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Kyle Lavigne celebrates his home run with teammates at the SNHU dugout
Maddie Murphy
13
Saint Anselm STA 9-12, 7-6 NE10
14
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 17-8, 9-4 NE10
Saint Anselm STA
9-12, 7-6 NE10
13
Final
14
Southern N.H. SNHU
17-8, 9-4 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 13 10 1
Southern N.H. SNHU 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 14 15 1

W: Lendrum, Parker (2-1) L: Finn Ramsayer (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Lavigne Lifts Baseball to Wild, 14-13 Win Over Saint Anselm

Lavigne homers twice, including two-run, walk-off in ninth

When and Where: April 1, 2026 — Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 14, Saint Anselm College 13
Records: SNHU 17-8 (9-4 NE10), Saint Anselm 9-12 (7-6 NE10)

Senior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) hit a solo home run to tie the game in the eighth and then smacked a two-run, walk-off shot in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a 14-13 victory against cross-town rival Saint Anselm College on Wednesday at Penmen Field.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • After Saint Anselm grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Southern New Hampshire took advantage of four walks and a hit batsmen – including one of each with the bases loaded – to push four across in the home half of the inning.
  • The Hawks responded with five in the top of the second, including a grand slam from George Slauson that made it 6-4.
  • Saint Anselm hit another three-run bomb in the fourth that extended the lead to 9-5.
  • SNHU began to chip away in the fifth, with an RBI base knock to center from graduate student Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) making it 9-6.
  • The Penmen struck for four in the sixth, with a two-run blast to center off the bat of graduate student Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.) pulling them within 9-8. A sac fly from junior Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) tied the game, before senior JR Bozek (Danville, N.H.) delivered an RBI single to left-center that put the hosts on top, 10-9.
  • Saint Anselm scored single runs in the seventh and eighth to go back in front, 11-10, but Lavigne belted a pay-off pitch over the wall in center to tie the game at 11-all in the eighth. Later in the inning, senior Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) plated the go-ahead run when he drove a base hit back through the middle.
  • The Hawks, however, scored twice in the top of the ninth to take a 13-12 lead.
  • In the bottom of the inning, senior Ruben Fernandez (Providence, R.I.) drew a one-out walk, before Lavigne hammered a 3-1 pitch to center, as the Penmen walked off with a wild win.
  • Lavigne (four RBI, three runs, two home runs), McNamara (three RBI, two runs, home run) and junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.; run, walk) were all 2-for-4.
  • Cisco finished 3-for-4 with a pair of walks, a double, an RBI and a run scored.
  • Bozek (RBI, two runs, double) and Pisano (two RBI, two runs) were both 3-for-6.
  • Redshirt-junior Zachary Brassill (No. Hampton, N.H.) lasted the first inning-and-two-thirds, allowing five runs on a hit and six walks.
  • Freshman Shawn Taylor (Sewell, N.J.) was the most effective of the five pitchers for the Penmen, walking a batter in an otherwise perfect frame of work.
  • Senior Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) gave up two runs on four hits over an inning-and-two-thirds, striking out a pair and walking one, but still managed to collect the win, as he improved to 2-1 on the season.
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Nothing like a late-game hero ????? In a crosstown rivalry clash with Saint Anselm, senior Kyle Lavigne crushes a walk-off to center in a 14-13 finish.

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NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, receiving votes in both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Baseball Coaches Poll, has won five-in-a-row.
  • SNHU has scored 72 runs over its last four games – an average of 18 runs per contest.
  • The Penmen had their stretch of 14 consecutive innings with at least one run scored snapped in the bottom of the second.
  • The game featured 23 walks and five hit batters, as the 10 pitchers threw a total of 436 pitches. The official time of the contest was four hours and five minutes. This is the fourth four-hour game the Penmen have played in this season.
  • The Penmen lead the all-time series with Saint Anselm, 74-35, and have won 12 of the last 13 meetings. SNHU has also captured 23 of the last 24 at home against the Hawks.
  • Lavigne's two home runs give him three this season and eight for his career.
  • McNamara, who has homered in four of the last five games, now has five on the season and 22 in his career.
  • McNamara has hit safely in 10 of 11, as well as eight-in-a-row.
  • Valera extends his hit streak to seven games, but has his RBI streak halted at six games. During his seven-game hitting streak, he is 12-for-27 (.444) with four home runs, 12 RBI and nine runs scored.
  • Bozek has a hit in 13 of his last 14, while Pisano has hit safely in 10 of his last 11.
  • Britt had his seven-game hitting streak snapped.
  • SNHU improves to 5-0 at home this season and is now 165-38 (.813) at Penmen Field since the beginning of the 2014 season.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Friday (April 1) when they play host to Assumption University in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Penmen Field.

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