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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mike Dooling was 3-5 with three RBI as Merrimack College posted a 7-5 Northeast-10 baseball victory over Southern New Hampshire University Tuesday afternoon.  The Warriors improved to 14-22 overall and 10-13 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now 6-27 and 4-20 in the league.

Ryan Thompson (Westford, MA) and Jeff Giannino (Beverly, MA) led SNHU with two hits apiece.  Chris O'Neil (Chelmsford, MA) drove in a pair of runs for the Penmen, while Skyler Byrd (Milford, NH) had a home run in the sixth.  Jeff Bercume, Bob McCarthy and Mike Andre all had two hits apiece for Merrimack.

Twice, Southern New Hampshire would come back to tie the game after falling behind.  The Warriors opened the game with two runs in the top of the first, but SNHU scored twice in the bottom of the frame.  Thompson led off the game with a double for the Penmen and scored when Bill Murray (Canton, MA) tripled to right.  Murray would score on a single by Giannino.

Merrimack would score solo runs in the third and sixth innings to take a 4-2 lead.  Byrd's blast to straightaway center in the bottom of the sixth made it 4-3, but the Warriors scratched out another run in the top of the seventh to make it 5-3.

The Penmen would score twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game 5-5.  Thompson and Tim Rines (Northfield, NH) registered back-to-back one out singles, and after Murray grounded out, Byrd was intentionally walked to load the bases.  O'Neil would tie the game with a two-run single to center field.

The guests would get the win with a pair of runs in the top of the eighth when Dooling delivered a two-out double to right-center that scored Bercume and Ryan Shepard.

Chris Smith earned the win for Merrimack, not allowing a hit in 2.1 innings of relief.  Chris McCabe (Fall River, MA) worked the start of the eighth in relief for Southern New Hampshire and took the loss.

SNHU and Merrimack meet Thursday in North Andover, MA at 3:30 pm.