CHESTNUT HILL — In a championship game that stretched well past three hours, caused not by sloppy play, but by a 40-minute rain delay, No. 24 Boston College captured its 16th Beanpot title with a 3–1 win over Northeastern.
Mike Glavine tasked sophomore Andrew Basel with facing a BC lineup that, despite ranking near the bottom of the ACC in batting average (.275) and last in slugging percentage (.422), still presents a far more capable offense than those numbers suggest.
Basel dominated in economical fashion, tossing five strong innings of one-run baseball on two hits in a 57-pitch effort.
“He was in attack mode,” Glavine said. “He pitched really well and used all his pitches. He got ahead and got some early outs.”
Sophomore Jacob Burnham got the nod from BC head coach Todd Interdonato and mirrored Basel’s success, surrendering one run on 3 hits over 5.2 frames.
The first three innings lasted less than an hour, and the middle frames brought the excitement anticipated at first pitch. The first run of the night arrived in the top of the fourth inning when senior Harrison Feinberg, the CAA Player of the Week, led off the frame and connected on his sixth home run over the past five games.
The round-tripper gives him 12 on the season and sole possession of the all-time Northeastern leaderboard with 43.
“He’s a horse, a man, and a dude,” Glavine said. “If he can keep this going and we get the pieces around him going, I like where we are going to be at.”
The Eagles answered in the top of the fifth inning with a leadoff home run of their own off the bat of freshman Luke Gallo to left field, the first long ball of the freshman’s career.
Glavine went to sophomore Andrew Rogovic in relief to begin the sixth inning, and a streak of wildness allowed BC to extend its lead 3–1.
Rogovic walked the first two hitters in Nick Wang and Jack Toomey, both of whom entered scoring position on a double steal. Glavine brought the infield in, enabling Gallo’s otherwise routine blooper to shallow left field to fall for a two-run single.
After the seventh inning, rain began to fall heavily, and the game entered what became a 40-minute delay. Out of the break, the eighth inning went quiet and set up an eventful top of the ninth.
Facing BC closer Kyle Kipp, sophomore AJ Aschettino battled through a long at-bat before flying out to deep center field. Subsequently, freshman Tyler Harmony stepped up to the plate and laced a single to left field on the seventh pitch, his second knock of the day.
Underclassmen filled six of the nine bats in Northeastern’s lineup, a strategic move from Glavine.
“I like the way our young guys are playing,” he said. “[Underclassmen] looked the part tonight. Harmony gives us a deep at bat, sees a lot of pitches, and has been playing really well. [Harmony’s] going to be a big piece for us down the stretch.
Harmony advanced to second base on sophomore Carter Bentley’s groundout and third base on a wild pitch. However, sophomore Cooper Tarantino grounded out to shortstop to end the game and solidify the Eagles’ first Beanpot championship since 2023.
On the day, Northeastern went 1-for-14 with runners on and 0-for-8 with RISP.
“We just didn’t do enough offensively,” Glavine said. “It was just the one bad inning, but I thought overall we had a good look out there, but just didn’t get it done.”
Max Schwartzberg is a junior at Northeastern and covers hockey, basketball, and baseball in print and on air. He is also a Cape Cod Baseball League announcer for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. You can read his articles here and follow his Instagram here.