When and Where: April 9, 2021 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 8, Saint Anselm College 2 (7 inn.)
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 7, Saint Anselm College 0
Records: SNHU 6-0 (6-0 NE10), Saint Anselm 6-9 (1-7 NE10)

Redshirt-junior Jeffrey Praml (Bridgewater, N.J.) fired a complete-game, two-hit shutout in game two and five different Penmen drove in two runs over the two games, as the 16th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team swept a doubleheader from Saint Anselm College on Friday to open its home slate at Penmen Field. SNHU defeated Saint Anselm, 8-2, in the first game, before blanking the Hawks, 7-0, in game two.

LINKS: GAME 1 BOX SCORE | GAME 2 BOX SCORE

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Praml (2-0) – 7.0 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, career-high 11 strikeouts, 0 walks (game 2)
• Redshirt-junior Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.; 2-0) – 6.0 innings, 1 run, 1 earned run, 4 hits, 7 strikeouts, 0 walks (game 1)
• Graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) – 3-6, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, 2 runs, walk
• Redshirt-junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) – 3-6, RBI, 2 runs, walk
• Graduate student Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 3-7, double, 2 runs, walk, stolen base
• Redshirt-freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) – 2-5, double, triple, walk
• Redshirt-junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) – 2-6, double, 2 RBI, 2 runs

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• The score was tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the fifth when SNHU took the lead for good with a pair of unearned runs that were keyed by a Goldstein bunt single, with the ensuing errant throw to first bringing in the first run. Goldstein would then score on a sacrifice fly from redshirt-freshman Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.).
• A three-run sixth - highlighted by a two-out, two-run double down the left field line off the bat of junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.) - widened the gap to 6-1.
• The Penmen extended the lead in the seventh with two more two-out runs. Mulcay's RBI double down the right field line and a run-scoring single to right from Henrie made it 8-1.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 1

• Mulcay (double, 2 RBI, 2 runs), Henrie (RBI, run) and Rivera (RBI, run) were all 2-for-4.
• Goldstein (walk, run), Chavez (walk, run) and LaRocca (walk) all finished 1-for-3.
• Taveras (2 RBI) and redshirt-freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.; walk, run) were both 1-for-4.
• Junior Taylor Lepard (Toronto, Ontario) allowed one run on two hits over two innings of relief, while striking out four, walking a pair and hitting a batter.
• Redshirt-sophomore Oluwasayo Kintunde (Lusby, Md.) struck out one in a third of inning, while walking a batter and hitting two others.
• Freshman Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.) came on to get the final two outs in a perfect ninth.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• The Penmen quickly jumped out to a lead in the bottom of the first as Rivera led off with a walk before sophomore Kieran Dowd (E. Islip, N.Y.) hit a two-run blast to center. SNHU would scrape across another on a ground out later in the inning to make it 3-0.
• The score would stay that way until the sixth when SNHU hung a four-spot, highlighted by a two-run double to left-center by Goldstein.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 2

• Praml retired the final 12 batters he faced, including eight via strikeout.
• Goldstein was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and a run scored.
• Chavez finished 2-for-4 and scored a run.
• Henrie (walk, run) and LaRocca were each 1-for-2.
• Taveras went 1-for-3 and scored a run.
• Dowd was 1-for-4 with the home run, two RBI and run scored.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 16th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, is 6-0 for the first time since 2018.
• The Penmen are outscoring their opponents, 43-8, over the first six games of the season.
• Dowd's home run was the seventh of his career, but first in a Penmen uniform.
• Praml has allowed just one earned run over his last 33-and-a-third innings dating back to last season.

UP NEXT

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

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