Albany, N.Y. (March 18) -- The baseball team dropped a 3-1 final at Saint Rose on Tuesday afternoon at Bleecker Stadium. The loss drops the Hawks to 5-9, 1-2 Northeast-10. The win improves the Golden Knights to 3-13, 1-0 in conference play.

The Hawks got on the board in the top of the first, as Adam Hussey (Danvers, Mass.) singled to open the game and moved up to second on a failed pickoff attempt. Ryan Gargan (Byfield, Mass.) singled him in later in the inning to give the Hawks an early 1-0 lead.

The Golden Knights responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning though. Sean Weber (East Schodach, N.Y.) and Nick Polsinelli (Schnectady, N.Y.) singled to open up the inning. A sacrifice bunt from Jake Perez (North East, Pa.) moved up the runners, while John Cole (Spring Valley, N.Y.) brought in Sean Weber with a sacrifice fly on the next batter. Brett Weber (Schodach, N.Y.) singled in Polsinelli to give the Golden Knights a 2-1 lead.

After three innings of scoreless play, the Golden Knights picked up an insurance run in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead. Brett Weber reached on an error, stole second, and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Victor Tolentino (Santo Domingo, D.R.).

Shining for the Hawks picking up two hits each were Hussey and Gargan, but the Hawks only mustered one run in the game.

Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.) picked up the tough luck loss on the mound, tossing his first complete game of the season. Stone gave up just two earned runs on seven hits with one strikeout, but his record dropped to 0-2 on the hill.

Jeremiah St. Louis (Tupper Lake, N.Y.) threw a complete game for the Golden Knights, allowing one run on five strikeouts, improving his record to 1-3 on the season.

The Hawks return to the field on Thursday, facing off against Saint Rose at 3 p.m. at Sullivan Park.