STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Lendrum - 7.0 IP - 6 H - 2 ER - 0 BB - 7 K (game one win)
• Freshman Jackson Marshall (Londonderry, N.H.) - 4-for-6, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Junior Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) -  2-for-5, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• Junior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) - 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• Junior Chris Leone (Newton, N.J.) - 1-for-3, BB
• Senior Jancarlos Colon (Santa Isabel, P.R.) – 2-for-8, 2 R, BB
• Graduate student Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) - 2-for-8, R, BB
• Redshirt sophomore Zachary Brassill (North Hampton, N.H.) - 7.0  - 6 H - 3 ER - 3 BB - 4 K (game two loss)

GAME 1:  SNHU 6, ESU 2 (7 innings)

• Lendrum allowed two runs on six hits in his seven-inning complete game - his first win over the season.  He did not walk a batter and struck out seven.
• Risedorf homered to give the Penmen a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
• The Penmen extended the lead to 4-0 in the third.  Singles by Colon and Burgos started the inning and a wild pitch and error scored both runners.  Marshall followed with a home run.
• Lavigne knocked a two-run single for SNHU in the top of the sixth to extend the lead to 6-0.
• East Stroudsburg answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning on a triple by Parker Frey.

GAME 2:  ESU 5, SNHU 2 (9 innings)

• SNHU opened the scoring on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) in the top of the third inning for a 1-0 lead after the Penmen had loaded the bases on walks.
• Shanley Wall tied the game with a single for East Stroudsburg in the bottom of the third inning.
• In the top of the seventh, the Penmen pushed ahead 2-1 on a single by Marshall that drove in Colon, who had singled.
• Brassill worked into the bottom of the eighth inning, but was lifted after allowing a walk and a single.  The Warriors would load the bases on another walk, tie the game on a sacrifice fly, and then earn the win when Will Zampella homered.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, ranked 11th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25, 15th in the D2 Baseball Top 25 Rankings, and 21st in the APBA, has dropped three consecutive games for the first time since April 20-21, 2024.
• East Stroudsburg also appears in the polls, coming in 12th in this week's D2 Baseball Rankings, #16 in the NCBWA poll, and also receiving votes in the APBA poll.
• East Stroudsburg leads the all-time series with the Penmen 7-3, including six of the last seven contests.
• Marshall's home run was his third and Risedorf hit his second home run of the season.
• With hits in both games, Colon has the longest active hit streak on the team at eight games.

UP NEXT

• SNHU Baseball will head to Post University on Wednesday (March 19) for a 3:30 p.m. game.