NEWPORT, R.I. (May 3, 2022) - Salve Regina University baseball had outstanding starting pitching from two of its bullpen arms - Graham Jeffries (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Nicolas Santo (Pompano Beach, Fla.) - as the Seahawks swept the visiting Cougars of Clark University, 13-1 and 12-2, in a non-league doubleheader at Reynolds Field on Tuesday afternoon. Both Jeffries and Santo combined to retire 24 of the first 25 batters they faced and finished with 15 strikeouts in 10 innings.

Jeffries (1-2) got offensive support in the second and third innings as the Seahawks built a 10-0 advantage. Wil McCarthy (Pembroke, Mass.) and Ryan Graciale (Swampscott, Mass.) had run-scoring singles in the second frame. Graciale and six other Seahawks drove in runs with singles during an eight-run third. Dylan Ketch (Clinton, Conn.), Tyler Cannoe (Schenectady, N.Y.), Brandon Grover (Ashland, Mass.), Chris Veneruso (Westport, Conn.), Matt D'Amato (Midland Park, N.J.), and Dustin Siqueira (Trumbull, Conn.) contributed to the 10-run advantage.

After Billy Sullivan's (Hicksville, N.Y.) single to center spoiled the shutout bid in the fifth, Ketch and Cannoe made it a 12-run margin with one-run and two-run singles, respectively.

Santo (2-0) walked the first batter he faced in his first collegiate start before mowing down 12 straight Cougars. With singles dominating the offense in the opener (15 of 16 hits were one-baggers), the Seahawks got more bases out of their balls in play in the nightcap with doubles from Dustin Siqueira, Tyler Cannoe, Wil McCarthy, Ryan Graciale, and a team-leading eighth homer from Cannoe.

Cannoe's solo homer to left in the fourth made it 7-0 in favor of the home team, then he added his second double of the day in the fifth for an 8-0 lead. Ryan Caulfield (Simsbury, Conn.) and Chris Radovic (Fairfield, Conn.) had RBI singles in the sixth to get the Cougars on the board before the Seahawks added four more runs in their sixth inning.

The top three in the Seahawks' order - D'Amato, Siqueira, Ketch - each had two-out RBI singles to right field that plated three runs and Cannoe's fly ball to right was mishandled for another score.

Heath Cockburn (Durham, Maine) (3), Jose Mencia (Washington Heights, N.Y.) (4), Kevin Irwin (Pakkret, Nonthaburri), and Casey Gorczyca (Boonton, N.J.) (2) combined to hit 10 Seahawk batters in Game Two after Maxwell Gitlin (Pasadena, Calif.) and Andres Hulfachor (Nashua, N.H.) had each plunked a batter in Game One.

Ryan O'Donnell (Saunderstown, R.I.), Holden Ferrari (Dover, Mass.), Tommy DelVecchio (Westfield, N.J.), and Will Tierney (Sparta, N.J.) were effective in relief for the Seahawks in the two-game sweep.

With a season-best eight-game win streak (all at home), the Seahawks improve to 11-2 at Reynolds Field in 2022 and will finish their regular season in Newport on Saturday with a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader matchup with Endicott College (32-5, 14-0 CCC) and the top seed in the conference postseason at stake. Salve Regina (24-9-2, 12-0-2 CCC) has secured at least the No. 2 seed while Clark (16-18) ends its season short of the NEWMAC playoffs.