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WNTN SOFTBALL 2005

Season Recap

The Needham Community Softball League played a tournament format in 2005 with fewer teams and games. WNTN struggled through the regular season with a 2-7 record before coming alive in a first round three games to one playoff victory over Lenahan. WNTN lost four straight games to Micks in the championship series while playing competitively. Losses in games three and four were both by one run.

While the dreaded fly out proved costly in playoff losses, the 2005 WNTN Softball All*Stars featured some new talent in outfielders Steve Popper and Lee Caplan and infielders Lou Fernandez and Mike Rosenberg. Josh Horwitz (.622) had the highest average, Matt Arkin and Steve Popper led the team in RBI's (17), Mike McLean's 27 hits led that category and Matt Stein and Lee Caplan topped everyone in extra base hits with 5.

2005 Schedule/Results
Regular Season: 2-7, Playoffs 3-5

Regular Season

5/9   Lenahan 13, at WNTN 11
5/16  New Garden 9, at WNTN 4
      at New Garden 8, WNTN 6
5/23  at Lenahan 10, WNTN 8
6/6   at Micks 12, WNTN 6
6/13  at WNTN 15, Lenahan 0
      WNTN 21, at Lenahan 2
6/20  at Micks 9, WNTN 8
      Micks 18, at WNTN 5

Playoffs

First Round
7/1   at Lenahan 12, WNTN 9
      at WNTN 14, Lenahan 3
7/7   WNTN 7, at Lenahan 6
      at WNTN 12, Lenahan 5
      (WNTN wins series 3-1)

Finals
7/11  Micks 5, at WNTN 1
      at Micks 18, WNTN 12
7/18  at Micks 8, WNTN 7 (8 inn)
      Micks 6, at WNTN 5
      (Micks wins series 4-0)

2005 Statistics

                       G   AB   R   H  HR  RBI   AVG  2B  3B  BB  K  S
2 Matt Arkin          14   48  13  24   1   17  .500   1   1         1
3 David Higgins        6   19   6  12        4  .631                 1
4 Ted Argentieri      10   34   6  18        6  .529
5 Lou Fernandez        4   12   3   5        2  .417                 1
8 Rick Barsam         13   33   4  15        3  .454              1
9 Steve Popper        12   46  17  18   4   17  .369           3
11 Josh Horwitz        8   31   3  21   2   10  .677   1       1
15 Jeff Miller        17    9   2   4        2  .444           1
18 Matt Stein         16   56  18  23       13  .410   2   3      1  3
21 Mike McLean        17   56   9  27       15  .482   3             2
22 Lee Caplan         17   51   9  18   2   14  .352   2   1
23 George Langdon     10   18   3   5   1    5  .277           1
25 Rob Rudnick        14   27   5   9        4  .333   2             1
26 Kevin Quinn        14   39   7  17        7  .435   2   1
28 Greg Kassabian      9   31   8  13        3  .419   1          2
29 Steve Oakes        12   35   6  13        2  .371     
30 Ed Murray          11   39  13  19   1    9  .487                 1
   Mike Rosenberg      4   12   6   6        4  .500       1         1
   Dave Valdez         2    5   3   4           .800   1

TOTALS                17  602 150 270  11  134  .448  15   7   6  4 11


Pitching
                       G   IP    R   eR   W   L  ERA
J Miller              17  109  144   99   5  12  6.35