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Redmen bite Badgers to capture national baseball championship

Published: 24 October 2010

(REDMEN CELEBRATE AFTER WINNING CIBA CHAMPIONSHIP)

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Third baseman Chan Arndt hit the daily-double, registering three hits and collecting three runs batted in as McGill rallied for a wild 12-9 victory over the Brock University Badgers to capture the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship at Mic Mac Field in Windsor, Ont., Sunday.

The Redmen won four of six games played over three days to finish with a 20-7 record overall and earn their second-ever national title -- the first for a McGill men's team in any sport since baseball last won the CIBA banner in 2006.

Arndt, a native of Yarmouth, Maine, was named tournament MVP, going 12-for-21 (.571) with one walk, eight RBIs, four runs scored and a pair of doubles.

"We've played so many games over the weekend that it's all kind of a blur," said Arndt, a political science sophomore who led the tourney in both hits and RBIs. "I've won state championships and Little League titles but winning a national championship like this was a new experience and felt very different."

Outfielder Josh Gordon, a mechanical engineering sophomore from Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., also posted solid numbers and earned all-tournament honours. He went 7-for-18 at the plate, with a pair of walks, six RBIs and four runs scored.

The Redmen won their opener 8-2 over Cape Breton University on Friday but had to survive playing a triple-header on Saturday and sweep a doubleheader on Sunday. McGill lost twice on Saturday, 8-0 to Durham College and 5-0 to Concordia, which forced them to play a sudden-death tie-breaker against St. Clair College (a 16-4 win) in order to qualify for a Sunday playoff doubleheader, which they swept. In the national semifinal against previously undefeated Durham College (21-0), Anthony Carbone tossed a complete game four-hitter as McGill came away with a 3-0 victory.

In the final, McGill scored twice in the first inning but Brock responded immediately with four runs and added another in the third to go ahead 5-2. The Redmen then exploded for six runs in the fourth inning, sparked by a three-run double from Ted Davis of North Andover, Mass., and never lost the lead after that. They finished with 13 hits, including three apiece from Gordon, Davis and Alexander Day.

L.J. Aguinaga, a junior from Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., pitched 4.2 innings in relief of starter David Haberman to stop the bleeding and record the victory. Reliever Daniel Porter, a freshman from Coaticook, Que., got the last four outs to close out the game and earn a save.

"These are truly an amazing bunch of young men," said Ernie D'Alessandro, in his 15th season as head coach and field manager of the Redmen. "They fought through adversity and rose up above everything to win. I am so proud of them."

Player of Game Awards:

Brock - Garrett Fisher (3B) 4 AB, 2 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 1 3B

McGill - Channing Arndt (IF), 4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 2B, 3 RBI

CIBA TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM:

(selected from the round-robin games)

LHP - Braden Simpson (Concordia)
RHP - Kurtis Robinson (Brock)
C - Cameron Graham (Brock)
1B - Josh Gordon (McGill)
2B - Chris Maynard (St. Clair)
SS - Jeff MacKinnon (Cape Breton)
3B - Jareth Vallier (Durham) 0.429 BA
LF - Kevin Shelton (Concordia)
CF - Shaun Valeriote (Brock) 0.533 BA
RF - Brennen Conquer (Durham) 0.462 BA

Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Channing Arndt, McGill (.571 batting average, 8 RBIs)

2010 CIBA MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

CIBA Batter of the Year: Adem Campbell - Crandall University (.481 avg., 3 hr, 19 rbi)

CIBA Pitcher of the Year: Daniel Kost-Stephenson, McGill University (0.95 ERA, 4 starts, 2-0, 22 IP, 12 H, 3ER, 14k, 7 BB, 1 HBP)

Ontario Conference Batting Champion: Tyler Mitchell - Durham Lords (.516 avg.)

Northern Conference Batting Champion: Jason Katz - Concordia Stingers (.444 avg.)

Atlantic Conference Batting Champion: Daniel Lewis - Cape Breton Capers (.465 avg.)

2010 CIBA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Championship Website: http://www.ciba-abic.com

Round Robin

McGill defeated Cape Breton 8-2
Durham defeated Brock 8-5
Concordia defeated St. Clair 3-0
St. Clair defeated Cape Breton 2-1
Brock defeated Concordia 3-1
Durham defeated McGill 8-0
Brock defeated Cape Breton 11-0
Concordia defeated McGill 5-0
Durham defeated St. Clair 15-1

Tie-Breaker
McGill defeated St. Clair 16-4

Semi-Finals
McGill defeated Durham 3-0
Brock defeated Concordia 3-0

Championship
McGill defeated Brock 12-9

Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association:

Championship Game Box Score:

McGill University 12, Brock Univ. 9

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McGill University «	2	0	6	1	3	0	0	12	13	0
Brock Univ.	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	9	7	0

HITTING STATISTICS

MCGILL UNIVERSITY		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA
8	Alexander Day (SS)	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.750
23	Channing Arndt (P)	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.750
26	Josh Gordon (P)	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.500
19	Casey Auerbach (IF)	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.400
36	Edward 'Ted' Davis (P)	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0.250
5	Max Tierno (IF)	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.250
47	Justin Cloutier (C)	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.250
14	Steven Warsh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
44	Adam Gordon (CF)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.000
24	Robert Garven (OF)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
TOTALS		34	12	13	3	0	0	11	4	4	0.382

BROCK UNIV.		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA
12	Garrett Fisher (3B)	4	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.750
1	Justin Parro (IF)	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.333
20	Shaun Valeriote (IF)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.333
21	Matt Kissel (3B)	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0.333
22	Daniel Forte (P)	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.250
33	Cameron Graham (C)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.000
55	Kyle Gappa (OF)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
15	Craig Jacques (OF)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
16	Jeff Kosta (IF)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
6	Peter Benvenuto (IF)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
TOTALS		29	9	7	2	2	1	7	5	2	0.241

PITCHING STATISTICS

MCGILL UNIVERSITY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	Ks	HR	ERA
Daniel Porter	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
David Haberman	1.0	4	5	5	1	0	0	35.00
LJ Aguinaga (W, 1-1)	4.2	2	4	1	4	0	0	1.50
TOTALS	7.0	7	9	6	5	1	0	6.00

BROCK UNIV.	IP	H	R	ER	BB	Ks	HR	ERA
Nick Baljeu	0.1	2	2	1	1	0	0	21.00
Steven Hough (L, 0-1)	2.1	5	6	3	1	2	0	9.00
Kyle Porter	1.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	8.40
Noah Anderson	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	42.00
David Gardiner	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
TOTALS	6.0	13	12	8	4	5	0	8.00