COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader by regionally-ranked Southern Connecticut State University, 6-3 and 15-4 in seven innings, on Monday at Doc Jacobs Field. The Owls were ninth in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-18, 4-7 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (20-15, 8-8 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Seven of the Purple Knights' losses have come by three runs or fewer.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union), 0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
• Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), 2-for-5, caught 3 runners stealing
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 2-for-5, 2 RBI
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• Junior Trent Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield/Worcester State), 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, loss
• First-year Tyler Caldon (Milford, Mass./Milford), 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K in relief
• Junior Jack Menard (Tewksbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Patrick Dillon, 2-for-5, 1 R
• Redshirt junior Jack Drewry, 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 2B
• Redshirt junior Billy Sullivan, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Chad Fedeli, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• First-year Jake Chacho, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Keegan Daigle, 8.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, win

THE ACTION

• Drewry's two-run single made it 3-0 before a batter had been retired in the first inning.
• The Purple Knights responded with a pair of runs in the home half, as Cavossa's RBI groundout made it 3-1 before Gilboy's two-out RBI single plated sophomore Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame).
• After the rocky opening inning in his second career start, Trent Balian did not allow a hit to the next 13 batters, until the Owls pushed the lead to 4-2 on Fedeli's two-out RBI knock in the fifth.
• The visitors also plated single runs in the sixth and seventh, on Drewry's RBI double and Chacho's solo home run, respectively.
• Saint Michael's put three runners on base in the bottom of the ninth but got only one run, when Cavossa singled home Lanthier.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Evan Balian, 0-for-2, 2 BB
• Gilboy, 1-for-2, 1 R
• Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• Junior Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• First-year Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 2-for-2, 1 RBI
• First-year Tad Giardina (Reading, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 1.1 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, loss
• Sophomore Jack Fischer (Forest Hills, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep), 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K in relief (college pitching debut)

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sullivan, 1-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Redshirt junior Izaiah Walker, 1-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Junior Zakary Droukas, 3-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B
• Junior Jake Gruttadauria, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Redshirt sophomore Derrick Jagello, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• First-year Ryan Fedeli, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B
• Chad Fedeli, 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• A wild pitch plated the Owls' first-inning run before the visitors scored nine runs on five hits in the second, when Droukas and Sullivan both knocked two-run doubles and Walker swatted a grand slam. Southern Connecticut State scored the game's first 14 runs.
• Santos doubled home Gilboy in the fourth and came around to score on Arseneault's single.
• Moynihan scored on an error in the fifth before Giardina doubled and was driven in by senior Nate Rogers (Portland, Maine/Cheverus) in the seventh.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Adelphi University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.