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26 The Chronicle October 4, 2011 Sports
Lords on track to nationals
Austin Rogers
The Chronicle
The Durham College Lords
men’s baseball team are on
track to win the CIBA Ontario
conference title as they have
since the ‘05-‘06 season, with
a shot at finishing in the Final
Four at Nationals as they have
the last two years in a row. The
Lords defeated York 19-4 last
Tuesday while putting on a hitting
display and maintaining
their first place in the CIBA Ontario
division.
Shortstop Tyler Mitchell
went 3-for-3 with 4 runs and 1
RBI, as well as drawing a walk
after being hit by a pitch.
The Lords went on to win
the game, scoring 19 runs on
13 hits and leaving 10 runners
on base in their Tuesday night
matchup.
Lords starter Richard Burke
won the game, spanning the
full five innings of play and al-
lowing four earned runs.
The Lords improved their
overall record to 9-4, and their
conference record to 9-2 after
the win.
Lords take
two victories
against
Humber
Durham beat the
Hawks 11-0 and 8-1
in their double-header
Robynne Henry
The Chronicle
Durham Lords swung into conference games with a shutout
double-header against the Humber Hawks on Wednesday,
Sept. 28.
After a shaky start in exhibition games, the Lords beat the
Hawks 11-0 in the first game and 8-1 in the second.
The Lords once again had consistent hitting from the start
with two hits in the first inning and seven in the second. Melissa
Semniuk hit a team-high four RBIs in the first game;
Janna Hagan and Jenna Dupuis went 3 for 3 with a combined
five RBIs. The Lords head coach, Jim Nemish said in a press
release that he was glad that the hitting picked up after the
slow start in their exhibition games.
Veteran pitcher Shannon Galea pitched a five-inning shutout,
allowing one hit, and struck out five batters in the win
in game one. Kristine Miles, the 2010 OCAA championship
top pitcher, had the win in game two, and Alexandra Mallett
closed the second game. Brittany Bell, Dupuis and Shannon
Ferguson each hit twice to assist with the wins, with Bell also
helping in defence with five outs.
The Lords were scheduled to play in Kitchener Oct. 1
where they took on Conestoga Condors. The Lords next home
game will be Oct. 13 against Mohawk, another double-header.
As of Sept. 28 the Lords overall record is 3-4, and the conference
record is currently 2-0 for this season.
The Lords only conference
losses of the season came when
they dropped games to Windsor
on the 18th and 25th of September.
Durham Athletics
DURHAM LORDS BASEBALL: Shortstop Tyler Mitchell celebrates with the rest
of the team after their 19-4 victory over the York Lions.
Austin Rogers
The Chronicle
Few pitchers, professional
or collegiate, ever get to experience
a no-hitter in their career.
Durham Lords pitcher Julian
Daligadu has already experienced
one, only six years into
his playing days with Durham.
Daligadu, 23, has been playing
baseball since he was 7.
Growing up in Whitby, Daligadu
was and is a Toronto
Blue Jays fan, idolizing such
pitchers as Roy Halladay. In
his youth he played baseball
for house leagues and his high
school team, splitting playing
time between pitching and
third base.
Though he enjoyed hitting,
Daligadu eventually settled
on pitching as he progressed
as a pitcher. “I got pretty good
at pitching so I stuck to it,” he
said.
Daligadu’s pitching rep-
With the exception of the
two losses, the Lords have won
all matchups in conference
play, and have plated at least 4
runs in all of their 9 victories.
ertoire includes a fastball,
change-up and a curveball, his
strikeout pitch, all thrown from
a three-quarter arm slot with
speeds ranging into the mid-
80s.
A Masters of Health Science
student, Daligadu has played
for the Lords for the better
part of a decade while going
to school at UOIT. Daligadu
pitched a no-hitter before, albeit
in a short five-inning game.
After striking out the side
in the first inning of Durham’s
8-0 win over York, Daligadu
went on to pitch the no-hitter,
coming one walk and one error
short of a perfect game.
“You’re always thinking
about it in your head. As you
progress through the game you
know the other team doesn’t
have any hits, so you kind of get
nervous at the end of it, but, it
worked out,” he said.
Daligadu didn’t accomplish
the feat alone, however. The
As well as their offensive
performance, the Lords pitching
staff have went deep into
games. Besides Burke winning
Tuesday’s game, Lords pitcher
Julian Daligadu pitched a 7-inning
no-hitter against York on
the 13th.
The Lords maintain a halfgame
lead over Windsor in the
CIBA Ontario standings, and
have the fourth best overall win
percentage in the league.
Durham is set to host the
Humber Hawks for the first
time in back-to-back double
headers on Saturday October .1
and Sunday October .2.
The Lords finished in first
place in last year’s CIBA Conference
standings, with a conference
record of 16-0 and an
overall record of 23-4.
Shortstop Tyler Mitchell was
the CIBA Ontario top hitter in
last year’s season, and is poised
to repeat this year as the Lords
continue their dominance.
A player’s last year on
the pitcher’s mound
Austin Rogers
A FINAL SEASON WITH THE LORDS: Durham Lords veteran pitcher Julian Daligadu
looks to his future, not as a baseball player but as a physiotherapist.
Lords’ defence saved him on
more than one occasion.
“The defence was definitely
key in the no hitter,” said Daligadu.
“It’s obviously nice to
play with a big lead.”
Now the longest-tenured
Lord, Daligadu is in his seventh
and last year at UOIT. Upon
graduating he hopes to work
as a physiotherapist, but would
like to keep playing as well. “I
hope to play competitive baseball
somewhere,” he said.
However, he’s not focusing
on pursuing a career. “If the
opportunity comes I probably
will [try out for A ball] but as of
right now, probably not.”
Daligadu has let hopes of
playing professional baseball
slip away, however he doesn’t
let it faze him. “It’s sad to say,
but I’m older now. Before, I had
bigger dreams, I guess, of going
somewhere, but right now I’m
just enjoying playing baseball
for Durham.”