2001 NCAA Division III Championship
Team Statistics
Cortland State Univ.
Chapman University
Illinois Wesleyan
Marietta College
Montclair State
Salisbury State U.
U of Southern Maine
Univ. of St. Thomas
Game Results
Univ. of St. Thomas 8, Marietta College 4
(May 29, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Marietta College.... 100 110 100 - 4 6 0 (48-9-1)
Univ. of St. Thomas. 130 003 10X - 8 14 2 (39-10)
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WP-Whinnery(6-4) LP-Sharp(3-1) T-2:25 A-771
HR UST - Bonine (6)
Game 15...National Championship Game...UST wins first national championship
after finishing as runner-up previous two years...UST's Brad Bonine voted
Most Outstanding Player of finals...MC, appearing in the championship game
for eighth time, finishes second for fifth time.
Marietta College 3, Montclair State 2
(May 29, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Montclair State..... 100 100 000 - 2 8 2 (38-11)
Marietta College.... 000 001 20X - 3 7 1 (48-8-1)
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WP-Buirley(10-2) LP-Costello(6-1) T-2:17 A-743
Game 14...Third-place game...Defending champion Montclair State eliminated
...Marietta advances to first national championship game since 1986...
Todd Timmer's 2-out single in seventh inning scores Derek Pauley to cap
2-run seventh inning.
Marietta College 8, Univ. of St. Thomas 6
(May 28, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Marietta College.... 000 033 110 - 8 13 0 (47-8-1)
Univ. of St. Thomas. 001 000 014 - 6 12 1 (38-10)
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WP-DeSalvo(17-1) LP-Mike Ramthun(4-1) T- A-1064
Game 13...With his second strikeout in the first inning, DeSalvo became the
first pitcher in NCAA III history to record 200 strikeouts in a season...MC
to play Montclair State at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the winner to play UST for
national title...three lightning delay equaling 30 minutes.
Montclair State 1, Salisbury State U. 0
(May 28, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Salisbury State U... 000 000 000 - 0 7 2 (33-13)
Montclair State..... 000 000 10X - 1 3 0 (38-10)
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WP-Gogal(7-1) LP-Roath(1-2) T-2:04 A-841
Game 12...Elimination game...SSU eliminated from its first appearance in
the Div III championship finals...A misplayed foul pop up prolonged an at-
bat that led to a walk which resulted in the game's only run in the eighth
inning an a high chopper off the third basemen's glove.
Univ. of St. Thomas 8, Montclair State 5
(May 27, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Montclair State..... 220 100 000 - 5 9 1 (37-10)
Univ. of St. Thomas. 221 030 00X - 8 10 2 (38-9)
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WP-Lindstrom(7-1) Save-Whinnery(3) LP-Pine(2-2) T-3:13 A-929
Game 11...UST advances to championship title game regardless of tomorrow's
outcome vs. Marietta, making the Tommies the first team to reach the
title game in three straight years since Marietta did it four times from
1983-86.
Salisbury State U. 6, Cortland State Univ. 4
(May 27, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Salisbury State U... 101 003 100 - 6 14 3 (33-12)
Cortland State Univ. 301 000 000 - 4 13 4 (34-11)
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WP-Kriger(3-1) LP-Johnson(4-4) T-2:44 A-839
Game 10...Elmination game...CS eliminated from its sixth championship
finals, with SSU advancing to play Montclair State Monday...CS's Chiavaro
had a string of eight straight hits snapped in the 6th...four errors led to
four unearned runs, including two unearned runs in pivotal sixth inning.
Marietta College 3, U of Southern Maine 2
(May 27, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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U of Southern Maine. 000 000 200 - 2 7 1 (37-14)
Marietta College.... 000 200 01X - 3 12 1 (46-8-1)
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WP-Lamb(7-1) LP-Carlson(3-3) T-2:25 A-775
Game 9...Elimination game...USM eliminated from its sixth championship
finals appearance...throwing error on pick-off attempt in eighth led to the
winning run...Lamb pitched out of a bases loaded, no-out jam in the fourth
inning...MC has allowed only four runs in three games in the finals.
Univ. of St. Thomas 17, Cortland State Univ. 5
(May 26, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Cortland State Univ. 010 200 002 - 5 14 3 (34-10)
Univ. of St. Thomas. 115 330 31X - 17 20 0 (37-9)
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WP-Huckins(3-0) LP-Benante(7-1) T-3:22 A-1176
HR UST - Bonine (11)
Game 8...UST runs record to 22-0 when scoring 10 runs or more this season
...four CS walks and a hit batter led to five runs in the third inning...
NOTE: UST Williams awarded second in 5th on Wanamaker's foul popout in
dugout.
Montclair State 2, Marietta College 1
(May 26, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Marietta College.... 010 000 000 0 - 1 5 0 (45-8-1)
Montclair State..... 000 010 000 1 - 2 9 1 (37-9)
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WP-Hamman(11-5) LP-Buirley(9-2) T-2:27 A-996
HR MSU - Clark (3)
Game 7...Conway delivers single with one out in bottom of 10th inning to
drive in the winning run...the hit set a single-season hits mark for
MSU...MSU's Hamman retired 17 of the last 19 MC batters...MSU wins for the
23rd time in the last 24 games...MSU is defending NCAA III Champion.
U of Southern Maine 12, Illinois Wesleyan 2
(May 26, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Illinois Wesleyan... 000 000 002 - 2 7 5 (37-15-1)
U of Southern Maine. 113 015 10X - 12 15 0 (37-13)
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WP-Russell(7-1) LP-Schilsky(8-3) T-2:24 A-896
HR USM - Toomey (6), Curcuru (7)
Game 6...Elimination game...IWU is eliminated from its first championship
appearance...five IWU errors led to 6 unearned runs...Pat Toomey's HR in
6th set a SMU record for hits in a career with 254.
Salisbury State U. 2, Chapman University 0
(May 26, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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Chapman University.. 000 000 000 - 0 2 3 (37-11)
Salisbury State U... 001 001 00X - 2 7 0 (32-12)
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WP-Swiderski(8-3) LP-Tisdale(11-1) T-2:08 A-701
HR SSU - Davis (3)
Game 5...Elimination game...CU eliminated from its third appearance in the
finals...SSU gets first finals victory...SSU's Swideerski
tosses two-hitter and allows no runner beyond second base...Chapman scored
one run in two Series games...SSU's has 1-1 record in finals with two runs.
Cortland State Univ. 10, U of Southern Maine 5
(May 25, 2001 at Grand Chute, Wis.)
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U of Southern Maine. 000 103 100 - 5 8 2 (36-13)
Cortland State Univ. 001 100 35X - 10 10 1 (34-9)
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WP-Howell(11-1) LP-Carlson(3-2) T-2:57 A-853
HR USM - Delorme (10)
Game 4...Cortland broke a 5-5 tie with five runs in the eighth, highlighted
by Haggerty's two-run triple...This marked the 17th time this season
Cortland has scored ten or more runs in a game and all of those games
have been victories.
Univ. of St. Thomas 7, Illinois Wesleyan 0
(May 25, 2001 at Fox Cities Stadium)
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Univ. of St. Thomas. 000 501 001 - 7 16 0 (36-9)
Illinois Wesleyan... 000 000 000 - 0 4 2 (37-14-1)
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WP-Whinnery(5-4) LP-Palmer(8-4) T-2:08 A-781
HR UST - Carroll (7)
Game 3...St. Thomas breaks open a close game with five runs in the fourth
inning...Wolverton's three-run double highlights four hits in the frame...
IWU, playing in its first game in the finals, loses for only the third time
in its last 26 games...UST is the two-time defending national runner-up.
Marietta College 1, Salisbury State U. 0
(May 25, 2001 at Fox Cities Stadium)
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Salisbury State U... 000 000 000 - 0 4 0 (31-12)
Marietta College.... 000 000 01X - 1 5 1 (45-7-1)
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WP-DeSalvo(16-1) LP-Harman(6-3) T-1:53 A-607
Game 2...MC's DeSalvo sets NCAA Div. III Championship single-game record
with 19 strikeouts, breaking old mark of 18 set twice...DeSalvo had 12
swinging strikeouts and 7 caught looking...Timmer's two-out single drove in
winning run for MC in 8th inning...MC's 27th straight win.
Montclair State 5, Chapman University 1
(May 25, 2001 at Fox Cities Stadium)
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Montclair State..... 001 001 102 - 5 14 1 (36-9)
Chapman University.. 000 000 010 - 1 8 1 (37-10)
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WP-Costello(6-0) LP-Carey(9-2) T-2:55 A-494
Game 1...MSU's 14 hits marks 10th game in a row, and 34th time this year
with 10-plus hits...MSU's Conway's 6th 4-hit game of year...MSU's
Costello's 3rd complete game of year...CU starter Carey entered game with
just 8 walks on year, had 4 in this game...MSU is defending national champ.
NCAA D-III Summary