EASTON, Mass. – The ninth-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team split a Northeast-10 doubleheader with Stonehill College Saturday afternoon at Lou Gorman Field, falling 1-0 in the first game before rebounding for a 6-1 triumph in the nightcap.  The Penmen are now 17-6 and 1-2 in the NE-10 Northeast Division, while the Skyhawks are 16-9 and 2-1 in divisional play.

Southern New Hampshire plated two runs apiece in the third, fifth and seventh innings in the nightcap.  In the third, a sacrifice fly by Al Stanton (Sandwich, Mass.) plated Brendan O'Brien (East Bridgewater, Mass.), who singled to lead off the frame and stole second.  A Riley Palmer (Goffstown, N.H.) single scored Andrew Pezzuto (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.), who got on via walk.

O'Brien led off the fifth inning with a single and scored on a single by Matt Boulter (Wrentham, Mass.), while Palmer knocked in Boulter with a single.  Boulter and Palmer struck again in the seventh, with Boulter's single bringing home Pezzuto, while Palmer plated Boulter with his single after Boulter had stolen second and third.

Palmer and Boulter led the Penmen with three hits apiece as the guests had a total of 10 hits in the nightcap.  Tyler Gauthier (Lynn, Mass.) earned the win on the mound for SNHU, going seven innings and allowing five hits and one run while fanning three.  David Gibson (Hanover, Mass.) and Alex Powers (Brewster, Mass.) each worked an inning of relief for Southern New Hampshire.

In the opener, Skyhawk pitcher Jim Duff retired the first 17 batters he faced before Anthony Aceto (North Providence, R.I.) reached on a two-out error in the sixth.  He had his no-hit bid broken up by a Zach Goldstein (Merrick, N.Y.) single in the eighth, SNHU's lone hit of the contest.

Stonehill scored the game's lone run when James DeAlto singled with one out in the seventh and after moving to second on a wild pitch, scored when Dan Fratus reached on an error.

Jon Massad (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was the hard-luck loser for the Penmen, allowing five hits in his eight innings of work while registering eight strikeouts without issuing a walk.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Tuesday afternoon when it travels to Saint Michael's College for a 3:30 Northeast-10 contest.