The Club team headed south to Lynn, MA for the annual NECBA Showcase.  The Showcase is a gathering of all 22 NECBA teams playing doubleheaders  over 2 days in the Lynn area.
 
 The Club Team took on a quality University of New England in the first  game. Matt Bouvier (South Burlington) put the Cats in the lead at the  top of the 2nd inning with a long home run. New England went ahead in  the 4th with 2 runs. The Club team came back in the top of the 5th with 2  runs for a  3-2 lead with key hits by Zac Roy (Fairfax), Matt and a  long sacrifice fly by Jake Levan (South Burlington). The Cats broke it  open in the top of the 7th with key hits from Carlos Fernandez  (Greenwich, CT), Ryan Connor (St Albans), Brad Chandler (Kingston, MA)  and Levan. Connor pitched a complete game 5 hitter striking out 11, at  least 1 in each inning. Defensive solid plays were turned in by  Fernandez and Roy.
 
 In the second game the Club Team mercy ruled the Harvard squad 12-0 in 5  innings. Luke Russell (Duxbury) pitched 4 solid innings for the win  striking out 5 giving up a single hit. The Club  had 15 hits with key  hits delivered by Jamie Martell (Brattleboro), Ethan Illingsworth  (Westminster), Jacob Sprague (Randolph), Mike Berkley (Boxborough, MA).  Chris McAuliffe (Brattleboro) drove in 2 runs, scored 4, and hit a long  home run.
 
 The Club team returns home to Centennial Field on Saturday playing the Dartmouth Club team with the first game of the doubleheader starting at noon.
 
 Sunday in an exhibition between former UVM players taking on the Club Team at the annual Alumni "game" starting at noon.
 
											