COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost to regionally-ranked Bentley University, 9-5, in Northeast-10 Conference play on Friday at Doc Jacobs Field, as the Falcons broke a tie with four ninth-inning runs. Bentley was eighth in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-29, 7-18 NE10), Bentley (28-17, 14-11 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 HP
• Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 3-for-5, 1 SB
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-4, 1 BB
• First-year Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy), 2-for-4, 1 R
• Senior Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 8.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Eddy Beauregard, 3-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Tyler Gonzalez, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Junior Nick Pappas, 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR
• Graduate student Matt Tyman, 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, no-decision
• First-year Jayden Longdin, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K in relief, win

GAME FACTS

• Duquette tied Andrew Kelley's '13 program record for career pitching starts (32) while moving into eighth in strikeouts (138), passing SMC Athletic Hall of Famers Jean Dubuc HS'06 (135), Scott Racicot '72 (135) and Alan "Dutch" Colville '33 (137) along the way.
• Kolifrath's six home runs this season are exceeded in program history only by Tony Gomes '81 (8 in 1979), Trevor Allen '19 (7 in 2019) and Kevin Harutunian '06 (7 in 2004).

THE ACTION

• Senior Jackson Walonis' fly ball was lost in the sun for a two-run double with two down in the second inning before Kolifrath brought Saint Michael's within 2-1 by leading off the home half with a home run to right center.
• Graduate student Brian Lindsay and Pappas hit back-to-back solo home runs to begin the fifth inning.
• Moynihan scored on a passed ball with two out in the home half before the Purple Knights plated runs in the sixth on first-year Dom Tetta's (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) groundout and a two-out error to tie the game.
• In the following frame, first-year Tad Giardina (Reading, Mass./Saint Mary's) legged out a potential inning-ending double-play ball to bring Kolifrath home with the go-ahead run.
• Bentley tied the game on a two-out error in the eighth before scoring four runs on four hits and three errors in the ninth, with Pappas' solo home run putting his team up for good and Beauregard and Gonzalez both adding RBI singles.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Bentley, 1 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Purple Knights host Senior Day that day.