Capital Classic October 5, 2002 Washington, DC-GW Club Baseball faced off against Howard University in the 1st round of the Capital Classic Tournament.  After jumping out to an early 5-0 lead, Howard responded and cut lead to 5-4 after 3 innings.  From there the game became a slugfest-Matt Ryan homered over the right field fence for GW.  GW blew two more big leads and went into the bottom of the 7th trailing by the score of 14-12. Mike Schwimmer started the rally with his 4th hit of the afternoon (tying a club record.)  Freshman Dave Meo hit a clutch 2-out bases loaded 2 RBI single to tie the score at 14.  Meo then forced a throwing error on a stolen base attempt that allowed Sophomore Matt D'Alessio to cross the plate with the winning run. Schwimmer picked up the win in relief of John Lovrich. The 2nd round matchup saw GW face Georgia with the winner guaranteed a berth in the Semi-Finals Sunday at Shipley Field at the Univeristy of Maryland. GW jumped out to an early lead again behind the solid 5 innings of pitching from their ace, Matt Ryan.  Heading into the bottom of the 7th inning with a 5 run lead it looked like GW was going to face NC State in the Semi-Finals on Sunday but Georgia came back with 6 runs in the last frame to advance to the Semi-Finals.    Left: Starting Pitcher John Lovrich vs. Howard Right: GW Catcher Tom Gooding Left: Tom Gooding after being hit by a pitch vs. Howard Right: Brett Kaplan scoring vs.Howard Left: Brett Kaplan at the plate Right: Matt D'Alessio in position at Third Base   Left: Mike Schwimmer at bat for one of his record tying 4 hits Right: Matt Ryan and Etan Hirsch flex their muscles vs. Howard (Ryan homered in the game)