NORTHEASTERN TAKES GAME ONE OVER JMU 10-2

Thursday, May 15

Brookline, Mass.

2:00 PM

James Madison University

32-17, 18-9

Northeastern

25-24-1, 12-15-1

James Madison

Northeastern

5/15/2008 4:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

BROOKLINE, Mass., May 15, 2008 ? Northeastern University broke open a one-run game with five runs in the fourth and went on to top James Madison University 10-2 with an 18-hit attack in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association series on Thursday afternoon at Friedman Baseball Diamond.

NU improved to 25-24-1 overall and 12-15-1 in the CAA. The Huskies won their fourth straight game against the Dukes after sweeping last year's three-game set in Harrisonburg. The Huskies have won five of their last six and eight of their last 10 games overall. JMU fell to 32-17 overall and 18-9 in the CAA by falling for the sixth time in its last eight games.

Northeastern led 1-0 in the third when the Huskies plated five runs on six hits, capped by a three-run home run by senior Mike Lyon (Plainville, Mass./King Philip).

That proved to be enough support for senior starter Kris Dabrowiecki (Toronto, Ont./Ursula Franklin Academy). He improved to 2-4 on the season, picking up his first win since March 21 in his second CAA start of the season against George Mason. Dabrowiecki scattered eight hits over 6 2/3 innings with two runs allowed and seven strikeouts.

Sophomore Sheldon McDonald (Spruce Grove, Alberta/Spruce Grove Compsoite) struck out six of the final eight batters he faced in relief.

Junior Justin Wood (Dayton, Va./Turner Ashby) fell to 3-3 after allowing four runs on seven hits in three innings of work. Sophomore Kyle Hoffman (Reading, Pa./Twin Valley) worked six innings of relief, allowing six runs on 11 hits with five strikeouts.

Junior James Donaldson (Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin) went 4-for-5 with a two-run home run, two doubles, and three runs scored for the Huskies. Sophomore David Gustafson (Houston, Texas/Bellaire) and junior Mike Tamsin (Branford, Conn./Branford) both went 3-for-5 with a run and a pair of RBIs.

Redshirt junior Brett Sellers (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim) went 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI, and a walk. Sophomore