Waltham, Mass. (April 13)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team, led by Matt Sucharewicz's (Peabody, Mass.) 4-for-5 and five RBI effort, defeated the Bentley University Falcons 10-5 Monday afternoon in NE-10 action at DeFelice Field. The win improves the Hawks to 12-16 overall and 8-5 in NE-10 play, while the loss drops the Falcons fall to 18-15 overall and 9-6 in conference games.

The Hawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning, when Jimmy Garrigan (Plymouth, Mass.) and Sucharewicz each cracked two-RBI hits off of Bentley starter Jarrod Marchesi (Peabody, Mass.).

Saint Anselm extended their lead in the top of the fifth on a two-RBI double from Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.) and an RBI single from Sucharewicz for the 7-0 lead.

Bentley hit the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth, with a two-RBI triple from Charlie Pagliarulo (Medford, Mass.) to cut the Hawks lead to 7-2.

In the top of the seventh, Saint Anselm added two more runs on Sucharewicz's fourth and fifth RBI's of the day on a single up the middle for a 9-2 lead.

The Falcons continued to cut into the lead in the bottom half of the seventh on an RBI single from Mike DeCoste (Chelmsford, Mass.) to make it 9-3. The next batters, Garret Stenhouse (Warwick, R.I.) and James Roche (Arlington, Mass.), each tacked on two-out RBI's to make it 9-5.

The Hawks answered right back in the top of the eighth when senior shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) scored on a Bentley error to lengthen their advantage to 10-5 for their eighth NE-10 victory of the season.

Saint Anselm freshman starter John Healy (Cranston, R.I.) went 6.2 innings allowing three earned runs and striking out four in his second win of the season. Marchesi went seven innings for the Falcons allowing 11 hits and seven earned runs in the losing effort.

The Hawks return to action tomorrow, April 14th, as they will travel to NE-10 foe New Haven for a 3:30 p.m. game.