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Column: Milano leads 2007 highlight reel

It was only fitting that in his last at-bat as a member of the Northeastern baseball team, senior captain Dan Milano hit a home run off the scoreboard to send the game into extra innings.

The Huskies lost the second game of Saturday’s double header in the 10th inning, but Milano did his best to give the Huskies the win, just as he has all season.

He set personal bests in home runs (13), RBI (48), triples (two), runs (39), total bases (111) and batting average (.337) this season and is likely to be the 30th Husky in school history to be drafted by the major leagues June 7-8.

Despite not making the playoffs this season, the Huskies made a good showing, finishing the season 24-22 (12-17 Colonial Athletic Association) in eighth place in the conference. Head coach Neil McPhee pulled together a winning season with just three seniors (Milano, pitcher Tristan Besse and infielder Garrett Chin) and a very young pitching staff after juniors Adam Ottavino and Dave Pellegrine were drafted last year.

Junior Kris Dabrowiecki emerged as the staff ace with a 7-4 record and 3.60 ERA, but was followed by a band of youngsters who showed

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