GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – After today's doubleheader was moved from Saint Anselm to Adelphi, the Panthers dominated on their home turf, defeating the Hawks 9-2 in game one followed by a 2-1 comeback victory in the night cap.  The sweep lifts the Panthers to 25-9 (10-5 NE-10), while the Hawks fall to 9-22 (7-10 NE-10).

Game 1: Adelphi 9, Saint Anselm 2
The Panthers got off to a quick start as Richard McCarren drew a leadoff walk in the top of the first.  Another walk to Anthony Anzalone followed by a double steal and an RBI groundout by Chris Weidlein gave the Panthers a quick 1-0 lead.

After sitting down the Hawks in order in the bottom of the first, the Panthers' offense got right back to it in the top of the second, as T.J. Humrich and Trevor Thorstensen started the inning with back-to-back singles.  Matt Barle made it second and third with a sacrifice bunt, and Craig Matteo walked to load the bases.  After a flyout by McCarren, Anzalone and Justin Ciamillo both walked in runs to make it 3-0 Panthers.

The Hawks went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the second, but the Panthers then stranded a one-out double in the top of the third.  The Hawks got their first hit in the bottom of the third, a two-out single by Steven Panza (Watertown, Mass.), but in the top of the fourth, the Panthers struck again.  McCarren led off with another walk, and then Anzalone got on base with a bunt single.  Ciamillo scored McCarren on a single, and Weidlein drove in Anzalone with a sacrifice fly.  Justin Farnum got on base with an error by first baseman Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.) and Humrich then drove in Ciamillo with a single to center. Thorstensen made it 7-0 before the end of the inning, scoring Farnum on a sacrifice fly.

The Hawks finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, as TJ Murphy (Reading, Mass.) led off with an error by the second baseman.  Robert Kelly (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) hit a single to left.  After Matt Sucharewicz (Peabody, Mass.) grounded out, Matt Stone and James Garrigan (Plymouth, Mass.) hit consecutive RBI singles, to score two runs for the Hawks.

However, those two runs were the only ones the Hawks would score in the game, and the Panthers tacked on two more with a triple, a walk, a stolen base, and a two-RBI single, all on two outs, in the top of the sixth, running the final score to 9-2 Panthers. 

Humrich led the Panthers at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run and an RBI.  Keith Couch picked up his fourth win of the season with an eight-inning outing, allowing just two runs on eight hits while striking out seven.  Dillon McNamara closed out the ninth for the Panthers, allowing just one hit.

Neil Hesek (Northboro, Mass.) had a rough day on the mound, allowing the first seven runs, five earned, on seven hits and six walks in 3.1 innings.  David Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) allowed two runs on four hits over the next 4.2 innings, and Mike O'Rourke (Falmouth, Mass.) pitched a perfect top of the ninth.

Game 2: Adelphi 2, Saint Anselm 1
Hawk starter Sean Hayden (Haverhill, Mass.) had much better luck in game two, allowing just one run on eight hits while striking out six in the first seven innings. 

The Hawks broke the scoring drought in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Robert Kelly started the inning with a leadoff walk.  Sucharewicz struck out, and then TJ Murphy got to first on a fielder's choice, forcing out Kelly at second.  James Garrigan then got on base with a two-base error by the right fielder, allowing Murphy to score.

Hayden held the Panthers scoreless through the first six innings, stranding runners on third in four consecutive innings, but Anthony Anzalone changed all that with a one-out single in the top of the seventh.  Ciamillo followed him with an RBi double to left-center, tying the game at one.

Timothy Cooney (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) replaced Hayden in the top of the eighth, and surrendered a leadoff double.  Thorstensen moved him to third with a sacrifice bunt, and Barle drove in the game-winning RBI with a single to left.

In the bottom of the eighth, Sucharewicz led off with a double to right-center.  TJ Murphy botched the sacrifice bunt, getting to first but allowing pinch-runner David Giarrusso to get tagged out on his way to third.  Two strikeouts then finished off the Hawks, wasting a leadoff double and forcing in a 2-1 loss in game two.

Timothy Cooney took the loss, allowing a run on three hits while striking out two in the final two innings.  Robert Nixon earned a complete-game victory, allowing just one run on six hits while striking out 10.

The Hawks return to action on Tuesday, April 20, when they take on the Penmen of Southern New Hampshire in an NE-10 matchup beginning at 3:30 pm.