When and Where: February 4, 2024 – Houston, Texas (Minute Maid Park)
Score: Arkansas Tech University 7, #9 Southern New Hampshire University 4
Records: SNHU 0-3, ATU 2-1
Senior
Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) homered for the second straight day, but the ninth-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team closed out the Houston Winter Invitational with a 7-4 defeat against Arkansas Tech University on Sunday evening at Minute Maid Park.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Burgos – 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR
- Freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) – 1-3, RBI, R, BB
- Senior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 1-2, RBI, 2B
KEY MOMENTS
- Arkansas Tech went deep in the second against sophomore starter Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) and then homered twice in the fourth to build a 4-0 lead.
- Southern New Hampshire sliced its deficit in half in the fifth on Wachter's RBI single to center and O'Sullivan's run-scoring double to right-center.
- The Wonder Boys grabbed both of those runs back in the sixth and extended their lead to 7-2 in the eighth.
- The Penmen attempted to mount a comeback in the ninth, but Burgos' two-out, two-run shot to left wound up too little and too late.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) went 1-for-3 with a double, walk and a run scored.
- Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) finished 1-for-4 and scored a run.
- Risedorf allowed four runs – three earned – on six hits, while striking out three and walking three over four innings.
- Freshman Devin Divita (New Hartford, Conn.) gave up one run on a pair of walks in an inning of work.
- Senior Griffin Gilbert (Concord, N.H.) walked the only batter he faced and was charged with a run.
- Senior Parker Hansen (Granby, Conn.) relinquished one run on five hits and a pair of walks in three innings.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire is ranked ninth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25.
- This was the first meeting between the two programs.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen are back in action when they open their five-game trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., against Felician University on Thursday, Feb. 22 (5:30 p.m.).
