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| Behind a walk-off double from San Angelo, the Montclair State edged Stevens 3-2 in a 12-inning thriller on Monday afternoon at Yogi Berra Stadium. Montclair State athletics photo |
Worcester State (1-10, 0-0) opens up their conference play today as they welcome the MCLA Trailblazers (3-10, 0-0) in a rescheduled rematch. The Lancers dropped the opener 5-4 and won the nightcap 22-2. In game one, sophomore Nolan Turner came in to close out the seventh but a Trailblazers two run blast to center field would put the Worcester win in jeopardy. Worcester would attempt to at least grab the tying run in the bottom of the seventh but the Trailblazers were able to prevent the Lancers offense from connecting for more clutch runs, with MCLA taking the 5-4 first game victory. Game number two would see junior Mike Bean on the mound working to shut MCLA down which he would find success. The Lancer offensive unit would answer the call in the bottom of the first for an early 3-0 lead. The bottom of the sixth would see the Lancers add an additional five runs to the scoreboard to wrap up their scoring at 22 runs while MCLA would respond with one more run in the top of the seventh before the game was called as a result of darkness.
Nate Vandersea hit a full-count pitch to centerfield for a sacrifice fly to give Skidmore College a 5-4 walk-off win over Vermont State University Castleton on Monday afternoon. Skidmore loaded the bases with one out leading way to Vandersea's clinching plate appearance. Eddie Galvao walked on five pitches to open the inning and moved to second on an Owen Roy sacrifice bunt. Nick Duryea laced a single to right to put runners on the corner and Andy Pelc was intentionally walked to set the stage. Before coming through in the ninth, Skidmore left 12 runners on base including a bases-loaded spot in the fifth.
Junior catcher Hank Penders' two-out, two-run double highlighted a five-run fourth inning and Eastern Connecticut State went on to its 14th consecutive victory, 10-1, over SUNY Maritime College Monday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. Making his seventh career start (51st appearance), graduate righty Nathan Furino scattered three hits through his seven-inning stretch, leaving with a 10-0 lead en route to his second win this year in as many decisions and posting his 14th career win in 18 decisions. Furino struck out nine and walked one. Eastern broke a scoreless tie with its five-run fourth inning. The Warriors collected three hits in the inning, with all five runs being driven in by the lower half of the batting order. Maritime's Freddy Forgione – his team's second-leading hitter at .410 -- spoiled Eastern's bid for its second shutout this year when he belted a two-out, solo home run in the eighth – his seventh of the season. Eastern and Maritime entered play sharing seventh place nationally with 29 home runs each.
Houghton Highlanders pulled out two gutsy victories over the Penn State-Du Bois Nittany Lions on Monday afternoon and evening, winning the first in a dramatic comeback fashion, 6-5, before fending off a late PSU rally in a barn-burner slugfest nightcap, 18-16. Trailing, 4-0, the Highlanders exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh to seal the win in the first game. The Highlanders pulled out a barn-burner, in which both teams combined for 41 hits and 34 runs. While Houghton scored in every inning, Du Bois continued to battle all night long, nearly erasing every deficit, but never gaining the lead. The 20 hits in Game #2 are the most in a single game since the Highlanders rapped out 21 in a 21-9 victory over Utica University on May 7, 2021, and the most they have compiled in a seven-inning game since they accumulated 24 hits in a 17-5 win over Delaware Valley College on March 4, 2017. In addition to Jeremy Wilcox's two saves, he went 3-for-6 at the plate with six RBI.
The Golden eagles picked up their first pair of SUNYAC win's this season today against the Fredonia State Blue Devils at home. Brockport won the first game 12-2 and the second 11-2. The team moved to 12-4 overall and 2-0 in the SUNYAC. Brockport will host Fredonia tomorrow at 10AM in the final game of the three game series. Game One - Matt McGowan started game one on the mound. He pitched 5.0 innings, let up seven hits, two runs, one walk and five strike outs across 22 at bats. Anthony Lapine pitched two innings today striking out three batters and letting up two hits across seven at bats. Justin DelVecchio started game two on the mound pitching 6.0 innings. Delvecchio had 8 strikeouts, one walk, four hits and two runs. Robert Caeners came in to finish the game for the Golden Eagles. Caeners pitched the final inning, striking out two batters across three batters.
Tufts battled Wheaton (Mass.) which is receiving votes in the national poll. The Jumbos defeated the Lyons 6-4. The Jumbos (10-7) gave the ball to senior Hunter Beindorff to start the game. The Jumbos used Beindorff as an opener today as they used nine different pitchers on the day. Senior Robert Grey received his second save of the year as he worked 2 innings striking out two batters. Sophomore Charlie Biskupiak received the win as he pitched one inning recording one strikeout. The Jumbos stole two bases on the day and recorded 8 hits. Malachi Pena went 3-4 on the day and improved his batting average to .389 with a 1.110 OPS.
Salve Regina University rallied from a 3-0 deficit after one inning and defeated the Pride of Springfield College, 5-3, at Reynolds Field in NEWMAC action on Monday afternoon. The game had been scheduled for a Tuesday start but foul weather forecasted for the region led to a change to today. Graduate student Tommy DelVecchio came in relief with the Seahawks (17-2, 4-0 NEWMAC) trailing 3-0 and a runner at third with two outs in the second inning. He got the final out of that frame on a fly to right and went five more innings while facing the minimum number of batters to collect 16 outs. Only one Pride batter, pinch-hitter Nate Garafalo, reached base against DelVecchio, a lead-off single to right in the seventh, but he was erased on a strikeout-throw out caught stealing with a terrific throw from catcher Brady Smolinski. Kyle Carozza pitched the final two frames for his team-leading sixth save of the season. Offensively, Salve Regina began its comeback with a third-inning, two-run homer from second baseman Christian Homa. Homa followed a lead-off single from senior outfielder Brandon Grover with an opposite-field shot, his third homer of the season -- tying him with Grover for the team lead. Matt D'Amato tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth and Wil McCarthy's sacrifice fly later that inning put the Seahawks ahead for the first time. Evan O'Rourke added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Hilbert College bested the Wells College Express, 13-0 and 15-3, this afternoon at Gowanda High School in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference doubleheader. The Hawks dominated all afternoon on their way to a two-game sweep, and the team's first two conference wins of the season. An eight run first inning, combined with six shutout innings from starter Ronald Mort led the way for a 13-0 Hilbert victory in the seven-inning game one of the series. 13 straight Hilbert runs after falling down 3-2 in the third inning provided the Hawks with the 15-3 win in game two and the conference sweep over the Express. Patrick Whelan's eight inninghome runs was his 17th career home run placing him atop the program's record book for home runs in a career.
Ithaca College continued its unbeaten streak since returning from South Carolina as the Bombers took down St. John Fisher, 4-3, on a walk-off single by Ethan Rothstein in the bottom of the 10th inning. The Bombers are now 14-4 on the season. Danny Drotos earned his first collegiate start and had a stellar first inning as he retired the side in just eight pitches. Drotos would go 6.0 innings in a no decision and struck out seven batters to just one walk. He allowed five hits and two runs. In the bottom of the 10th, IC loaded the bases on a walk, double and intentional walk. IC tied the game on a bases loaded walk to Colin Shashaty that pushed home Colin Dunn. The Bombers then walked off with the 4-3 win as Ethan Rothstein sent a line drive to center and Luca Pipia scored. Conor Burns picked up the win in 4.0 inning of relief as he struck out two batters and allowed one run on four hits. Collin Feeney finished the game going 3-for-5 at the plate, while Rothstein was 2-for-4 to pace the offense.
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| Joseph Abt and Luke Sterner combined for five RBI to give Fitchburg State an 8-6 game one MASCAC win over Salem State on Monday afternoon at Michael P. Riccards Field. Salem State bounced back for an 8-5 game two victory to take two out of three from the Falcons. Salem State athletics photo |
Sophomore Connor Doan tossed seven shutout innings, while classmate Ryan Hvozdovic and first-year Alexander Wilson both drove in three runs to help Babson College defeat visiting UMass Dartmouth, 10-3, in non-conference action on Monday afternoon at Govoni Field. Hvozdovic went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, Wilson was 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored and junior Justin Guest finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored to lead the Beavers. Senior Jack Julian singled, scored twice and drove in a run, while first-year Dante D'Avanzo added two RBI in the victory. Doan (1-0) was terrific in his second start of the season, striking out three and scattering seven hits in a career-high 7.0 innings pitched for Babson. First-year Jake SanAntonio went 2-for-4 with an RBI, junior Devyn Vezina was 2-for-4 with a double and first-year Cooper Wixon singled twice to lead the Corsairs. Senior Ryan Qualey dropped to 1-2 with the loss after giving up four earned runs on seven hits while striking out five in 4.0 innings of work.
Nichols College exploded for 27 runs, behind a 5-6 afternoon from graduate student Will Kleinhenz, as the Bison topped Dean College on Monday afternoon from Longley Athletic Complex. Nichols won 27-0, the game was called due to darkness after 8 innings. Kleinhenz led the Bison offense with six RBI on the day, batting 5-6 with three doubles and a home run. Senior Johnny Knox continued his hot streak and hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the season, with 5 RBI. Classmate Ben Jerome also added three RBI with a 3-4 hitting day. Senior Brennan Hyde earned his 100th RBI of his career with a single through the left side in the second inning. He finished the day with three RBI, and moved him into sixth all-time wit 102 RBI for his career. The 27 Nichols runs is the third most runs scored by the Bison since 1999 and is the first time Nichols has scored that many runs in that time frame. The 27 is the most runs scored since 2016, when Nichols scored 28 against Lasell on March 15.
Graham O'Gorman wasn't fooling around on April 1st on the mound. The junior fired seven shutout innings for Hope College during a 10-0 victory against Trine University in Monday's home opener at Boeve Stadium. The game ended early on the 10-run rule. O'Gorman flashed the pitching form that made him a seven-game winner last season. O'Gorman recorded his longest and best outing this season while tossing a complete-game shutout. The right-hander struck out five while allowing five hits and one walk. The victory secured a three-game series sweep for the Flying Dutchmen (9-10, 3-0 MIAA). "Super excited for him and super excited for us," head coach Stu Fritz said. "He probably didn't have his good stuff to start the season. I think he found it at Millikin [in his last start] and today he was lights out. Confident, the ball came out of his hands was so much better. I hope he's back and ready to roll." The Flying Dutchmen helped O'Gorman against Trine (8-12, 0-3 MIAA) by erasing two baserunners on double plays and throwing out another caught stealing. Offensively, Hope gave O'Gorman all the offense we would need on a two-run single from freshman designated hitter Elliott Peter during the bottom of the second
Junior Sam Malgeri smacked a three-run homer in the top of the eighth as Plymouth State University rallied past Saint Joseph’s College, 12-11, in a non-conference game at Larry Mahaney Diamond on Monday night. The Panthers used a seven-run fourth inning to build a 9-3 lead, but the Monks erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull in front, 10-9. PSU took advantage of some wildness from the St. Joe’s pitcher as the first two hitters of the eighth inning were hit by pitches. After the first out of the inning, Malgeri launched the game-winning blast to put the Panthers back in front. The hosts pulled to within one, 12-11, and had the tying run on third base after an error in the bottom of the eighth, but freshman Greg Mayo (Boston, Mass.) got a huge strikeout, then retired the Monks in order in the ninth to earn his first collegiate win. Plymouth State improves to 3-8, while St. Joe’s slides to 3-12.
Coast Guard hosted Westfield State, completing the comeback win with seven unanswered runs, taking down the Owls with a final score of 7-3. The Owls opened up the game with a run in the top of the first, adding two more in the third. Coast Guard put up its first run in the home half of the third, as Nathan Stafford hit a sac fly to bring in Wyatt Duthu. CGA held WSU to just their three runs into the bottom of the fifth, the Bears took the lead. With the bases loaded, John Tacchini doubled to right-center, bringing in all three runners and putting Coast Guard up, 4-3. The Bears added another in the next inning, Carson Cho singling to bring in Jack Steel. Into the bottom of the eight, Stafford launched one over the right field fence for a two-run homer, extending Coast Guard's lead to four. CGA shut down WSU in the top of the ninth with a three-up three-down inning, getting the 7-3 victory. Stafford went 2-2 at the plate with three RBIs and a homer. Tacchini was 3-3, also with three RBIs. Sean Harmon got the win for CGA and recorded four strikeouts. Charles Red recorded his first career save as a Bear.