WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept in a non-league twinbill by Bentley University, 12-8 and 9-3 in five innings, on Saturday at Waltham High School.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-4), Bentley (7-2)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Junior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) slugged a pair of triples in the opener, becoming the 11th Purple Knight with a pair of three-baggers in the same game, and the first since Matt Beaulieu '10 on April 15, 2008, at Middlebury College. However, Kolifrath was the first with two triples in a game outside the State of Vermont since John Clarke '22 on May 28, 1921, at Clarkson University.
• First-years Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding) and Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop) picked up their first collegiate hits in the opener, and classmate Jacob Smith (Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale) added his first college hit in the nightcap.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Arsenault, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 SF
• Kinsella, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Kolifrath, 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 3B
• Senior Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
• Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 2-for-5, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 2-for-5, 1 R
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 BB
• Junior Jack Menard (Tewksbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), 1.1 IP, 4 R, loss
• Sophomore Colin Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 3 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Steve Rizzuto, 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B
• Senior Jackson Walonis, 3-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Hunter Smith, 4-for-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, 4 SB
• Sophomore Pat Heber, 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 4 K, no-decision
• Junior Harper Flint, 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Walonis knocked in a first-inning run before Bentley scored three more times in the second, with Hunter Smith adding an RBI single.
• The Purple Knights scored the next seven runs. Balian's two-run triple came amid a three-run fourth, Kolifrath's two-out RBI triple tied the game in the fifth, and Kinsella's two-run double sparked a three-run sixth.
• Bentley got three right back in the home half, as Rizzuto's two-run triple was immediately followed by Walonis' RBI knock.
• In a 7-7 game, the Falcons scored five runs on five hits and three errors in the eighth. Rizzuto (double) and Hunter Smith (single) had the lone run-scoring hits that left the infield.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Gilboy, 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• Kolifrath, 0-for-1, 1 R, 2 BB
• Jacob Smith, 1-for-1, 1 BB
• Sophomore Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 4.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 4 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Hunter Smith, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 3B
• Graduate student Cory Bright, 2-for-3, 1 RBI 1 BB
• Graduate student Tim Zupkus, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Junior Patrick Purcell, 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B
• First-year Brendan Sencaj, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 3B
• Sophomore Steve Hardiman, 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 R, 5 BB, 5 K

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights plated a trio of first-inning runs on junior Filly Santos' (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West) sac fly and Gilboy's RBI single. Kolifrath later scored on a wild pitch.
• Bentley scored four runs on six hits in the home half of the third. Purcell's two-run double was the big blow.
• The hosts tallied five more runs in the fifth to pull away. Sencaj's hit an RBI triple in the frame.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday against Bentley, 12 p.m. non-league doubleheader at Waltham High School.