Gorham, Me. - For the second time in two days the University of Southern Maine used a five-run inning to beat St. Joseph's College, 9-0. On Friday the rally came in the second inning, knocking Monks starter Chris Leger (Jaffrey, NH) out of the game after 1.2 innings. In total Leger (1-1) allowed 6 runs on 6 hits, the sophomore walked 2 and struck out three. That inning alone would be plenty of support for the Huskies Mark Shmidt who went 7.2 innings without allowing a run to earn the victory.

Leger was replaced by Junior Ryan Boucher (Manchester, NH) with two outs in the second inning. Boucher (1-0) was solid for the Royal Blue out of the bullpen, throwing 4.1 innings and giving up 2 earned runs. Junior David Doucette (Ipswich, MA) pitched into, then out of, a jam to throw a scoreless seventh inning for the Monks. First year RHP Craig Woodbrey was able to work around a hit in tossing a scoreless eighth.

Offensively, the Monks were held to only four hits on the day. RF Wade Oliver (Owl's Head, ME), 1B Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME), CF Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME), and 2B Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) each posted base hits for St. Joe's.

With the loss, the Monks drop to 20-4 on the season, while the Huskies improve to 15-6.

The Monks return to action on Saturday, taking on North Atlantic Conference foe Becker College. The doubleheader is slated to begin at 4:00 PM and will be played at Tivnan Field at Lake Park in Worcester, Mass.