30-04-2025
Northeastern repeats as Baseball Beanpot champions, extends nation-best win streak to 13 games
'I thought we were a little nervous, and we weren't ourselves early,' Northeastern head coach Mike Glavine said. 'The guys were really excited and then they got here and saw there was a great pro-Northeastern crowd and made a couple mistakes. But we rebounded.'
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Andover's Lane answered in the bottom half, launching his first of two doubles off the Green Monster and knotting the score.
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Gitlin — who entered with a 1.33 ERA in 27 innings since March 26 — returned to his dominant self and twirled a gem. The southpaw tossed 5⅔ frames, and allowed just two hits, two walks, and the one run.
'Max has been doing it all year,' Glavine said. 'He grinds it out and is super competitive and tough. He gave up the home run on the 0-2 count, and I knew he was mad. But he came back and always gives us a chance to win.'
Bill Decker gave the start to Harvard lefty Brian Dowling, who entered with a 9.11 ERA, and ran out of luck in the fifth inning. Northeastern began the frame with three straight hits — a Carmelo Musacchia triple, another Lane RBI double to make it 2-1, and a Matt Brinker single.
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Catcher Gregory Bozzo's sacrifice fly made it 3-1. Dowling walked Ryan Gerety, and Decker — his bullpen depleted after a weekend series at Brown — called for freshman Charley Bergsma, who had an ERA north of 12.
Back-to-back walks and an RBI groundout gave the Huskies a 5-1 advantage. They'd need the runs, as Harvard strung together a Doyle error, two Cooper McGrath walks, a passed ball, and a Shulman single off high-leverage reliever Brett Dunham in the ninth to make it 5-4 with one out.
Dunham, however, struck out Liam Wilson and got Jordan Kang to line out to Doyle for the title and Northeastern's 13th straight win, the longest active streak in Division 1.
Glavine credits the 'great culture, consistency, and leadership' as what sets this team apart. The Huskies have their eyes on more come the playoffs, but the Beanpot title remains a milestone in what has already been a historic 2025 season.
'There are goals we talk about,' Glavine said. 'Winning the Beanpot was one of them and it matters. It's not just another game.'
In the consolation, BC (22-23) beat UMass, 13-6, in a back-and-forth affair. Down, 6-4, after the Minutemen (12-26-1) scored twice in the seventh, the Eagles plated five in the eighth — on a Beck Milner solo homer and a Josiah Ragsdale grand slam — and four in the ninth.
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