SANFORD, Fla. - The Brandeis University baseball team dropped
the 2010 University Athletic Association opener today, 7-1, against
Emory University at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium.
Emory (8-6, 1-0 UAA) opened the scoring in the top of the first
with an unearned run against Brandeis senior Drew
Brzozowski (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) when senior
RF Dan Molnar (Long Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) drew a
bases-loaded walk with two out.
Brandeis (1-4, 0-1 UAA) answered with an unearned run in the
bottom of the frame. Sophomore SS Sean O'Hare
(Southampton, Mass./Hampshire Regional) led off with a single to
centerfield and stole second. After a walk and an error loaded the
bases, senior DH Drake Livada (Cape Elizabeth,
Maine/Cape Elizabeth) knotted the score with a grounder to second,
but the Judges could not push across another run against Emory
senior Matthew Katten (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK).
Unfortunately for the Judges, Katten settled down after the
first, allowing just two base-runners between the second and sixth
innings. Meanwhile, the Eagles got a pair of two-run home runs from
junior DH Patrick Riebsame (Melbourne, Fla./Melbourne Central
Catholic), one in the third off Brzozowski and one in the seventh
off senior Nick Pollack (Brooklyn, N.Y./Berkley
Carroll School). The latter gave EU a 6-1 lead.
Brandeis threatened in the bottom of the seventh on a walk by
senior 2B John O'Brion (Portland, Maine/Portland)
and a single by rookie CF Nick Cortese (Guaynabo,
P.R./Baldwin School of Puerto Rico), but couldn't push anything
home. The Judges also put two runners on with one out in the
eighth, but an Emory double play ended the threat. The Eagles
tacked on an additional run in the ninth for the 7-1 final
Cortese was the offensive star for Brandeis, going 2-for-3 with
a double. Brzozowski suffered the loss, giving up five hits and
four runs (three earned) in six innings of work. He struck out four
and walked two, falling to 0-3 on the season.
In addition to Riebsame, who finished 2-for-4 with four RBI and
two runs scored thanks to his two home runs, Molnar went 3-for-4
with two RBI, a double and run scored. Sophomore 2B Kevin O'Connor
(Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek) and junior 3B Andy Cohn (Marietta,
GA/Alan C. Pope) each had two hits and two runs scored. Katten went
eight innings, allowing five hits and just the one unearned run to
improve to 2-1 on the season. He struck out five and walked two.
The Judges play two UAA games tomorrow, taking on Washington
University at 10 a.m. and Case Western Reserve University at 2:30
p.m.
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