STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Schwartz – 4-7, 5 RBI, 2 R, 3 2B
• Sophomore Anderson Moreno (Bronx, N.Y.) – 2-3, 4 RBI, 4 R, HR, 3 BB
• Sophomore Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
• Freshman Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 3-4, 2 RBI, R, HR, BB
• Freshman Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) – 2-2, 3 RBI, R, HR, BB; 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (game 2)
• Freshman Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 2-2, 2 R, 2B, BB
• Juniors Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 3-8, RBI, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB, 5/6 SB
• Junior George Welch (Derry, N.H.) – 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (game 1 win; 5-0)
• Freshman Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (game 2 win ; 1-1)

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 1

• Southern New Hampshire jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Moreno started the scoring by launching a two-run home run to right-center, before the Penmen scored two more unearned runs when freshman Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) reached on a two-out error and redshirt-junior Cristian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) drew a bases-loaded walk.
• After a Tony Socci homer put Saint Rose on the board in the top of the third, the Penmen answered with three in the home half. Lavigne lined a solo shot down the left field line to get the run back, with Moreno plating two more on a two-out, two-run single to center that made it 7-1.
• An RBI single through the left side in the fourth from Lavigne nudged the lead to 8-1, with a two-out, two-run double to left-center from Schwartz extending the Penmen advantage to 10-1 in the fifth.
• The Golden Knights tacked on a run in the top of the eighth.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 1

• Lavinge finished 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored, a home run and a walk.
• Moreno went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, a home run and a walk.
• Schwartz was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, a run scored and a double.
• Junior Cam Caraher (Plymouth, Mass.) was 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and a run scored.
• Rivera (two runs, two walks, three steals), Mercedes (RBI, run, walk, two steals) and junior Mike La Rocca (Vero Beach, Fla.; run) were all 1-for-4.
• Vargas Segura went 1-for-1.
• Junior Albert Cuello-Batista (Manchester, N.H.) hit two batters in a hitless inning of work.

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 2

• Schwartz gave SNHU a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI double to right-center and then scored after moving to third on a wild pitch and the catcher threw the ball into left field.
• Saint Rose tied it in the second on a two-run homer by James Ward, but the Penmen answered with a four-run second. An RBI single up the middle from Rivera and a two-out, two-run double off the bat of Schwartz did the bulk of the damage.
• A Jack McDonald solo shot in the third pulled the Golden Knights within 6-3.
• SNHU scored four more in the third, with a two-run single up the middle from Vargas Segura and a two-out, two-run bomb to center from Risedorf stretching the lead to 10-3.
• Wouters joined the party with a two-run homer to center in the fourth, before Risedorf's RBI infield single made it 13-3.
• An RBI double to right-center from sophomore Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) and a Mercedes RBI single through the right side made up a two-run fifth that brought the score to 15-3.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 2

• Risedorf (three RBI, run, HR, walk) and Pisano (two run, double, walk) were both 2-for-2.
• Schwartz finished 2-for-3 with three RBI, a run and two doubles.
• Rivera (RBI, run, double, two steals) and Mercedes (RBI, run) were both 2-4.
• Wouters (two RBI, three runs) and Vargas Segura (two RBI, two runs, walk) went 1-for-2.
• Burgos was 1-for-1 with an RBI, a run scored and a double.
• Anderson did not record an at bat, but walked twice and scored a pair of runs.
• Freshman Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) started and allowed two runs on one hit over an inning-and-two-thirds, while striking out three and walking three.
• Graduate student Zachary Gitschier (Lowell, Mass.) twirled a pair of scoreless innings, giving up just one hit, while fanning a pair and walking only one.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, receiving votes in both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 and Collegiate Baseball Division II Poll, has now won 14-in-a-row.
• Saint Rose leads the all-time series with SNHU, 27-23, but the Penmen have won 12 straight, with the last Golden Knight's win in the series coming March 11, 2011 (8-7). SNHU has also captured five straight against Saint Rose at home, last losing there April 18, 2010 (11-2).
• The Penmen continue to produce at the plate, having scored 312 runs in 33 games (9.5).
• Schwartz is now leading the NE10 in hitting (.440) and RBI (40), while tied for fifth in home runs (6) 
• The home runs for Moreno, Lavigne, Risedorf and Wouters were the first of their careers.
• Rivera has hit safely in 18 of his last 19, including 11 straight.
• La Rocca has a hit in seven of his last eight, including six-in-a-row.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Friday (April 14) at 3:30 p.m. when they play host to Bentley University action at Penmen Field.