SMITHFIELD, R.I. (May 13, 2025) – Junior Aidan Cohall led the way at the plate for the Stonehill College baseball team, going 4-for-5 with two homeruns and four RBI in Tuesday evening's non-conference matchup against Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Despite Cohall's standout performance, the Skyhawks fell to the Bulldogs, 12-8. With the loss, Stonehill dropped to 19-28 overall, while Bryant improved to 30-17-1 on the season.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Cohall had a stellar day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a double, two homeruns, three runs scored, and four RBI.
• Cohall becomes the second Skyhawk this season to register four hits in a game, joining sophomore Grayson Sparr, who had four hits against Coppin State on May 4th.
• Senior Sam Parks reached base in five of his six bats throughout the afternoon, working three walks and tallying a pair of singles to improve his on-base streak to 15 straight games.
• Senior Taylor Gaspar launched his career-high 12th homerun of the campaign, while sophomore Ryan LeClair extended his on-base streak to 23 games.
• Graduate student Jack Thorbahn tallied his 14th multi-hit game of the season.
• Junior Drew Wyers led the Bulldogs at the dish, going 4-for-5 with a double, homerun, run scored, four RBI, and a stolen base.
• Senior Aleksi Goldhill posted two hits, including a homerun, three runs scored, and three RBI, to help lead Bryant's scoring output.
• Senior Pat D'Amico recorded his seventh homerun of the campaign for the Bulldogs, while graduate student Mark Scamardella picked up his first win on the bump after striking out three over 1.1 innings of relief.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Stonehill jumped out to an early lead when Cohall laced an opposite-field double into the left-center gap, plating Parks and opening the scoring just three batters into the non-conference matchup. After Sparr worked a full-count walk and Thorbahn laid down a sacrifice bunt, Gaspar followed with an RBI infield single to score Cohall from third, giving the Skyhawks a 2-0 advantage.
 
Bryant quickly responded and took a lead it would not relinquish, pushing six runs across in the bottom of the second. Key contributors to the Bulldogs' six-run outburst included run-scoring singles from Goldhill, Wyers, and graduate student Gavin Noreiga, along with a bases-loaded walk drawn by redshirt junior Zac Zyons and a sacrifice fly off the bat of D'Amico.
 
Goldhill extended Bryant's lead with a two-run homer in the third, but Stonehill began to chip away at the deficit over the next three innings. The Skyhawks plated five runs across the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to pull within one, trailing 8-7. Leading the comeback effort was an RBI single by Cohall in the fourth, a solo home run from him in the sixth, a two-run blast by Gaspar in the same inning, and a wild pitch that allowed LeClair to score.
 
Bryant answered in the bottom of the sixth, regaining control with back-to-back home runs—a three-run shot by Wyers followed immediately by a solo homer from D'Amico—pushing the lead back to five at 12-7.
 
Cohall launched a leadoff solo homerun to right field in the eighth to give Stonehill a spark, but graduate student Alex Slotter came on in relief and shut the door on any late rally attempts. The Skyhawks ultimately fell to Bryant by a final score of 12-8.
 
UP NEXT
Stonehill (19-28, 17-10 NEC) returns to Northeast Conference (NEC) play this weekend, hosting Long Island University in a three-game set to wrap up the regular season. First pitch of Thursday's series opener from Lou Gorman Field between the Skyhawks and Sharks is set for 2 PM.   
 
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