Brandeis University

2008: Finished fourth on the squad with 16appearances, including one start... Finished with 15.2 inningspitched... Allowed one or fewer hits in 14 of his 16 appearances,with 10 scoreless outings... Struck out 13 batters and walked 12while allowing 16 hits, just three for extra bases... Team went 8-8in games he pitched in... Had two two-inning stints including in a10-7 win over Emory that helped clinch a share of the UAA title...Had multiple strikeouts in five of his outings...Carried a 3.21 ERAafter his first 15 appearances before a rough start on April 27against eventual national champion Trinity (Conn.) doubled it to6.89... 2007: Second on the team with 14appearances, including 11 out of the bullpen... Finished the seasonwith a 2-5 record and team-leading 4 saves... Earned secondcollegiate save in a UAA game against Washington University, March15, when the game-winning run was thrown out at the plate...Allowed a lead-off single in the bottom of the ninth on March 24,but retired the next three batters to preserve a 1-0 win at RogerWilliams... Helped his own cause to earn a save in 3-2 win over MITon April 3 when he started a 1-3 double play on a popped-up buntattempt... Earned two relief wins, one in season-opener againstNorwich, March 11, and against Fitchburg State on April 5... Struck out four of the eight batters he faced in 27-0 rout of theCadets... 2006: Emerged as workhorse out of thebullpen, leading the team with 20 relief appearances... Went 1-0with one save and a 1.77 ERA, best on the team among players withmore than five innings pitched... Allowed 11 runs (four earned) and20 hits in 20.1 innings of work... Struck out eight and walked twowith seven hit batsmen... Won the team's season opener over Ursinuson March 12 with 1.2 innings of one-hit ball... Struck out one andhit one batter in that contest... Longest outing of the season cameon March 28, when he went 2-1 innings against Wheaton College in a5-4 loss, giving up two earned runs and two hits... Also threw twoinnings against Babson on April 8 and UMass-Dartmouth on April17... Picked up first collegiate save on April 20 at Johnson &Wales with 1.2 perfect innings... Struck out two of the fourbatters he faced and allowed one hit in another loss to Wheaton,4-1, on April 22... Academic: American Studiesmajor... High School: Native of South Boston,Mass.... Played four seasons at Buckingham Brown & Nichols inCambridge, Mass., under Brandeis grad Rick Forestiere, serving ascaptain during senior season... Earned first-team All-Conferencehonors in the Independent School League as a senior... Also playedthree years of hockey at BB&N.

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