BROOKLINE, Mass. - Stony Brook erased much of an early deficit and pulled within one run, but Northeastern answered key moments late to secure a 7-4 win over the Seawolves on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Seawolves struck first in the top of the first inning as back-to-back singles by Nick Zampieron and Nicholas Dromboski later allowed Zampieron to come home on a balk by the Huskies' starting pitcher, putting Stony Brook ahead 1-0.
- Freshman Dylan Henshaw made the start for the Seawolves this afternoon. The right-hander allowed three runs in the bottom of the first inning as Northeastern took a 3-1 lead.
- Stony Brook responded in the top of the second by cutting its deficit to 3-2. Matthew Jackson began the rally with a single and, after stealing second base, scored on a single by Zampieron.
- Northeastern answered in the bottom of the second inning, scoring two more runs to extend its lead to 5-2 after two innings of play.
- Stony Brook continued to battle in the top of the third inning as Chanz Doughty led off the frame with his ninth home run of the season to cut the deficit to 5-3. Later in the inning, Scott Gell brought home Chris Carson on a sacrifice fly to make it a 5-4 game.
- After Nicholas Rizzo recorded the final out of the second inning, he returned in the third and tossed a 1-2-3 scoreless frame.
- Following a scoreless top of the fourth for the Seawolves, Rizzo worked out of trouble in the bottom half by helping strand a runner at second base with a strikeout to end the threat.
- Northeastern added a run in the bottom of the fifth on a two-out RBI single to push its lead to 6-4.
- Stony Brook was held scoreless in the top of the sixth before Christian Marinez entered in the bottom half. The Huskies added another run to extend their advantage to 7-4.
- Aidan Colagrande came out of the bullpen with a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh and stranded the runner to keep the deficit at three.
- Scott Gell recorded a one-out double and Matthew Jackson walked in the top of the eighth, but the Seawolves were unable to bring a run across. Colagrande worked around a two-out single by striking out the final batter of the inning.
- Dromboski walked and advanced to second in the top of the ninth, but Northeastern held on to secure the 7-4 victory over the Seawolves on Sunday afternoon.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the field on Thursday for their final CAA regular season series of the season. First pitch against Hofstra is slated for 2:00 pm live on FloCollege.
