United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

Coast Guard will look to turn things around in the 2009 season as the Bears look to finish over .500 for the first time since 2002.

Last year, the Bears finished 7-21 overall and 1-11 in New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play missing the conference tournament for the first time after advancing to the semifinals in seven of the previous eight seasons.

Coast Guard allowed 10 or more runs 13 times and the team was 0-18 when allowing six or more runs last season. The team ERA was 7.44.

The Bears raised their team average almost 40 points from the 2007 season as the team hit .302 last season, but errors cost them dearly as they committed 83 errors which led to 72 unearned runs.

Ken Franklin drove in three runs in the opener as the Bears beat Mitchell 7-5.

NORWICH, CONN.--(4/30/08)--Ken Franklin drove in three runs and Pete Schofield pitched a complete game leading Coast Guard to a 7-5 win in the opener before Cody Faddis pitched six solid innings leading Mitchell to a 7-6 win in game two of a non-conference doubleheader at Dodd Stadium, the final games of the season for Coast Guard.

Coast Guard (7-21) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in game one as the Bears scored twice in the first on a two-run double by Kevin Higgins and then three times in the second on an RBI single by Christian George and a two-run single by Franklin.

George and Higgins each had two hits in the opener for the Bears.

Mitchell (14-15) scored four runs in the fourth inning, scoring on a wild pitch, balk and back-to-back RBI singles by Robert McHugh and Clayton Boegler.

The Bears responded with two in the home half on a bases loaded walk to Bill Birch and an RBI groundout by Franklin for a 7-4 lead.

Mitchell scored the final run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Alex Hamlin in the seventh inning.

Ken Franklin earned All-conference honors for the first time in his career.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/29/08)--Coast Guard Academy senior third baseman Ken Franklin was named to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-conference second team in voting by the league’s seven head coaches.

Franklin, who hit .462 in conference play, leads the team with a .400 batting average, 38 hits, 22 runs scored, 15 walks, two triples, a .504 on base percentage and a .484 slugging percentage. He also has 14 RBI and eight stolen bases.

He earns All-conference honors for the first time in his career.

Coast Guard (6-20) closes the season on Wednesday when they take on cross town rival Mitchell in doubleheader at Dodd Stadium in Norwich beginning at noon.

Baseball - WPI Sweeps Bears

WORCESTER, MASS.--(4/19/08)--Scott McNee belted a two-run home run in the seventh inning and a three-run blast in the eighth to help WPI to a 7-3 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep over visiting Coast Guard. Earlier in the day the Engineers took the opener by a score of 16-2.

The Engineers improve to 16-15-1 overall and 5-7 in the NEWMAC, securing a spot in next week’s six-team, double elimination NEWMAC Tournament. Coast Guard slips to 6-20 on the season and finishes 1-11 in conference play and did not qualify for the conference tournament. The Bears needed a sweep this afternoon to secure the sixth and final spot.