SENIOR DAY: No. 3/3 Endicott Tops UMass Boston, 15-6

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 3/3 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team downed UMass Boston, 15-6, in Sunday afternoon's regular season finale at North Field. 

Prior to the game, 13 seniors and six graduate students were honored for their contributions to the Endicott baseball program and the Endicott College community.

The 13 seniors honored were Pat Hart (Norfolk, Mass.), Joey Frammartino (North Reading, Mass.), Caleb Clark (Gloucester, Mass.), Zach Stephenson (Mansfield, Mass.), Richard Foresteire (Plymouth, Mass.), Jacob Nolan (Hingham, Mass.), Robbie Wladkowski (Norwood, Mass.), Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.), Brandon McSorley (Melrose, Mass.), Foch Lovejoy (Durham, N.H.), Elijah Moses (Haverhill, Mass.), Chris Jenkins (Mansfield, Mass.), and John Connolly (Attleboro, Mass.).

The six grad students honored pre-game were Will Frain (Hamilton, Mass.), Nicholas Cannata (Marlborough, Conn.), Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.), Ian Brown (Darien, Conn.), and John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.).

WP (3-1): Jake Harmony (Fairfield, Conn.) — 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
LP (0-1): Dowd Ritter (Birmingham, Ala.) — 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Despite getting themselves down in a 2-0 hole, the Gulls scored three runs in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to knock off the Beacons.

Connolly made the start and went four competitive innings (5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K) before handing the ball off to Harmony in the fifth.

TJ Liponis (Scarborough, Maine) enjoyed a successful day at the plate. He homered to score the first run of the day for the Gulls and later collected two more hits. In total, he scored four runs on the day, which was a personal season-high.

Grabowski, Cade Bernardo (Glenmont, N.Y.), and Frammartino all picked up clutch extra base hits to drive in runs, while Clark delivered the final offensive blow for the Gulls in the bottom of the eighth with his bases clearing double through the pouring rain.

Derek Roberts (Wayland, Mass.) and Max Jarvie (Wilton, Conn.) combined to throw four innings of relief after Harmony exited to close out the Beacons in the home win.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls advance to 14-8 in the all-time series with the Beacons (2-0 this season).
• The 2025 senior class has posted a collective record of 167-27 throughout their Endicott baseball careers.
• Roberts' 2.1 IP of relief was a career-high.
• Foresteire delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh inning. In 19 AB's this season, he is slashing .526 AVG / .640 OBP / .789 SLG.
• The Blue and Green secured its 71st straight regular season home victory, dating back to March 27, 2022 (11-10 loss to MIT).

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 3/3 Endicott (35-4) receives a bye to the quarterfinal round of the CNE Tournament as the one seed. They await CNE bracket information to see who they face, but will likely play Thursday at North Field. UMass Boston (24-15) concludes its regular season and faces Rhode Island College in the first round of the Little East Tournament on Wednesday. 

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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)