May 24, 2003

Box Score

Burlington, Vt. - Stony Brook posted a come-from-behind, 11-10, win to force a deciding game Saturday at the America East Baseball Championship at Centennial Field, but Northeastern scored 10 runs over the first four innings in the second game and posted an 11-0 victory to win its third America East Championship, and first since 1997. The Huskies are the first No. 4 seed to win the championship.

The Huskies (27-22) came out of the gates quickly in the deciding game, as Mike Steinberg led off the Northeastern half of the first with a double, and Arman Sidhu chased him home with a two-base hit of his own. Sidhu came home later in the inning on a misplayed ball by Stony Brook starting pitcher James Swejkowski, and the Huskies held a 2-0 advantage.

Back-to-back home runs by Matt Morizio and Steinberg chased Swejkowski and doubled the Northeastern advantage to 4-0 after two innings. A Brad Czarnowski single in the bottom of the third scored Omar Pena with the Husky's fifth run of the game.

A two-run single by Championship Most Outstanding Player Miguel Paquette increased the advantage to 7-0. Pena doubled to left center and Czarnowski followed with a three-run homer run to right, pushing the lead to 10-0 after four innings. Northeastern added a run in the sixth on a RBI single by Chris Emanuele.

Jordan Thomson (5-5) picked up the win for Northeastern, going the distance and allowing no runs on just three hits. Swejkowski (3-3) was credited with the loss for Stony Brook