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Jorge Burgos in the field for SNHU baseball
Erik Williams
6
Staten Island CSI 0-2
20
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 2-4
Staten Island CSI
0-2
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Final
20
Southern N.H. SNHU
2-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Staten Island CSI 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 2
Southern N.H. SNHU 3 0 7 1 0 5 1 3 X 20 14 0

W: Divita, Devin (1-0) L: F. Bonvini (0-1)

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Southern N.H. SNH 2-5
4
Winner Staten Island CSI 1-2
Southern N.H. SNH
2-5
3
Final
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Staten Island CSI
1-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern N.H. SNH 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 2
Staten Island CSI 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 1

W: A. Gautreaux (1-0) L: Hansen, Parker (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Penmen Roll In First Game, Drop Nightcap for Split with CSI

SNHU wins 20-6 before falling 4-3 in first-ever meetings with the Dolphins

When and Where: February 24, 2024 – Myrtle Beach, SC (Ripken Experience)
Game 1:  Southern New Hampshire University 20, College of Staten Island 6
Game 2:  College of Staten Island 4, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: SNHU 2-5, Staten Island 1-2

SNHU scored a season-high 20 runs to defeat the College of Staten Island 20-6 in the opener of Saturday's doubleheader in Myrtle Beach.  The Dolphins rallied with three in the bottom of the seventh inning to claim the nightcap 4-3.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 3-6, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
  • Freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) – 2-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB
  • Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 2-6, 4 R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB
  • Freshman Devin Divita (New Hartford, Conn.) – 5.1 IP – 1 ER – 4 K, Win in Game 1
  • Sophomore Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) – 6 IP – 5 H- 3 ER – 0 BB – 11 K
     
KEY MOMENTS – GAME 1 (SNHU 20-6)
  • The Dolphins struck for a couple of runs in the top of the first inning.  Michael Kehoe singled to start the inning and moved to second on a bunt.  A.J. Vigliotti singled to make it 1-0.  A single by Chris Polemeni followed for another run for Staten Island.
  • The Penmen rallied for a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double by sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) and a two-run single by Wachter.
  • SNHU scored seven runs in the bottom of the third inning.  The frame started with back-to-back homers by Burgos and Wachter.  Wouters walked with the bases loaded, sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) drove in a run with a single, sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) had a sacrifice fly, and Burgos added a two-run double to make it 10-3.
  • After the Dolphins put two on the board in the top of the fourth, the Penmen made it 11-5 on a sacrifice fly by Vargas Segura.
  • The Penmen would score five times in the home sixth inning which included a two-run homer by Vargas Segura, an RBI double by Pisano, and a two-run single by freshman Evan Kaplo (Bedford, N.H.) to put SNHU up 16-6.
  • Lavigne added an RBI ground out in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Freshman Cam Olivo (Swanzey, N.H.) launched a two-run homer and Wouters had an RBI single in the eighth to make it 20-6.
KEY MOMENTS – GAME 2 (CSI 4-3)
  • The Penmen took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning.  Burgos tripled to center field and scored on a wild pitch.
  • SNHU tacked on two more runs in the top of the third inning.  Burgos walked with the bases loaded and Vargas Segura scored on a wild pitch.
  • Lendrum had allowed no runs on one hit through the first five innings before the Dolphins cut into the deficit.
  • Staten Island scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-1 and then made it 3-2 on Matthew Polemeni's home run leading off the seventh.
  • Vincent Weigele followed with a single to end the night for Lendrum.  Two more singles off reliever senior Parker Hansen (Granby, Conn.) tied the game, and a wild pitch by sophomore Ben Hladun (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) ended the game.
NOTES
  • Eight different players drove in at least two runs in the opener, including Burgos, who homered and doubled, driving in three runs in the seven-run third inning.
  • These were the first career pitching starts for freshman Jack Davis (LaGrangeville, N.Y.) in the opener (3.2 IP – 5 ER), and Lendrum, in the nightcap.
  • Oliva's home run came in his first at-bat in a Penmen uniform.
  • Graduate student Jamie Roldan (Boston, Mass.) played for the first time in the opener, drawing a pair of walks.
  • After recording 14 hits, including four homers in the opener, the Penmen had only two hits in the nightcap- an infield single by Vargas Segura to start the game, and a triple by Burgos in the second inning.
  • These were the first baseball games played between SNHU and the College of Staten Island.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen will conclude the Northeast Challenge in Myrtle Beach on Sunday at 9 a.m. against Molloy University.
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