THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 Page 13 HOME RUNS, HOT BATS UNDERSCORE NAVS’ DOMINANT WEEK IN COLLEGE BALL Until the North Shore Navigators assemble at Fraser Field to begin the 2024 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) season in early June, the team will be highlighting its incoming players’ top performances each week on nsnavs.com and social media. LYNN, Mass. — Home runs were the story for many incoming North Shore Navigators, as the long ball played a big part in players’ hot streaks in college baseball over the second weekend of March. Kyle Wolff (Boston College) exemplifi ed the slugging outburst, highlighting his successful weekend against NC State with the fi rst multi-home run game of his college career. The fi rst baseman homered in backto-back innings during the series finale, getting his first in the fourth before slugging another in the fi fth that made it a one-run game. He was 4-for-5 with three RBI in the game and fi nished the weekend 8-for-17 with two doubles and fi ve runs scored. Wolff currently leads the Eagles with a.333 batting average and 18 hits on the season. Going yard for the fi rst time this season was Alex Luccini (UMass Lowell), who went 2-for5 against Oral Roberts on Saturday. His two-run homer came in the clutch, tying the game at 4-4 with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. Luccini collected a total of four hits, fi ve RBI and three walks over the week for the River Hawks. Returning NECBL All-Star Matt Chatelle (Merrimack) jumped on the home run train, hitting his fi rst of the season in Friday’s Northeast Conferenceopening set against Coppin State. Another returning Navigator with a performance to note was pitcher Brett Dunham (Northeastern), who shut down Georgia Tech’s bats last Wednesday with two strikeouts over a perfect fi nal inning in the Huskies’ 7-0 win. Staying on the mound, Sawyer Duarte (Middlebury) was another veteran Navigator who had a successful weekend, pitching six innings in the Panthers’ second home game of the season against Castleton on Saturday. Duarte allowed just two singles all afternoon while striking out a career-high eight batters. Middlebury got success out of the arm of Owen Tross as well, who earned the win after tossing fi ve innings of one-run ball in a Friday matchup against Keene State. Tross struck out four and allowed no extra-base hits to secure his fi rst win of the season. Back to the bats, Andrew Bianco (Seton Hall) went 3-for-10 over the weekend, highlighted by a Saturday game where he went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run. Bianco’s first long ball of the season gave Seton Hall needed breathing room in an eventual win over North Florida. Bianco also scored following his second hit of the day, coming in both times he reached base. Dayton got strong performances out of both future Navigators on its roster in a fourgame weekend series against South Dakota State. Ryan MacDougall drove in three runners, thanks in part to a two-run single in Friday’s 15-5 win. MacDougall also drew three walks in Sunday’s series fi nale, which the Flyers won 16-6. Mason Dobie reached base 12 times for a.600 clip over the four games, going 6-for-13 with six RBI and six walks in the series. Dobie capped off his brilliant weekend with a two-run home run on Sunday, his first homer of the season. The home runs didn’t slow down against ranked opponents either, as Reece Moroney (Rhode Island) collected a hit in each of the Rams’ three games against No. 4 Texas A&M. He hit his fi rst home run of the season on Sunday and finished with two runs scored and two walks in the series against the Aggies. Kyle Jones (Stetson) collected four hits and four RBI in a fourgame weekend sweep of Bradley to continue his over-.300 start to the season. Jones doubled to drive in two runners on Saturday. The center fi elder also upped his season stolen base total to seven after swiping four NECBL | SEE Page 16 425r Broadway, Saugus Located adjacent to Kohls Plaza Route 1 South in Saugus at the intersection of Walnut Street We are on MBTA Bus Route 429 781-231-1111 We are a Skating Rink with Bowling Alleys, Arcade and two TV’s where the ball games are always on! PUBLIC SKATING SCHEDULE 12-7 p.m. Sunday Monday Tuesday $9.00 Price includes Roller Skates Rollerblades/inline skates $3.00 additional cost Private Parties 7:30-11 p.m. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday $10.00 Price includes Roller Skates Adult Night 18+ Only Private Parties Private Parties 4-8 p.m. $10.00 8:30-11 p.m. $11. 18+ Adults Only After 7 PM 12-9 p.m. $9.00 Everyone must pay admission after 6 p.m. Sorry No Checks - ATM on site Roller skate rentals included in all prices Inline Skate Rentals $3.00 additional BIRTHDAY & PRIVATE PARTIES AVAILABLE www.roller-world.com
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