Worcester, Mass. (April 29)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team dropped a non-conference game to the Greyhounds of Assumption College 8-7, Tuesday night, at Rocheleau Field. The loss drops the Hawks to 15-29 on the season, while the win improves Assumption to 26-16-1 in 2009.

Saint Anselm took a 2-0 lead in the top half of the second, when Myke Fortier (Andover, Mass.) hit an RBI single scoring Eric Baca (Franklin, N.H.). Tim Cooney's (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) fielder's choice RBI gave the Hawks their second run of the inning when Brett Bartlett (Duxbury, Mass.) scored the first run of his career. The Greyhounds hit the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning, on a solo home run from Mike Di Reda (Shrewsbury, Mass.) to cut Saint Anselm's lead in half.

In the fifth, Saint Anselm scored again when senior shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) scored after reaching on an error to make it 3-1.

The top half of the sixth brought two more runs for the Hawks as Baca scored on a wild pitch and Cooney's RBI single scoring Bartlett gave Saint Anselm the 5-1 lead. Assumption answered back with five runs in the sixth on five hits led by home runs from Tim Scafidi (Worcester, Mass.) and Wally Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.) for the 6-5 Greyhound lead.

The Hawks responded in the top of the seventh, when senior designated hitter Alex Aguilar (Newbury, Mass.) ripped a two-RBI single scoring Ben Waldrip (Medford, Mass.) and Melvin Perdue (Jonesboro, Georgia) to take a 7-6 lead.

Assumption came away with the victory after Derek Migrants' (Ayer, Mass.) two-RBI triple gave the Greyhounds the lead and the 8-7 non-conference victory.

Baca had the best day at the plate for the Hawks going 3-for-5 and a run scored, while Perdue reached base three times in five at-bats by going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.

Saint Anselm starter Joe Latino (Holden, Mass.) went six innings allowing six runs and striking out six batters in the no-decision, while freshman reliever Jeff Donnis (Hatfield, Mass.) took the loss going two innings and allowing the two runs in the eighth in the losing effort. Dave McLean (N. Attleboro, Mass.) picked up the win for Assumption by pitching a perfect eighth and greyhounds reliever Tim Dupuis (West Suffield, Conn.) got his eighth save of the year by pitching a scoreless ninth.   

The Hawks return to action tomorrow, April 30th, as they will play their final home game of the season against UMass.-Lowell at 3:30 p.m. at Sullivan Park.