PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (March 14, 2026) – The Stonehill College baseball team clinched the series win at Maryland Eastern Shore in shutout fashion, 6-0, Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 3-11 overall and 2-0 in conference play, while the Hawks fell to 1-14 overall and 0-5 against conference opponents.
 
Highlights

• Stonehill blanked Maryland Eastern Shore, marking the program's first shutout since April 4, 2025, when Stonehill defeated FDU 2–0.
• Graduate student Sam Parks and senior Sean McGee led the offense with their fourth multi-hit performances of the season.
• Junior Nathan Kearney extended his hitting streak to six games after going 1-for-3 with a double and two runs batted in, raising his weekend RBI total to eight.
• Sophomore Will Newton pushed his hitting streak to eight games, while junior Ryan LeClair extended his on-base streak to nine games.
• Graduate student Ryan Douglas earned the win with a stellar outing on the mound, tossing 8.0 shutout innings while allowing five hits and one walk and striking out two.
• Sophomore Jack Welsch closed the game with a scoreless ninth inning to secure the shutout for Stonehill.

 
How It Happened
Stonehill picked up where it left off Friday night, opening the scoring in the top of the first inning against Maryland Eastern Shore. LeClair singled to right field before advancing to third on a wild pitch and a stolen base. Kearney then drew a walk and took off for second, allowing LeClair to scamper home for the game's opening run.

Stonehill added to its lead in the top of the fourth with two more runs. Kearney led off the inning with a double to right before being thrown out at third one batter later when junior Jamison Howland reached on a fielder's choice. After junior John Bureau was hit by a pitch, McGee drove a double to the opposite field in right, plating Howland and doubling the Skyhawks' advantage. One batter later, senior Michael Rickert lifted a sacrifice fly to center field, allowing Bureau to tag up and score, extending the lead to 3–0.

Maryland Eastern Shore threatened in the bottom of the fourth, but Douglas and the Stonehill defense turned their second inning-ending double play of the afternoon. McGee and LeClair combined in the middle infield before Kearney completed the play at first to keep the Hawks off the board.

The Skyhawks extended their lead in the fifth when Parks, who led off the inning with a single to right, came around to score on a fielder's choice off the bat of Kearney. Stonehill capped the scoring with two more runs in the seventh. Highlighting the frame was a long RBI double to left field by Newton, allowing Parks to race all the way around from first to score.

With a six-run cushion, Douglas and Welsch combined to allow just one baserunner over the final three innings as Stonehill secured the 6–0 shutout victory and clinched the series.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (3-11, 2-0 NEC) wraps up its three-game series at Maryland Eastern Shore tomorrow at 12 p.m.

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