Easton, Mass. (March 25) -- The Saint Anselm baseball team dropped a 12-6 final at Stonehill on Tuesday afternoon, dropping the Hawks to 5-10 overall, 1-3 Northeast-10. The Skyhawks improve to 11-6 and remain undefeated in conference play at 3-0.

The Skyhawks struck first in the top of the second as Brendan Shepard (Boxford, Mass.) tripled to right to open the inning. Shane Franz (Cazenovia, N.Y.) brought in Shepard just two batters later with a ground out, putting Stonehill up 1-0. The Hawks responded in the bottom of the inning though with two runs. After Melvin Purdue (Jonesboro, Ga.) walked and T.J. Murphy (Reading, Mass.) singled, Eric Baca (Franklin, N.H.) brought in Purdue with an RBI single. Evan Kelleher (Haverhill, Mass.) then brought in Murphy with a ground out.

The Skyhawks tied the game back up in the top of the third picking up another single run. Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H.) doubled down the left field line with two outs and Nate Weber (Hanson, Mass.) brought him in later in the inning with a single. The Hawks responded with two runs again in the bottom of the inning though. After Dave Wirkus (Orange, Conn.) singled and Ryan O'Rourke (Norwood, Mass.) walked, Ryan Gargan (Byfield, Mass.) delivered a double, bringing in both Wirkus and O'Rourke.

After a scoreless fourth, the Skyhawks struck for another single run to cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth and another single run in the eighth to tie the score up at four apiece. The Hawks took a 6-4 lead though in the bottom of the inning when Gargan hit his third homerun of the year, a two run shot, plating Wirkus who had singled earlier in the inning. The Skyhawks knotted in back up at six in the top of the ninth to send the game into extra innings.

The Skyhawks scored six in the top of the 13th inning to put away the Hawks, 12-6.

Nick Barese (Braintree, Mass.) got the no-decision on the afternoon throwing eight innings allowing nine hits and four runs, three earned, with five strikeouts. David Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) picked up the loss throwing 3.2 innings allowing four hits and three runs, two earned. Dan Corrigan (Portsmouth, R.I.) picked up the win for the Skyhawks, improving his record to 2-0, going five scoreless innings allowing four hits with three strikeouts.

The Hawks are back in action on Thursday, traveling to Stonehill again for a 3:30 p.m. game.