Salisbury University Baseball
2004 NCAA Division III Tournament
Championship Round – Team Notes
May 24, 2004

* Salisbury is making its 10th overall and fifth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and its second appearance in the championship round (World Series). The Sea Gulls bring a 22-18 all-time NCAA Tournament record into Friday’s opening game.

* Salisbury advanced to Appleton by winning the South Regional in Martinsville, VA. The Sea Gulls were the #2 seed in the six-team regional and finished 4-0 in the double-elimination tournament. Salisbury is the only South Region team to have appeared in the past five NCAA Tournaments.

* Salisbury brings a 37-11 season record into its World Series opener. The 37-victories is a new Salisbury single-season record, besting the previous record of 33 established by the 1977 and 2001 teams.

* Salisbury eclipsed the 30-win plateau for the fifth straight year in 2004 and registered its 10th straight season with at least 20 wins.

* Salisbury claimed its fifth CAC baseball championship in 2004, defeating Mary Washington 8-0 and 4-3 in the championship doubleheader on April 17.

* Doug Fleetwood, now serving in his fourth year as head coach at Salisbury, brings a career record of 131-50-6 (.717) into the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Fleetwood has been named the CAC Coach of the Year in each of his four seasons.

* Junior outfielder Mike Williams was named Most Outstanding Player in the Martinsville Regional after finishing with a .529 average (9-of-17) in the four games. He also added two home runs (including a grand slam), nine runs scored and 10 RBI in the tournament. Williams raised his season average 50 points to .360 in the regional tournament and more than doubled his RBI count to 19 for the season.

* Williams was joined on the all-tournament team in Martinsville by sophomore 1B Nick Pegelow, sophomore 2B Greg Lemon, junior C Matt Johnson and junior OF/P Jason Lively.

* The Sea Gulls finished with 51 runs and 64 hits in the four regional games, as well as a team batting average of .428. SU’s 21 runs and 24 hits against Mary Washington in game #2 were both season highs.

* Salisbury brings a .345 team batting average into the World Series after raising the average 10 points during the Martinsville Regional.

* Three Sea Gulls were named to the 2004 ABCA All-South Region team, announced during the regional tournament. Sophomore first baseman Nick Pegelow and junior RHP Greg Lasinski were named to the first team, while senior DH Rob Kassekert was selected to the second team.

* The All-Region honor was the second postseason award for Pegelow, who was also named the 2004 Capital Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year. Pegelow was SU’s only All-CAC first team selectee. Other Sea Gulls named to the all-conference second team were Lemon, Lively, Kassekert and Lasinski.

* Pegelow was also one of 11 players selected to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 College Division Baseball First Team.  He is a candidate for the national Academic All-America baseball team.

* The pitching staff enters the World Series with a 3.73 team ERA, and has four players with at least five wins apiece this season. Lasinski’s 11 victories is the most by a Sea Gull hurler since Mike O’Donnell’s 10-2 mark in 1985. The SU season record is 12 wins (by Brian Brushe in 1977.)