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Joel Valera celebrating with teammates following his home run
Maddie Murphy
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Winner Adelphi ADE 20-13, 16-8 NE10
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Southern N.H. SNH 27-9, 19-5 NE10
Winner
Adelphi ADE
20-13, 16-8 NE10
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Final
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Southern N.H. SNH
27-9, 19-5 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelphi ADE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 7 2
Southern N.H. SNH 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 4

W: Michael Tufo (2-2) L: Davis, Jack (6-3) S: Zach Rovner (1)

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Adelphi ADE 20-14, 16-9 NE10
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Winner Southern N.H. SNH 28-9, 20-5 NE10
Adelphi ADE
20-14, 16-9 NE10
1
Final
22
Southern N.H. SNH
28-9, 20-5 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Adelphi ADE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3
Southern N.H. SNH 0 0 5 7 10 0 X 22 17 1

W: Whitney, Zak (5-1) L: Tyler Bonsignore (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#22 Baseball Has 15-Game Winning Streak Halted; Splits Pair with Adelphi

Penmen erupt for 22-1 win in game two

When and Where: April 17, 2026 — Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Game 1 Score: Adelphi University 4, #22 Southern New Hampshire University 3
Game 2 Score: #22 Southern New Hampshire University 22, Adelphi University 1 (7 inn.)
Records: SNHU 28-9 (20-5 NE10), AU 20-14 (16-9 NE10)

Junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) went 6-for-8 with a pair of home runs and six RBI, as the 22nd-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team split a doubleheader with Adelphi University on Friday at Penmen Field. SNHU had its 15-game winning streak snapped after the Panthers rallied in the eighth inning to capture game one, 4-3, but rebounded with a 22-1 triumph in game two.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • With the game locked in a pitcher's duel, Southern New Hampshire drew first blood on a third-inning RBI single by graduate student Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.).
  • Valera doubled the Penmen lead to 2-0 with a solo home run to left in the sixth.
  • The lead slipped away in the eighth when SNHU committed three straight errors to begin the frame, with Adelphi cashing in three unearned runs to leap in front, 3-2.
  • After the Panthers added an insurance run in the top of the ninth, Valera crushed a ball down the left field line in the home half that pulled the Penmen back within 4-3. SNHU had two on, with the tying run in scoring position, when the game ended on a questionable strike-three call.
  • Valera went 3-for-4 with a double, two home runs, two RBI and two runs scored.
  • Senior Jake Lapham (Lansingburgh, N.Y.) was charged with two runs – both unearned – on four hits over seven-plus innings. He struck out one and did not walk a batter, though he did hit one.
  • Junior Jack Davis (LaGrangeville, N.Y.) allowed two runs – one earned – on three hits over two innings of work. He had won four straight decisions, as he falls to 6-3 on the season.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • With the game scoreless, SNHU struck for five in the third, including RBI doubles from senior Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) and Valera, sandwiched around a run-scoring single by graduate student Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.).
  • The Penmen added seven more in the fourth, as a two-run single from McNamara and two-run double by Valera broke it open, before a solo shot by senior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) capped the scoring and made it 12-1.
  • Three bases-loaded walks kicked off what would be a 10-run fifth, with junior Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) delivering the big blow with a grand slam to left-center that made it 20-1. McNamara's two-run single finished off the frame.
  • McNamara (walk, six RBI, three runs) and Valera (two doubles, walk, four RBI, two runs) were both 3-for-4.
  • Cumiskey finished 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored.
  • Pisano (double, RBI, three runs), Lavigne (home run, walk, RBI, run), senior Dakota Britt (Rockwall, Texas; walk, three runs) and senior JR Bozek (Danville, N.H.; double, walk, four runs) were all 2-for-3.
  • Freshman Zak Whitney (Keene, N.H.) improved to 5-1, as he fired seven innings, allowing one run on four hits, while striking out five and walking one.
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, had its 15-game winning streak halted, but has won 16 of the last 17.
  • The Penmen have scored 20-plus runs in four of their last five games, averaging 19.6 runs per contest over the stretch.
  • With Bentley University idle Friday, the Penmen remain a full game in front of the Falcons atop the NE10 standings.
  • Valera finished the doubleheader 6-for-8 with a walk, three rebounds, two home runs, six RBI and four runs scored.
  • McNamara (walk, six RBI, three runs) and Cumiskey (double, home run, four RBI, four runs) were both 3-for-8.
  • SNHU leads the all-time series, 18-13, with the teams splitting the most recent 10 meetings, though the Penmen have won three of the last four. SNHU had its nine-game home winning streak snapped, but has captured 10 of 11 at Penmen Field.
  • Valera's two home runs give him nine on the season and 14 for his career.
  • Cumiskey now has 11 home runs on the year and 12 in his career.
  • Lavigne now has five home runs on the year and 10 for his career.
  • Valera has a hit in 18 of his last 19 games.
  • SNHU moves to 11-1 at home this season and is now 171-39 (.814) at Penmen Field since the beginning of the 2014 season.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen and Panthers do it again Saturday (April 18) with another noon doubleheader at Penmen Field.

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