Manchester, N.H. (April 24)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team, led by Alex Aguilar's (Newbury, Mass.) walk-off RBI single and two home runs, defeated the Warriors of Merrimack College 8-7 at Sullivan Park in non-conference action. The win improves the Hawks to 14-25 on the year, while the loss drops the Warriors to 15-21 on the season.

The Hawks jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings led by Aguilar's two-run home run and freshman Dan DeCoste's (Chelmsford, Mass.) RBI single in the first. In the second, Aguilar added a two-RBI single and Jeff Criscuolo (Durham, Conn.) RBI double paced Saint Anselm.

After Merrimack added one in the fourth, Aguilar went deep again, this time in the bottom of the fifth for the 7-1 advantage.

Merrimack would not go down without a fight, as they would add three in the eighth and three in the ninth, led by PJ Farnham's (Andover, Mass.) single, double, run scored and three RBI's.

In the bottom of the ninth Saint Anselm left fielder Melvin Perdue (Jonesboro, Georgia) led off the inning with an RBI double to right field. After a Steve Panza (Watertown, Mass.) sacrifice-bunt, Merrimack opted to intentionally walk pinch-hitter Ben Waldrip (Medford, Mass.) and DeCoste to get to Aguilar. It was Aguilar's day, as he drilled a single through the right side to ensure the 8-7 non-conference win.

Aguilar finished the day 4-for-5 with two home-runs, two runs scored and six RBI's.

Saint Anselm starter Joe Latino (Holden, Mass.) went eight innings allowing three earned runs and striking out three in the no decision, while reliever Mike O'Rourke (E. Falmouth, Mass.) went an inning allowing no earned runs in the win. Merrimack starter Chris Pinette (Norwood, Mass.) went eight and a third allowing six earned runs in the loss.

Saint Anselm returns to action tomorrow, April 24th, as they will host American International for a noon doubleheader.