HOOKSETT, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Saturday by nationally-regarded Southern New Hampshire University, 16-6 and 22-3, at Penmen Field. The Penmen received votes toward this week's American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-26, 6-15 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (26-15, 15-7 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Junior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) hit a pair of home runs in the opener, repeating a feat he turned against American International College in game two of their series last April 16. He joins program home run king Trevor Allen '19 (3 times) and Tony Gomes '81 (2) as the lone Purple Knights to hit multiple home runs in multiple games. With eight career dingers - in just two seasons of action - Kolifrath is tied for third in program history.
• The Purple Knights hit three home runs between the two games to tie a 27-year-old program record with 18 this season.
• First-year Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy) rapped his first two college hits in the nightcap.
• Junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) pushed his career hit total to 97.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kolifrath, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, 1 SB, 1 HP
• Senior Justin Garcia (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Dixie Hollins), 1-for-2
• Senior Matt Sevigny (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Tad Giardina (Reading, Mass./Saint Mary's), 2-for-4, 2 R
• Sophomore Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 4+ IP, 9 H, 8 R, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jorge Burgos, 3-for-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 SB
• Senior Dylan O'Sullivan, 2-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 HR
• Sophomore Kyle Lavigne, 3-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B, 1 SF
• Sophomore Jake Pisano, 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SF
• Sophomore Parker Lendrum, 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• Pisano and Burgos swatted back-to-back solo home runs during a three-run bottom of the first.
• Kolifrath led off the second with a home run before Sevigny brought the Purple Knights within 3-2 on a two-out RBI single.
• Junior Harry Vargas Segura responded with a two-out RBI knock in the home half, but Kolifrath hit another solo home run with two out in the third, and the visitors were down 4-3.
• Southern New Hampshire scored the next 11 runs between the fourth and seventh innings, with O'Sullivan hitting two-run homers in both the fifth and sixth frames.
• Sevigny scored on a wild pitch in the Saint Michael's eighth before Moynihan doubled home a pair in the ninth.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Balian, 1-for-4, 1 R
• Kolifrath, 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Moynihan, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SF
• Pattison, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB, 1 HP
• Sophomore Colin Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 3+ IP, 5 H, 8 R, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Burgos, 3-for-6, 1 R, 6 RBI, 2 2B, 1 HR
• Vargas Segura, 2-for-3, 4 R, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 1 HR, 3 SB
• Sophomore Dyreson Wouters, 3-for-5, 4 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Nater Wachter, 3-for-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 SB
• Sophomore Austin Trumpour, 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Burgos' two-out, two-run double in the first inning was met by a two-run Purple Knight third inning, which featured Moynihan's solo homer and a Kolifrath two-out RBI double.
• The Penmen plated a pair of runs in the home half, with Pisano's sac fly putting the hosts up for good, before Vargas Segura's three-run home run highlighted a four-run fourth.
• Saint Michael's got a run back in the seventh when Moynihan's sac fly scored Pattison, who had led off by being hit by a pitch.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Southern New Hampshire, 12 p.m.