Box Score
When and Where: February 16, 2020 – Grand Junction, Colo. (Suplizio Field)
Score: Colorado Mesa University 10, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: CMU 5-1, SNHU 0-3
Freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) doubled to drive in the lone run of the game for the 14th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team, as it was defeated by second-ranked Colorado Mesa University, 10-1, to complete the three-game sweep Sunday afternoon at Suplizio Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- LaRocca – 1-4, RBI
- Senior Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.) – 2-3, run
- Junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) – 2-4
- Freshman Felix B. Diaz Jr. (No. Brunswick, N.J.) – 1-3, walk
- Sophomore Ricky Alexy (Needham, Mass.) – 1.0 inning, 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk
KEY MOMENTS
- After LaRocca's RBI double made it a 6-1 game in the top of the seventh, Colorado Mesa broke it open in the home half, with a pair of run-scoring doubles, sandwiched around a two-run home run off the bat of Haydn McGeary, that made it 10-1.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.), senior Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) and freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) were all 1-for-4.
- Sophomore Oluwasayo Kintunde (Lusby, Md.) started and allowed one run on six walks, while striking out three, in two hitless innings.
- Grad student Endy Morales (Holyoke, Mass.) was charged with five runs on 10 hits over four frames, striking out one and walking a batter.
- Freshman Conner Wagstaff (Ellsworth, Maine) relinquished four runs on five hits, while punching out a pair and walking one, in an inning of work.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire begins the season 0-3 for the first time since 2015.
- Kintunde and Wagstaff both made their first career appearances on the mound for the Penmen.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Thursday, Feb. 20 (6 p.m.) when they take on Mercy College in the first of five games in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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