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9 Michael Rickert
Callie Stanford
15
Winner Stonehill STONEHIL 13-17
8
FDU FDU 21-12
Winner
Stonehill STONEHIL
13-17
15
Final
8
FDU FDU
21-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stonehill STONEHIL 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 15 16 0
FDU FDU 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 9 2

W: Welsch, Jack (1-2) L: BARTEK, D. (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rickert’s Two-Homer Day Propels Baseball to 15-8 Win Over FDU

TEANECK, N.J. (April 12, 2026) – The Stonehill College baseball team closed out its three-game series with NEC rival FDU with a decisive 15-8 victory. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 13-17 overall and 11-4 in conference play, while the Knights fell to 21-12 overall and 15-3 in league action.
 
Highlights
  • Senior Michael Rickert led the way, going 3-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored, and a career-high six RBI.
  • Junior Ryan LeClair drove in a season-high five runs while extending his hitting streak to 10 games and on-base streak to 25, finishing 1-for-2 with three runs scored, two hit-by-pitches, and a double.
  • Junior Jamison Howland stayed hot, recording his seventh multi-hit game in his last eight contests, going 2-for-6 with a stolen base.
  • Sophomore Will Newton returned to the lineup and went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored.
  • Newton extended his hitting streak to 10 games, while junior Nathan Kearney pushed his on-base streak to 22 games.
  • Freshman Kacin Robinson and junior Cam Morrison each notched multi-hit performances, their sixth and fifth of the season, respectively.
  • Sophomore Jack Welsch earned his first win of the season with 2.1 innings of scoreless, hitless relief, allowing three walks while striking out five.
 
How It Happened
FDU opened the scoring in the first when Johnathan Gomez launched a solo home run to center. Stonehill answered emphatically in the second, erupting for five runs to take a 5-1 lead. Robinson singled to start the rally before walks by graduate student Sam Parks and Morrison loaded the bases. After a hit-by-pitch to LeClair forced in a run, Rickert crushed his second grand slam of the season to put the Skyhawks in front.

The Knights responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning, highlighted by a two-run single from Jeremy Delamota and a two-run home run by Travis Stroh, tying the game at five.

Stonehill regained the lead in the third when Newton lined an RBI double down the left field line, scoring Robinson. The Skyhawks added another run on a sacrifice fly by LeClair to take a 7-5 advantage into the fifth.

FDU surged back ahead in the bottom of the fifth on a three-run homer from Nick Quagliato, but Welsch came on in relief and silenced the Knights, striking out five over 2.1 dominant innings.

Rickert gave Stonehill the lead once again with his second home run of the game in the seventh before the Skyhawks broke things open in the eighth. A six-run frame—featuring a sacrifice fly from Morrison, a three-run double by LeClair, and RBI singles from Howland and Kearney—pushed the lead to 15-8.

Sophomore Noah Basgaard closed out the game on the mound, securing the decisive victory for Stonehill.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (13-17, 11-4 NEC) returns to action on Tuesday, traveling to nearby Lowell, Massachusetts for a midweek contest against non-conference opponent UMass Lowell at 3 p.m.

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