Senior Rob Von Stein drove in the lone Stonehill run, knotting the score at 1-1 in the third.

Rollins Runs Past Stonehill, 12-1

Skyhawks drop season-opener as six-run fifth fuels Tars victory

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 5, 2010) - Stonehill College dropped its season-opener with a 12-1 setback at Rollins College in non-conference baseball action at Alfond Stadium tonight.

Sophomore Keith Mager (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) paced the Rollins offense as he hit 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored. Senior Ryan Luker (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Clearwater) was 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI, while classmate Taylor Ferguson (Charlton, Mass./St. John's) drove in three runs as part of a 2-for-5 night at the plate with a triple and run scored. Senior Ben Hewitt (Framingham, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson) chipped in with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored.

Senior Stephen Hiscock (Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck) earned the win (3-1) on the mound, allowing the one earned run on six hits with eight strikeouts and three walks over six innings of work for Rollins. Sophomore lefthander Matt Olsen (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) suffered the loss (0-1) for Stonehill, yielding seven runs, six earned, on seven hits with six strikeouts and a walk five innings of work.

Senior Rob Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) led the Stonehill offense as he hit 1-for-3 with an RBI. Senior Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow) was 1-for-4 with a double, while classmate Matt Skane (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee) finished 1-for-4 with a run scored.

Rollins broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth, doing all its damage with two outs. Ferguson sparked the inning with a two-run triple, coming around to score on an error on the play. Luker followed three batters later with another two-run triple. He later scored on a dropped pop up to third.

Rollins opened the scoring with a run in the second when Mager led off with a single, reached second on a balk and scored on a single to right center by Luker. Stonehill evened things in the fourth when Skane singled with one out and scored on a Von Stein single to left with two out.

Rollins put the game away with four runs in the seventh as Mager and Hewitt each collected RBI double, before adding a single run in the eighth.