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Dakota Britt mid-swing with the baseball nearing his bat
Jim Stankiewicz
24
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 27-8, 19-4 NE10
0
Saint Anselm STA 15-15, 13-9 NE10
Winner
Southern N.H. SNHU
27-8, 19-4 NE10
24
Final
0
Saint Anselm STA
15-15, 13-9 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern N.H. SNHU 1 1 1 3 1 3 4 8 2 24 25 0
Saint Anselm STA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

W: Hammer, Garrett (2-0) L: Jake Boudreau (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#22 Baseball Bashes Nine Homers in 24-0 Rout of Saint Anselm

Penmen have now scored 20-plus runs in three straight

When and Where: April 15, 2026 — Manchester, N.H. (Sullivan Park)
Score: #22 Southern New Hampshire University 24, Saint Anselm College 0
Records: SNHU 27-8 (19-4 NE10), Saint Anselm 15-15 (13-9 NE10)

Senior Dakota Britt (Rockwall, Texas) hit two of the nine Penmen home runs, as the 22nd-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team posted a decisive 24-0 victory against Saint Anselm College on Wednesday at Sullivan Park.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Southern New Hampshire scored single runs in each of the first three innings before Britt's two-run homer powered a three-run fourth that made it 6-0.
  • Another three-run frame, highlighted by a two-run shot from graduate student Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.), pushed the score to 10-0 after six.
  • Junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) smacked a two-run homer to cap a four-run seventh that expanded the lead to 14-0.
  • SNHU broke it wide open with eight in the eighth to make it 22-0. Redshirt-freshman Jack Quinn (Boca Raton, Fla.) smashed a three-run homer to add the exclamation point in the inning.
  • Junior River Hart (Nashua, N.H.) and Britt hit solo shots in the ninth to finish it off.
  • Britt finished 4-for-7 with two home runs, a double, four RBI and four runs scored.
  • Senior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) went 4-for-5 with a double, home run, two RBI and a run scored.
  • Junior Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) was 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles, a home run, an RBI and two runs scored.
  • McNamara was 2-for-3 with a home run, double, walk, two RBI and three runs scored.
  • Senior Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
  • Sophomore Garrett Hammer (Auburn, N.H.) tossed four-and-a-third shutout innings, allowing just four hits, while punching out four and walking one, to improve to 2-0 this season.
  • Graduate student Noah Wachter (Concord, N.H.) followed with two-and-two-thirds shutout frames, giving up just one hit, while striking out three and walking one.
  • After sophomore Austin Campbell (Franklin, Mass.) gave up a hit in a scoreless third of an inning, sophomore Alex Primeau (Sainte Julie, Quebec; 0.2 IP), redshirt-sophomore Ben Gilbert (Altamont, N.Y.; 0.1 IP), junior Danny Tchou (Boca Raton, Fla.; 0.1 IP) and senior Steven Kienzle (Holbrook, N.Y., 0.1 IP) combined for an inning-and-two-thirds of hitless ball.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked 22nd in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 and receiving votes in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Baseball Coaches Poll, has won 15-in-a-row.
  • The Penmen are outscoring their opponents, 222-74, during the 15-game winning streak and averaging 14.8 runs per contest. SNHU has also scored 20-plus runs in three consecutive games.
  • With Bentley University losing to Assumption University on Wednesday, the Penmen take a one-game lead atop the NE10 standings.
  • The 24-0 score was the second largest shutout victory in program history. The Penmen defeated Belknap College, 25-0, on May 19, 1967.
  • The Penmen lead the all-time series with Saint Anselm, 76-35, and have won 14 of the last 15 meetings. SNHU has also captured five straight at Saint Anselm. The last time the Hawks won on their home field was April 10, 2022 (11-8).
  • Britt's two home runs give him five for the season and 10 in his career.
  • Redshirt-junior Brody Keneston (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) went deep for the 19th time in his career, including the fourth time this season.
  • Cumiskey now has 10 home runs on the year and 11 in his career.
  • McNamara's team-best 11th home run of the season is the 28th of his career.
  • Lavigne now has four home runs on the year and nine for his career.
  • Valera's seventh long-ball is the 12th of his career.
  • The home run for Quinn is the first of his career.
  • Hart's second home run in his first season with the Penmen is the 12th of his career.
  • Valera has a hit in 16 of his last 17 games.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Friday, April 17 when they play host to Adelphi University in a noon doubleheader at Penmen Field.

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