SALISBURY, MD - The St. Joe's baseball team suffered their first sweep of the young season at the hands of nationally ranked Salisbury University on Saturday, 3-1 and 9-0. Monks' game one starter SO Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) tossed a gem, allowing 4 hits and no walks while striking out 6 in the loss. Senior shortstop Luke Enman (Milan, NH) was 2-2 in the second game with a double.

GAME ONE

All of the scoring in the first game occurred in the first inning. Monks leadoff hitter JR Wade Oliver (Owls Head, ME) opened the game with an impressive plate appearance that resulted in a two-strike single to right field. St. Joe's used a SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) sacrifice bunt and a Luke Enman groundball to second base to push Oliver to third base. SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) gave the Monks a 1-0 lead when he singled to right to send Oliver home and record his 10th RBI of the season.

The Sea Gulls scored 3 runs off of 3 hits in the bottom of the first with all three scores coming from a home run off the bat of senior cleanup hitter Justin Armiger on a two-strike count. The three runs would prove to be one more than Salisbury would need to take the win as the Monks were unable to mount a scoring threat for the remainder of the contest. The teams combined for one hit in the remaining 6 innings of play and the game was completed in just over an hour.

Monks starter Pat Moran and Salisbury starter Jeff Feigl combined to allow no walks and only 6 hits in the fast paced pitcher's duel.

GAME TWO

Salisbury used the long ball in the early going to ignite their offense in the second game as Armiger and leftfielder Mark Bostwick hit back-to-back home runs in the first. Armiger's blast was a three-run shot and the Sea Gulls held a 4-0 lead after the opening inning.

Armiger would strike again in the 5th inning with a two-run shot to help his team stake a 9-0 lead.

Sea Gulls starter Dustin Herbert did not allow a hit until the fourth inning when Luke Enman singled to break up the no-hitter bid. Enman doubled in the sixth inning to account for both of the SJC base hits in the loss.

SO starting pitcher Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) takes the loss for the Monks and threw 4 1/3 innings while allowing 8 hits and 8 runs. FY Chris Dion (Lawrence, MA) allowed a run in 2/3 of an inning in relief and SO Chris Nanof (Clinton, MA) threw a perfect sixth inning for St. Joe's.

With the doubleheader sweep, #14 Salisbury has won 16 consecutive games, a new school record. The Sea Gulls (16-1) are also 12-0 at home. Justin Armiger was 4-4 on the day with 3 home runs and 8 RBI's.

The Monks are set to kick off their conference schedule next Saturday, 3/29 with a doubleheader at Suffolk University. The first pitch is scheduled for 12:00 PM. St. Joe's will host a doubleheader against GNAC foe Johnson and Wales University on Sunday, 3/30 at 12:00 PM.