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No. 1 MAINE vs. No. 8 MONMOUTH

Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Mahaney Diamond, Orono

Records: Maine, 41-15; Monmouth, 18-17-1

Series: Maine beat Monmouth 10-2 in 1989 ECAC Tournament

Maine Monmouth

TOP HITTERS Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. CF Mark Sweeney 21 75 .402 LF Artie Schmitt 3 24 .385 DH Glen Stupienski 1 18 .379 CF Anthony Petrocelli 3 26 .363 C Paul Kelliher 5 19 .375 RF Howie Deas 13 31 .339 C Shawn Tobin 3 43 .354 2B Matt Montenero 4 35 .303 3B Shanan Knox 9 34 .337 DH Kevin Mason 0 19 .289 RF Gary Taylor 13 49 .317 1B Mark Domashinski 0 11 .275 SS Brian Seguin 4 34 .307 3B Jeff Barbalinardo 2 19 .270

PITCHING MATCHUPS

12-2 at Mahaney Diamond. The Hawks had two days of final exams and a 6 p.m. bus departure from West Long Branch, N.J., on Tuesday. Monmouth has won four in a row and five of its last six. Maine has hit 68 homers, but Husar has thrown just three gopher balls in 58 1/3 innings. Maine has 85 stolen bases. No. 2 FORDHAM vs. No. 7 C.W. POST

Time, site: Wednesday, 1 p.m.; at Mahaney Diamond, Orono

Records: Fordham, 32-14; C.W. Post, 21-19-1

Series: Fordham has won the last two meetings 12-6 and 12-2

Fordham C.W. Post

Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. LF Mike Butler 0 13 .415 3B James Ruocchio 17 60 .435 2B Santy Gallone 5 47 .389 RF Eric Strovink 14 47 .348 CF Brian Sullivan 2 23 .370 SS Rich Hutter 3 30 .340 1B Pete DeLuca 2 19 .298 3B Matt Brown 0 22 .333 1B Ken Auer 0 20 .279 OF Bill Champi 4 33 .288

PITCHING MATCHUPS

ERA W-L Svs

ERA W-L Svs RH Joe Maniscalco 1.63 7-1 0 RH John Frascatore 5.83 6-3 2 RH Jim McDermott 3.40 6-2 0 RH Jim McVay 3.16 4-2 0

Keys: The Pioneers are going to have to keep leadoff man Gallone (28 stolen bases in 35 attempts), No. 2 hitter Sullivan (48-for-52 in SBs), and No. 3 hitter DeLuca (23-for-25 in SBs) off the basepaths. Opponents have stolen 72 bases in 88 attempts against C.W. Post. Fordham’s primary concerns will be the longball threats of Ruocchio, whose 17 homers are more than the entire Fordham team, and Strovink. Fordham beat C.W. Post 12-2 on Sunday.

No. 6 FAIRFIELD vs. No. 3 NORTHEASTERN

Time, site: Wednesday, 10 a.m.; at Mahaney Diamond, Orono

Records: Fairfield 20-15-2, Northeastern 27-11

Records: Fairfield 20-15-2, Northeastern 27-11

Series: Northeastern leads 7-4

Fairfield Northeastern

TOP HITTERS Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. 3B Luis Garcia 5 26 .422 CF John Buckley 6 37 .396 RF Ed Kiernan 1 31 .378 3B Aaron Foley 3 22 .369 CF Keith McCall 1 12 .354 2B Jim Caeran 2 22 .350 LF Joe Greiner 2 18 .293 1B Pete Charpentier 4 34 .338 SS Fran Maurais 0 13 .283 LF Hank Gibson 4 33 .331 DH Rob Banasiak 4 21 .277 RF Tim Scannell 0 22 .336 C John Lombardi 3 18 .304

PITCHING MATCHUPS

ERA W-L Svs ERA W-L Svs LH Chris Roberge 3.74 4-3 1 LH John Sheehan 3.09 4-3 0

Keys: Neither team enters on a hot streak. NU has lost three of its last four. Fairfield is 3-3 in its last six. Critical matchup could be Fairfield catcher Joe Carillo against an NU team that stole 136 bases. Roberge is going to need his pickoff move and maximum concentration.

No. 5 HOLY CROSS vs. No. 4 LeMOYNE

Time, site: Wednesday, 4 p.m.; at Mahaney Diamond, Orono

Records: Holy Cross 18-13-1, LeMoyne 25-13

Series: First meeting

Holy Cross LeMoyne

TOP HITTERS Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. Pos. Player HR RBI Ave. CF Matt Morgan 3 46 .403 1B Peter Stoyan 5 27 .357 LF Jerome Fuller 2 34 .407 3B Mike Boyzuick 5 27 .350 1B Tom Miller 1 27 .373 RF Chuck Kulle 8 31 .342 2B Mike Neary 1 24 .339 LF Keith Jacques 3 32 .326 RF Mark Roman 1 29 .346 SS David Smith 3 23 .323 DH Gerry Lambert 0 21 .309

PITCHING MATCHUPS

ERA W-L Svs

ERA W-L Svs RH David Leonard 1.71 7-2 0 RH Jon Ratliff 2.12 5-1 1

Keys: Both teams come in hot, HC having won eight of last nine and LeMoyne seven of its last nine. LeMoyne would appear to have big power advantage, having hit 39 HRs to HC’s 12. But The Cross plays its home games on spacious Fitton Field (480 to center). Pitching matchup features two control specialists, neither of whom is overpowering but both feature good breaking stuff.