MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team welcomes Bentley University to the Hilltop on for doubleheaders to be played on Saturday, Apr. 3 and Monday, Apr. 5. Both twin bills will begin at 12 p.m.

SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (4-4, 0-2 NE10)
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Saint Anselm was swept by Assumption on Wednesday, Mar. 31, dropping both ends of a doubleheader. Bentley comes to town with a 2-2 overall record, splitting the four-game series against nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce.

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SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

• To open the doubleheader against Assumption last time out, sophomore Brady Doran (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and senior Salvatore Pezzolla (East Greenbush, N.Y.) belted home runs over the fence in the opening inning, but Assumption controlled the remainder of the game en route to a 9-2 win.
• Held scoreless through the first five innings of the second game against Assumption, junior Dan Baker (Reading, Mass.) slugged a three-run home run in the top of the sixth. His blast provided all of the Saint Anselm offense in game two, which the Hawks ultimately dropped, 7-3.
• Against the Greyhounds, the Hawks pitchers combined to strike out 13 batters, but also gave up 13 walks to Assumption. In total, the Greyhounds posted 17 hits in 15 innings.
• Saint Anselm had 12 hits against Assumption, but only plated five runs through the two games. Mike Borrelli (Salisbury, Mass.) and Pezzolla set the pace with three hits apiece.
• The threesome of Doran, Baker and Borrelli each have four home runs, tying each other for the NE10 lead in long balls. Combining for 12 home runs so far through just eight games, those three have exceeded the 37-game total for the 2019 Hawks baseball team by three.
• The Hawks rank fifth in NCAA Division II with 2.25 home runs per game, eighth in strikeouts per nine innings (12.5) and ninth in slugging percentage (0.587).
• Junior Kyle Maurice (Exeter, N.H.) is tied for the NE10 lead with 14 runs driven in. He set the team record with 10 runs batted in against American International on Mar. 14 and drove in two more runs against Saint Michael's on Mar. 28.
• Senior Will Conaton (Windham, N.H.) leads the NE10 with 25 strikeouts.
• The Hawks have stolen nine consecutive bases entering Saturday's games against Bentley.

FALCONS FACTS

• Bentley won its most recent game against Franklin Pierce using a walk-off wild pitch to capture a 4-3 victory. The Ravens exacted revenge in the very next game, posting an 18-10 victory over Bentley. Franklin Pierce entered the game ranked 16th in NCAA Division II.
• Sophomore Steve Rizzuto leads Bentley with six hits in 14 at-bats, driving in six runners and getting on base at a 55.6% clip. Junior Liam Sears has five hits in 15 at-bats and has also driven in six Bentley baserunners.
• Falcons pitchers have combined to concede 38 runs in 32 innings, walking more (30) than they have struck out (22) in the early goings. Graduate student Paul Frisoli has fanned one batter an inning, striking out four through his season's first four frames.
• In its most recent complete season, the Falcons won 21 games and lost 21 games in 2019. Bentley posted a 5-9 record in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, winning its final two contests of the season.
• Bentley has recorded three sacrifice hits in its first four games of the 2021 season.
• Head Coach Bob DeFelice is in the midst of his 53rd season at Bentley in 2021. He started the program in 1969 and has since been inducted into nine halls of fame. In total, DeFelice has won 816 games in his career, including 456 in NE10 play.

ALL-TIME vs. BENTLEY

• Bentley owns an 80-42-1 record against Saint Anselm in the all-time series that dates back to Apr. 23, 1981.
• Bentley is in search of its ninth consecutive win over Saint Anselm. The current streak of eight wins against the Hawks is the longest stretch of Bentley success in the all-time series.
• In the last meeting on Apr. 29, 2019, the Hawks trailed by a 9-1 margin heading into the final three innings. Saint Anselm attempted a late comeback, scoring seven runs in the final three innings, but the Falcons eked out the win on the Hawks' Senior Day.