Rivier Splits a Pair With Albertus Magnus

Game 1

Albertus Magnus College -7
Rvier College - 0

Game 2

Rivier College - 4
Albertus Magnus College - 3

Nashua, NH - Albertus Magnus College Beat rivier College in game 1 of a GNAC double header today on the strong pitching of Brent Barth (Guilford, CT) who gave up 3 hits and no run to blank the Raiders 7-0. The Raiders bounced back in game two and sprayed 10 hits around to scrape out a 4-3 win in extra innings.

In the first game the Falcons of Albertus Magnus got to starting pitcher Kevin Weaver (Hudson, NH) for 8 hits and 4 runs over 6 innings and then scrapped together 3 more unearned runs off releiver Greg Sierra in the seventh to earn the 7-0 victory. Matt Caputo (East Haven, CT) and Rob Gambardella (North Haven, CT) each had two hits, 1 run scored and 1 RBI in the game. Jon Almonte (New York, NY) had two hits and two RBIs. Rivier's Kyle Bowser (Newington, NH) went 2 for 2 in the game.

In the second game Rivier took a 3-2 lead into the top of the seventh, but two straight singles by Patrick Dornfried (Berlin, CT) and Zak Sokolis (Meridan, CT) tied the game at 3-3 and sent it to extra innings. Rivier held the Falcons in the top of the eighth and the bottom of the order came through in the bottom of the inning. Nathan Knezevic (New boston, NH) got on first after a ground ball error to third and was sacrificed to second by JJ Montello (Nashua, NH). Kevin Romero (Waterbury, CT) pinch hit and drove a ground ball single up the middle just out of reach of the second baseman and Knezevic raced around third to score the winning run that made it 4-3.

After both games the Raiders move to 3-18 overall and 2-6 in GNAC play and the Falcons move to 6-17 overall, 3-5 in GNAC play. Rivier will travel to Norwich University for another GNAC double header tomorrow, the game is scheduled for 1:00 pm, please visit the Raiders website for updated times. Albertus Magnus will host Johnson & Wales tomorrow at 1:00 pm.