WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Bolstered by a school-record 20-run second inning, the Saint Michael's College baseball team beat Malone (Ohio) University, 29-4, in seven innings on Friday at Chain of Lakes Park. During the contest, graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) slugged two home runs, including his school-record-tying 16th career blast, which was also his 100th career hit, while celebrating his birthday.
 
In the opener, the Purple Knights lost to Barry (Fla.) University, 16-2, in seven innings at Chain of Lakes Park. Both contests were part of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Kolifrath became the 19th Purple Knight to record 100 career hits. His 16th home run tied Trevor Allen's '19 program record, and he matched another Allen school mark with his third multi-home run contest. Kolifrath tied Allen once more on Friday, as both stand third in program annals with 73 career RBI, and he moved into fourth in walks (56). Kolifrath scored five runs in the nightcap, becoming just the third Purple Knight with that many in one game, and within one of Kevin Koscso's '06 23-year-old record.
• Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) pushed his career hit total to 130, matching Evan Balian '25 for sixth in program history. His 77 runs tied Eric Libardoni '05 for fifth, and Cavossa is tied with Chadwick Estey '12 for 10th in RBI (63).
• First-year Luke McGuire (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) rapped a single up the middle on the first pitch of his college career in the seventh inning of game one.
• Sophomore Cam Flaherty (Medford, Mass./Austin Prep/Gordon) picked up his first college win in the nightcap.
• The Purple Knights' 29 runs in game two were good for second in program history, short only of the 38 they plated against Polytechnic University on March 29, 2003. Their 25 RBI were one off of a school mark, set in that Polytechnic game and matched against Vermont State University Castleton on April 15, 2003. Saint Michael's picked up 21 hits, also just four short of a standard set at Polytechnic.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-6), Barry (13-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 1-for-3, R
• Kolifrath, 1-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 1-for-2, RBI
• Senior Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 3.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Aramis Ramirez Jr., 3-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB
• Senior Lee-Anthony Santiago, 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, SB
• Junior Blake Opie, 5-for-5, 4 R, 4 RBI, 4 2B, HR, SB
• Sophomore Pavlos Piperakis, 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, win

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath and Arsenault came up with RBI singles to make it 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning.
• Barry went ahead with a four-run fourth inning, taking a 5-2 lead courtesy of a four-hit frame that featured a pair of run-scoring hits.
• Opie's two-run homered keyed a five-run fifth that pushed the lead to eight as the Buccaneers began pulling away.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-6), Malone (9-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Arsenault, 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, SF, SB, HP
• Cavossa, 3-for-5, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2B, SF, HP
• Kolifrath, 3-for-6, 5 R, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HR
• Senior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 2-for-3, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, HP
• Junior Josh Ayala (San Diego, Calif./Alexandria City/West Virginia Wesleyan), 2-for-4, 4 R, 3 RBI, BB, 3B, 2 SB, HP
• Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 4-for-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 3B
• Junior Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 1-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3B
• Junior Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy), 3-for-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, SB, HP
• Flaherty, 4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, win
• Sophomore Drew Schraa (Schenectady, N.Y./Schalmont), 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Chris Munoz, 1-for-1, R, RBI, 3 BB, 2B
• Junior Ethan Petak, 1-for-4, R, 3 RBI, HR
• Junior Ben France, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 12 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 1 K, loss

THE ACTION

• Petak's two-out, three-run homer gave the Pioneers a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
• Saint Michael's responded with 20 runs on eight hits, two errors, seven walks, and four hit batters the following inning. Five of the first six runs were forced in by bases-loaded walks or hit-by-pitches before Kolifrath, Gilboy, Ayala and Weber later all added two-run hits. Only seven of the runs were earned. Gilboy finished 2-for-2 with a walk, three runs and RBI in the second inning alone, Ayala drove in three and scored three times, and Weber got a hit in his only at bat while walking twice.
• In the top of the fifth, Kolifrath blasted his 15th career home run for his 99th hit. Just one inning later, with Kinsella on third after a two-run triple, Kolifrath socked another dinger for his milestone hit.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Point Park (Pa.) University, 10 a.m. doubleheader in Winter Haven, Fla., at RussMass Central Florida Invitational.