COLCHESTER, Vt. - Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) picked up his 100th career hit as the Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept by regionally-ranked Southern New Hampshire University, 20-6 and 19-7, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Friday at Doc Jacobs Field. The Penmen were ranked fourth in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-21, 6-11 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (24-11, 12-4 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Cavossa became the 18th player in program history to reach the 100-hit plateau for a career during the second contest.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Jacob Smith (Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale), 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HP
• First-year Zach Jalbert (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• First-year Steven Klein (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset), 0-for-0, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Braedon Jones (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union/UMass Dartmouth), 3.1 IP, 12 H, 10 R, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jancarlos Colon, 2-for-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 3B, 1 SB, 1 HP
• Junior Kyle Lavigne, 4-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Sophomore Joel Valera, 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Sophomore Nater Wachter, 3-for-6, 2 R, 5 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Devin Divita, 8 IP 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• The Penmen scored a pair of runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded hit by pitch and a sac fly before Wachter's two-out RBI single made it 3-0 in the second.
• Valera's two-run double sparked a four-run third, as the visitors scored in each of the first five innings to pull away.
• Saint Michael's scored six runs on four hits in the ninth, as Gilboy, first-year Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School) and Jalbert knocked RBI singles.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 3-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Gilboy, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Junior Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Colon, 3-for-5, 4 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB
• Wachter, 1-for-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 1 HR
• Graduate student Jorge Burgos, 3-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B
• Junior Jake Pisano, 4-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Redshirt sophomore Zach Brassill, 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• Burke and Brassill were locked up in a scoreless pitcher's duel until redshirt sophomore Ruben Fernandez's short grounder scored Pisano in the fourth inning.
• Cavossa's RBI single in the sixth inning kicked off a four-run frame. Senior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) was plunked with the bases loaded before Gilboy doubled with two out to score two runs.
• The Penmen immediately responded with six runs on two hits in the seventh, keyed by Fernandez's two-run single. The visitors scored twice in eighth and 10 more times in the ninth.
• Weber and Cavossa both picked up RBI singles in a three-run home half of the ninth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Southern New Hampshire, 1:30 p.m. doubleheader