Manchester, N.H. (April 20)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team, led by Jeff Criscuolo's (Durham, Conn.) RBI single in the 11th inning, defeated the Skyhawks of Stonehill College 6-5 Monday afternoon at Sullivan Park. The win snapped the Hawks seven-game losing streak and improves their record to 13-23 overall and 9-12 in the NE-10, while the loss drops the Skyhawks to 20-15 overall and 10-9 in conference games.

Stonehill hopped out to an early 2-0 lead through the top of the third on an RBI double from Rob Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn.) in the second and Nate Weber's (Hanson, Mass.) RBI single in the third.

The Hawks hit the scoreboard in the bottom of the third, when senior shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) ripped an RBI single scoring Melvin Perdue (Jonesboro, Georgia) to cut Stonehill's lead in half at 2-1.

Stonehill answered with three runs in the top of the fifth, led by Angelo Bruno's (Norwalk, Conn.) two-run double for the 5-1 advantage.

Saint Anselm scored three runs in the sixth and another in the seventh to even the game at five apiece. Matt Stone's (West Roxbury, Mass.) two-RBI single and Matt Sucharewicz's (Peabody, Mass.) sacrifice fly led the charge for the Hawks.

Saint Anselm relievers Myke Fortier (Andover, Mass.), Mike O'Rourke (E. Falmouth, Mass.), Mike Fantini (Haverhill, Mass.) and Dave Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) combined for five scoreless innings to keep the game tied until the 11th.

In the 11th, Gunn reached on an infield single and then stole second and third base to set up Criscuolo's RBI single for the 6-5 Saint Anselm victory.

Hawk senior Nick Barese (Braintree, Mass.) went six innings allowing five runs on eight hits in the no decision and Giarrusso grabbed his third win of the year by pitching a scoreless 11th inning. Skyhawks reliever Justin Perry (Feeding Hills, Mass.) went 3.1 innings allowing one run on four hits in the loss.

The Hawks return to action tomorrow, April 21st, as they will host Southern Connecticut for a 3:30 p.m. start at Sullivan Park.