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Joel Valera starting his swing at the plate
Jim Stankiewicz
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Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 7-4
5
Winner Jefferson JEFFERSO 1-5
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
7-4
4
Final
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Jefferson JEFFERSO
1-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Jefferson JEFFERSO 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 16 1

W: Kevin Baez (1-1) L: Risedorf, Jake (1-1)

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Winner Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 8-4
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Jefferson JEFFERSO 1-6
Winner
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
8-4
8
Final
6
Jefferson JEFFERSO
1-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 10 3
Jefferson JEFFERSO 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 5 1

W: Lapham, Jake (2-0) L: Patrick Karbach (0-1) S: Wachter, Noah (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Bounces Back from Walk-Off in Opener to Salvage Doubleheader with Jefferson

Valera, Spadafora each knock in pair in game two victory

When and Where: March 8, 2026 — Aberdeen, Md. (Ripken Experience)
Game 1 Score: Thomas Jefferson University 5, Southern New Hampshire University 4 (11 inn.)
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 8, Thomas Jefferson University 6 (7 inn.)
Records: SNHU 8-4, TJU 1-6

Junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and a run scored in the nightcap to lead the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a doubleheader split with Thomas Jefferson University on Sunday at the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Md. The Rams walked off against the Penmen, 5-4 in 11 innings, while SNHU bounced back for an 8-6 win in seven innings of game two.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Southern New Hampshire jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run home run to right off the bat of senior Dakota Britt (Rockwall, Texas).
  • After Jefferson pulled even with a pair in the bottom of the second, SNHU broke the deadlock in the fifth when senior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) delivered a two-run single to left.
  • The Rams again tied it in the eighth on a two-run homer that would set up extra innings.
  • After SNHU recorded the first two outs of the bottom of the 11th, Jefferson rallied, with a batter reaching first on an error, a single to center and a walk loading the bases. Tripp Capers, who tied the game with the home run in the eighth, hit a ground ball to short that he beat out at first to walk it off for the Rams.
  • Graduate student Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks a run scored.
  • Lavigne finished 2-for-5 and drove in a pair.
  • Britt was 1-for-5 with the home run and two RBI.
  • Senior Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) went the first six innings, allowing two runs on 10 hits, while striking out six and walking one.
  • Senior Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) came on in relief and worked four-and-two-thirds innings, giving up three runs – two earned – on six hits, while punching out six and walking three.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • With the score tied 1-1 in the second, junior Lou Spadafora (Monroe Township, N.J.) stroked an RBI double to left to put SNHU back in front, 2-1.
  • Spadafora's run-scoring single to center and an RBI double to left by junior Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) powered a three-run fourth that extended the lead to 5-1.
  • After Jefferson pulled within 5-4 in the sixth, an RBI double to left by senior Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) and two-run single to left from Valera gave the Penmen some breathing room at 8-4.
  • SNHU's 6-9 hitters combined to go 7-for-12 with six RBI, five runs scored.
  • Pisano (double, RBI, three runs, two steals) and Valera (two RBI, run, walk) were each 2-for-3.
  • Spadafora was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored.
  • Senior Jake Lapham (Lansingburgh, N.Y.) improved to 2-0 on the young season, allowing four runs – two earned – while fanning 11 and walking three during a six-inning performance.
  • Freshman Shawn Taylor (Sewell, N.J.) relinquished two runs – one earned – over a third of an inning, striking out one and walking a pair.
  • Redshirt-junior Ben Gilbert (Altamont, N.Y.) walked the only batter he faced.
  • Graduate student Noah Wachter (Concord, N.H.) collected his first save, striking out both batters he came on to challenge.
NOTES
  • SNHU has won eight of its last 11, including five of seven, with both losses coming by a single run.
  • Britt hit his first home run as a Penmen.
  • Junior Brody Keneston (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) becomes the first Penmen to reach 20 RBI.
  • SNHU leads the all-time series, 9-2, and has captured five of the last six.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Saturday, March 14 when they open NE10 play with a noon doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State University.

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