Baseball 2008 Headlines

  • UMPI and SVC Split Weekend Series
    April 28, 2008
    Bennington, VT—The Southern Vermont College baseball team split a four-game over the weekend with the Owls of the University of Maine Presque Isle (UMPI). The green and white won by scores of 16-3 and 15-13, but fell 7-6 and 13-6.
  • Player of the Week Recipe for Cook: Lots of hits, Several Runs, Numerous RBIs and a Touch of Defense
    April 28, 2008
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southern Vermont College freshman catcher Dan Cook (Watervliet, N.Y.) is this week’s Association of Division III Independents baseball Player of the Week.
  • Johnson Homers For Second Straight Game, Baseball Falls
    April 24, 2008
    COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team scored 13 runs in the final three innings to pull away for a 14-4 victory versus Southern Vermont College on Thursday at Doc Jacobs Field.
  • Gage Not Running on Empty; SVC Baseball Drops Heartbreaker
    April 23, 2008
    BENNINGTON, Vt. — Freshman second baseman Dave Gage (Gloversville, NY/Broadalbin) extended his hitting streak to 10 games, but the Southern Vermont College Mountaineers fell, 14-10, to Williams College on Senior Day in an NCAA Division III non-conference baseball game played on SVC’s campus at Bill Epstein Field.
  • Marching In: SVC Baseball Scores 16 Against Saints
    April 22, 2008
    BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Southern Vermont College baseball team scored early and often in a 16-5 defeat of the Fighting Saints of Saint Joseph’s (VT).
  • Baseball Splits with Newbury
    April 19, 2008
    Bennington, VT — The Southern Vermont College baseball team salvaged a split with the Nighthawks of Newbury College in a battle of future New England Collegiate Conference foes. SVC led 5-0 in the first game, but a five-run Nighthawk rally in the final frame shocked the home team. In the nightcap, it was all Southern Vermont 13-5.
  • Anna Maria Upends Baseball
    April 15, 2008
    Anna Maria got back on the winning track in today’s win over Southern Vermont College in impressive fashion. Anna Maria exploded in the 2nd inning, scoring 5 of their 11 runs in that inning and never looked back in rout to their shutout.
  • Pawlak Garners AD3I Player of the Week
    April 14, 2008
    Bennington, VT - Southern Vermont College sophomore shortstop Brett Pawlak (Ansonia, Conn.) is this week’s Association of Division III Independents baseball Player of the Week.
  • Pawlak Extends Hit Streak to Eight, But SVC Falls to MCLA
    April 10, 2008
    North Adams, MA—Brett Pawlak (Ansonia, CT) had a bases clearing triple, but it was not enough as the Southern Vermont College baseball team fell 16-6 to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in a NCAA Division III non-conference baseball game
  • Cook'ed: Freshman Catcher Leads SVC over Vermont Tech
    April 09, 2008
    Bennington, VT—Every batter in the lineup on the Southern Vermont College baseball team registered at least one hit as the Mountaineers won, 15-4, over the Green Knights of Vermont Tech in a non-conference collegiate baseball game played on SVC’s Bill Epstein Field.
  • Pawlak's Trifecta Not Enough for SVC Baseball
    April 06, 2008
    Bennington, VT—The Southern Vermont College baseball team dropped a 6-2 decision to the Spartans of Castleton State College in a NCAA Division III baseball game played on Bill Epstein Field.
  • Middlebury Outlasts SVC Baseball Squad
    April 03, 2008
    Bennington, VT—The Southern Vermont College baseball team left 14 runners on base in an 8-1 loss to the Panthers of Middlebury College in a non-conference collegiate NCAA Division III baseball contest played on the SVC campus at Bill Epstein Field.
  • SVC Baseball Crowns Knights
    March 27, 2008
    Bennington, VT— The Southern Vermont College Mountaineer baseball team defeated the Green Knights of Vermont Technical College, 6-3, in a collegiate game played at Bill Epstein Field.
  • Baseball Can't Hold On, Drops Two
    March 23, 2008
    NEW LONDON, CONN.---Mitchell Baseball took two from future New England Athletic Conference foe Southern Vermont College at Alumni Field on Saturday afternoon. The Pequots won the first half of the double header 13-11 and the second 18-3. The wins move Mitchell to 3-7 overall and SVC to 1-15.
  • Mountaineers fall to Benedictine
    March 11, 2008
    Fort Myers, FL—The Southern Vermont College baseball team lost to the Benedictine Eagles, 8-3, in a NCAA Division III non-conference baseball game played in Terry Park.
  • Florida Swing for SVC Baseball
    March 10, 2008
    Fort Myers, FL—The Southern Vermont College baseball team lost their first two games in sunny Florida. The squad dropped an 11-10 decision to Penn State Abington and fell 16-3 to the Coast Guard Academy.
  • Baseball Can't Leave Virginia Alone, Falls in Four Straight
    March 03, 2008
    Lexington,VA- The Southern Vermont Mountaineers baseball team started their 2008 campaign with a trip to Lexington, VA this weekend. On Saturday, the Mountaineers played the Knights of Southern Virginia University and Sunday they took the field to play the Washington and Lee Generals. SVC came home on the short side this weekend, falling in all four games.
  • 2008 SVC Baseball Season Preview
    February 14, 2008
    The times are changing for Southern Vermont College baseball. First year head coach Don Schaffer’s plans on bringing a new mindset to the diamond. The one challenge is that all of the pitchers in the starting rotation also figure to be regular position players. Resting the arms of the starters, while keeping their bats in the lineup at Designated Hitter should probably be the answer. Team speed is good, and the Mountaineers look to be aggressive on the bases. The following is a position by position look at the 2008 Mountaineers.