WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept by Bentley University, 7-0 and 11-2, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Sunday at DeFelice Field. The opener was a seven-inning affair and the nightcap a nine-inning contest, as the teams finished off a four-game weekend series.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-8, 1-7 NE10), Bentley (9-3, 9-3 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 1-for-3, 1 SB
• Junior John Luke Cianciolo (Guilford, Conn./Guilford/New Haven), 1-for-3
• First-year Joey Hosea (Dorchester, Mass./Catholic Memorial), 3.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (first college start)
• Sophomore Lucas Persechino (Clearwater, Fla./Countryside), 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Kyle Halloran, 1-for-3, 4 R, 1 BB, 4 SB
• Sophomore Steve Rizzuto, 2-for-3, 4 RBI, 1 SF
• Graduate student Ryan Berardino, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Jared Brooks, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 7 K

THE ACTION

• Rizzuto singled home the winning run in the first inning, as Bentley scored in five innings.
• Sophomore Joe Boushell and Berardino had RBI knocks in the second and third frames, respectively.
• In a 3-0 game, sophomore Ulysses Luciano (Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy) walked with one out in the fourth and stole second but was stranded.
• Rizzuto's two-out, two-run single keyed a three-run home half, and his sac fly plated the final run in the sixth.
• The Purple Knights strung together a two-out threat in the fifth, with Lanthier beating out an infield single and stealing second before first-year Matt Sevigny (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill) and senior Iset Maldonado (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep) walked, but the final hitter flew out to center field.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Maldonado, 1-for-2
• Luciano, 1-for-4, 1 SB
• Sophomore Nathan Smith (Wildwood, Mo./Vermont Academy), 1-for-1
• First-year Nate Rogers (Portland, Maine/Cheverus), 1-for-1 (first college hit)
• Senior Julien Giroux-Harvey (Montreal, Québec/Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf), 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 3B; 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K in relief
• Sophomore Anthony Santosuosso (Arlington, Mass./Vermont Academy), 0-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Senior Alex Mendez (Fallon, Nev./Churchill County), 4 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, loss
• First-year Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K in relief
• Senior Shane Epps (Queens, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Mercy), 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Berardino, 2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• Halloran, 1-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
• Boushell, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Junior Liam Sears, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SF, 1 SB
• Graduate student Lloyd Hill, 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, win
• Junior Brandon Ostiguy, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Bentley plated eight runs over the first five innings, scoring in every frame. Berardino's two-run triple keyed a three-run first.
• In the top of the second, juniors Sebastian Oetterer (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips) and Mitchell Goulet (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) walked consecutively leading off before moving 90 feet apiece on a balk, but they advanced no further.
• Boushell scored an unearned run in the second, Sears knocked a two-out RBI double in the third, and first-year Jackson Walonis hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it 6-0.
• Santosuosso and Cianciolo picked up one RBI apiece in the fifth before Bentley got the runs back in the home half, using a sac fly and Boushell's RBI single.
• Berardino hit an RBI double during a three-run eighth inning.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. No. 16 Southern New Hampshire University, 1 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Penmen's national ranking is according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
• Southern New Hampshire qualified for the last eight NCAA Tournaments.