Pleasantville, N.Y. (April 3) -- The Saint Anselm baseball team split a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon at Pace. The Hawks dropped the first game, 4-0. The Hawks then bounced back to take a 7-6 victory in game two. With the split, the Hawks now stand at 6-14, 2-7 Northeast-10. The Setters lose their perfect Northeast-10 record with the loss in game two, but still stand at 16-10, 6-1 in conference play.

GAME ONE
Pace's starting pitcher, Zach Dayton (North Falmouth, Mass.), held the Hawks to just six hits and no runs in 8.2 innings, walking two and striking outs six en route to his second victory of the season. Frank Luongo (West Harrison, N.Y.) made his team-leading 10th appearance in relief, striking out the only batter he faced in the ninth.

Pace jumped on the scoreboard early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Saint Anselm's starting pitcher, Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.), struggled with control in the early going. Chris Spatkowski (Bristol, Conn.) walked to open the game and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt. Jack Cawley (Bronx, N.Y.) was then hit by a pitch to put runners on second and third, as Vinny Dammann (Mullica Hill, N.J.) walked to load the bases with one out. Aaron Zrenda (Niantic, Conn.) then walked to bring in the first run of the game. Neil Ross (Cortland Manor, N.Y.) then hit a sacrifice fly to center to bring in Cawley.

Stone settled in for the next few innings though, as he held the Setters to just the two runs in the first until the sixth inning. Pace added a single run as J.J. Conrad's (Hamburg, N.J.) ground ball to third was mishandled, allowing Chris Brown (West Kingston, R.I.) to score unearned.

The Setters added another single run in the seventh as Zrenda's ground out brought in Andre Liscinsky (Trumbull, Conn.), who had singled earlier in the inning.

Stone allowed just four hits over seven innings in the loss, with four walks and three strikeouts. Jimmy Garrigan (Plymouth, Mass.) threw a perfect eighth inning with a pair of flyouts and picked up an assist on a bunt attempt.

Nick Moreau (Manchester, N.H.) finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of singles to lead the Hawks offensively. T.J. Murphy (Reading, Mass.), Adam Hussey (Danvers, Mass.), Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.), and Steven Panza (Watertown, Mass.) all had a hit apiece, as Murphy had the only extra basehit for the Hawks, a double.

GAME TWO
Led by a balanced attack from the Saint Anselm lineup, the Hawks picked up a 7-6 victory in game two of the doubleheader. Moreau again led the offensive attack going 2-for-4.

Pace scored first again in the second game, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Liscinsky singled up the middle with one out and Cawley's bunt single followed to put runners on first and second. Zrenda then singled a batter later to bring in Liscinsky.

The Hawks exploded for five runs in the fourth inning though to take a 5-1 lead. After Gunn walked to open the inning, Melvin Purdue (Jonesboro, Ga.) singled to put runners on first and third with none out. Conor Amirault (Haverhill, Mass.) walked to load the bases. Evan Kelleher (Haverhill, Mass.) then singled to tie the game at one, bringing in Gunn. After a Pace pitching change, Moreau singled to bring in Purdue. Dave Wirkus (Orange, Conn.) then walked to bring in Amirault. Hussey then grounded out to third, but Kelleher scored on the play, giving the Hawks a 4-1 lead. Matt Sucharewicz (Peabody, Mass.) polished off the scoring in the inning with a sacrifice fly, bringing in Moreau.

Pace responded with a four run inning in the top of the fifth to tie the game back up at five, but the Hawks came back with two more runs in the seventh. After Ryan Gargan (Byfield, Mass.) reached on an error and Gunn walked to put runners on first and second to open the inning, Murphy moved both runners up a base with a weak ground out to the right side. Amirault reached on a fielder's choice, as the shortstop tried to cut down Gargan at the plate, but the throw was off the mark, allowing Gargan to score. Kelleher then brought in Gunn with a sacrifice fly to center.

Pace added another single run in the eighth, but the Hawks held on for the 7-6 victory. Left-hander Mike Fantini (Haverhill, Mass.) got the no-decision for the Hawks, allowing eight hits and five runs over six innings with two walks and five strikeouts. Mike O'Rourke (Norwood, Mass.) picked up the win in relief, going two innings allowing one run on two hits with a walk.

David Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) came in to pick up his fourth save of the season throwing a perfect ninth frame with a foul pop out, a ground out, and a fly ball to left. With the save, Giarrusso broke the Saint Anselm all-time career save record, picking up the seventh save of his career.

The Hawks are back in action on Saturday, traveling to Bryant for a doubleheader scheduled to start at Noon.