BOX SCORE

When and Where: March 10, 2020 – Pleasantville, N.Y. (Finnerty Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 7, Pace University 5
Records: SNHU 12-4, Pace 5-7

Junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) knocked in four runs to stake the 10th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a six-run lead Tuesday afternoon in an eventual 7-5 win at Pace University.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Henrie – 2-3, walk, double, 4 RBI, run
• Freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) – 2-4, walk, 2 runs
• Redshirt-junior Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 2-4, run
• Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) – 2-5, home run, double, RBI, run
• Junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) – 2-5, double, RBI
• Redshirt-junior Nick Artymowicz (Seaville, N.J.; 2nd save) – 2.1 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning behind a two-run double from Henrie and a run-scoring double off the bat of Mulcay.
• The Penmen doubled their advantage in the second, with an RBI double from senior Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) and a two-run single by Henrie making it 6-0.
• A grand slam for Pace in the third trimmed its deficit to 6-4, before Goldstein's solo shot added some insurance in the sixth.
• Pace would get a run back in the seventh, but Artymowicz would retire seven of the final eight batters he faced to preserve the win. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.; walk, run) and senior Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.; walk) were both 1-for-4.
• Blandini went 1-for-6 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.
• Sophomore Oluwasayo Kintunde (Lusby, Md.) started and allowed four runs on three hits, while striking out three and walking three, in four-plus innings of work.
• Junior Jake Kodros (Matawan, N.J.; 2-0) allowed one run on three hits, while striking out three and not issuing a walk, in two-and-two-thirds innings.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 10th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, has won 12 of its last 13, including four straight, and is now outscoring its opponents, 118-32, during that stretch.
• Goldstein's home run was his first of the season and third of his career.
• In four shutout innings out of the bullpen this year, Artymowicz has allowed just one hit, while fanning four and not walking a batter.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Friday, March 13 when they take on Nyack College in doubleheader action that begins at noon.
• SNHU is scheduled to open its home slate Friday, March 20 (3 p.m.) when it plays host to Stonehill College at Penmen Field.

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