Northwestern 15, Vermont 6
Magrass (2-for-4) continues torrid debut
SARASOTA, FLA --- The University of Vermont baseball team ended its nine-game trip to Florida with a 15-6 loss to Big 10 Northwestern at Ed Smith Stadium. Northwestern broke the game open early with six runs in the third and seven more in the fourth inning for a 14-1 lead. The Wildcats pounded out 17 of their 20 hits for the game over those first four innings. Trailing 15-1, the Catamounts were able to score four runs in the eighth and one more in the bottom of the ninth to soften the deficit to 15-6. Vermont, 3-8 overall, finished the nine-game trip to Florida 3-6. Frehsman Miguel Magrass continued his hot hitting early in the season for Vermont, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a double and a triple in the game. Bobby Tewksbary and Andrew Folley each had two of Vermont's eight hits for the game. The Catamounts, who returned to Burlington Saturday night, continue their early season roadtrip Wednesday at Quinnipiac as they still have eight road games on tap before their scheduled home opener at Historic Centennial Field on April 6th against Plattsburgh State.

PUBLISHED

03-20-2004
Bruce Bosley