Baseball | 3/11/2003 8:48:00 PM

Box Score MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--The Barry baseball team dropped a 3-1 heart-breaker to the Nova Southeastern Knights Tuesday evening at Feinbloom Field.

The Bucs struck first in the opening inning. Alex Meneses led off with a double and scored one out later on a double by Billy Zoffinger. But that was all the offense the Bucs could muster off Knight starter Kyle Ruwe (3-2). Ruwe tossed a complete game, scattering seven hits and walking one, with eight strikeouts.

The Bucs squandered a golden pitching performance by freshman David Schmidt (0-1) in his first start. He went eight innings, allowing just six hits and a walk, while striking out five. He gave up all three runs, though only two were earned.

In the sixth inning, three Buccaneer errors allowed the Knights to score one run without a hit. Then in the eighth inning, Freddie Pagan led off with a single and Jason Sullivan followed with a homer that provided the final margin.

Barry falls to 9-14, while Nova improves to 11-11. The Bucs travel down to Homestead, Fla., tomorrow to take on C.W. Post at 7:00 pm.


Nova Southeastern 3, Barry 1 (Mar 11, 2003 at Miami Shores, Fla.)
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Nova Southeastern... 000 001 020 - 3 6 0 (11-11)
Barry............... 100 000 000 - 1 7 4 (9-14)
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Pitchers: Nova Southeastern - Ruwe. Barry - Schmidt; Dicso(9).
Win-Ruwe(3-2) Loss-Schmidt(0-1) T-2:10 A-143
HR NSB - Sullivan (1).
Game: BB311