Junior Scott Hackett hit a combined 4-for-8 with a double, triple, two runs scored and two RBI on Wednesday. (PHOTO BY Richard Orr)

Stonehill Sweeps Non-Conference DH at Saint Michael's

Skyhawks hold off Purple Knights rally for 8-6 win in game one
Olsen and Wright combine for shutout in 11-0 victory in game two

BURLINGTON, Vt. (April 21, 2010) – Stonehill College swept a doubleheader against Saint Michael's College in a non-conference baseball doubleheader at Centennial Field this evening. The Skyhawks held off a late Purple Knights rally to post an 8-6 victory in game one, before rolling to an 11-0 decision in game two.

Junior Scott Hackett (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) led the Stonehill offense as he hit a combined 4-for-8 with a double, triple, two runs scored and two RBI over the two seven inning games. Sophomore Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) drove in four runs over the two games.

Senior Tony Bonvechio (Newport, Vt./North County Union) reached base four times to lead Saint Michael's, finishing 2-for-4 for the afternoon with two doubles, a run scored and two RBI. Classmate Jeff McLaughlin (Rutland, Vt./Rutland) was a combined 2-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored.

Stonehill 8, Saint Michael's 6 – Game 1
BOXSCORE

Stonehill withstood a late Saint Michael's rally for an 8-6 win in game one of the doubleheader, stranding the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh.

Sophomore Michael White was 2-for-3 with a double, stolen base and two RBI in the game one win.

Senior Ryan Healey (Lynn, Mass./Lynn English) paced Stonehill's 12-hit attack as he hit 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Sophomore Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) batted 2-for-3 with a double, stolen base, two RBI and a run scored, while Scott Hackett was 2-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI and run scored. Senior Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow) chipped in with two doubles as well.

Junior righthander Dan Corrigan (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth) picked up the win (1-1) on the mound for the Skyhawks, allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits with six strikeouts and a walk over five innings. Sophomore lefthander Eric Haughn (Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke) picked up his first save of the season by retiring the only batter he faced to end the Saint Michael's threat in the seventh.

Tony Bonvechio led Saint Michael's at the plate as he hit 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and two RBI. Senior Matt Beaulieu (Littleton, Mass./Lawrence Academy) was 2-for-4 with a stolen base, run scored and RBI, while Jeff McLaughlin finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Senior righthander Mike Robert (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley) took the loss (1-5), allowing eight earned runs on 12 hits with two strikeouts and a walk over 5.2 innings.

Stonehill opened the scoring with a four-run second inning behind three doubles in the frame. Senior Shane Franz (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) ripped a two-run double and then scored on a double from White. He then stole third and scored on a single from senior Rob Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull). The Skyhawks extended their lead with two more runs in the third on an RBI single from junior Angelo Bruno (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) and an RBI double by Healey.

Saint Michael's got back in the game with a run in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by McLaughlin before scoring three times in the fifth. Beaulieu had an RBI single and Bonvechio delivered a two-run double.

Hackett had an RBI double for Stonehill in the sixth to run Stonehill's lead to 8-4. Saint Michael's closed within two on the bottom of the seventh, but Haughn came on and got a pop out to first to escape the jam.

Stonehill 11, Saint Michael's 0 – Game 2
BOXSCORE

Sophomore lefthander Matt Olsen (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) and classmate Brendan Wright (Easton, Mass./Cardinal Spellman) combined to throw a six-hit shutout as Stonehill earned the sweep with an 11-0 win in game two.

Sophomore Matt Olsen earned the win in his return to the mound in game two with five scoreless innings of work. (PHOTO BY Richard Orr)

Olsen picked up the win (2-2) in his return to the mound following an injury as he scattered five hits over his five scoreless innings with four strikeouts and a walk. Wright yielded just a hit and a walk over two scoreless innings with five strikeouts.

Freshman James DeAlto (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y./Briarcliff) paced the Stonehill offense as he hit 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. Classmate Michael Zeiner (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI, while sophomore Rich McHugh (Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy) batted 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored. Scott Hackett finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored.

Sophomore Chad Estey (New Haven, Vt./Mount Abraham Union) led Saint Michael's, hitting 2-for-2. Classmate Ben Mitchell (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy) batted 2-for-3.

Stonehill took quick control of the game, staking out a 6-0 lead after three innings. The Skyhawks scored three in the top of the first on a two-run single by Michael White, with Angelo Bruno also scoring on an error on the play. Mitch Davis had an RBI single in the second and then the Skyhawks got a two-run single from DeAlto in the third.

Stonehill broke the game open with five runs over the final three innings. Zeiner belted his first collegiate home run, with a two-run shot, in the fifth. McHugh tripled and scored on a groundout in the sixth and then Hackett had an RBI single and McHugh drew a bases loaded walk in the seventh.

Stonehill (18-15, 11-8 NE-10) is right back in action tonight as it continues its seven game road trip with a key Northeast-10 battle at 30^th-ranked Franklin Pierce University at 6 p.m. The Skyhawks return home next Wednesday, April 28, to host Saint Anselm College at 3:30 p.m. Saint Michael's (5-22-1) hosts Norwich University on Thursday at 3 p.m.