WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept by nationally-regarded Bentley University, 14-9 and 11-4, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Friday at Robert DeFelice Baseball Field. The Falcons, who earned votes toward a pair of national polls this week, were third in the latest NCAA East Region poll as the top-ranked NE10 squad in the standings.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-28, 7-17 NE10), Bentley (32-14, 18-6 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Senior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) moved into sixth in program history in career hits (130), passing Matt Beaulieu '10 (129).
• Senior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) blasted his 14th career home run, snapping a tie for second in program history with Balian to move within two of Trevor Allen's '19 school mark (16). Kolifrath now has 93 hits in three seasons and moved into a tie for sixth in walks (50) at Saint Michael's.
• With 51 hits this season, junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) is five short of Beaulieu's 16-year-old program record.
• Senior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's) picked up his 137th career hit, taking over sole possession of second place in school annals. Alec Tice '14 holds the program record (146).

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Evan Balian, 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Cavossa, 4-for-6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• Kolifrath, 2-for-6, 1 R
• Moynihan, 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Junior Seth Larson (Leicester, Mass./Leicester), 1 R, 2 BB
• Junior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 3-for-5, 1 2B
• Sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Sophomore Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 1-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Junior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 3 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, loss
• Senior Trent Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield/Worcester State), 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Jared Berardino, 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Nick Pappas, 2-for-6, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Junior Tommy Bolton, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Pat Heber, 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, win

THE ACTION

• Evan Balian's third-inning RBI single accounted for the game's first run before Kinsella scored on a two-out wild pitch.
• Bentley countered with six runs on four hits and two errors in the home half, as Pappas tied the game with a two-run double before Berardino's two-run single put his team in front.
• The Falcons added a pair of two-out, run-scoring hits to make it 8-2 in the fifth, and Pappas' two-run single capped a six-run eighth.
• Down 12 runs in the ninth inning, Saint Michael's trimmed seven runs off of its deficit, with six coming home before a batter was retired. Moynihan came through with a two-run single. With two on and two out, the final batter popped out.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 3-for-5
• Gilboy, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB
• Kolifrath, 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, loss
• Senior Ayendy Gomez (New York, N.Y./Health Careers and Sciences/Mohawk Valley CC), 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Pappas, 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Junior Tommy Goonan, 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Brendan Sencaj, 3-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 3B
• First-year David VanderZouwen, 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Junior Timmy Orie, 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath unloaded a solo home run to left center with two out in the first inning before Moynihan's second-inning sac fly again had the Purple Knights up 2-0.
• Sencaj and Pappas both knocked RBI singles during a go-ahead three-run second inning.
• Six more runs came around on five hits and an error in the fourth, keyed by two-run singles from senior Stan DeMartinis III and Goonan.
• Sophomore Dom Tetta (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) and Gilboy knocked two-out RBI singles in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, to draw Saint Michael's within 9-4.
• Bentley got the runs back when Berardino scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch and Sencaj drilled an RBI triple in the eighth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Bentley, 12 p.m.