FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team capped a three-game Spring Break series with Bethel (Minn.) University by losing a 9-1 decision on Thursday during the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic at Mark T. Pigott Memorial Stadium.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-8), Bethel (8-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior John Luke Cianciolo (Guilford, Conn./Guilford/New Haven), 1-for-4; 4 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 0 BB, 4 K in relief
• Sophomore Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 2-for-5
• First-year Maverick King (Essex Junction, Vt./Essex), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• First-year Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 0-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 SAC, 1 SF
• First-year Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-3, 1 HP
• Senior Sean Birch (Mansfield, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Tommy Friesen, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF
• Senior Ty Koehn, 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Junior Justin Winterfeldt, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year John Solfest, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K
• Sophomore Jordan Krupke, 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K in relief, win

GAME FACTS

• King picked up his first collegiate hit.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights left a pair of runners on base in each of the first three innings of a scoreless contest, with Santos being hit by a pitch in the first and singling through the left side in the third during that time.
• Birch walked the bases loaded in the top of the third being inducing a fly ball to escape the jam.
• Birch left two more on base in the fourth, when he helped himself by fielding a potential sac bunt with two on base and getting the lead runner at third for the first out.
• The leadoff man reached base for Saint Michael's in each the fourth and fifth innings, with senior Mitchell Goulet (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) getting plunked and Lanthier singling, respectively, before they both advanced via sacrifices but were stranded at second.
• The Royals broke through with a run in the top of the fifth, as Winterfeldt doubled home Koehn with one out.
• Five more Bethel runs scored on six hits in the sixth, with Koehn knocking a two-run double and senior Marcus Krupke adding a two-run triple with two down.
• King scored on Moynihan's sacrifice fly in the seventh to cut the deficit to 6-1.
• Bethel added a run on an eighth-inning error before plating two more in the ninth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Wisconsin Lutheran College, 9 a.m. in Fort Myers, Fla., at Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic.