When and Where: April 22, 2018 – Manchester, N.H. (Sullivan Park)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 8, Saint Anselm College 0
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 11, Saint Anselm College 3
Records: SNHU 25-12 (12-5 NE10, 11-2 NE10 NE), Saint Anselm 9-20 (3-13 NE10, 3-9 NE10 NE)

Freshman Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) went 4-for-8 and knocked in five runs, to help the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team sweep Sunday's doubleheader against cross-town rival Saint Anselm College at Sullivan Park. The Penmen blanked the Hawks, 8-0, in game one, before posting an 11-3 victory in the second game. 

In addition to Mulcay's fine afternoon at the plate, graduate student Thomas Buonopane (Peabody, Mass.) was 5-for-10 with an RBI and two runs scored. 

Southern New Hampshire was locked in a pitcher's duel until the fifth inning of game one, before redshirt-sophomore Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) led off the frame with a double to left. A one-out RBI single up the middle from Buonopane and a two-out base knock to right from Mulcay made it 2-0. 

The Penmen doubled their lead in the sixth, as senior Caleb Potter (Mentor, Ohio) was hit by a pitch to begin the inning and moved to second and then third on sacrifice bunts by grad student Taylor Olmstead (Greenwich, Conn.) and senior Kyle Pangallo (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), before scoring when Goldstein reached on an error by the shortstop. Sophomore Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) then followed with a triple to right and SNHU led it, 4-0. 

The Penmen again doubled the gap in the top of the ninth, when a two-out, two-run double to right from Mulcay and a two-run shot to left-center off the bat of redshirt-junior John Stanton (Sandwich, Mass.) ran the advantage to 8-0. 

Grad student Shane McDonald (Blue Point, N.Y.), who improved to 5-2 with the win, cruised through seven-and-a-third, four-hit shutout innings, striking out nine and walking a pair. Senior Ivon Clough (Dublin, N.H.) tossed an inning-and-two-thirds of one-hit relief. 

Mulcay finished 3-for-4 with a walk, three RBI and a run scored, while Blandini went 2-for-4 with a walk, RBI and run scored. Goldstein (two runs) and Stanton (home run, two RBI, run) were both 1-for-4, with Buonopane going 1-for-5 with an RBI and scoring a run. 

Southern New Hampshire jumped out to an early lead in the second game, taking advantage of two first-inning errors to push across four runs. After Blandini reached on an error by the first baseman to begin the game and Buonopane followed with a single up the middle, Sullivan grounded into a fielder's choice, but the shortstop's throw to first to try and complete the double play was errant and allowed Blandini to come around and score the game's first run. Stanton then took a pitch the other way two batters later for a triple into the right field corner that made it 2-0. Stanton then crept down the third base line and broke for the plate, sliding in safely under the catcher's tag for a straight steal of home. Following two-out base hits from Potter and sophomore Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.), Pangallo drove a single up the middle to score Potter and stretch the lead to 4-0. 

Saint Anselm reached redshirt-senior Jake Stearns (Plymouth, Mass.) for a run in the bottom of the third on an RBI double to right-center from Max Wadington, but the Penmen answered it in the top of the fourth, as Pangallo tripled to right-center and scored on Goldstein's single to second. 

A two-out wild pitch plated another run for Saint Anselm in the sixth that trimmed its deficit to 5-2, but the Penmen responded with two more in the top of the seventh on a two-run single to left off the bat of Mulcay. 

Matthew Butigian's two-out, run-scoring infield single pulled the Hawks within 7-3 in the bottom of the inning, but SNHU would break it open with a four-spot in the ninth, as it capitalized on two more errors. Blandini led off with a walk and stole second before Buonopane singled to short and the ensuing throwing error allowed Blandini to score. Junior Joshua Zbierski (Stafford Springs, Conn.) knocked in the ninth Penmen run of the game with a base hit to right, before Potter's two-run single to right-center capped the scoring and pushed the lead to 11-3. 

Buonopane was 4-for-5 with a run scored, while Coro turned in a 3-for-5 afternoon. Potter (two RBI, run) and Pangallo (RBI, run) were each 2-for-5, with Mulcay (two RBI) and Goldstein (RBI, run) both going 1-for-4. Blandini was 0-for-3, but drew a pair of walks and scored three runs. 

Stearns (2-0) gave up three runs on nine hits, striking out one and walking a batter, over six-and-two-thirds innings. Sophomore Wesley Tobin (Portsmouth, N.H.) retired the only batter he faced to finish off the seventh inning. Junior Matthew Messier (No. Troy, Vt.) struck out a pair and worked around a hit in a scoreless inning, while classmate Endy Morales (Holyoke, Mass.) fanned two in a perfect inning of work. 

Notes:
- The Penmen have now won 14 of 18, including six straight, and take advantage of a Franklin Pierce University loss to move three games up on the in-state rival Ravens at the top of the NE10 Northeast Division standings.
- Southern New Hampshire is outscoring opponents 60-9 during its six-game winning spree.
- Potter had his five-game hitting streak snapped in game one, while Buonopane and Goldstein have now both hit safely in six straight.
- Over the last 10 games, Pangallo is 18-for-37 (.486) with 14 RBI and 10 runs scored, while slashing .578/.649/1.227.
- Blandini has collected a hit in 16 of the last 18 contests, batting .416 (32-77) with one home run, 18 RBI and 22 runs scored during the stretch, while posting a slash line of .489/.545/1.034.
- Since returning to the rotation, Stearns is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, striking out 19 and walking just three over 18 innings of his three starts.

Up Next:
The Penmen return to action Wednesday, April 25 (6 p.m.) when they play host to Franklin Pierce at Penmen Field in a game that will air on FOX College Sports.

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