West Haven, CT – Three straight innings of multiple runs helped lift Stonehill past the Adelphi University baseball team 14-3 in a Northeast-10 Conference Championship elimination game this afternoon on the campus of New Haven.

John Fogarty and Rich Cambria led the Panthers with two hits and a run scored each while Cambria added a RBI. On the mound, Michael Ceparano, Mike Cranston, and Will Hickey combined for 3.0 shutout inning out of the bullpen with four strikeouts.

A Kory Cassara double in the opening inning helped set up a scoring opportunity for the Panthers as he advanced to third on a passed ball and then scored on a fielding error to put the Brown and Gold up 1-0. However, the Skyhawks quickly responded in the next half inning as Chris Hoyt scored on a Brian Campbell RBI single.

Adelphi regained the lead in the second inning as Cambria drove in Fogarty with a single after Fogarty led off the inning with a double.

In the third, the Skyhawks took back the lead and opened up a sizeable advantage with six runs. Hoyt scored again to tie the game on a Christian Baglini single. Eric Schneider followed up three batters later with a two RBI single up the middle to give Stonehill the lead. Ben Monte pushed the lead to 7-2 with one swing of the bat with bases loaded clearing double to right field.

Campbell picked up another RBI for the Skyhawks to start a five-run inning in the fourth by driving in Baglini with a single followed by a bases loaded walk to Joe Klingensmith to make the score 9-2. With the bases still loaded, another bases loaded clearing double, this time from Steve Lee, scored three to have Stonehill ahead 12-2 after four.

Adelphi got one run back in the top of the fifth as Cambria scored on a sacrifice fly from Cassara. However, Schneider drove in two in the next half inning with a double to put Stonehill up 14-3.

The Skyhawks move on to the final day of the NE-10 Championship, needing two wins against Franklin Pierce to earn the title.