RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost both ends of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Franklin Pierce University, 13-2 and 14-8, on Wednesday at Pappas Field. The Ravens received votes toward this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-16, 1-7 NE10), Franklin Pierce (15-15, 6-3 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- Senior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) homered in each end of the doubleheader and now has 13 for his career, within three of Trevor Allen's '19 program record (16).
- Senior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's) passed George Buteau '15 (125) to take over sixth in program history with 126 career hits.
- Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) pushed his career hit total to 90; 17 players in more than 100 years of baseball at the College have 100 hits.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Cavossa, 2-for-4
- Kolifrath, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
- Sophomore Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
- Junior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 4.1 IP, 10 H, 8 ER, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Julien Monks, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
- Senior Kiobel Lugo, 3-for-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, 3 HR
- Sophomore Michael Quiros, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR
- Redshirt first-year Curt Boyd, 3-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
- First-year Anthony Paolicelli, 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, win
THE ACTION
- Kinsella scored on a first-inning double play to give the Purple Knights a 1-0 lead.
- Monks tied the game with a two-out RBI single in the second before junior Ivan Arias and Lugo both homered as part of a three-run third inning.
- Quiros, Lugo and Boyd all went deep between the fourth and fifth innings before Kolifrath drilled a solo homer in the sixth.
- Lugo knocked a two-run home run in the home half.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Cavossa, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- Kolifrath, 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
- Moynihan, 2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
- Junior Seth Larson (Leicester, Mass./Leicester), 3-for-5, 1 R
- Sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B
- First-year Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School), 3.1 IP, 5 H, 7 R, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Lugo, 3-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR
- Monks, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
- Quiros, 2-for-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 2B, 1 SB
- Senior Anthony Marcano, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 2 SB, 1 HP
- Junior Joey Acker, 2-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 2 SB
- Redshirt sophomore Tommy Sullivan, 3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER in relief, win
THE ACTION
- The teams exchanged big innings early, as Lugo's three-run homer highlighted a five-run first frame for the hosts before Moynihan followed suit with a three-run dinger in a four-run second inning.
- Acker stole third and scored on an error in the fourth before Marcano's two-out RBI single extended the lead to 7-4.
- Kolifrath led off the following frame with a home run.
- The Ravens scored six runs on five hits in the seventh, as Lugo went deep and four teammates drove in runs.
- Gilboy unloaded the bases with a two-out, three-run double in the eighth, but senior Elias Meredith's infield RBI single pushed the hosts' lead to 14-8 in the bottom half.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Friday vs. Assumption University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
- The twinbill moved up from Saturday due to expected inclement weather.