
Hinton had made all 17 of his appearances this season in relief, and had not pitched more than 3.2 inning during a game in 2023 (he tossed 3.2 innings against the Dolphins during a 4-3 win on February 17). Goldey-Beacom, playing their fifth game in four days, started sophomore right-hander Alex Hinton on the mound. Swiencicki was credited with the win, improving his 2023 record to 3-1. Le Moyne senior right-handed reliever Jed Boyle (Syracuse, N.Y./Corcoran) entered the contest following Kolmansberger's single, which made it a one-run game, and the 6'5" flame thrower struck out the next batter to end the inning before tossing a scoreless bottom of the ninth to earn his second save of the season. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) was stellar out of the bullpen for the Dolphins, tossing three consecutive scoreless innings in the fifth, sixth and seventh frames before the Lightning broke through with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth via a two-out, two-RBI single from shortstop Braden Kolmansberger. Fellow first-year right-hander Eric Swiencicki (Lancaster, N.Y./St. Ketcham) and freshman left fielder Adam Sullivan (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) contributed two hits and a run scored each to the Le Moyne cause, while freshman third baseman Lukas Egenhauser(Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) drove in the final run on a sacrifice bunt in the top of the eighth and made a great play at third base for the final out of the game.įreshman right-handed pitcher AJ Petraitis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) made his 11 th start of the season for the 'Phins and held the Lightning to five hits and three runs through the first 4.0 innings. Sophomore catcher Benji Ries (Buffalo Grove, N.Y./Roy C. Roden extended his hitting streak to 11 games during the victory. Le Moyne's two-hitter Nevins and three-hitter Roden combined for seven of Le Moyne's 13 hits, and three of the five times that Nevins reached base Roden immediately drove him in. Nevins tallied a career-high four hits and a season-high three runs scored during the postseason victory, while Roden tied his career-high of four RBIs with the help of a two-run home run, a single and a double. Ketcham) led the charge for Le Moyne at the plate during the winner-take-all battle on Sunday at University of Delaware's Bob Hannah Stadium. Graduate first baseman Dewey Roden (Sherrill, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) and fifth-year shortstop Nick Nevins(Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Roy C.


Third-seeded Le Moyne bested second-seeded Goldey-Beacom in a winners' bracket matchup on Friday night behind a dominant performance from Sam DiGeorge (Canastota, N.Y./Canastota) and three home runs from Brody Keneston (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa), but the Lighting bounced back with a 14-2 win over sixth-seeded Queens in an elimination matchup on Saturday, then they claimed a 7-5 win over the 'Phins during Saturday's nightcap to force a rubber match on Sunday for the title and a chance to take on SNHU in the Super Regional on May 26 and 27 in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

Sunday was the third time in three days that the Dolphins and the Lightning faced off in East Regional #2. – The Le Moyne College baseball team defeated the Goldey-Beacom College Lightning by a score of 6-5 on Sunday in the NCAA East Regional #2 Finals to advance to the Super Regional against the top seed in the East Region #10/22 Southern New Hampshire.
