EASTON, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team swept regionally-regarded Stonehill College, 5-2 in seven innings and 12-10, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Sunday at Lou Gorman Field.

The Skyhawks received a vote toward the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll. The Purple Knights entered the day 3-25 all-time on Stonehill's home field, winning there for the first time since April 4, 1998, having last swept a twinbill from the Skyhawks at any site on March 26, 1994, also at Stonehill. Saint Michael's swept its first NE10 doubleheader since April 28, 2018, at Assumption University.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-13, 2-2 NE10), Stonehill (12-16, 2-6 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• First-years Colby Fane-Cushing (Colchester, Vt./Colchester) and Jarret Muzzy (Ferrisburgh, Vt./Vergennes Union) both picked up their first college wins in relief, with Muzzy nailing down the opening win and Fane-Cushing entering during the nightcap.
• The four-game weekend set featured four games decided by three runs or fewer, as the Purple Knights lost just 4-3 and 2-0 on Saturday.
• Saint Michael's vaulted from seventh in the NE10 Northeast Division at the beginning of the day to fifth place, passing both Stonehill and Bentley University, which visits Colchester next weekend.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB
• Senior Ozzie Rodríguez (Tampa, Fla./Boca Ciega), 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
• Muzzy, 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, win in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Noah Lucier, 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• First-year Taylor Gaspar, 2-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Jack Marshall, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• First-year Zach Gleason, 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
• First-year Max Brulport, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, loss in relief
• Junior Brendan Kelly, 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K in relief

THE ACTION

• First-year Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West) scored the game's first run on a fourth-inning wild pitch before senior Sebastian Oetterer's (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips) two-out double plated sophomore Matt Sevigny (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill), who had walked and stolen second base.
• Marshall's RBI single tied the game in the fifth before he took off to steal second and, with a runner on third, the throw went through, but the return throw from junior second baseman Ulysses Luciano (Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy) to Oetterer at the plate caught a Skyhawk trying to swipe home for the final out.
• With one out in the seventh inning, Lanthier singled, stole second and moved to third on an error. Moynihan followed by beating out a dribbler in front of the plate, and an ensuing error put him on second, as Lanthier scored the eventual winning run. First-year Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) and senior Brady Perron (Barton, Vt./Lake Region Union) both came through with two-out RBI singles to pad the lead.
• After Muzzy had retired the side 1-2-3 in the sixth and fanned the first batter in the seventh, the next three Skyhawks singled, with the second a seeing-eye roller and the third a nubber just over the mound into no-man's land. With the potential winning run at the plate in Stonehill's cleanup hitter, Muzzy fielded a comebacker to begin a game-ending 1-4-3 double play.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Lanthier, 3-for-6, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Luciano, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HP
• Oetterer, 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 SF
• Perron, 2-for-5, 1 R
• Sevigny, 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SF
• Moynihan, 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Senior Mitchell Goulet (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames), 2-for-2, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HP
• First-year Jack Menard (Tewksbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), 2.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 2 K
• First-year Maverick King (Essex Junction, Vt./Essex), 3 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief
• Sophomore Joey Hosea (Dorchester, Mass./Catholic Memorial), 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K in relief
• Fane-Cushing, 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, win in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Marshall, 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B
• Lucier, 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 SB; 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, loss in relief
• Junior Conor Kiely, 3-for-5, 2 R, 1 SAC
• Junior Blaine Lidsky, 2-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Senior Matt Farragher, 1-for-3, 3 R, 3 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Ryan Douglas, 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Senior Matt Smith, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K in relief
• Junior Billy Duff, 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K in relief
• Junior Matt Tyman, 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Gaspar's sac fly gave Stonehill a first-inning lead before Sevigny's two-out RBI double forced a second-inning tie.
• Lidsky and first-year Sam Kidder both had RBI singles in a three-run third, but Sevigny provided a sac fly the following frame before the Purple Knights scored three runs in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Oetterer and Lanthier knocked back-to-back two-out RBI singles to push the visitors in front.
• Stonehill countered with three runs in the home half. Gaspar had an RBI knock, but left fielder Sevigny helped prevent further damage by relaying to shortstop Moynihan, who cut down a second run trying to score.
• Saint Michael's went back in front, 8-7, by plating three runs on five hits in the eighth, when Moynihan dumped an RBI double into right and Balian and Oetterer added RBI singles.
• Marshall's RBI single again tied the game in the home half, but Fane-Cushing averted further damage by retiring the final three Skyhawks with runners at first and second.
• The Purple Knights scored four unearned runs in the ninth to take the lead for good, aided by Oetterer's go-ahead sac fly, Luciano's RBI double, two wild pitches, two passed balls and an error.
• Down 12-8, Stonehill made it interesting in bottom of the final frame, scoring one run on Lidsky's groundout and another on a two-out error, bringing the potential winning run to the plate. However, Fane-Cushing fanned that batter looking to cap the sweep.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Bentley, 12 p.m. doubleheader.