KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team split a pair of seven-inning contests with Kutztown University on Saturday, taking the nightcap, 15-12, after losing the opener, 9-4, at North Campus Baseball Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3), Kutztown (5-6)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• The Purple Knights connected on three sacrifice flies in the opener, coming within one of a school record set at Norwich University on April 28, 2007. They had five in all for the twinbill.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SB
• Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 HP
• Sophomore Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SF
• Sophomore Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy), 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HP, 1 SF
• Sophomore Dom Tetta (East Northport, N.Y./Northport), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• Junior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 3.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt junior Nick Varda, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB
• Sophomore Bo Barthol, 2-for-4, 3 RBI
• Sophomore Dalton Furst, 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Redshirt junior Paul Moretski, 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 K, win

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights used a bases-loaded walk by Kolifrath and sac flies from sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) and Kinsella to plate three first-inning runs, and Pattison added a sac fly to make it 4-0 in the second inning.
• Barthol came through with a two-run single to key a three-run home half, and Furst tied the game with a two-out solo home run in the third.
• Barthol's RBI single in the fourth put the Golden Bears ahead for good, and redshirt first-year Bryce Schafer's two-run double in the sixth sparked a three-run inning.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 3-for-5, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Gilboy, 2-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 SF
• Kinsella, 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SF
• Kolifrath, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Pattison, 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 3-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K in relief, win

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Furst, 4-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI
• Varda, 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Senior Jimmy Kerley, 1-for-3, 4 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
• Sophomore Jared Ferguson, 1-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• First-year Justin Augustus, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
• First-year Evan Krippel, 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R in relief, loss

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath and Gilboy drove home runs in the top of the first inning, but Varda's two-run homer kicked off a four-run home half.
• Saint Michael's countered with six runs on six hits in the second to take an 8-4 lead. Pattison's two-run single was the big blow, while four teammates added single RBI hits.
• After the Golden Bears got two back in the second, the Purple Knights used a Cavossa RBI double and Gilboy and Kinsella RBI singles to make it 11-6 in the third.
• Kutztown came all the way back with five two-out unearned runs in the fourth, tying the game on Barthol's RBI single.
• Gilboy and Kinsella lofted consecutive sac flies the following inning before Arsenault's two-out, two-run home run pushed the lead to 15-11.
• Out of the bullpen, Gunnip allowed only one hit to his first 12 batters before Kutztown loaded the bases with one out in the seventh. However, a fielder's choice and outfield fly ended the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Aeronautical University, 1 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Eagles were 10th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) South Region poll.