COLCHESTER, Vt. - Junior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex) went five strong innings to earn his first college win before classmate Colin Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) provided four frames of shutout relief as the Saint Michael's College baseball team downed regional power Southern New Hampshire University, 7-4, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference play on 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 (8-21, 7-11 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (24-12, 12-5 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 2-for-4, 1 R
• Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Junior Seth Larson (Leicester, Mass./Leicester), 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Sophomore Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 HP
• Sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-5
• Safer, 5+ IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, win
• Burke, 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K in relief, save

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Jorge Burgos, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Kyle Lavigne, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• First-year Jackson Marshall, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Junior Austin Trumpour, 3.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, loss

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights defeated the Penmen for the third time in their series history, and for the first time since an 8-2 win at Doc Jacobs Field on April 17, 2013.
• Saint Michael's had a good day against Trumpour, one of the NE10's top pitchers, who entered the contest 16th in the nation in earned run average (1.96) while limiting hitter to a .192 batting average. He was also 10th in Division II in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) at 0.93; his tally on Saturday was 2.45.
• Moynihan pushed his career hit total to 136, within 10 of Alec Tice's '14 program record.
• Burke picked up his second save of the season.
• Larson slugged his first career home run

THE ACTION

• After sophomore Jacob Smith (Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale) led off the third inning with a single, Larson launched a two-run homer one out later to right center for the game's first runs. Cavossa followed with a walk before later scoring in sophomore Colin Kinsella's (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop) two-out single through the right side.
• The Penmen responded with a pair of solo home runs in the fourth, as Marshall and Lavigne both went deep.
• Saint Michael's countered with four runs in the home half to take a 7-2 lead. Larson's groundout plated Moynihan, and Cavossa dropped a two-run single into right field. He later came home on a wild pitch.
• Sophomore Nater Wachter's ground-rule RBI double made it 7-3 in the fifth, but Safer stranded two in scoring position thanks to inducing a pair of fly balls to end the threat.
• Burgos led off the sixth with a home run before Lavigne walked, but Burke entered from the bullpen to retire 10 of his first 11 batters, with seven of the first eight going down on strikes.
• Senior Jancarlos Colon singled with one out in the ninth and stole second, but the Penmen never brought the tying run to the plate, as Burke followed by inducing a groundout and fanning his final hitter.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Ravens were 10th in this week's NCBWA East Region poll.