Box Score
When and Where: March 9, 2020 – Flushing, N.Y. (Hennekens Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 11, Queens (N.Y.) College 3
Records: SNHU 11-4, Queens 4-8
Junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) capped a seven-run fourth inning with a three-run homer run, as the 10th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team won its third straight with an 11-3 victory over Queens (N.Y.) College on Monday afternoon at Hennekens Stadium.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Mulcay – 2-4, home run, 4 RBI, run
- Redshirt-junior Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 2-2, 2 walks, double, 2 RBI, 2 runs
- Freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) – 2-2, RBI
- Senior Dylan Faircloth (Cleveland, Texas) – 2-4, walk, RBI, run
- Senior Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) – 1-3, walk, RBI, 2 runs
- Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) – 1-1, 2 walks, 2 runs, stolen base
- Grad student Endy Morales (Holyoke, Mass.; 2-0) – 7.0 innings, 1 run, 1 earned run, 7 hits, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks
KEY MOMENTS
- RBI singles in the second and third inning from Faircloth and Mulcay, respectively, staked Southern New Hampshire to a 2-0 lead.
- SNHU widened the gap with a seven-run fourth, highlighted by Mulcay's three-run bomb that made it 9-0.
- Chavez delivered a two-run double in the fifth that brought the score to 11-0.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Freshman Conner Wagstaff (Ellsworth, Maine) struck out a pair and walked a batter in a hitless inning of work.
- Redshirt-freshman Daniel Owens (Ridge, N.Y.) allowed two runs on two hits, while striking out two, in an inning.
- Junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.) was 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base.
- Senior Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.) went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run and a stolen base.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked 10th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, has won 11 of its last 12, including three straight, and is now outscoring its opponents, 111-27, during that stretch.
- Mulcay's home run was his team-leading fourth of the season and 14th of his career.
- Mulcay now leads the team in batting (.396), hits (19), home runs (4), RBI (17), runs (19), on-base percentage (.474) and slugging percentage (.729).
- In his two starts this season, Morales is 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA, allowing two runs - one earned - on 11 hits, while striking out 12 and walking five, in 14 innings.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen are back in action Tuesday, March 10 (3 p.m.) when they take on Pace University.
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