WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost both ends of a Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader to 18th-ranked Bentley University, 19-4 and 20-0 in seven innings, on Saturday at DeFelice Field. The Falcons' national ranking is according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (13-16, 11-9 NE10), Bentley (24-9, 16-4 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1-for-4, R
• Senior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 1-for-2, RBI, SF
• Junior Josh Ayala (San Diego, Calif./Alexandria City/West Virginia Wesleyan), 2-for-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B
• Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-4, R
• Junior Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 1-for-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
• Sophomore Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School), 1-for-2, 2B, SAC
• Junior Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Stan DeMartinis III, 3-for-5, 4 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2 2B
• Graduate student Nick Pappas, 2-for-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR
• Senior Pat Heber, 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• Junior Brendan Sencaj's two-out RBI single gave Bentley a first-inning lead before the Purple Knights scored three runs in the fourth, going ahead on Kinsella's two-run single. He later came around on Ayala's two-out double.
• The Falcons plated a run in the home half before scoring four in the fifth, with DeMartinis' two-run double the big blow.
• Weber's sac fly scored Ayala, who led off with a triple, to make it 6-4 in the seventh.
• Bentley pulled away with nine runs on four hits in the home half.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kinsella, 2-for-3, 2B
• Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 0-for-0, 3 BB, SB
• First-year John Macdonald (Revere, Mass./Malden Catholic), 1.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, loss
• Senior Jack Fischer (Forest Hills, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep), 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sencaj, 3-for-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR
• Graduate student Jared Berardino, 2-for-3, 2 R, 6 RBI, HR, SF
• Sophomore Curt Heath, 3-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2B
• Sophomore Zach Eigenbrod, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 12 K, win

THE ACTION

• Bentley did all of its scoring over the first four innings, with DeMartinis (single), Sencaj (double) and Heath (double) rapping consecutive run-scoring hits with two down in the opening frame to give their team the lead for good.
• Fischer accounted for five of his seven outs in relief via the strikeout.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at No. 18 Bentley, 12 p.m. doubleheader.