USM Gets Wisc-Whitewater In CWS Opener

The USM Huskies have punched their ticket to the Division-3 College World Series for the second straight year. Coach Ed Flaherty and his Huskies head to Appleton, Wisconsin for the 8-team, double-elimination championship.

USM (35-13) will take on the (40-7) UWisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks Friday night at 8:45pm Friday night. It will be the fourth game on opening day of the CWS.

The tournament is played at Fox Cities Stadium. It is home for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers team, the Class A minor league team of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Linfield, Emory, Cortland State, Baldwin Wallace U., St. Thomas(Minn), Salisbury are the other teams in the 2014 CWS.

Check out the 2014 New England Regional All-Tournament Team...

Most Outstanding Player

Logan Carman - SP (Sr., Newfields, N.H) – University of Southern Maine (2-0, 2.87 ERA, 11H, 5 ER, 15.2 IP, 8 K, 5 BB)

All-Tournament Team

Forest Chadwick – DH (Sr., Gardiner, Maine) – University of Southern Maine (.667, 6-9, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 1 R, 1.000 SLG)

Sam Dexter – SS (So., Oakland, Maine) – University of Southern Maine (.522, 12-23, 1 2B, 6 R, 4 RBI) (Led regional in hits and runs)

Andrew Richards – RP (Jr., S. Portland, Maine) – University of Southern Maine (1-0, 1 SV, 1.17 ERA, 8H, 1 ER, 7.2 IP, 4K, 0 BB)

Matt Verrier – C (Sr., Norway, Maine) – University of Southern Maine (.333, 7-21, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R)

Tad Gold – OF (Sr., Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.) – Endicott College (.400, 11-24, 5 RBI, 4 R, 4-4 SB)

Cody Hall – SS (Fr., Rutland, Mass.) – Endicott College (.458, 11-24, 5 RBI, 4 R) (1.000 Fielding Percentage – 40 Chances – 10 Putouts – 30 Assists)

Davarn Nova – RP (So., Wareham, Mass.) – Endicott College (1-0, 2 SV, 0.96 ERA, 7H, 1 ER, 9.1 IP, 8 K, 3 BB)

Alex Lorenc – OF (Sr., Nanuet, N.Y.) – St. Joseph’s College of Maine (.438, 7-16, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R)

Kyle Slinger – SP (Jr., Danville, Calif.) – Tufts University (1-0, 1.00 ERA, 1 ER, 3H, 9 K)

Parker Tew – SS (Jr. Chapel Hill, N.C.) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (.316, 6-19, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R)