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Brandeis baseball celebrates their game and series win over NYU. Brandeis baseball celebrates their game and series win over NYU.
Brandeis baseball celebrates their game and series win over NYU.
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Dylan Walsh makes a great leaping catch to end the game against NYU Dylan Walsh makes a great leaping catch to end the game against NYU
Dylan Walsh makes a great leaping catch to end the game against NYU
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Brady Lane celebrates after an inning-ending strikeout. Brady Lane celebrates after an inning-ending strikeout.
Brady Lane celebrates after an inning-ending strikeout.
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Ben Kuja delivers a hit during a Brandeis baseball game Ben Kuja delivers a hit during a Brandeis baseball game
Ben Kuja delivers a hit during a Brandeis baseball game
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Connor Crowley makes a catch in centerfield Connor Crowley makes a catch in centerfield
Connor Crowley makes a catch in centerfield
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New York U. NYU 9-14
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Winner Brandeis BRANDEIS 15-11
New York U. NYU
9-14
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Final
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Brandeis BRANDEIS
15-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York U. NYU 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 9 14 2
Brandeis BRANDEIS 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 X 10 13 2

W: Lane, Brady (2-0) L: Dhruv Vengurlekar (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Adam Levin '94

Baseball rallies for 10-9 win over NYU, securing UAA series win

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University baseball team erased two different two-run deficits today and held off visiting New York University, 10-9, to earn the Judges' first University Athletic Association series win of the season.

TEAM RECORDS
  • Brandeis: 15-11, 7-5 UAA.
  • NYU: 9-14, 3-9 UAA.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Quality pitching was hard to come by today, as runs were scored in all but one inning today.
  • The Judges got off to a fast start against NYU's Cooper Paul, as sophomore 1B Danny Tambascia (Newton, Mass./Newton North) tripled home junior 2B Matt Chafin (Canton, Mass./Canton) in the top of the first. Tambascia scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore DH Keith Lee (Milford, Mass./Milford) to give the Judges a 2-0 lead.
  • NYU bounced back in the top of the second, scoring four times against Judge sophomore John Milewski (Framingham, Mass./Framingham). The Violets took advantage of a dropped pop-up that extended the inning, following with a sacrifice fly by Harrison Blueweiss and a two-run triple by Kosta Mocklis. Mocklis scored on a Max Oliveira single, giving NYU a 4-2 lead.
  • After a scoreless third, Brandeis crept closer in the fourth, with an RBI single by junior LF Henry Aronwald (Rye Brook, N.Y./Trinity Pawling).
  • NYU got the run back in the top of the fifth on another Blueweiss RBI with two outs, but the Judges threw out a runner trying to score after the initial throw to the plate went awry.
  • Brandeis went back ahead with three runs in the bottom of the frame, getting a double steal of home from sophomore RF Bobby Quill (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), and RBI single from Tambascia and an Aronwald sac fly.
  • Mocklis tied things at 6-6 in the top of the sixth with a home run to left center of Brandeis's first reliever, junior Dimitri Skourides (Arlington, Mass. / Winchendon School). Oliveira singled, bringing in Brandeis sophomore Brady Lane (Hingham, Mass./BC High) from the pen.
  • NYU followed with a single to short and a grounder to first, putting two runners in scoring position. Mason Clark bounced one through the left side, giving the Violets an 8-6 lead. After Lane was hit by a line drive for another NYU hit, he got a called third strike and a pop to first to end the threat.
  • Brandeis got a huge two-out RBI from Aronwald in the seventh, plating Lee, who had reached second on a fielder's choice rundown, that cut the lead to 8-7.
  • After a 1-2-3 eighth from Lane, the Judges went back on top in the bottom of the frame against NYU reliever Dhruv Vengurlekar. With one out, Quill drew a walk and sophomore 3B Ben Kuja (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) singled to left center.
  • Chafin followed by drilling a ball to center, plating Quill with the tying run. After a walk to Tambascia loaded the bases, Vengurlekar got a strikeout for the second out of the inning. Aronwald came up big again, however, singling to left field for the go-ahead and insurance runs. The Violets got a fly out to left to end the inning.
  • The top of the ninth was not without drama. After Lane got the first out of the inning. He issued a walk and hit a batter. After a called third strike for the second out, Lane hit another batter, then issued a bases-loaded walk to force in NYU's ninth run of the game. With the bases loaded, Lane got the visitors' Jack Kelman to pop to short right field, where junior Dylan Walsh (Arlington, Mass. / Arlington) inserted for defensive purposes, made a great overhead catch to end the game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Brandeis was paced offensively by Aronwald, who went 3-4 with a sacrifice fly and a career-high five RBI.
  • Chafin also had three hits, including a double, scoring two runs and driving in one.
  • Tambascia was 2-4 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a triple.
  • In all, five different Brandeis players had two runs scored.
  • Lane worked a career-high four innings pitched to earn his second win of the season, improving to 2-0.
  • NYU's nine runs came from eight different players, with Mocklis leading the way, going 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.
  • Vengurlekar took the loss, falling to 0-1.
  • The UAA series win was Brandeis's first of the season and first since 2022. The Judges last took three from NYU in 2016, the year before the UAA started playing its conference series on campus .
  • The win, coupled with Washington University's 15-5 win over Emory, leaves the Judges one game behind the Eagles in the UAA standings, tied with WashU and Chicago at 7-5. Brandeis will meet WashU next weekend and Emory in two weeks.

UP NEXT
  • Brandeis will step out of conference on Wednesday afternoon when they take on Wheaton College on the road at 3 p.m.
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