Seahawks win by seven over sixth-ranked Huskies

SEAHAWK BASEBALL RESULTS

Salve Regina 9, #6 Southern Maine 2
Auburndale, Fla. - Mickey Etherton Field
Monday, March 21, 2016

Link to box scores
http://www.salveathletics.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/boxscores/20160321_xzrw.xml

AUBURNDALE, Fla. - Salve Regina University baseball earned its first win of 2016, topping sixth-ranked University of Southern Maine, 9-2, behind the four-hit pitching of Frank Lemieux (Marshfield, Mass.).

Series and Streaks
Salve Regina and Southern Maine meet for the second time in baseball. The first meeting came on May 18, 2001, in first-round action of the NCAA Division III Championships regional in Harwich, Mass. Huskies won that meeting, 5-3.

Three Seahawk Stars of the Day
1 – Salve Regina junior Frank Lemieux (Marshfield, Mass.) - pitched six innings allowing just four hits and no earned runs on his 21st birthday.
2 – Salve Regina sophomore John Militano (Miller Place, N.Y.) - three bases on balls, four runs scored, four stolen bases.
3 – Salve Regina sophomore Alex Perry (No. Attleboro, Mass.) - four hits including a double, triple plus a run scored and run batted in.

Key Stat of the Day
14 different players pitched for Southern Maine - six against the Seahawks, and eight against the Tigers of Rochester Institute of Technology during a 15-inning marathon preceding the game with Salve Regina.

Turning Points
With Salve Regina leading 3-0 in the bottom of third, Southern Maine put two runners on board with two outs before Kyle O'Connor (Lynn, Mass.) singled to right field. Freshman rightfielder Zack Smith (New Canaan, Conn.) charged and fired to sophomore catcher Christian Vargas (Melbourne, Fla.) to keep the Huskies from scoring to end the inning. 

Quick Hits

• Aside from senior captain and centerfielder Ryan Kelly (Waldwick, N.J.), the rest of the Seahawk offensive lineup consisted of freshmen (four) and sophomores (four).
• Salve Regina scored in each of the first four innings.
• Salve Regina has scored in the first inning in each of its first four games.
• Freshman shortstop Colton Eremian (Boca Raton, Fla.) had his second three-hit game of the season including two doubles.
• The top eight in the Seahawk batting order each contributed at least one basehit.

Quotes
"I was proud of the way we competed today. Offensively, we made some good adjustments with a young lineup on the field. Guys fought hard to stay on top of the ball and did a good job with two strikes. Frank really threw the ball well. He was able to get ahead and put together some quality sequences against a very tough lineup. But we still have a lot to clean up and will continie to work hard." - Salve Regina head coach Eric Cirella

Next up
Salve Regina (1-2) – Tuesday, March 22 vs. Wis.-Oshkosh [DH], 2 p.m. @ Auburndale, Fla.
Southern Maine (4-2) – Wednesday, March 23 vs. Wis.-Stevens Point, 2:45 p.m. @ Auburndale, Fla.

Salve Regina 9, Southern Me. 2 (03/21/16 at Auburndale, Fla.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Salve Regina........ 213 100 101  -  9 13  3      (1-3)
Southern Me......... 000 010 010  -  2  6  0      (4-2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: Salve Regina - Frank Lemieux; 
Matt Wood(7); 
Jonathan Lynch(9). Southern Me. - 
Andrew Hillier; Bobby Delaney(3); Henry Curran(3); Ryan Browner(5); Tanner Laberge(7); 
Jake Dexter(9). 
Win-Frank Lemieux(1-0)  Loss-Andrew Hillier  T-2:50  A-171
Hillier faced 1 batter in the 3rd.
Game: BB0321