WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost a pair of Northeast-10 Conference contests at regionally-ranked Assumption University, 12-3 and 6-1 in seven innings, on Saturday at Rocheleau Field. The Greyhounds were fourth in this week's New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) poll and eighth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-28, 2-16 NE10), Assumption (20-15, 12-6)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• First-year Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Senior Mitchell Goulet (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames), 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Junior Anthony Santosuosso (Arlington, Mass./Arlington), 1-for-4, 1 R
• Senior Sean Birch (Mansfield, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, loss
• Sophomore Joey Hosea (Dorchester, Mass./Catholic Memorial), 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K in relief
• First-year Nick Lindberg (Dudley, Mass./Marianapolis Prep), 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kevin Cox, 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Emilio Acosta, 2-for-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B
• Sophomore Jared Berardino, 2-for-5, 1 R, 5 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
• Senior Jake Hamel, 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Senior Patrick Harrington, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, win
• Junior Justin Ray, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief
• Senior Marc Metivier, 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Balian's grounder drove in Santosuosso with a go-ahead run in the first inning.
• Acosta's RBI double knotted the game in the home half before Berardino added a three-run homer.
• Cox and Acosta hit back-to-back RBI doubles to highlight a three-run second.
• Berardino knocked a two-out, two-run double in a three-run sixth, and Cox added an RBI single in a two-run seventh.
• Goulet roped a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Santosuosso, 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 HP
• Moynihan, 1-for-4, 1 SB
• First-year Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-2, 1 BB
• Sophomore Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Cox, 2-for-3, 1 R
• Berardino, 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• First-year Cody Smith, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Jack Choate, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

THE ACTION

• In a well-pitched game, the Purple Knights put runners on in every inning but were held off the board. Santosuosso doubled before moving to third with one out in the first, but a double play ended the threat.
• Sophomore Owen Podolec came home on a double play in the home half for the game's lone run until the sixth inning.
• Santos walked leading off the third and moved 90 feet on sophomore Brady Clark's (Springfield, Vt./Springfield), but Choate fanned the next two hitters.
• Santos singled up the middle with one down in the fifth before sophomore Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union) reached on a two-out error, but the duo was stranded.
• Moynihan started the sixth with a single and stole second, while senior John Luke Cianciolo (Guilford, Conn./Guilford/New Haven) walked with two down, but Choate otherwise struck out the side.
• With two down in the home half, Smith doubled a run home, and Berardino's followed with a two-run single.
• Lanthier and Santosuosso were hit by pitches with two out in the seventh before the final Purple Knight grounded out.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Assumption, 12 p.m. doubleheader.