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Slauson celebrates home run with teammates
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Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 5-15, 2-9 NE10
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Saint Anselm STA 8-11, 6-5 NE10
Winner
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
5-15, 2-9 NE10
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Final
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Saint Anselm STA
8-11, 6-5 NE10
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 2
Saint Anselm STA 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1

W: Jace Alvino (3-1) L: Gillis, Brady (2-2)

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Southern Conn. St. SCSU 5-16, 2-10 NE10
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Winner Saint Anselm STA 9-11, 7-5 NE10
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
5-16, 2-10 NE10
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Final
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Saint Anselm STA
9-11, 7-5 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
Saint Anselm STA 4 3 0 1 4 0 X 12 13 0

W: Mederos, Nolan (1-2) L: Payton Powell (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Bounces Back in Game Two to Secure Series Against Southern Connecticut State

BEVERLY, Mass. – After falling 5-3 in game one of Sunday's Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader at North Field on the campus of Endicott College, the Saint Anselm College baseball team used an offensive surge in game two to take a 12-2 victory over Southern Connecticut State University.

With the win, the Hawks took the season series against the Owls, winning three of the four matchups over the weekend.

Game 1 – Saint Anselm (8-11, 6-5 NE10) 3, Southern Connecticut State (5-14, 2-8 NE10) 5

Highlights

  • Junior Brendan Gonzalez went 2-for-3 with a double and one run scored.
  • Sophomores Jackson Powers, George Slauson, and Gavin Rigney, along with freshman Dylan Ruff, each went 1-for-3 at the plate. Slauson and Ruff each crossed the plate for the Hawks and notched the two Saint Anselm stolen bases.
  • Sophomore Peter Fischer recorded a sacrifice fly.
  • Senior Andrew MacDonald pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game in relief, allowing two hits while registering one strikeout.

How it Happened

Southern Connecticut got out to an early lead with a solo home run off the bat Jake Chaco in the first as freshman starter Brady Gillis eventually struck out the side on four batters.

Saint Anselm responded with a three-run bottom of the second, with Fischer's sacrifice fly starting it off. Gonzalez scored from third on an error on a failed pickoff attempt at first. After Ruff stole second, he was pushed in on a two-out single to left by Rigney.

The Owls tied the score at 3-3 in the third on a two-run homer from Brennan Staubley.

In the fifth, Southern Connecticut State took the lead back for good as Matt Scalia pushed a two-RBI single up the middle.

The Hawks were unable to mount a comeback in the final innings as the Owls closed out the contest by retiring nine of the next 10 batters faced.   

Game 2 – Saint Anselm (9-11, 7-5 NE10) 12, Southern Connecticut State (5-15, 2-9 NE10) 2 (7 inn.)

Highlights

  • Powers went 3-for-4 with a walk at the dish, notching one RBI and three runs.
  • Gonzalez put together a 2-for-3 showing with a double and a walk, producing two RBI and two runs.
  • Junior Mavrick Bourdeau went 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
  • Junior Nathaniel Leighton went 2-for-3 with a walk.
  • Slauson's two-run homer was the lone of the contest for the Hawks. The sophomore also produced a team-high two walks.
  • Fischer went 1-for-2 while registering a sacrifice fly as part of a three-RBI performance.
  • Sophomore Coleson Kaluza was 1-for-4 at the dish with the walk, scoring both times he safely reached base.
  • The Hawks recorded 13 hits and allowed just six.
  • Saint Anselm had six stolen bases, with Powers swiping a team-high three bags. Bourdeau had two steals while Gonzalez registered one.
  • Senior Nolan Mederos got the win, going six innings allowing two runs on five hits and two walks with a season-high eight strikeouts.
  • Junior Quinn MacDonald came in for the seventh inning, allowing just one baserunner, as he closed the game out for the Hawks.

How it Happened

The Owls got out to a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly from Chacho in the first. Saint Anselm quickly responded by putting up a four-spot in the bottom half of the frame with Powers, Gonzalez, and Fischer each recorded RBI singles in the frame to put the Hawks up by three runs.

After Mederos struck out the side in the top half, Kaluza crossed the plate on a wild pitch and Slauson sent a pitch over the fence in right for a two-run homer to increase the Hawks' lead to 7-1 in the second.

Mederos sat the Owls batters down in order, striking out the side for the second consecutive inning in the top of the third.

Saint Anselm scored once in the fourth off a Fischer sacrifice fly before a four-run fifth inning made it 12-1 in favor of the Hawks. In the top half, Mederos struck out two batters in another 1-2-3 frame.

In the top of the sixth, Zaid Vohra notched a solo homer to make it 12-2, which would not be enough to extend the game past the seventh inning run rule as Mederos got a batter to ground into an inning-ending double play with runners on first and second, halting the Owls' rally attempt.

MacDonald allowed one baserunner in the top of the seventh as he secured two groundouts and a fly out to seal the victory.

Up Next

The Hawks (9-11, 7-5 NE10) will take on cross-town rival Southern New Hampshire University (14-8, 6-4 NE10) on Tuesday, March 31 in a road NE10 contest. First pitch from Penmen Field is slated for 3 p.m.


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