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Golden Bears Blank Curry in CCC Baseball Championship First Round Action, 11-0

Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Seniors Mike Rubino and Kyle McKelvey each had four runs batted in on a combined five hits, and senior Taylor Perun and junior Jeff Schult joined McKelvey with three hits apiece, as Western New England cruised to an 11-0 victory Thursday over Curry in the first round of the 2013 Commonwealth Coast Conference Baseball Championship Tournament at Pat Ricci Field at Trelease Park. CCC Tournament Schedule

With the win, the top-seeded Golden Bears improve to 29-9 on the season and will host No. 4 Roger Williams--an 11-5 loser at No. 3 Salve Regina today--at 3 p.m. Friday in Game 5. The No. 6-seed Colonels (8-23-2) move to an elimination game on Friday when they will play at No. 2 Endicott, which was upset by fifth-seeded Wentworth, 5-1.

Senior Mike Lospinuso pitched six scoreless innings of two-hit ball to up his record to 8-1. He also had eight strikeouts and did not issue a walk. 

"This was a good way to start the tournament. We put up a bunch of runs, Lospo was sharp (on the mound) and caught the ball for him," Western New England coach Matt LaBranche said after the game. "We need to turn the page quickly, though. It's a long way to go and we know better than anyone what teams can do from the losers' bracket."

With Western New England already holding a 2-0 lead after the first inning, the Golden Bears added three more runs in the next frame on a bases-clearing double to left-center field by Rubino.

The Golden Bears pushed across three more runs for an 8-0 lead in the fourth. McKelvey had a two-run double to start the rally.

McKelvey had another RBI-double in the sixth as WNE put the game out of reach with a two-run single to right-center by freshman catcher Tim Budd.

Every starter in the WNE lineup had at least one hit as the Golden Bears rapped 17 on the day.
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Players Mentioned

Tim Budd

#14 Tim Budd

Catcher
6' 0"
Redshirt
Mike Lospinuso

#13 Mike Lospinuso

Pitcher
6' 2"
Senior
Kyle McKelvey

#8 Kyle McKelvey

Shortstop
6' 2"
Senior
Taylor Perun

#17 Taylor Perun

Outfielder
6' 0"
Senior
Mike Rubino

#21 Mike Rubino

Third Baseman
5' 7"
Senior
Jeff Schult

#27 Jeff Schult

Outfielder
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Tim Budd

#14 Tim Budd

6' 0"
Redshirt
Catcher
Mike Lospinuso

#13 Mike Lospinuso

6' 2"
Senior
Pitcher
Kyle McKelvey

#8 Kyle McKelvey

6' 2"
Senior
Shortstop
Taylor Perun

#17 Taylor Perun

6' 0"
Senior
Outfielder
Mike Rubino

#21 Mike Rubino

5' 7"
Senior
Third Baseman
Jeff Schult

#27 Jeff Schult

6' 0"
Junior
Outfielder