Miami Shores, Fla. - The Adelphi University baseball team dropped the opening game of its Florida stretch against Barry University on Friday, 7-1.
Trailing 7-0 after six, Adelphi's lone run of the game came in the seventh off a single up the middle by
Lawrence Cicileo, who was later driven in off a sacrifice fly to right field, courtesy of
Lucas Terwilliger.
The tandem, along with
Tyler Becker,
Brett Malm,
Brandon Morse and
Jordan Milo all recorded one hit each for Adelphi (2-1, 0-0 NE10), as
Nicolas Luc suffered the loss in his first start of the year, throwing a total of 2.0 innings and allowing five runs on five hits.
The Buccaneers (12-4, 6-3 SSC) got off to a hot start, scoring a pair of runs in the first, followed by three runs third inning to go up 5-0 on the Panthers going into the fourth. An RBI double put two on the board, followed by a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly to center field increased the home team's lead by four.
After two walked runs, another sacrifice fly to center gave Barry a 7-0 cushion going into the fourth, but relievers Nicholas Mricich,
Kevin Glasser,
Josh Rovner and
Seth Sypniak held Barry scoreless for the remainder of the contest.
The Brown and Gold return to Barry's campus tomorrow afternoon to face off with the Falcons of Felician University. The first pitch will be thrown at 12 p.m.
About Adelphi Athletics
A regionally and nationally competitive NCAA Division II institution located in Garden City, N.Y., Adelphi University has been a proud member of the Northeast-10 Conference since 2009.
Winners of 16 NCAA Division II National Championships and four NE10 Presidents' Cups, Panther athletes have excelled at the conference, regional and national level, both on the field of play and in the classroom. In turn, the Adelphi athletic department is committed to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, equity and success where its student-athletes can thrive both on campus and off.
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