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TheSienabaseballsquadis FollowingadoubleheadersplitagainstCornell
knownforstartingitsseason onApril21,theSaintsfinishedtheseason
downsouthwithsomeofthe strong,going6-6overtheirlast12games.
stiffestcompetitionthecountry Theseasonculminatedinathree-gameroutof
hastooffer.Thisearlyseason Iona.Intheseries,SienaoutscoredtheGaels
scheduleusuallyhastheSaints 38-4,withthelasttwogameshopingtoserve
returningnorth,lookingtodig asapreviewforwhatthe2010seasonmay
themselvesoutofatoughnon- havetooffer.InthesecondgameoftheMay9
conferencerecordaswellas doubleheader,returningstarterKyleSumple
gainingaddedexperiencetotake threwacompletegamegem,surrendering
onitstraditionalMAACrivals. justonerun.ThegamealsofeaturedPaolini
continuinghismagicalseasonbybreakingthe
TheSaintsbegan2009onhigh single-seasonhitrecordwithanRBIsinglein
note,butcouldn’tkeepthe sixthinning.Thefinalgameoftheyearsaw
momentumgoing.Afteraseason- theSaintscarriedbyreturningplayersyet
openingwinagainstArkansas again.Then-sophomoreZachHartmanpitched
State,Sienalost15oftheirnext sixinningsofone-runballandgotmorethan
16beforebeginningtheirconfer- enoughsupportattheplatefromhisclassmates.
enceschedule.Brightspotsin ReturneesPaolini,AnthonyGiansanti,Kevin
theearlyseasonnon-conference Quaranto,andGaryDerHagopian,wholookto
werefewandfarbetween.The anchorfourofthetopfivespotsinthe2010
Saintsdid,however,makean lineup,combinedfor13hitsandthreehome
excellentshowingatBigEast runsinthe18-1rout.
powerWestVirginia,splittingaMarch14doubleheader.After
losingthefirstgame7-6,then-freshmanDanPaolinihadhis ThelastweekendwasbyfarthebestballtheSaintshadplayed
comingoutparty,goingaperfect5-for-5withapairofgopher allyearandhopefullycanserveasaplatformforwhichthe
ballsasSienaexplodedfor18hitsandninerunsonrouteto 2010SaintscanraiseanotherMAACChampionshipbanner.
the9-6victory.
SienaopeneditsMAACschedulewithaMarch21
doubleheaderatFairfield.Theweekendseries
sawFairfieldsweepingtheSaintsandoutscoring
them25to13inthethree-gameseries.Siena
bouncedbacktwodayslaterwithanotheroffen-
siveexplosion,posting10runsand13hitsina
10-4routatHofstra.
Overthefollowingtwoweeks,theSaintsbegan
theirclimbbackintocontention.Afterwinning
back-to-backseriesagainstMAACfoesSaint
Peter’sandNiagara,Sienalookedasthoughthey
werehittingtheirstride.TheSaintsputtogether
thisfour-gamewinstreak,thelongestoftheseason,
indramaticfashion.AfteroutscoringSaintPeter’s
37-16inaweekendseriesinJerseyCity,Siena
sweptaday-nightdoubleheaderfromNiagara
whichincludeda14-inningmarathonthatthe
Saintswon3-2.AfterraisingtheirMAACrecordto
5-6onApril11,Sienawouldnotcomeanycloser
totheelusive.500mark.
TheSaintswouldgoontoloseseveninarow
overthenextninedays.Thoughtheyaveraged
fiverunsashowing,thedefensecoulddonothing
tohelp,givingupsixstraight10-rungames.
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