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Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi University baseball team split with No. 30 ranked Franklin Pierce University on Saturday afternoon, in doubleheader action on William J. Bonomo Memorial Field. The visiting team dropped an 11-2 decision to start the morning, but finished with a 9-3 victory over the Panthers. The split gives Adelphi a 5-8 overall record and 1-1 in NE-10 play while the Ravens improve to 14-8, 1-1 in the conference.

Game 1
Richard Mejia led the Panthers going 3-4 with three RBI as teammate Brandon Stahl went 3-4 with a home run and three RBI in the win. Jonathon Mulford picked up his second win of the year, completing 8.0 innings of work, scattering nine hits and earning the Ravens only two runs along the way.

Mejia drilled a ball past the right fielder that turned into a triple to lead off the bottom of the second inning. Kyle Ambury drew a walk to put the Panthers in a first and third situation with no outs. Brandon Stahl, Donato Signore and Rob Burns registered three consecutive singles to load the bases and put Adelphi up 2-0 over No. 30 ranked Franklin Pierce.

The Ravens brought in Evan Honce with no outs, bases loaded for the Brown and Gold. Kevin Hutzel drew a walk to bring home Stahl givingPanthers a 3-0 lead. After batting through the order, Mejia blasted a standup double to center to clear the bases and push the Panthers up 7-0.

After the Ravens loaded the bases in the top of the third, Mulford retired the next three in order to escape the inning. The fourth started with a leadoff single by Matt Walsh followed by a Chris LaVorgna double, which let the Crimson and Grey into the game, scoring two that inning.

The next two and a half innings went by scoreless until Adelphi collected two more hits in the bottom of the seventh on singles by Stahl, Burns and Cliff Brantley. The Ravens had another scoring opportunity in the top of the eighth but a diving play by Zito and popup to Mejia retired the side.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Adelphi would seal the deal, tacking on two more runs to lead 11-2. Ambury got on with a two-out base hit to center field. The next at-bat featured Stahl who blasted a ball over the right-center fence, for his first home run of the season.

Game 2

Bove started on the hill for Adelphi, retiring the first three Ravens in order to head into the bottom of the first. Stahl got on with a two-out single to left field, but was unable to advance as the inning ended. Franklin Pierce scored two runs on three hits and left three on base in the top of the second, as Abramowitz relieved Bove to get the final out of the inning.

As the innings went by each team tacked on a single run; for the Ravens it came in the top of the fourth and for Adelphi, the bottom of the sixth. The run came for the Panthers courtesy of another Ambury single, to score Hassell from second after Mejia collected his second double on the day.

In the top of the ninth inning, back-to-back singles coupled with back-to-back walks ignited the Ravens offense. The final line read "six runs on four hits with one error and none left on base" at the conclusion of the innings. The Panthers put on their rally caps as they entered the bottom of the ninth trailing 9-1. Signore and pinch hitter Tyler Decker registered back-to-back singles to lead off the inning, followed by a pinch hit double by freshman Robert Vani which drove in a run. Another Stahl single would leave the Brown and gold trailing Franklin Pierce 3-9 as the final two batter were plagued with strikeouts.

Up Next
The team returns to doubleheader action Sunday, March 23 as they host Southern New Hampshire University on William J. Bonomo Memorial Field with the first pitch slated for twelve noon. Follow the livestats for the game by clicking here.