When and Where: March 22, 2024 – New Haven, Conn. (The Ballpark at SCSU)
Game 1: RV Southern New Hampshire 2, Southern Connecticut State 1 (11 inn.)
Game 2: RV Southern New Hampshire University 7, Southern Connecticut State 0
Records: SNHU 13-8 (2-0 NE10), Southern Connecticut 12-10 (0-3 NE10)

Strong pitching and timely hitting carried baseball to a doubleheader sweep at Southern Connecticut State Friday in the first Northeast-10 games for the Penmen.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) – 5-for-8, 2 R, RBI, BB, Win Game 1
• Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 2-for-7, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, HP
• Redshirt Freshman Ruben Fernandez (Providence, R.I.) – 2-for-3, 2 RBI, HP
• Sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 3-for-6, BB
• Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 3-for-8, R
• Sophomore Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 8.0 IP – 4 H – 0 ER – 0 BB- 6 K
• Sophomore Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) – Win & Save – 6.0 IP – 0 ER- 8 K
   

GAME 1:  SNHU 2-1 (11 inn.)

• The teams played through nine scoreless innings before the first run of the game put SNHU in front 1-0 in the top of the tenth on a double by Vargas Segura.
• The Penmen threatened in the second inning which started with singles by Jake Pisano and Jake Risedorf. 
• Pisano's second hit of the game, a single in the top of the ninth, gave SNHU a baserunner but again did not score.
• Risedorf took over on the mound after DeMaro went the first eight.
• Southern Connecticut had two men on base in the bottom of the ninth inning after a single and intentional walk, but Risedorf struck out Jake Chacho to end the threat.
• Senior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) started the top of the tenth with a single, and Freshman Evan Kaplo (Bedford, N.H.) came on to run.  A sacrifice by sophomore Steven Kienzle (Holbrook, N.Y.) gave the Penmen a runner in scoring position with one out.
• Vargas Segura ripped a double to left center to score the first run of the game.
• A single and a sacrifice gave the Owls a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the tenth.  Chad Fedeli ripped a two-out single to right to tie the game at 1-1.
• The Penmen pushed back in front 2-1 in the top of the 11^th inning.  Senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) singled and Pisano bunted him to second.   A single by Risedorf plated the winning run.
• Trumpour took over on the mound for the bottom of the 11^th and worked around a one-out single by Mike Talavera for the save.

NOTES

• Southern Connecticut starter Mike Szturma worked 7.2 scoreless innings, allowing five hits.  He walked one and struck out seven.
• DeMaro's eight innings were a career-best and his season ERA drops to 0.93.
• The 11-inning game was the longest for the Penmen since a 13-inning affair against Bentley on April 25, 2021.

GAME 2: SNHU 7-0

• The Penmen scored the game's first run in the top of the fourth inning thanks to an RBI single for junior Anderson Moreno (Bronx, N.Y.). 
• Risedorf singled to start the inning, advancing to second on a passed ball, and scoring on the hit.
• Singles by freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) and Lavigne started the top of the sixth inning.  O'Sullivan, pinch-hitting, doubled in Wachter.
• Vargas Segura singled home Lavigne and pinch-runner graduate student Luca Giallongo (Mt. Shasta, Calif.) for a 4-0 lead.
• The Penmen added three more in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Wachter and a two-run single by Fernandez.

NOTES

• Moreno played for the first time since the season-opening Houston trip.  He served as the designated hitter in both games for the Penmen.
• Trumpour went the first five innings of the second game, allowing three hits, and striking out six.
• Graduate student Zachary Gitschier (Lowell, Mass.) went the final two innings, allowing one hit and recording one strikeout.
• Vargas Segura has reached safely in 19 straight games and Lavigne has an 18-game on-base streak.
• Southern Connecticut leads the all-time series 50-28, but the Penmen have won the last 12 meetings.

UP NEXT

• SNHU will head back to Connecticut to face the University of New Haven for a doubleheader on Monday, March 25 (noon).
• The first scheduled game at Penmen Field will be next Wednesday, March 27 against Saint Anselm College at 3:30 p.m.

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