Winter Haven, Fla. - The University of Southern Maine Huskies rode the strong starting pitching of sophomores Chris Bernard (Scarborough, Maine) and Nick Douglass (Poland, Maine) to sweep the Trinity College Bantams, 1-0, and, 6-2, this afternoon in a RussMatt Central Florida Invitational doubleheader played at Chain of Lakes Field.  The Huskies snapped a two-game losing streak with their win in the opener, and are now 5-3 overall.  The Bantams slipped to 3-3 overall.

Bernard hurled a two-hit shutout in the first game to best Trinity freshman Ryan Carr (Cos Cob, Conn.) who tossed a one-hitter.  Douglass went 5.1 innings in the nightcap to pick up his first win as a Husky with some relief help from junior Dustin Stanton (Cornish, Maine).  The Huskies scored when freshman Forrest Chadwick (Gardiner, Maine) led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of senior Mike Eaton (Sabattus, Maine).  Chadwick's hit was the only safety allowed by Carr who did not walk a batter and struck out four.  Bernard also did not walk a batter and struck out four in his masterpiece.  He only allowed two-out singles to sophomore Steven Howard (Cheshire, Conn.) in the third and junior Kevin Mortimer (Spencer, Mass.) in the fourth.  The Bantams had four base runners in the game, none advancing past first base.  In the nightcap, junior Edward Donovan (Milton, Mass.) took the loss for the Bantams.