on ESPN SportsCenter’s Plays Of The Week.
He was No. 1 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top-10 Plays of the Day after he jumped over the fence in left-centerfield to rob a homerun at Quinnipiac Field last season.
Categories: Quinnipiac Baseball · Tyler Chaput
Tagged: Brian Monack
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