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FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Saint Michael's College baseball team (3-3) endured a 13-4 loss at Nova Southeastern on Wednesday. The Purple Knights couldn't recover from a seven-run deficit after two innings and allowed 14 walks and 13 hits in the setback.

For Saint Michael's, freshman Alec Tice (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) suffered the loss on the mound, allowing nine runs on nine hits in four innings. Tice helped his own cause by going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Freshman Tyler Wild (Quaker Hill, Conn./Saint Bernard School) recorded the first multiple-hit game of his young college career, and sophomore Collin Fishman (Bethesda, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) ripped an RBI double. Junior pitchers Chris Hoey (Huntington, N.Y./Saint Anthony's) and Matt Dunn (Needham, Mass./Needham) each allowed two runs in relief.

For the Sharks, junior Scott Woodrey (Lighthouse Point, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) had three hits, including a grand slam. Classmate Alan Avila (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Archbishop McCarthy) also homered and drove in three runs, while senior James Martinez (Hollywood, Fla./Broward College) earned the win with two innings of scoreless relief.

Woodrey's grand slam put Nova Southeastern up early and pressured Saint Michael's with a 7-0 disadvantage after two innings. The Purple Knights would muster all their runs in the top of the third, beginning with a leadoff single by Wild. Freshmen Nick Nelson (Spofford, N.H./Keene) and Chris Puliafico (Sharon, Mass./Sharon) each knocked RBI base hits, and Fishman brought home two more with a double to right field, but the Sharks' bullpen quieted the Saint Michael's offense the rest of the game. Nova Southeastern plated runs in all but two innings to improve to 15-7 on the year.

The Purple Knights play their second game outside of the Palm Beach Challenge tomorrow when they travel to Fort Pierce, Fla., for a game against Mercy at 2 p.m.

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