NEWPORT, R.I. (Thursday, April 24, 2025) -- #13/#14 Salve Regina University baseball defeated Anna Maria College, 13-6, in non-league action at Reynolds Field on the Newport campus. With their eighth-straight victory, the Seahawks lifted head coach Eric Cirella into the all-time leader list for career wins (319), passing his father, Steve Cirella, who finished his 14-year head coaching stint with 318 wins.

Middle infielders Christian Homa and Grady Schopps both went three for four at the plate with the former driving in four and scoring twice and the latter scoring three times and knocking in a pair of runners. Nolan Romanowski (W, 3-0) followed starter Brady Shea's three innings of work with four frames and no earned runs. Shea struck out five and Romanowski K'd three. Andrew Wertz pitched two scoreless innings and struck out a pair of AmCats.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 13, Anna Maria 6
Records: Salve Regina (23-7, 9-3 NEWMAC), Anna Maria (17-17, 6-8 GNAC)
History: Today marks the 58th meeting on the baseball diamond between Salve Regina and Anna Maria. The Seahawks lead the all-time series with a whopping .896 winning percentage (52-6). Last year's 15-5 win in eight innings at Reynolds Field was the first meeting between the two former CCC schools on the Newport diamond since 2010. Wil McCarthy went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three batted in. On April 3, 2001, Salve Regina lefty Scott Alexander struck out an NCAA-record 22 batters in a 12-0 victory over Anna Maria. The Seahawks went on to win the CCC crown and advance to their first appearance in the NCAAs.

SUMMARY ​

• B1 - Hunter Yaworski doubled down the lf line, RBI; Evan O'Rourke advanced to third; Christian Homa scored. Shane Williams singled through the right side, 2 RBI; Wil McCarthy advanced to third; H. Yaworski scored; E. O'Rourke scored. | SEAHAWKS 3, AMCATS 0
• T3 - J. Batchelde homered, 2 RBI; J. Guardasci scored. | SEAHAWKS 3, AMCATS 2
• B5 - Grady Schopps singled to center field, 2 RBI; Tyler Petrosino advanced to second; Brady Smolinski scored; Shane Williams scored, unearned. Christian Homa doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Brandon Grover scored, unearned; G. Schopps scored, unearned. Evan O'Rourke singled through the right side, RBI; C. Homa scored, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 8, AMCATS 2
• T6 - D. Darnbroug grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; A. Acuna advanced to second; J. Chiulli scored, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 8, AMCATS 3
• B6 - Tyler Petrosino fouled out to lf, SAC, RBI; Shane Williams scored, unearned. Christian Homa doubled to left center, RBI; Brandon Grover advanced to third; Grady Schopps scored. | SEAHAWKS 10, AMCATS 3
• T7 - J. Rosenberg flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; A. Denison scored, unearned. J. Batchelde singled to left field, RBI; J. Guardasci advanced to second; T. Sasso scored, unearned. A. Acuna flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; J. Guardasci scored, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 10, AMCATS 6
• B8 - Brandon Grover tripled to left center, RBI; Grady Schopps scored. Christian Homa flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; B. Grover scored. Shane Williams flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; Evan O'Rourke scored. | SEAHAWKS 13, AMCATS 6

NOTEWORTHY ​

• Salve Regina head coach Eric Cirella became the school's all-time winningest coach with career victory No. 319.
• Seahawk pitchers had double digit strikeout total for the 19th time in 30 games.