Baseball
Highlights
2004
In 2004, senior Tony Groccia ended his career in fine fashion pitching the first perfect game at
Clark in his last game of the season against Gordon. He struck out six batters in seven innings pitched
...Groccia earned Division III National Pitcher of the Week honorable mention honors from the National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and ECAC New England Co-Pitcher of the Week following
the feat. Senior Dave McNamara was named to the all-conference first team and senior Mike Burnahm
earned second team honors. McNamara set the school record for RBI in a season (31) and Burnahm set
records in putouts in a season (224), career putouts (695) and career total chances (739). In addition,
junior Cory Harper tied the single season mark for saves in a season (5) and the Cougars set a new
record for team batting average (.303).
2003
Highlighting the 2003 year was the Cougars 7-6 win in 11 innings over Wheaton College. Wheaton,
who went on to win the NEWMAC Championship for the fifth time in the five-year history of the league,
was nationally ranked at the time of the Cougars’ win. First-year pitcher Scott Archibald recorded
the win. He pitched six innings of relief to close out the game. He allowed no earned runs while scattering
hits and striking out seven. Archibald, who also played in the infield, led the young pitching staff. He
played in 19 games overall while batting .258. He was named to the 2003 NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
finishing the year with a 4-1 record and one save while making nine appearances. In 40.1 innings
pitched, he allowed 42 hits and 11 earned runs while striking out 50 and walking only 11. His 2.47
ERA led the team and ranked fourth among conference leaders.
2002
John Galvin '02 and Brock Tibert '03 were named to the NEWMAC All-Conference team in 2002.
Galvin has been selected to the all-conference for the second consecutive year. He ended his
career at Clark setting single season records in triples (6), homeruns (6), runs scored (42),
walks (28), stolen bases (32), and career records in hits (159), triples (14), homeruns (14),
total bases (254), RBIs (92), runs (135), at bats (463), walks (66), and stolen bases (80).
2001
In the 2001 season John Galvin '02 earned NEWMAC All-Conference Honors and ECAC New England
All-Star Honorable Mention leading the team with a .415 batting average, 22 RBIs, triples (6),
and homeruns (3).
2000
The 2000 baseball season ended one out away from advancing to the NEWMAC championship game. Clark
upset Babson College 14-12 in the first round of the conference tournament, and then defeated the
U. S. Coast Guard Academy 4-2, but dropped the next two games to conference champion, Wheaton College
(10-6) and the USCGA (6-5) in an impressive comeback.
Greg Gould '00 set school career records for hits (138), doubles (32), home runs (10), runs
scord (90), and assists (281). Pitcher Bill Giaquinto '00 set a school record for season wins (5).
1999
The 1999 season saw the Cougars set a school record for season wins with 15. Several more team
and individual marks were also topped.
John Galvin '02 earned NEWMAC All-Conference Honors in 1999 as he batted .317 with 40 hits and
school records for walks(28) and runs scored (42).
1998
In the 1998 Constitution Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal round, Clark defeated Babson College for the first time
since 1987. The win advanced the Cougars to the CAC semifinals for the first time in school history.
Two players were selected to the Constitution Athletic Conference All-Star Second Team in 1998:
second baseman Christian Auger '99 and utility player Matt Lacroix '99.
1997
During the 1997 season, pitcher Bryan Gauvin '97 established a school record with 56 strikeouts.
He finished his career with 132 strikeouts in 146-1/3 innings (second all-time at Clark).
Clark placed three players on the Constitution Athletic Conference All-Star Second Team in 1997:
second baseman Christian Auger '99, pitcher Bryan Gauvin '97, and outfielder Mike Rose '99.
1995
Co-Captain Joel Chretien '95 had 10 hits in 10 consecutive at-bats during a three-game span in
the 1995 season.
1991
The 1991 team earned a 9-3 upset win over Brandeis University, then ranked number one in New
England.
Chris Hawk '91 pitched 25 consecutive scoreless innings in 1991 and became Clark's all-time
win leader with 13 career wins.
For more information about Clark University Baseball, please contact head coach Jason Falcon at (508) 421-3832 or by email at jfalcon@clarku.edu.
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