STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Risedorf – 3-for-5, RBI, 2 R
• Valera – 1-for-3, 3 RBI, R, HR, BB
• Freshman Jackson Marshall (Hooksett, N.H.) – 2-for-3, 2 RBI, R, BB
• Junior Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 2-for-3, RBI, R, BB
• Junior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 1-for-2, RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
• Junior Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 5 K, 1 BB (win; 3-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Southern New Hampshire posted pair of runs in the bottom of the first. A single from Risedorf and a walk to sophomore Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) put a pair on, before Marshall plated the game's first run with a base knock up the middle. Wachter later scored on a fielder's choice groundout from graduate student Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) to make it 2-0.
• SNHU broke it open with a nine-run fourth. Valera started it with a two-run homer to dead center, before RBI singles from Risedorf, Marshall and Pisano widened the gap to 7-0. Following four straight hits, three consecutive walks, including back-to-back free passes with the bases loaded to Lavigne and Valera, made it 9-0. A two-run double to the gap in left-center by sophomore Ruben Fernandez (Providence, R.I.) ran the score to 11-0 before a 30-minute lightning delay.
• After the game resumed, New Haven struck four times in the sixth, highlighted by a two-run, pinch-hit home run to right by Tyler Wells.
• Following the sixth, heavy rains closed in and the field was tarped, before the game was eventually called.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Wachter went 1-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and a walk.
• Fernandez was 1-for-4 with a pair of RBI, a run scored and a double.
• Burgos finished 0-for-2, but walked twice, collected an RBI and scored a run.
• Senior Jancarlos Colon (Santa Isabel, P.R.) went 1-for-5.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25, has won four-in-a-row.
• New Haven leads the all-time series, 39-19, although the teams have split the last 14 meetings and Penmen have won three of the last four games. SNHU has also won five of the last seven contests at home in the series, but snapped New Haven's two-game winning streak at Penmen Field.
• Valera, who homered for the second straight day, now has three home runs on the season and four for his career. In three games over the last two days he is 4-for-10 with two home runs, seven RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
• Marshall, who extends his hitting streak to 11 games, continues to lead the team in batting at .364, which ranks third in the NE10.
• Pisano has hit safely in eight of the nine games he has played in this season.
• Colon has a hit in 28 of his 32 games this year, including seven of his last eight and four straight.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Wednesday (April 16) at 3 p.m. when they take on cross-town rival Saint Anselm College.
• The next home games for SNHU are Saturday, April 26 when it plays host to Pace University in a noon doubleheader at Penmen Field.