Manchester, N.H. (March 31)-The Saint Anselm
College baseball team defeated cross-town rival Southern New
Hampshire 3-1 in NE-10 action Tuesday afternoon at Penman Field.
The win lifts the Hawks to 8-11 overall and 4-2 in conference play,
while the Penmen fall to 8-11 overall and 5-3 in NE-10 play.
The Hawks struck first in the top half of the third when
sophomore centerfielder TJ Murphy
(Reading,
Mass.) singled in senior
shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.), who
had tripled earlier in the inning, to make it 1-0 Hawks.
The Penmen would answer right back on an RBI groundout from
Skyler Byrd (Milford, N.H.) scoring Tim
Rines (Merrimack, N.H.) to even the game at one.
Saint Anselm would waste no time taking the lead right back when
they would cross the plate twice in the top of the fourth inning.
Sophomore Matt Sucharewicz
(Peabody,
Mass.) would knock a RBI single
and Evan Kelleher's
(Haverhill,
Mass.) sac-fly would give the
Hawks a 3-1 NE-10 road victory.
Saint Anselm starter John Healy
(Cranston,
R.I.) would go seven innings
allowing zero earned runs and only three hits while striking out
eight Penmen in the win. Freshman reliever Tim Cooney
(E. Bridgewater,
Mass.) would pitch a scoreless
eighth and ninth for his first career save. Southern New Hampshire
starter Steven Golbranson
(Abington,
Mass.) would go three and a third
innings allowing six hits and three earned runs in the losing
effort.
The Hawks return to action tomorrow, April 1st, as they will
host Post University at 3:30 p.m. at Sullivan Park.
