STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's College (20-12, 7-5 GNAC) won a pair of games versus conference opponent Norwich University (VT) (2-20, 1-11 GNAC) on Friday afternoon, winning 7-2 in the first game and 17-3 in the nightcap. Sophomore Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) was the winning pitcher for the Monks in game one with six strikeouts and one earned run allowed in six innings of work. Senior Luke Enman (Milan, NH) was 3-4 with a home run and 3 RBI's and freshman Todd Keneborus (Hollis Center, ME/Cheverus HS) was 2-3 with a solo home run in the win. The Monks scored eleven runs in the second inning of game two and went on to register 17 hits as a team in the game. Senior Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) was 2-4 with a three-run home run in the game and freshman Bryant Lausberg (Somersworth, NH) picked up his first collegiate win in relief.
GAME ONE
The Cadets took their only lead of the day in the first inning of
game one. SO James Ramsey (Vestal, NY) doubled to lead off the
inning and FY Kory Delehanty (Newburyport, MA) later singled him
home to give his team a 1-0 lead.
St. Joe's went on to score at least one run from the second inning
through the seventh to earn the 7-2 conference victory.
Luke Enman sent SR
Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) home
with a single in the third to tie the game, 1-1 and the Monks
scored two runs in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.
Dustin Spiller scored on a double
play ball hit by FY Eric LaBatte
(Rochester, NH) and Todd
Keneborus connected for his first career home run,
a line-drive solo shot over the left field wall.
SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME)
grounded out to short to allow Schools, who
reached with a single, to score in the fifth and give the Monks a
4-1 lead. The Cadets made it a 4-2 game with an RBI single from SO
Tim O'Connor (Worcester, MA) that drove in Ramsay.
LaBatte scored on a SO Travis
Adams (Saco, ME) single in the sixth and
Enman connected for his fifth home run of the
season, a two-run shot, to wrap up the game scoring.
FY Ian Lee (Hampden, ME) was 2-4
and Brian Schools scored three
runs in the victory. JR Andrew
Pooler (Somesville, ME) struck out one in an
inning of relief to close out the game.
James Ramsey was 3-3 with 2 runs scored for the Cadets and starting
pitcher Kyle Przekaza (Northfield, VT) took the loss on the mound.
GAME TWO
The Monks wasted no time getting on the board in the nightcap as
the Royal Blue scored two in the first off an
Enman double and a Spiller
single. The SJC offense surged for 8 hits and 11 runs in the second
inning to take a commanding 13-1 lead. Spiller hit
a three-run long ball, his second of the season, and
Keneborus drove home two runs with a laser-beam
triple over the centerfielder's head in the inning.
JR Wade Oliver (Owls Head, ME),
Schools, Enman,
Spiller and Lee all recorded two
hits in the lopsided victory. LaBatte and Grant-Roy both scored two
runs and FY John Swasey (South
Berwick, ME) notched an RBI triple for the Monks.
JR Ryan Carrier (Scarborough, ME)
recorded his first collegiate hit, a single through the left side,
in a pinch-hit appearance in the seventh inning.
Starting pitcher SO Andrew
Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) struck out two in one
inning of work and was removed after the SJC offensive onslaught in
order to get some of the younger staff members some innings. The
freshman trio of Bryant Lausberg,
Matt Mullen (Rockland, MA) and
Kevin Chamberlain (Scarborough,
ME) combined to allow 3 earned runs, 7 hits and one walk while
striking out five in six innings of work.
Starting pitcher JR Kyle Kenia (Byram, NJ) takes the loss for
Norwich. James Ramsay and FY Brian Segit (Fly Creek, NY) connected
for solo home runs in the loss.
St. Joe's will host a pair of conference games on Saturday, April
19th against Rivier College (13-11, 6-4 GNAC) at 12:00 PM.
