STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Praml (4-1) – 9.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K (game 1)
• Sophomore Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 3-4, R, RBI, HR, 2 BB
• Junior Cam Caraher (Plymouth, Mass.) – 3-7, R, RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 3-8, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• Sophomore Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 3-8, R, 2B

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 1

• Southern New Hampshire took advantage of three first-inning walks to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Junior Nick Schwartz (Massapequa, N.Y.) plated a pair with a triple to right, while an RBI groundout from Caraher closed the first-inning scoring.
• Goldey-Beacom chipped away with a pair of unearned runs in the second and then tied it with a two-out RBI double in the fifth.
• The score stayed that way until the top of the ninth when the Penmen had the bases loaded with two out. A wild pitch scored Rivera, who singled to center, went to second on a sacrifice bunt from redshirt-junior Cristian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) and moved to third on a Schwartz walk.
• The Lightning loaded the bases with two outs against Praml in the ninth, but he induced a groundout to second to end it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 1

• Vargas Segura went 2-for-3 with a walk.
• Rivera was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored a run.
• Schwartz (two RBI, run, two walks) and junior Mike LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.; run, two walks) were both 1-for-3.
• Burgos finished 1-for-4.
• Caraher was 1-for-5 with an RBI.

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 2

• After Goldey-Beacom took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI groundout, Vargas Segura tied it in the second with a two-out solo shot.
• GBC hung a six spot in the fourth, capitalizing on three errors, a walk and a wild pitch to push across five unearned runs that made it 7-1.
• The Penmen grabbed one back in the sixth when Burgos doubled down the left field line and later scored on an RBI single off the bat of sophomore Gabe Passey (Moses Lake, Wash.).
• SNHU attempted to rally in the seventh, with Rivera swatting a leadoff homer and freshman Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) reaching on a two-out error by the shortstop to let Caraher, who walked, score. That brought the tying run to the plate, but a strikeout would end it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 2

• Caraher went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and a run scored.
• Burgos finished 2-for-4 and scored a run.
• Vargas Segura was 1-for-1 with the home run, RBI, run and a walk.
• Passey went 1-for-3 and knocked in a run.
• Rivera (home run, RBI, run) and LaRocca were both 1-for-4.
• Graduate student Josh Roberge (Chelmsford, Mass.; 1-3) was charged with seven runs – two earned – on seven hits, while striking out three and walking a pair, over three-and-two-thirds innings.
• Junior Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.) walked one over a hitless two-and-a-third innings of relief.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 10th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 and 20th in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Poll, had its four-game winning streak snapped with the game-two loss.
• This marked the first meeting between the two programs.
• Rivera's home run was his second of the season and the 15th of his career, moving him into 10th in the program's all-time record book.
• Vargas Segura's long-ball was his second in his first season with the Penmen. Both home runs have come within the last four games. After starting his Penmen career 0-for-18, he is now 4-for-his-last-9 (.444) with the two home runs, three RBI and four runs scored over those four contests.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen wrap up the series with Goldey-Beacom on Saturday (March 18) with another noon doubleheader.