Saint Petersburg, Florida (March 4)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team was defeated by the Tritons of Eckerd College 12-4, Wednesday night at Turley Athletic Complex. The loss drops the Hawks to 2-5 on the season, while the win improves the Tritons to 10-7 on the year.

Eckerd started the scoring, putting up four runs on five hits in the bottom of the second inning. The inning was highlighted by third baseman Mike Sinicola's (Warwick, R.I.) two-RBI single off Hawk pitcher Kyle Lavin (Shelton, Conn.).

The Tritons would continue to add pressure by adding two runs in the bottom of the third and a run in the bottom of the fifth for a 7-0 lead.

In the top of the seventh, Saint Anselm would cross the plate on an RBI single from freshman first baseman Ben Waldrip (Medford, Mass.) scoring TJ Murphy (Reading, Mass.) to make it 7-1.

Eckerd would then explode for five runs in the bottom of the seventh, led by second baseman Matt Abraham's (Worcester, Mass.) two-RBI single, to extend their lead to 12-1.

In the eighth inning the Hawks added a run on an RBI groundout from senior shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) scoring freshman infielder Jeff Criscuolo (Durham, Conn.) for Saint Anselm's second run of the game.

The top of the ninth would add two more runs for the Hawks on a RBI double from Waldrip scoring right fielder Jimmy Garrigan (Plymouth, Mass.) to make it 12-3. After Waldrip advanced to third on a groundout, freshman Tim Griswold (Holmdel, N.J.) recorded a RBI scoring Waldrip on a groundout for the 12-4 final.

Lavin went three innings giving up four earned runs and striking out one batter in the loss, while Triton starter Chris Ayral (Oldsmar, Florida) went five innings giving up only one hit and no runs earning his first victory of the season.

The Hawks will return to the field tomorrow, with a 6 p.m. game against Rollins College.