PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The Nichols College baseball team rallied to take Game 1 of a doubleheader with Ohio Wesleyan University, 4-3, before dropping Game 2, 13-4, in the opening day of the Snowbird Classic at South County Regional Park in Port Charlotte, Florida.

The Bison rallied from down 3-1 in the first game to score three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 4-3 lead which they would hold onto to take the win. Freshman Joe Assenza (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)went 3-for-4 with a run scored and the go-ahead two-RBI single in the fourth that scored sophomores Greg Eng (Middletown, R.I.) and Ross Caswell (Randolph, Vt.).

Junior Matt Hardy (North Attleboro, Mass.) finished the game 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI - he drove in Assenza in the first inning on a single to give the Bison a 1-0 lead.

Senior Joseph Nicolace (Cranston, R.I.) took the win after tossing 4.1 innings while allowing three runs (all earned) on five hits and four walks and striking out six before freshman Chris Dipilato (Worcester, Mass.) and sopohmore Kevin Kirley(Clinton, Mass.) closed the door over the last 1.2 innings to secure the win.