Garden City, N.Y. - Senior outfielder Lawrence Cicileo accounted for the game's only run and threw out the potential game-tying run Saturday in a 1-0 win over No. 10 Southern New Hampshire University in the opening contest of a three-game weekend series at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field in Garden City.

Josh Rovner was impressive on the mound yet again for the Panthers (4-1). He silenced the Penmen for 6.2 innings and struck out five in the process.

After a quiet first four innings, the Panthers got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, courtesy of a fielder's choice that drove in Cicileo, who led off the frame with a single and subsequently stole second.

SNHU put runners in scoring position in each of the last six innings that it came to bat, but was unable to push a run across against Adelphi pitching. The Penmen stranded 11 runners on base in the contest.

In the sixth, Rovner induced a lineout to Cicileo with a runner on third and two out. Then, in the eighth, Cicileo loomed large again. With one out and a runner on third, Cicileo gloved a Jake Coro flyout and gunned down Christian Mercedes on one bounce at the plate to keep the Panthers ahead.

Tom Ambrosino logged his first save of the season, pitching two innings with three strikeouts. The save ties the senior for the Adelphi school record in career saves.

The series continues with a doubleheader on Sunday (Mar. 8), with first pitch slated for 12 p.m.