WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost to nationally-regarded Bentley University, 22-1, during its season finale in Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday 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.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (8-29, 7-18 NE10), Bentley (33-14, 19-6 NE10)
GAME FACTS
- With 53 hits this season, junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) came within three of Matt Beaulieu's '10 16-year-old program record. Cavossa's hit total is the highest for a season during his team's NE10 era (1990-98, 2012-now).
- Senior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's) will graduate second in program history in career hits (137), and classmate Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) is sixth (130).
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Cavossa, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
- Senior Preston Hewett (Plainfield, N.H./Lebanon), 1-for-3
- Junior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 HP
- Junior Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 0.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, loss
- Sophomore Brad Alexander (Ridgefield, Conn./Trinity-Pawling School), 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K in relief
- Junior Jacek Krol (Tolland, Conn./Tolland/Onondaga CC), 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 B, 0 K in relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Jared Berardino, 3-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 SF
- Senior Stan DeMartinis III, 1-for-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B, 1 SF, 1 HP
- Senior Nick Pappas, 3-for-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Junior Tommy Bolton, 1-for-2, 4 R, 4 BB, 1 SB
- Sophomore Brendan Sencaj, 4-for-4, 4 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1 SB
- First-year Zach Eigenbrod, 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, win
THE ACTION
- Six Falcons drove in runs during a 10-run first inning, which came courtesy of five hits and two errors.
- Weber led off the sixth inning with a single before coming home on Cavossa's two-out double.