NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
Elimination Game
University of St. Thomas (Minn.) 3, Carthage College (Wis.) 1
Monday, May 25, 2009
Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium • Grand Chute, Wis.


Box Score

                         NCAA Division III Championship
                    Univ. of St. Thomas vs Carthage College
               5/25/09 at Grand Chute, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium)

Univ. of St. Thomas 3 (39-13)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Matt McQuillan cf........  3  0  1  1   1  0  6  0   0
Tim Kahle ss.............  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  1   1
Matt Olson rf............  3  2  2  0   1  0  1  0   0
Brian Schmitz lf.........  2  0  1  1   1  0  3  0   0
Drew Cremisino dh........  4  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   2
 Kirk Baglien pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Roy Larson 1b............  3  0  0  0   1  0 11  0   2
Dan Leslie 3b............  4  1  0  0   0  0  0  4   1
Louie Salmen 2b..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Ben Wartman c............  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   0
John Licht p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 28  3  5  3   5  1 27 11   6

Carthage College 1 (38-9)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Whately rf........  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Tyler Eickmeyer 2b.......  4  0  0  0   0  0  5  2   0
John Lequia 1b...........  4  1  3  0   0  1  9  3   0
Mike Hughes c............  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  1   1
Drew Roberts dh..........  4  0  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
Will Hodges cf...........  4  0  0  0   0  0  6  0   3
Josh Albers 3b...........  3  0  2  0   1  0  2  3   0
Chris Shannon lf.........  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Mark Sobol ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Joe Ferro ss.............  2  0  0  0   0  2  2  3   0
 Chris D'Angelo ph/ss....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Andy Pucher p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Bryan Kieffer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 33  1  7  1   1  6 27 18   7

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Univ. of St. Thomas. 000 101 100 -  3  5  0
Carthage College.... 000 001 000 -  1  7  3
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E - Mike Hughes; Josh Albers; C D'Angelo. DP - CC 2. LOB - UST 6; CC 7. 2B -
D Roberts(12). 3B - M. Olson(6). HBP - Wartman. SH - Schmitz; Salmen; C
Shannon. CS - McQuillan; Kahle.

Univ. of St. Thomas    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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John Licht..........  9.0  7  1  1  1  6 33 35

Carthage College       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Andy Pucher.........  6.1  4  3  1  4  0 19 26
Bryan Kieffer.......  2.2  1  0  0  1  1  9 10

Win - Licht (6-2).  Loss - Andy Pucher (2-3).  Save - None.
HBP - by Andy Pucher (Wartman). PB - Mike Hughes.
Umpires - HP: Mike Webster  1B: Jim Muhleck  2B: Dan Salce  3B: Kevin Wirth
Start: 12:02 pm   Time: 2:08   Attendance: 1498
Game notes:
CC eliminated from seventh finals appearance...UST got run-scoring singles
from Cremisino in fourth, Schmitz in sixth and McQuillan in seventh...UST's
Licht threw second complete game of season...CC's Eickmeyer had 24-game
hitting streak snapped...First-ever meeting between the two teams.
Game: 12


Play-by-Play

                         NCAA Division III Championship
             Univ. of St. Thomas vs Carthage College - Play-by-Play
               5/25/09 at Grand Chute, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Univ. of St. Thomas. 000 101 100 -  3  5  0
Carthage College.... 000 001 000 -  1  7  3
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Univ. of St. Thomas starters: 8/cf McQuillan; 4/ss Kahle; 14/rf M. Olson; 9/lf
Schmitz; 28/dh Cremisino; 23/1b Larson; 20/3b Leslie; 5/2b Salmen; 12/c
Wartman; 7/p Licht;
Carthage College starters: 21/rf T Whately; 9/2b T Eickmeyer; 34/1b John
Lequia; 10/c Mike Hughes; 12/dh D Roberts; 26/cf Will Hodges; 16/3b Josh
Albers; 27/lf C Shannon; 3/ss Joe Ferro; 29/p Andy Pucher;

Univ. of St. Thomas 1st - McQuillan grounded out to p. Kahle walked. M.
Olson flied out to cf. Kahle advanced to second on a passed ball. Schmitz
walked. Cremisino popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Carthage College 1st - T Whately grounded out to 3b. T Eickmeyer flied
out to lf. John Lequia struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 2nd - Larson flied out to cf. Leslie flied out to
cf. Salmen grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Carthage College 2nd - Mike Hughes struck out swinging. D Roberts flied
out to lf. Will Hodges grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 3rd - Wartman hit by pitch. McQuillan popped up to
3b, bunt. Kahle reached on a fielder's choice; Wartman out at second ss to 2b.
Kahle out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Carthage College 3rd - Josh Albers singled through the left side. C
Shannon struck out swinging. Joe Ferro struck out swinging. T Whately flied out
to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 4th - M. Olson singled to catcher, advanced to
second on a throwing error by c. Schmitz grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; M.
Olson advanced to third. Cremisino singled up the middle, RBI; M. Olson scored,
unearned. Larson walked; Cremisino advanced to second. Leslie grounded into
double play 3b to 1b; Larson advanced to second; Cremisino out on the play.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Carthage College 4th - T Eickmeyer grounded out to 2b. John Lequia
singled to third base, bunt. Mike Hughes flied out to rf. D Roberts singled
through the left side; John Lequia advanced to second. Will Hodges flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 5th - Salmen flied out to cf. Wartman flied out to
cf. McQuillan walked. McQuillan out at second p to 2b to 1b to ss, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Carthage College 5th - Josh Albers singled to shortstop. C Shannon
grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Josh Albers advanced to second. Joe Ferro struck
out swinging. T Whately grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 6th - Kahle flied out to cf. M. Olson tripled to
left center. Schmitz singled up the middle, RBI; M. Olson scored. Cremisino
fouled out to c. Larson reached on a fielder's choice; Schmitz out at second ss
to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Carthage College 6th - T Eickmeyer flied out to cf. John Lequia singled
through the right side. Mike Hughes struck out swinging. D Roberts doubled to
left center, RBI; John Lequia scored. Will Hodges grounded out to 2b. 1 run,
2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 7th - Leslie reached on a fielding error by 3b.
Salmen out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Leslie advanced to second. B Kieffer
to p for Andy Pucher. Wartman struck out swinging. McQuillan singled through
the right side, RBI; Leslie scored, unearned. Kahle out at first 1b to p. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Carthage College 7th - Josh Albers flied out to cf. C Shannon grounded
out to 2b. C D'Angelo pinch hit for Joe Ferro. C D'Angelo grounded out to 3b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 8th - C D'Angelo to ss. M. Olson walked. Schmitz
grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; M. Olson out on the play. Cremisino
reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second. Baglien pinch ran for
Cremisino. Larson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Carthage College 8th - T Whately flied out to cf. T Eickmeyer grounded
out to 2b. John Lequia singled through the right side. Mike Hughes grounded out
to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Univ. of St. Thomas 9th - Leslie grounded out to ss. Salmen grounded out
to 3b. Wartman grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Carthage College 9th - D Roberts grounded out to 3b. Will Hodges flied
out to cf. Josh Albers walked. Mark Sobol pinch hit for C Shannon. Mark Sobol
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.