When and Where: March 27, 2021 – Easton, Mass. (Lou Gorman Field)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 8, Stonehill College 0 (7 inn.)
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 7, Stonehill College 4
Records: SNHU 4-0 (4-0 NE10), Stonehill 3-4 (0-4 NE10)

Redshirt-freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) and redshirt-junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) each hit home runs and graduate student Wesley Tobin (Portsmouth, N.H.) fired a two-hit shutout in the opener, as the 20th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team took two more from Stonehill College on Saturday at Lou Gorman Field. The Penmen blanked the Skyhawks, 8-0, in the first game and posted a 7-4 win in game two.

LINKS: GAME 1 BOX SCORE | GAME 2 BOX SCORE

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• LaRocca – 3-6, home run, 4 RBI, 3 runs, 2 walks, 2 stolen bases
• Mulcay – 2-5, home run, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 3 walks
• Tobin (1-0) – 7.0 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, 11 strikeouts, 0 walks (game 1)
• Graduate student Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 5-7, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, 2 runs, walk, stolen base
• Redshirt-freshman Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 4-8, double, 2 runs, walk

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• SNHU scored a run in each of the first three innings and, after scoring twice in the fourth, put up two more in the fifth on RBI singles by LaRocca and redshirt-junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.) that made it 7-0.
• Mulcay capped the scoring with a solo home run to right in the top of the seventh.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 1

• Tobin retired the first eight batters he faced and did not allow a hit until the fourth inning. After allowing back-to-back hits, he then set down the final 12 he faced.
• Mulcay finished 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
• LaRocca was also 2-for-2 with an RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
• Rivera was 2-for-3 with a run and a walk.
• Taveras went 2-for-3 with an RBI, run, walk and two stolen bases.
• Chavez was 1-for-3 and scored a run.
• Redshirt-junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.; run) and redshirt-freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.; RBI) were both 1-for-4.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• SNHU was ahead, 2-1, when it hung a five-spot in the fifth, highlighted by a two-out, three-run homer to left off the bat of LaRocca that made it 7-1.
• Stonehill would trim the deficit to 7-4 and get the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but redshirt-sophomore Ricky Alexy (Needham, Mass.) came on to get three straight outs and nail down the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 2

• Graduate Nick Artymowicz (Seaville, N.J.; 1-0) started and allowed one run on two hits over five innings, while striking out a career-best 11 and walking four.
• Chavez went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI, a walk and a run scored.
• Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) was 2-for-4 and scored a run.
• Rivera finished 2-for-5 with a run.
• LaRocca was 1-for-4 with three RBI, a run and a walk.
• Mulcay went 0-for-3, but walked twice and scored a run.
• Redshirt-freshman Daniel Owens (Ridge, N.Y.) gave up one run - unearned - on one hit, while striking out two and walking a pair in an inning of work.
• Junior Taylor Lepard (Toronto, Ontario) tossed two innings and was charged with two runs on three hits, striking out three and issuing a walk.
• Alexy fanned two in a perfect inning to collect his first save.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 20th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, is 4-0 for the first time since 2018.
• The Penmen outscored the Skyhawks, 28-7, over the course of the four-game series.
• Mulcay's home run was the 17th of his career, breaking a tie at 16 with Riley Palmer (2012-14), Ryan Gendron (2015-16) and Ryan Sullivan (2017-18), and moving him into a two-way tie for fourth place with Caleb Potter (2017-18) on SNHU's all-time home run list.
• Rivera's long ball was the first of his career.
• The 11 strikeouts marked the fifth 10-strikeout game of Tobin's career and were one short of his career high of 12, which he set March 24, 2019 in a 1-0 loss at the University of New Haven.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, April 10 (12 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Anselm College in doubleheader action at Penmen Field.

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