Huskies Stop Mount St. Mary's By 17-0 Count

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BRADENTON, Fla. (March 6, 2006) – Senior pitcher John Slusarz (Farmington, Conn.) threw six innings of shutout baseball and four Husky players went three-for-five as the University of Connecticut defeated Mount St. Mary’s on Monday afternoon by a 17-0 score.

UConn improves to 5-2 with the win while Mount St. Mary’s falls to 3-3.

Slusarz struck out eight and walked one and gave up just three hits in the effort.

Senior Steve Malinowski (Berlin, Conn.) was one of the four Huskies to go three-for-five and his two-run double paced a three-run seventh inning. Junior Larry Day (Amesbury, Mass.) also went three-for-five and his two-run double in the first inning got the Huskies going as UConn scored three times in the first inning.

Junior Josh Farkes (Boston, Mass.) and senior Austin Wasserman (Nashua, N.H.) also went three-for-five in the win.

UConn returns to action on Tuesday when it takes on Jacksonville in Clearwater, Fla., at 7:00 p.m.

Connecticut 17, Mount St. Mary’s 0

Mount St. Mary’s (3-3)  0 0 0   0 0 0  0 0 0   --   0   6   0

Connecticut (5-2)          3 2 0   0 1 8  3 0 x   --  17  19  1

Dustin Pease, Lynn Fuller (6), Aaron Haslam (6), Ryan Millea (8) and Stephan Fay. John Slusarz, Matt Karl (7), David Bodge (8), Ted Garry (9) and Steven Malinowski. WP-Slusarz (1-0). LP-Pease (2-1). 2B-Josh Vittek (M), Larry Day, Malinowski, Erik Turgeon (UC). Team Records: M 3-3, UC 5-2.