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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V. - Chris O'Neil (Chelmsford, MA) homered in the top of the seventh inning to lift Southern New Hampshire University to a 4-3 seven-inning win in game two of a baseball doubleheader with Shepherd University at Fairfax Field Saturday afternoon.  The Penmen improved to 1-2 with the split, while the Rams, who took game one by a 7-0 score, are now 5-4 overall.

The win marked the first career victory for first-year SNHU head coach Scott Loiseau.

Southern New Hampshire trailed 3-2 going into the top of the seventh inning when Scott Strong (Naperville, IL) walked to lead off the inning.  After advancing to second on a passed ball, Strong stole third and then came home when Eric Pelletier (Beverly, MA) grounded out for the second out of the inning.  O'Neil then delivered the go-ahead run on his solo home run to left.

Shepherd would get runners to second and third with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but Derek Anderson (Dracut, MA) would strikeout Drew McCormick then get Brett Caplan to ground out to second to earn the save.

The Penmen would stake themselves to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first courtesy a solo home run by Jeff Giannino (Beverly, MA), but Shepherd would score three times in the top of the first, using four hits while taking advantage of a pair of Penmen errors.  Southern New Hampshire cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fifth when Pelletier reached base with two outs on an error, then came home on a single by Tim Rines (Merrimack, NH).

O'Neil finished with two of SNHU's six hits in the nightcap, while Nate Minnich led Shepherd with three hits.  Steve Golbranson (Abington, MA) earned the win for the Penmen, scattering 10 hits in six-plus innings of work, fanning four while allowing a pair of earned runs.  Reliever Adam Lauer took the loss for Shepherd.

In the opener, Pat Smith and Kenny Reisinger combined to allow just one Penmen hit, a Strong single in the fifth.  Shepherd jumped on top with four runs in the bottom of the first and added single runs in each of the final three innings.  Brad Monroe (Hampton Falls, NH) took the loss for SNHU, allowing a pair of earned runs while surrendering 10 hits and striking out five in 4.2 innings of work.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Sunday when it travels to Columbia Union College for a noon doubleheader.