MANSFIELD, Conn. – The 2021 edition of Beacons baseball saw their season come to a close as they were handed a 10-1 loss by the fourth-seed UMass Dartmouth Corsairs in an elimination game in the Little East Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon at ECSU Baseball Stadium.
THE BASICS
#5 UMass Boston 1, #4 UMass Dartmouth 10
UMass Boston (10-9)
UMass Dartmouth (11-14)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Beacons scored their lone run in the bottom of the second inning on a sac-fly by
Thomas Cue, which at the time tied the score at 1-1. The Corsairs then scored nine unanswered to advance in the ECSU pod of the conference tournament.
UMass Boston was held to a season-low two hits, while the Corsairs tacked on 12.
Tim Cianciolo (New Milford, Conn.) was handed the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings of work.
Dillon Ryan (Sandwich, Mass.) and
DJ Lopes (North Dartmouth, Mass.) ended the contest, with Ryan allowing four runs on five hits in two innings of work. The three Beacons pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts, with Cianciolo tallying five.
Saturday's loss marked the final game in the careers of eight Beacons in
Ben Irvine (Peabody, Mass.),
Curtis Tirone (Waltham, Mass.),
Noah Mader (Austin, Texas),
Kelly Killeen, Jr. (Scituate, Mass.),
Steve Brookwell (Hightstown, N.J.),
Tylor Arruda (New Bedford, Mass.),
Michael Comeau (Andover, Mass.), and
Mike Doherty (Brewster, Mass.).
BY THE NUMBERS
- With the loss the Beacons saw their conference record three consecutive tournament titles come to an end
- The last time the Beacons did not hoist a conference championship was in 2016
- Cianciolo fell to 0-2 on the year in the loss
- The Beacons have now won six of their last eight meetings with the Beacons
