Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats, Alumni Battle to 4-4 Tie
10/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Oct. 6, 2007
EVANSTON, Ill. -
On a warm, sunny day at Rocky Miller Park, the Northwestern baseball team played its alumni to a festive 4-4 seven-inning tie Saturday afternoon.
One day after the annual golf outing, a total of 26 Wildcat alums participated in the contest against the current NU squad with numerous other family members and friends also in attendance. The festivities got underway with the home run derby which was won this year by recent graduate Mark Ori.
The alums got on the board first in the top of the opening inning as Steve Haake hit a two-run homer. The Wildcats got a run back in the bottom of the fourth as freshman Chris Lashmet led off with a single, stole second, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored when Max Mann reached on an error.
The alumni team extended their lead to 3-1 in the ensuing half inning on a sacrifice fly by Mike Phelps and an RBI single by Pat McMahon. Northwestern rallied right back to tie the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth as they took advantage of two walks, two errors and a hit batter.
Neither team was able to score over the final two innings as the game ended in a tie for the second consecutive year.
A pregame and postgame cookout was sponsored by Ruse's Meat Packing.
Participating Alumni - Graduating Year
Matt Huff - 1993
David Gresky - 2004
Tom Dodge - 1990
Mark Ori - 2006
Steve Haake - 2002
Tony Niezynicki - 1988
Pat Thompson - 2000
Joe Hietpas - 2001
Dan Pohlman - 2006
Jason Krynski - 2006
Eric Roeder - 2003
Dan Brauer - 2006
Kris Musselman - 2000
Caleb Fields - 2006
Ken Padgett - 2003
Jon Mikrut - 2005
Brandon Ackley - 2003
Mike Phelps - 2005
Pat McMahon - 2006
Geoff Dietz - 2006
Andy Adams - 2002
Julio Siberio - 2006
Dan Padgett - 2000
Dan Konecny - 2004
