Castleton, VT - Cody Haverly-Johndro (Newport, ME) knocked in the
eventual game-winning run with an RBI single to right field propelling
Husson University to the championship round of the North Eastern
Athletic Conference (NEAC) East Division Tournament defeating Thomas
College, 16-12, in 10 innings on Saturday evening.

The Eagles improve to 23-19 overall on the season and play Castleton
State College tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in game six of the NEAC East
Division Tournament. If necessary, game seven will be played at 1:30
p.m. to decide the champion of the tournament. The Terriers' season
ends at 14-23 overall.

With the scored tied 12-12, Tom Crews (Bangor, ME) led off the top of
the tenth inning with a single to left field, Jake Arthers (Belfast, ME)
followed with a single to center and Corey Cushing (Brewer, ME) dropped
down a successful sac bunt to advance both runners in scoring position.
Haverly-Johndro notched a single to right field to take a 13-12 lead.

Husson added three more insurance runs as Ethan Guerette (Wales, ME)
roped an RBI single and Shawn Smith (Winterport, ME) laced a two-run
single to right field to cap the scoring.

Kyle Leeman (Bangor, ME) closed the door in the bottom of the tenth
with a 1-2-3 frame earning the win on one-and-two-thirds innings
pitched, one hit, no runs, no walks and one strikeout. Cory Estes (Old
Town, ME) suffered the loss throwing one-and-one-thirds innings, giving
up five hits and four earned runs.

In the bottom of the eighth, Cody Vigue (Skowhegan, ME) tied the
contest with a three-run bomb to left centerfield, his second homer of
the game, plating teammates Tom Cameron (Jackson, ME) and Mike Busa
(Carver, MA).

The Eagles scored in every inning but the eighth and ninth while the
Terriers scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning in the
highly offensive playoff contest.

Offensively for Husson, Guerette went 4-for-6 with two runs and three
RBI, Smith was 4-for-7 at the plate with one run scored and two runs
driven in, Crews went 3-for-5 with three runs and one RBI and Arthers
finished the game with a 4-for-5 performance at the plate with four runs
and two runs knocked in.

Vigue led Thomas offensively with a 3-for-6 day at the plate including
two home runs and five runs batted in. Tom Desjardins (Fort Kent, ME)
went 4-for-6 with four RBI, Busa was 3-for-6 with two runs scored and
Josh Nickerson (Stockton Springs, ME) had a 2-for-6 showing with one
homer, one run scored and one RBI.