Seahawks and Bears meet in winners' bracket

Baseball 5/9/2025 9:26:00 PM Ed Habershaw '03M

Preview | #1 Salve Regina v. #2 Coast Guard

NEWMAC Baseball Championships

NEWMAC Championships Double-Elimination Phase
Salve Regina vs. Coast Guard
Saturday, May 10 | 12:00 p.m.
Reynolds Field | Newport, R.I.

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SERIES HISTORY

The Seahawks lead 17-11 in the all-time series.
Salve Regina had a three-game win streak in the series halted by Coast Guard's 3-1 victory in game one of last year's doubleheader at New London, Connecticut.
The Seahawks have won three of the last four meetings including a 4-3 final in an elimination game a year ago.
Salve Regina and Coast Guard split their two regular season doubleheaders since the Seahawks joined the NEWMAC.
These two schools were members together in the Commonwealth Coast Conference in the 1980s.

POSTSEASON HISTORY

Saturday's game will be the second time the Seahawks and Bears meet in the NEWMAC baseball playoffs.

LAST MEETINGS

#11/#12 Salve Regina University baseball scored 11 runs in the second-inning of its second game with the United States Coast Guard Academy to salvage a split of the NEWMAC doubleheader on Reynolds Field in Newport, Rhode Island.
Salve Regina won, 12-2, in seven innings (Mercy Rule with 10-run advantage) after Coast Guard claimed a 10-5 victory in the opener.
The Seahawks brought a season-high 15 batters to the plate during the outburst which benefited from five base hits, five bases on balls, and a couple of fielding miscues.
Starter Kyle Carozza (W, 4-0) enjoyed the run support and cruised through five innings of work allowing just two hits while striking out three batters.
Matt Stokes, Nate Ruehs, and Brandon Grover all reached twice and scored both times in the second inning. In the opener,
Hunter Yaworski led off the second with a double before advancing to third on a passed ball and scored the tying run on a throwing error.
The Seahawks took a lead (2-1) in the third when Shane Williams led off with a double and moved two bases on consecutive fly balls by Evan O'Rourke and Christian Homa.
The Bears re-tied the score in the fifth and then jumped ahead in the sixth with a Jack Steel single that scored Rick Barkley.
Bears' starter Vito Giordano (W, 4-0) went six innings for the victory.
Salve Regina (14-6, 3-2 NEWMAC) gave Coast Guard (13-8, 3-1 NEWMAC) its first league defeat..

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS

Salve Regina (30-7, 13-3 NEWMAC) earned the top seed and is led offensively by Grady Schopps and Wil McCarthy, who are batting .417 and .438, respectively.
On the mound, Brayden Clark tops the NEWMAC with nine wins and is second with a 2.00 ERA.
The Seahawks have the NEWMAC's lowest ERA at 2.67, most strikeouts at 372 (in 317.1 innings) and share the second-most saves with Wheaton (10).
Evan O'Rourke leads the Seahawks in runs (41), hits (50), and RBI (39).
O'Rourke (17) and Christian Homa (16) are the top two Seahawks in extra-base hits; Homa has a dozen doubles, two triples, and two home runs.
Shane Williams leads the Seahawks with 12 stolen bases.
Less than a year removed from shattering the program's single-season saves mark (11), Kyle Carozza has made 12 starts in 2025 with a 6-0 record and 2.83 ERA.
Andrew Wertz leads the team in appearances (18) and has posted seven saves with an ERA under 1.00 (0.43) and 30 strikeouts in 21 innings.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Rick Barkley is one RBI away from the career record (97) and one home run away from Coast Guard single season record (10).
The 10 game winning streak the Bears are on currently is the longest in school history.
26 wins is already the most wins Coast Guard has ever had.
Carson Cho leads the conference in hits, doubles, and batting average.
Karl Godshalk leads the conference and is 15th in the nation in hit by pitch (22).
Jackson Dorsey is first in conference and 11th in the nation in ERA (1.55).

STREAKING INTO THE POSTSEASON

The Seahawks have won 15 consecutive games since falling, 9-7, to Clark University at home on Tuesday, April 8.
The Bears have won a program-record 10 straight since losing the first of two against MIT at home on April 19 (10-3).

NUMBERS TO KNOW

2-for-2. Salve Regina has two complete seasons in the NEWMAC and has finished first in the regular season both times.
2-to-15. Salve Regina has spent the entire season ranked in the Top 15 on D3baseball.com; currently ranked at No. 10 during Week 10.
The Seahawks were ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation (Pre-season through Week 2).

ON DECK

And then there were four. Babson and Clark were eliminated on Wednesday after falling in the single-elimination phase to leave just four teams in the double-elimination rounds -- No. 1 Salve Regina, No. 2 Coast Guard, No. 3 MIT, No. 5 Wheaton.
The winner of today's game advances to Sunday's championship round.
The loser in the Salve Regina - Coast Guard matchup returns to Reynolds on Saturday afternoon for an elimination game with the winner of today's MIT-Wheaton game played at Brown University.

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Players Mentioned

#43 Kyle Carozza: P; 6' 3"; Junior

#45 Brayden Clark: P; 5' 11"; Graduate Student

#8 Brandon Grover: OF; 6' 2"; Graduate Student

#13 Christian Homa: INF; 5' 11"; Senior

#3 Evan O'Rourke: OF; 5' 11"; Junior

#21 Nate Ruehs: INF; 6' 1"; Junior

#14 Matt Stokes: INF; 6' 0"; Junior

#18 Andrew Wertz: P; 6' 3"; Senior

#2 Shane Williams: OF; 6' 0"; Junior

#17 Hunter Yaworski: OF; 6' 0"; Graduate Student

#40 Wil McCarthy: 3B; 6' 1"; Graduate Student

#9 Grady Schopps: INF; 6' 1"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#43 Kyle Carozza
: 6' 3"; Junior
: P

#45 Brayden Clark
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student
: P

#8 Brandon Grover
: 6' 2"; Graduate Student
: OF

#13 Christian Homa
: 5' 11"; Senior
: INF

#3 Evan O'Rourke
: 5' 11"; Junior
: OF

#21 Nate Ruehs
: 6' 1"; Junior
: INF

#14 Matt Stokes
: 6' 0"; Junior
: INF

#18 Andrew Wertz
: 6' 3"; Senior
: P

#2 Shane Williams
: 6' 0"; Junior
: OF

#17 Hunter Yaworski
: 6' 0"; Graduate Student
: OF

#40 Wil McCarthy
: 6' 1"; Graduate Student
: 3B

#9 Grady Schopps
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: INF