Spring Sports earn their first win!

Both the Fisher College Baseball team and Softball team recorded their first victories of the 2011 season today. Baseball was able to sneak past the University of Maine-Farmington, 4-3 and 3-2 to improve to 2-18 while Softball beat Southern Vermont College, 6-4.


Baseball 


Game One: Fisher College 4, Maine-Farmington 3

Junior Mike Flynn

Fisher College scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh as they came from behind to beat the University of Maine-Farmington, 4-3 to capture their first win of the 2011 season.

The Falcons (1-18) got on the board first as sophomore Sebastiano Petruzzelli (Saugus, MA) doubled home junior Mike Flynn (South Pasadena, CA). Freshman Davidson Peguero (Boston, MA) followed that with a double of his home that chased Petruzzelli home for an early 2-0 lead.

Maine-Farmington (0-5) was able to scratch two runs off of Fisher starting pitcher Micheal Hashem (North Andover, MA) in the third and took the lead in the seventh with two outs.

Trailing 3-2 in the home half of the seventh, Fisher would mount an incredible come back. Senior Mike Oliveira (Tewksbury, MA) began the frame with a sharp single through the right side. Flynn then followed with a double down the right field line to put runners at second and third. With the infield playing back, junior Gary Lunetta (North Andover, MA) hit a ground out to the second basemen which allowed Oliveira to score and Flynn to move to third. After an intentional walk issued to senior Reynaldo Nunez (Santiago, Dominican Republic), Petruzzelli hit a dribbler just to the left side of the mound. UMF pitcher Ian McAlister fielded the ball cleanly and threw home. Flynn was able to beat the throw with a head first slide to give Fisher the victory.

Oliveira finished the game going 2-for-3 with a run scored while Petruzzelli knocked home two RBIs in his 1-for-3 performance. Freshman Andrew Hurd (Barnstable, MA) recorded his first collegiate victory as he recorded the final out in the seventh.

Hashem finished the game pitching 6.2 innings, allowing 3 runs (all earned) on 6 hits while striking out six and issuing just three walks.

Game Two: Fisher College 3, Maine-Farmington 2

Senior Kevin Micheal

Senior Kevin Micheal (Ipswich, MA) tossed a complete game as Fisher Baseball was able to complete the double-header sweep with a 3-2 win.

Micheal held the Farmington bats in check as UMF was able to record their first hit in the top of the fourth. In total, he allowed the Beavers to score just two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out three and issuing just one walk.

The Falcons (2-18) were able to score single runs in the first, third and fourth while UMF (0-6) scored their runs in fourth and seventh.

Flynn and Peguero recorded RBI's while seven out of the starting nine had base hits.

Fisher Baseball will return to action on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Holbrook, NY to face Briarcliffe College. The double-header will begin at 2pm and the game will have live streaming play-by-play. You can stay up to date with all of your Fisher College Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/fishercollegeathletics) or Twitter (@FisherFalcons).