St. Joe's sweeps UMPI

STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's College (13-7) swept Friday's doubleheader against Maine Presque Isle 6-0 and 13-0.

In game one, freshman Miles Johnson (Berwick, ME) retired the side in the third inning and finished with 8 strikeouts in five innings. Johnson allowed only one hit to pitcher Chris Saucier in the fourth inning.

Freshman Andrew Dvilinsky (Portland, ME) reached on a walk and scored as freshman Matt Shanahan flew out to right field.

Senior captain Andy Exley (Portland, ME) had one of his four hits to lead off a four-run third inning for the Monks as Exley, freshman Luke Enman (Enfield, NH), senior Derek McIntosh (Auburn, ME) and freshman Charlie Furbush (South Portland, ME) all scored to make it 5-0.

Freshman Adam Cousins (Brooksville, ME) gave St. Joe's a 6-0 lead after scoring off an Exley single in the fifth inning.

Freshman Charlie Furbush (South Portland, ME) had two hits for the Monks.

Vasil Hurls No Hitter


Senior Matt Vasil (Enfield, NH) struckout 11 batters and pitched a complete game shutout to give St. Joe's a 13-0 victory in game two. Vasil retired the side in the sixth inning and gave up no hits in his first victory of the season.

St. Joe's scored three runs in the first and second innings and the offense kept the heat on the UMPI pitching staff for the entire game. Senior Derek McIntosh hit a two RBI homer in the second inning scoring Exley.

The Monks made it 11-0 in the third inning, with 5 runs, and then added two more runs in the fifth when senior Jack Hughes (Dudley, MA) drove in McIntosh and junior Aaron Cieslak (Windham, ME) with a single.

St. Joe's is on the road this weekend for a 1:00 PM doubleheader at Becker College (Mass.) on Saturday and a 12:00 PM doubleheader at Elms College (Mass.) on Sunday.