SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team continued its early-season surge by beating the Moravian Greyhounds 15-1 and 8-4 to sweep a three-game weekend series on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1

• The Greyhounds got off to a fast start, loading the bases with one out on two singles and a walk and scoring a run on a Chris Pow RBI single. SU starter Tyler Villa mitigated the damage with an around-the-horn double play to get out of the jam.
• The Sea Gulls answered in the bottom of the third. Dom Frigiola lashed a one-out double, then two batters later Danny Sheeler looped a single into left to score Frigiola and tie it 1-1.
• In the fourth, Stephen Rice led off with a single and stole his way around to third. Scott Cameron then doubled him home to give SU the lead. After a couple of flyouts and a walk, Cameron and Luke Weddell executed a double steal and both scored on a base hit by Frigiola to put the Sea Gulls up 4-1.
• SU added one more in the fourth when left fielder David Olsakowski dropped a Kavi Caster flyball, allowing Frigiola to score to make it 5-1.
• Salisbury ran wild to plate a couple more in the fifth. Ben Anderson led off with a walk and stole both second and third before coming home on a two-out RBI single by Zach Geesaman. Geesaman in turn stole second and came home on a Weddell base hit to put SU up 7-1.
• Rice muscled a two-run single through the left side with the bases loaded in the sixth to make it 9-1.
• The Sea Gulls brought home six more in the eighth on RBI doubles by Anderson and Geesaman, singles by Weddell and Cameron Hyder, a Patrick Campbell double and an Adam Tommer single, giving the game its final 15-1 margin.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Dom Frigiola put together a big day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, three runs and two RBIs.
• Zach Geesaman went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
• Stephen Rice and Luke Weddell each finished with two hits, one run and two RBIs.
• The Sea Gulls stole a season-high 12 bases without being caught. Ben Anderson, Rice, Scott Cameron and Weddell each swiped a pair.
• Tyler Villa (3-0) pitched efficiently en route to winning his first career start, needing just 64 pitches to make it through seven innings of one-run, six-hit ball. Villa walked one and struck out one, working quick frames of four and five pitches along the way.
• Shawn Rosemond tossed a scoreless eighth and Garrett Beaver put up a zero in the ninth to finish the job.

MORAVIAN GAME NOTES

• Pat Benolken finished 2-for-4 with a run in the leadoff slot for the Greyhounds.
• Chris Pow went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Ross Huffman (1-1) took the loss after giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits over 3.2 innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2

• Scott Cameron got the party going in the bottom of the third inning with an opposite-field solo home run down the left field line, giving the Sea Gulls a 1-0 lead.
• The Greyhounds wasted no time answering in the top of the fourth. Paul Croyle led off with a single, then Nick Henry doubled to left center to bring him home and tie it 1-1.
• Salisbury turned the sixth into its own home run derby. Kavi Caster led off with a single and stole second. After a groundout, Ben Anderson crushed a two-run bomb that cleared the scoreboard and train tracks beyond left center field, putting the Sea Gulls back up 3-1.
• Stephen Rice came up next and was plunked, then after a sac bunt and a walk, Luke Weddell powered a three-run dinger to right to make it 6-1.
• Moravian clawed two of those runs back in the top of the seventh. David Olsakowski led off with a double, then after a groundout and flyout, Derek Holmes tagged an RBI single up the middle. Holmes then stole second and came home on a Chris Pow single that made it 6-3.
• Anderson brought more shock and awe in the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer over the train tracks in left field to push the SU lead back to 7-3.
• The Sea Gulls tacked on one more in the eighth as Cameron tripled and scored on a passed ball to make it 8-3.
• The Greyhounds got one last run in the ninth on a Holmes double, error and wild pitch, making it 8-4 in the final box score.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Ben Anderson pounded two of the Sea Gulls' four home runs on the day, finishing 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.
• Scott Cameron went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, triple and three runs scored.
• Luke Weddell tagged a three-run homer for his first blast since April 3, 2021, finishing 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
• Salisbury now has three games of four-plus home runs this season after recording only two such games in 2022.
• Brandon Epstein (1-0) picked up his first win of the year with 2.2 strong innings in relief, giving up two runs on two hits with one walk and three strikeouts.
• Mitchell Wittkamp made his first start and lasted two innings, giving up one hit with two walks and one punchout.

MORAVIAN GAME NOTES

• Derek Holmes led the Greyhounds by going 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored.
• David Oslakowski went 2-for-4 with a double, run and stolen base.
• Chris Pow and Nick Henry each drove in a run.
• Chris Medei (0-1) was tagged with the loss after giving up five runs on four hits over an inning and a third.
• David Ciaccio lasted 4.2 innings in his start, surrendering one run on five hits.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls will head south for a top-10 showdown at No. 9 Shenandoah on Monday afternoon.
• First pitch from Winchester, Va., is set for 3 p.m.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

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