Senior Mitch Davis was 3-for-8 today with three RBI, driving in an insurance run in the eighth of Stonehill's game one win.

Stonehill Sweeps Non-Conference DH at Assumption

Skyhawks run win streak to five games with pair of two-run victories, claiming 4-2 win in game one before rallying for 5-3 victory in nightcap 

WORCESTER, Mass. (March 21, 2010) – Stonehill College ran its winning streak to five games with a non-conference doubleheader sweep of Assumption College, ranked third in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II East Regional poll, at H.L. Rocheleau Field this afternoon. The Skyhawks posted a 4-2 victory in game one, before scoring three runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally for a 5-3 win in the nightcap.

Senior Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow) led the Stonehill offense as he hit 3-for-8 with three RBI, while junior Scott Hackett (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) was 3-for-10 with three RBI and a run scored. Sophomore Rich McHugh (Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy) was a combined 3-for-6 with a run scored for the Skyhawks.

Stonehill also got strong pitching performances on the day, including a complete game effort from sophomore Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) to earn the win in game two. Three Skyhawk pitchers on the day did not yield a walk over 18 innings of work.

Stonehill 4, Assumption 2 – Game 1
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Sophomore lefthander Matt Olsen (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) threw eight strong innings and RBI singles from White and Davis in the top of the eighth provided the difference in Stonehill's 4-2 victory in game one.

Sophomore lefthander Matt Olsen earned the win in game one with eight strong innings.

Olson earned the win (1-1) on the mound, allowing two earned runs on eight hits with nine strikeouts and no walks over eight innings. Junior righthander Dan Corrigan (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth) tossed a scoreless ninth, yielding one hit to earn his second save of the season.

Davis finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Hackett was 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored. White was 1-for-4 with the go-ahead RBI in the eighth and senior Ryan Healey (Lynn, Mass./Lynn English) batted 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Junior Drew Dombkowski (Southampton, Mass./Hampshire) led Assumption, hitting 3-for-3 with a run scored. Senior Derek Migrants (Ayer, Mass./Ayer) and sophomore Trevor Lawson (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) were both 1-for-4 with an RBI, while freshman Nick Napoli (Medford, Mass./BC High) batted 1-for-3 with a run scored.

Freshman Matt Metcalf (Warwick, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) suffered the loss in relief for the Greyhounds, allowing two earned runs on four hits and a walk over 1.2 innings. Sophomore Frank Flynn (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter-Marian) started and allowed two earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and four walks over the first six innings.

White gave Stonehill the lead for good in the eighth with an RBI single to left that scored senior Shane Franz (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia), who reached on a walk. Davis added an insurance run with an RBI single to left.

Stonehill opened the scoring with a single run in the third when senior Thomas Marino (Garden City, N.J./Garden City) led off with a single and later scored on a groundout by Hackett. The Skyhawks doubled their lead in the fifth when Hackett reached with a two-out single to right, before scoring on a single to center by Healey. Assumption tied the game in the home half of the fifth with RBI singles by Lawson and Migrants.

Stonehill 5, Assumption 3 – Game 2
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White earned a complete game victory and Stonehill scored three runs in the top of the ninth to rally for the 5-3 victory in game two. Hackett drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-run single to left. Davis knotted the score with a sacrifice fly to rightfield.

Sophomore Michael White posted a complete game win in game two after driving in the go-ahead run in game one.

White did the rest, sitting Assumption down in order in the bottom of the ninth to finish off his complete game victory (1-0), allowing three earned runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks.

Davis finished 1-for-4 with two RBI, while Hackett was 1-for-5 with two RBI. Healey batted 2-for-4, while McHugh hit 2-for-3 with a run scored. Sophomore Michael Magnussen (Carver, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) chipped in by going 2-for-4 with a stolen base, run scored and RBI.

Migrants and Flynn were both 2-for-4 with a run scored for Assumption, with Flynn chipping in with a double. Dombkowski batted 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Senior Tim Dupuis (West Suffield, Conn./Suffield) blew a save chance to take the loss on the mound, allowing three earned runs on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts in an inning of work. Sophomore Joe Piscitelli (Oxford, Mass./Oxford) started for the Greyhounds and allowed two earned runs on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk over the first six innings.

Assumption took an early lead with a single run in the first. Migrants singled to leftfield and later scored on a two-out RBI single to left by junior Mike Foley (Worcester, Mass./Saint John's). Stonehill evened the score in the third with an RBI single to right by Davis, before taking the lead in the fourth on an RBI single to left by Magnussen.

Assumption regained the lead with a two-run seventh, sparked by back-to-back doubles by Flynn and Dombkowski to tie the game. Senior Matthew Jose (Warwick, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) put the Greyhounds back in front with a sacrifice fly to left.

Stonehill (7-5, 3-0 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday for a non-conference clash with Merrimack College at Lou Gorman Field with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Assumption (10-8, 2-2 NE-10) hosts Merrimack on Thursday for a non-conference matchup at 3:30 p.m.