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Date: March 23, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby baseball opens season with split

FORT MYERS, Fla. --

Dan Deacon (Moses Brown/Rumford, R.I.) pitched a three-hit shutout for the Colby College baseball team in a 7-0 victory over Coe College in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday.

The Mules, who had their scheduled opener in Florida against Rio Grande canceled on Saturday because of rain, lost 6-2 in the opener to Coe.

Matt Gibson (Lakeview/Courtland, Ohio) had two hits and two runs for Colby in the nightcap. B.L. Lippert (Cony/Augusta, Maine) also had two hits and Brandon Royce (Cony/Augusta, Maine) doubled.

In the opener, Nick Miller (South Burlington/South Burlington, Vt.) had three hits to pace the Mules (1-1). Tyler Hales (Lexington/Lexington, Mass.) had two hits in his collegiate debut and Rodney Ames (New Hampton/Cotuit, Mass.) doubled.

First game: Coe 6, Colby 2

Colby 101#000#0---2#8#0

Coe 011#210#x----6#9#0

Kevin Presbrey (L), Brandon Royce (5) and Eric Roy. James (W) and Cooper. 2B: Ames (Colby), Digmann (Coe), Bassert (Coe).

Second game: Colby 7, Coe 0

Coe 000#000#0----0#3#3

Colby 013#102#x-----7#10#0

Dockenstedt (L), Wilson (5), Hunt (6) and Cooper. Dan Deacon (W) and Dan Lynch. 2B: Royce (Colby), Johnson (Coe).