PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team opened Northeast-10 Conference play with a pair of losses to regionally-ranked Pace University, 13-2 and 2-0 in seven innings, on Sunday at Finnerty Field. The Setters were 10th in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-13, 0-2 NE10), Pace (11-7, 4-2 NE10)
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 3B
- Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B
- First-year Tad Giardina (Reading, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B
- Sophomore Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 4.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, loss
- First-year Tyler Caldon (Milford, Mass./Milford), 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K in relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Matthew Rinaldi, 3-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
- Junior Mason Baronian, 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
- First-year Brayden Sweppenhiser, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SAC, 1 SF, 1 SB
- Junior Vincent Civitella, 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, win
- First-year Sean Costello, 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, save
THE ACTION
- Senior Anthony Labita scored from second base on a two-out wild pitch in the first inning before the Setters scored four unearned runs in the third, keyed by Baronian's two-run double.
- Junior Josh Miller knocked a two-out, two-run single in a three-run fifth that made it 8-0.
- Moynihan's two-run double in the eighth got the Purple Knights on the scoreboard.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Moynihan, 1-for-3
- Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 1-for-3
- First-year Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 1-for-2
- Senior Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Rinaldi, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B
- First-year George Provel, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Sophomore Brendan McCann, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
THE ACTION
- Provel doubled with two down in the second before coming home on sophomore Benjamin Tullo's RBI single.
- Duquette worked around three base runners during a shutout fourth inning.
- Sweppenhiser's sac fly pushed the lead to 2-0 in the fifth.
- Balian led off with a single in the seventh inning, but a line-drive double play ultimately ended the game.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Thursday vs. Saint Anselm College, 2:30 p.m.