FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (April 6, 2014) – The Maritime baseball team swept an important Skyline Conference doubleheader over Bronx-rival Mount St. Vincent on Sunday afternoon at Skylands Park in New Jersey. In game one, junior pitcher Paul Pfundstein (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) was cruising into the seventh inning, not allowing a hit, before the Dolphins got to him, but it wasn't enough as the Privateers held on for a 5-3 victory. In the second game, senior Nick Sarna (Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony's) also gave yet another a solid performance en route to an 8-2 win. Junior Ryan Alsdorf (Bethel, N.Y./Sullivan West) picked up the save in both games.
 
In the opener, Maritime worked up a 5-0 lead through the first four innings. Five different players knocked in runs for the Privateers. In the first inning, senior Nick Galli (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph By the Sea) and freshman Brian McLaughlin (Massapequa, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) both had RBI singles. Galli plated senior Tom Bauer (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) and McLaughlin's 1B to left center scored Galli. Maritime tacked on three more runs in the top of the fourth, sophomore Paul Woodburn (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown), junior Pat Kirk (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep)and Bauer all picked up RBIs in the inning.
 
Through the opening six innings, Pfundstein didn't allow a hit and struck out three, but a leadoff single to center in the seventh by the Dolphins' Chris Sideli ended what many had hope to be the Privateers' second no-hitter in as many days. After Sideli moved to second on a groundout, he was driven home on a double by Mike Esposito. Pfundstein was able to escape after a groundout and lineout to squash the threat.
 
In the eighth, Mount St. Vincent added two more runs after starting the inning with four straight singles, chasing Pfundstein after he was only able to get one out in the inning. Alsdorf came in in relief and got his first batter faced to hit into an inning-ending double play and Maritime held on to the 5-3 lead. Alsdorf retired the side in order in the ninth picking up one strikeout and earning his first save of the season.
 
Pfundstein moved to 1-1 on the season after 7.1 innings pitched, allowing three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. On the long side was the Dolphins' Joseph Crosser, who allowed five runs (two earned) in 6.2 innings with two K's. Evan Brown worked 2.1 scoreless innings of relief.
 
In game two, the Privateers were led by junior Albert Doerbecker (Point Lookout, N.Y./Long Beach) and Kirk, who both recorded two RBIs. Doerbecker's came in one at bat, when he singled to center in the first inning and plated juniorMatthew Sollin (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) and Bauer. Junior Joe Longo (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) followed the up with a single through the left side that scored McLaughlin and Maritime jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after just a half-inning. Mount St. Vincent responded with a run in the bottom of the first on a fielder's choice RBI by Jason Rivera.
 
Maritime scored twice more in the top of the third, as Woodburn knocked in McLaughlin with a one-out single to left. Later in the inning, Kirk brought home Longo with an infield single.
Sarna got into a groove after a shaky first and struck out three batters over the next two innings. Mount St. Vincent tacked an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out RBI double by Esposito, but Sarna escaped the inning by getting a flyout and keeping the Privateers ahead, 5-2.
 
Alsdorf came into the game in the bottom of the sixth with the Dolphins threatening with bases loaded and one out, but he got out of the jam – striking out the first batter he faced and getting an inning-ending groundout to first.
 
Maritime added three more insurance runs in the top of the seventh on an RBI bunt single by sophomore Bruce Tyler (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place), an RBI single down the right field line by Bauer and an RBI SAC bunt by Kirk.
 
With Mount St. Vincent up with last licks in the bottom of the seventh, Alsdorf had two groundouts sandwich a strikeout to retire the side in order and earn his second save of the day.
 
Longo and McLaughlin ended the game with two runs apiece.
 
Sarna moved to 3-0 on the season after 5.1 innings pitched, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits with four strikeouts. Joseph Crosser suffered the loss, allowing five runs (two earned) in 6.2 innings of seven hit ball with two K's.
 
Maritime returns to action on Wednesday night with a road Skyline game against Yeshiva University that will begin at 8 p.m. at nearby William Taft High School in the Bronx.