SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team was swept in a doubleheader by Shippensburg University, 17-4 in seven innings and 7-6 in eight innings, on Saturday at Fairchild Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-3), Shippensburg (3-0)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• First-years Alex Bido (Danbury, Conn./Danbury) and Ben Caristi (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) both picked up their first college hits in the opener before classmate Luca Sapienza (Saugus, Mass./Malden Catholic) followed suit in the nightcap.
• Graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) is now tied with Kevin Koscso '06 and George Buteau '15 for seventh in program history in career RBI (66).
• Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) tied Buteau for eighth in program history with 125 career hits.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Bido, 1-for-3, R
• Caristi, 2-for-3, R, 2B
• Cavossa, 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB, SB
• Kolifrath, 0-for-2, RBI, BB, HP
• Junior Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy), 0-for-0, R, 2 BB, 2 HP, 2 SB
• First-year John Macdonald (Revere, Mass./Malden Catholic), 3+ IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Thomas Cano-Piszel, 2-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, SB
• Sophomore Will Oates, 4-for-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B
• Sophomore Evan Shoffler, 2-for-3, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B, SF, SB
• Redshirt sophomore Brady Harbach, 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB
• Redshirt sophomore Kaleb Maksimik, 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath was plunked with the bases loaded in the first inning before junior Trevor Arsenault's (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding) sac fly made it 2-0.
• The Raiders plated a run on a sac fly in the home half before going ahead with a three-run third, with junior Ty Sherman's two-out, two-run single the key blow.
• Cavossa singled home a run before Kinsella walked with the bases loaded with two down in the fourth to draw Saint Michael's even.
• Shippensburg scored 10 runs on six hits in the home half, with Cano-Piszel rapping a three-run double as the big hit.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B
• Kinsella, 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Junior Josh Ayala (San Diego, Calif./Alexandria City/West Virginia Wesleyan), 2-for-4, RBI
• Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 3-for-4, R, 3 RBI, 2B
• Sophomore Griffin Dupuis (Rowley, Mass./Deerfield Academy), 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief
• Senior Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K in relief, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sherman, 4-for-4, R, 2 RBI, 2B, 3B
• Shoffler, 2-for-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HR
• First-year Nathan Lake, 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K in relief, win
• Senior Jack Robinson, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath singled home Pattison in the first inning before Cavossa scored on a double play to make it 2-0.
• Shoffler led off the home half with a home run before Sherman's RBI double tied the game in the second.
• Gilboy's two-out RBI single put his team ahead in the third, but senior AJ Wenrich socked a tying solo homer with two down in the bottom half. Shoffler's two-out, two-run homer made it 5-3 in the fourth.
• Ayala got a run back with a two-out RBI knock in the sixth before Wenrich's groundout scored another run in the bottom portion of the frame.
• With runners at the corners and two down in the seventh, Gilboy ripped a full-count pitch for a tying two-run double.
• Sherman came up with a go-ahead RBI single in the home half.
• The Purple Knights went down in order in the top of the eighth before the game was called due to darkness.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• March 5 against West Virginia Wesleyan University in Auburndale, Fla., 10 a.m. doubleheader.