Category Archives: Baseball

Apr 11 2013

Friday’s UMass baseball game postponed, Saturday now a doubleheader

Taylor C. Snow/Daily Collegian

Taylor C. Snow/Daily Collegian

 

The Massachusetts baseball team’s weekend series against St. Bonaventure set for this weekend will endure a series of schedule changes due to rain in Friday’s weather forecast.

Friday’s game, scheduled to 3 p.m. at Earl Lorden Field, has been moved to Saturday at 1 p.m. for the first leg of a doubleheader header against the Bonnies.

The final contest of the three-game set scheduled for noon remains the same.

The Minutemen are coming off a 11-6 win over Boston College over Boston College in the Beanpot semifinal on Wednesday at Lorden Field.

Mar 30 2013

Pregame thoughts: UMass vs. NJIT (Doubleheader)

Rehan Talat/Collegian File Photo

Rehan Talat/Collegian File Photo

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (2-12, 0-3 Atlantic 10) VS. NJIT HIGHLANDERS (6-13) 

GAME NOTES

  • Starters: Andrew Grant (0-3, 9.00) vs. Mark Leiter Jr. (3-3, 3.38)
  • Because Sunday is Easter, the final two games of the Minutemen’s weekend series with the Highlanders are being played as a double-header today.
  • UMass snapped its 10-game losing streak on Friday with a 10-4 win in the series opener against NJIT. D.J. Jauss threw 6 2/3 innings and allowed three runs (one earned) while striking out seven to pick up the victory for the Minutemen.
Feb 21 2013

Former UMass football quarterback Kellen Pagel joins baseball team

Kellen Pagel throws on the run during a game at Boston College in 2011. Photo by Jeff Bernstein/Collegian File Photo

Kellen Pagel throws on the run during a game at Boston College in 2011. Photo by Jeff Bernstein/Collegian File Photo

Former UMass football quarterback Kellen Pagel, who sat out the entire 2012 football season, is on the 2013 UMass baseball roster.

According to the roster, Pagel will play at outfield as No. 30.

Pagel, a redshirt junior, transferred from Bowling Green to UMass in 2011, when he played in eight games at quarterback, racking up 1,725 passing yards and 9 touchdowns to 9 interceptions.

Pagel was in the running to be the Minutemen’s starting quarterback in their inaugural season in the Football Bowl Subdivision, but he missed the entire year with post-concussion symptoms.

Last month, it was reported that he would likely be done playing football. Head coach Charley Molnar told the Daily Hampshire Gazette that “it doesn’t look like being on the field is the best option for him.”

Pagel, a native of Stongsville, Ohio, played baseball in high school as an infielder at Strongsville High School, according to his MAXpreps profile.

Jan 21 2013

The Week That Was: Jan. 14 – 20

Miss any of the Collegian’s UMass coverage last week? Don’t worry, we have you covered with our ‘The Week That Was’ roundup below:

UMass basketball retires Marcus Camby’s No. 21

  • By Steve Hewitt [Jan. 20]

Late run comes up short for UMass men’s hoops in loss to GW 

  • By Steve Sellner [Jan. 19]

UMass hockey seniors win at Boston College for the first time 

  • By Cam McDonough [Jan. 18]

UMass men’s hoops pulls away late to top Duquesne

  • By Steve Sellner [Jan. 17]

UMass baseball tabbed 10th in Atlantic 10 preseason coaches poll

  • By Daniel Malone [Jan. 17]

UMass slips back into losing ways, falls to Fordham 69-57

  • Kaitlin Boyer [Jan. 17]

UMass basketball guard Jesse Morgan out for the season with torn ACL

  • By Steve Sellner [Jan. 15]
Jan 17 2013

UMass baseball picked to finish 10th in Atlantic 10

Rehan Talat/Collegian

Rehan Talat/Collegian

The Massachusetts baseball team was slotted to finish 10th out of 15 teams in the 2013 Atlantic 10 preseason coaches poll released via the conference’s official website on Thursday. UMass, which finished the 2012 season fifth in the A-10 with a 14-10 conference record and a 22-22 record overall, garnered a total of 89 points in the poll and did not receive a first-place vote.

Here’s how the voting breaks down (first-place votes):

  1. Saint Louis – 210 (10)
  2. Rhode Island - 197 (2)
  3. VCU - 193 (3)
  4. Charlotte - 168
  5. Dayton - 149
  6. Richmond -147
  7. Xavier - 146
  8. Saint Joseph’s - 120
  9. Fordham - 109
  10. Massachusetts - 89
  11. St. Bonaventure - 74
  12. La Salle - 67
  13. Temple - 56
  14. Butler - 42
  15. George Washington - 33

The Minutemen are set to open their 2013 season against Notre Dame on March 1 in Cary, N.C. at 3 p.m. as part of the Irish Baseball Classic.