GAME 1 BOX SCORE | GAME 2 BOX SCORE

When and Where: March 25, 2021 – Easton, Mass. (Lou Gorman Field)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 10, Stonehill College 2
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Stonehill College 1 (7 inn.)
Records: SNHU 2-0 (2-0 NE10), Stonehill 3-2 (0-2 NE10)

Redshirt-junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) homered twice and drove in five runs Thursday, as the 20th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team opened the season with a pair of victories against Stonehill College at Lou Gorman Field. The Penmen rolled to a 10-2 win in game one, before edging out the Skyhawks, 3-1, in the second game.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Mulcay – 4-5, double, 2 home runs, 5 RBI, 3 runs, 2 walks
• Redshirt-junior Jeffrey Praml (Bridgewater, N.J.; 1-0) – 7.0 innings, 1 run, 1 earned run, 5 hits, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk (game 2)
• Redshirt-junior Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.; 1-0) – 7.0 innings, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 4 hits, 6 strikeouts, 3 walks (game 1)
• Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) – 2-5, double, RBI, 2 runs, walk, 5 stolen bases
• Redshirt-junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) – 2-5, 2 doubles, RBI

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• With two outs and the bases empty in the top of the first, graduate student Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) walked to extend the inning before Mulcay swatted a two-run homer that made it 2-0.
• Mulcay would later cap a three-run fourth with a two-out RBI double that made it 6-0.
• In the sixth, redshirt-freshman Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) extended the Penmen lead to 8-1 with a two-run shot.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 1

• Mulcay finished 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs scored, a double and pair of walks.
• Goldstein was also 2-for-3 with an RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
• Henrie was 2-for-5 and drove in a run.
• Chavez went 1-for-3, scored twice and walked twice.
• Redshirt-freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) and classmate Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) were both 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.
• Rivera was 1-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored.
• Freshman Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.) struck out one and walked three in a hitless inning of work.
• Redshirt-junior Scott Webster (Newburyport, Mass.) tossed a perfect ninth and struck out one.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• SNHU again jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, as Rivera led off the game with a walk and went to third on Mercedes' double down the left field line. A wild pitch brought in the first run before Mulcay delivered a sacrifice fly that made it 2-0.
• Mulcay would come through again in the fifth with a two-out solo job that pushed the Penmen lead to 3-0.
• Stonehill would bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, but only brought in one run.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 2

• Mulcay was 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored.
• Sophomore Kieran Dowd (E. Islip, N.Y.) went 1-for-2 with a walk in his Penmen debut.
• Mercedes finished 1-for-4 and scored a run.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 20th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, is 2-0 for the first time since 2018 and the fourth time since 2012.
• Mulcay's home runs were the 15th and 16th of his career, breaking a tie at 14 with Al Molin (1985-88) and Carson Helms (2014-16), and moving him into a four-way tie for fifth place on SNHU's all-time home run list.
• Rivera's long ball was the first of his career.
• Praml extended his streak of not allowing an earned run to 26 consecutive innings before relinquishing the run in the final frame.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, March 27 (12 p.m.) when they return to Stonehill for another doubleheader.
• SNHU opens its home slate Saturday, April 10 (12 p.m.) when it plays host to Saint Anselm College in doubleheader action at Penmen Field.

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