Volume CXXXI, Number 20 April 5, 2002 f

Jamieson pitches 16W and claims school record
HENRY COPPOLA
ORIENT STAFF

Senior captain Scott Jamieson picked up his sixteenth career victory which set a new school record as the Polar Bears cruised to a 9-2 victory over St. Joseph's on Tuesday afternoon.

The Bowdoin Baseball Team is looking to add more wins to its record this weekend when they face Colby. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient)

Coach Connolly praised Jamieson's leadership and hardwork over his career, "He has been a tremendous leader for the past 4 years and it was a great accomplishment." Jamieson commented on this season's team, noting that "As far as this baseball season goes, we've had a lot of ups and downs in the early going. We have a great group of talented guys who love to play baseball, but we've learned that we have to come to play hard every single day.

"Baseball is a strange game, and you have to take the same approach every day, no matter who you are playing. Our coach is constantly telling us that we are playing against the game, not the other team, and on the days that we have played cleanly, we've won. "

The Bears put the game out of reach with four third inning runs. The rally keyed around Captain Seth Paradis's '02 two run single.

The Bears picked up a second straight victory the next day when they stopped U. Maine-Farmington 2-1. The win upped Bowdoin's record to 7-8 on the year. A strong performance by Pat Donahue '04 earned him his first victory in a Bowdoin uniform. The game remained scoreless until the seventh when the Bear's scratched out a run on Manny Lora's '04 RBI single, they would add a second all-important insurance run in the eighth. Farmington managed a run in the top of the ninth before Scott Burochow '03 came in to record the save.

Bowdoin started the season at .500 as they went 5-5 while on a spring break trip to Homestead, Florida. The trip included victories over Albertus Magnus, Coast Guard Academy, Rutgers-Newark, Colby-Sawyer, and Wheaton. The Bears opened their NESCAC schedule last weekend as they dropped three games in Trinity. This weekend will see Bowdoin travel to Waterville on Friday before playing host to a Saturday afternoon doubleheader against traditional rival Colby in a return to NESCAC competition. Both Jamieson and Connolly are looking forward to the weekend series with Colby. " I have a lot of confidence in the guys that we are going to keep improving every day out there." Said Jamieson, who continued; With Colby coming up this weekend, we had better start playing our best baseball really soon. It's been nice to have had some home games already, since last year the snow prevented any hopes of such a thing."

Connolly added, "I believe that we have achance to get right back in the league race if we play well this weekend." Connolly also has a good feeling about the rest of the season, believing that the Bears best baseball is ahead of them; "We played well this week and I believe that wewill continue to get better as the year goes along."

Earlier this week Rob Metzler '02, tri-captain, was recognized by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as one of its All-Americans. Kristie Miller '02 a Captain of the Bowdoin softball team was also awarded this honor. Bowdoin's strength and conditioning coach Dawn Strout nominated both athletes. The 2002 All-American Strength and Conditioning Athletes are recognized for their athletic accomplishments, academic and personal achievements, community involvement and leadership qualities.

Spring is already upon us and there is no better way to celebrate its arrival than by coming out to ballpark and catching a game. So head on over on Saturday afternoon and watch the Bears play their doubleheader against Colby.