Box Score Pomona, N.Y. - The Adelphi University baseball team leaned on the hot bat of freshman Donato Signore, who went 4-4 with four RBI to help the Panthers beat Dominican College 9-4 in non-league action at Provident Bank Park on Thursday. Adelphi climbs to 16-17 overall, while the Chargers fall to 17-22 on the season.

Signore, the defending Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week, ripped a career high four hits with a double and a triple to pace the Panthers. Classmate Nick Zito went 2-4, scored twice and drove in a run, while senior Craig Matteo had an RBI single in the third.

Freshman Nikolas Batas picked up his first collegiate win in three innings of one-hit, shutout relief. Batas took over in the sixth, relieving starter Michael Carletti, would went five innings and fanned four batters in the no decision. Senior Chris Murphy chucked the final inning and was spotless minus one walk while striking out a pair.

After falling behind early 2-1, the Panthers jumped back out in front with a two-run third thanks to RBI base hits by Zito and Matteo. Rich Cambria suicide squeezed in a run in the fourth to make it 3-1, but the Chargers tied it up in the fifth on a sac fly and an RBI groundout.

Batas kept the Dominican bats in check long enough for Signore to rip the go-ahead RBI double in the eighth, and a four run outburst in the ninth capped by Signore's bases-clearing triple put the game out of reach.

The Panthers begin a three game weekend series against American International College with a home game tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.