HAVERHILL, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team opened its season with a pair of non-league losses to Northeast-10 Conference counterpart Saint Anselm College, 18-7 and 5-2, on Sunday at Trinity Stadium.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-2), Saint Anselm (3-3)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• By stealing one base in each game, senior Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union) upped his career total to 30, becoming the third Purple Knight to reach that plateau. He joined Brian Rayder '93 (36) and Tyler Wild '14 (32).
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) picked up his first two college hits in the opener.
• Five Saint Michael's pitchers made their first appearance for the team, including four seeing their college debut.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Gilboy, 2-for-4, 2 RBI
• Lanthier, 3-for-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 SB
• Junior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Sophomore Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 2-for-3, 1 BB
• Sophomore Braedon Jones (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union/UMass Dartmouth), 4 IP, 3 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Nolan Elmore, 3-for-4, 4 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR
• First-year Shea Howrigan, 3-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Declan Ryan, 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 3B, 1 SB
• Senior Dallas Vaughan, 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, no-decision
• Junior Jared Reminder, 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Playing the visiting team, the Purple Knights scored twice in the top of the first inning and twice more in the third around the Hawks' three-run opening frame. Gilboy picked up an RBI to key each inning, while Ryan's two-run triple was the big blow in Saint Anselm's first.
• Elmore led off the fourth inning with a tying solo home run, and the Hawks scored nine runs on five hits and two errors the following frame to go ahead. Elmore added a two-run single and Howrigan a three-run double.
• Kolifrath's two-out, two-run double highlighted a three-run sixth that brought Saint Michael's within 13-7, but the Hawks plated five more runs between the home half and seventh inning.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 3B
• Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-3, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 1 SB
• Sophomore Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, no-decision
• Sophomore Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Elmore, 2-for-5
• Senior Aidan Dow, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Richie Williams, 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• First-year Mavrick Bourdeau, 0-for-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
• Senior Will Hunter, 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K in relief, win
• Junior Marko Gibbons, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• The visiting Hawks plated an unearned run on Clough's RBI single in the top of the first, but Saint Michael's tied the game on Moynihan's RBI groundout in the second.
• Balian led off the fourth with a triple before Cavossa drove the next pitch for a go-ahead sac fly, and the Purple Knights took the 2-1 lead into the latter stages.
• Williams came through with the tying RBI single in the seventh before Dow's groundout scored the eventual winning run. Williams was hit by a pitch with two down and the bases loaded in the eighth to make it 4-2.
• Howrigan added a ninth-inning sac fly for the final margin.
• The Purple Knights put only one runner on base over the final five innings, when Kolifrath was plunked leading off the sixth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Bentley University, 12 p.m. non-league doubleheader.