COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost both ends of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader to regionally-ranked Franklin Pierce University, 11-3 and 6-2, on Thursday at Doc Jacobs Field. The Ravens were 10th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-16, 2-5 NE10), Franklin Pierce (16-9, 10-2 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Junior Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore Braedon Jones (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union/UMass Dartmouth), 3.2 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, loss
• Junior Trent Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield/Worcester State), 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Connor Smalley, 3-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• Senior Hunter Wilichoski, 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Kiobel Lugo, 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Nolan DeAndrade, 4-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 SB
• Graduate student Chaz Powell, 8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, win

THE ACTION

• The Ravens jumped ahead with four runs on four hits in the second inning, as four players drove in one run.
• Wilichoski's RBI double extended the lead in the third before DeAndrade's two-run single keyed a four-run fourth that pushed Franklin Pierce's advantage to 9-0.
• Evan Balian's ground-rule double in the sixth plated Cavossa, who had also doubled with two out.
• The Ravens added single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
• Santos doubled in Cavossa in the bottom of the ninth before Evan Balian scored on an outfield error.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Evan Balian, 3-for-4, 1 R
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 6.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, loss
• Senior Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K in relief
• Sophomore Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• DeAndrade, 1-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SB
• Graduate student Eli Battipaglia, 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 SB
• First-year Niklas Pavia, 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 12 K, win

THE ACTION

• Wilichoski's two-out RBI single in the second inning plated the game's first run.
• DeAndrade drove home a run with a fielder's choice in the fourth before redshirt first-year Brycen Tetler's two-out RBI knock made it 3-0.
• The Purple Knights got a run back on first-year Dom Tetta's (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) RBI groundout in the fifth.
• Battipaglia scored on two-out outfield error in the seventh.
• DeAndrade launched a two-run home run in the eighth to push the lead to 6-1.
• Evan Balian came home on a two-out wild pitch in the ninth before the final batter grounded out.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday vs. University of New Haven, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
• Saturday's scheduled twinbill with Southern Connecticut State University has been postponed to Monday.