Wachter propels Penmen

By rbrown
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Updated: May 17, 2024

When and Where: May 17, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: #21 Southern New Hampshire University 8, RV Thomas Jefferson University 7
Records: SNHU 33-17, TJU 33-16

Freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) collected three hits and knocked in a pair of runs, as the 21st-ranked and top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University baseball team held off fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson University for an 8-7 win in Game 3 of the NCAA Baseball Championship East Regional I on Friday afternoon at Penmen Field.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

Wachter – 3-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 2B
Sophomore Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 2-for-4, R
Sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) – 1-for-3, RBI; 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB (save; 4)
Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 1-for-3, 2 R, BB, 2 SB
Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 1-for-3, RBI, 2 R, BB, SB
Sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) – 1-for-3, RBI, R
Senior Dylan O’Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 0-for-2, 2 RBI, BB

HOW IT HAPPENED

Southern New Hampshire jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on RBI singles from Wouters and senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.), as well as a sacrifice fly to left by O’Sullivan.
SNHU kept pouring it on with four more in the second, keyed by a two-run single to left from Wachter. Risedorf was then hit with a pitch and O’Sullivan drew a walk – both with the bases loaded – to push the advantage to 7-0.
Jefferson made it on the board in the fourth against sophomore starter Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) on a two-run home run down the left field line by Joshua Lopez.
The Rams slowly chipped away on a three-run sixth that trimmed their deficit to 7-5.
The Penmen scraped one across in the home half when Wouters led off by being hit with a pitch, went to second on a Wachter double and scored on Pisano’s RBI groundout.
Matt Vita made it a one-run game at 8-7 with a two-run single in the eighth against Risedorf, who then worked around a two-out single in a scoreless ninth.

INSIDE THE BOX

Burgos finished 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.
Trumpour (9-2) allowed five runs on six hits, while striking out six and walking a pair, over six-and-two-thirds innings.

NOTES

Southern New Hampshire, ranked 21st in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, has won 10 of its last 12, including five of six. The Rams are receiving votes in the poll.
SNHU, in its 12th appearance in the NCAA postseason, improves to 45-26 (.634) all-time, including 1-0 against Jefferson.
SNHU leads the all-time series with Jefferson 5-1. All five prior meetings took place in Philadelphia, including a four-game set March 3-4 this season that saw the Penmen take three of four.
Risedorf extends his hitting streak to six games and has reached base in 13 straight.
Vargas Segura and Wouters lead the team with reached-base streaks of 17 games.
Vargas Segura now has 45 stolen bases on the season, which moves him into a tie for the fifth most steals in a single season in NE10 history.
In SNHU’s single-season record book, Vargas Segura now ranks third in steals and walks (43), and fifth in runs (64).
Trumpour’s ninth win moves him into a fourth-place tie in the Penmen single-season record book.
The Penmen better their record to 11-5 at home this season and are now 145-34 (.810) at Penmen Field since the beginning of the 2014 campaign.

UP NEXT

The Penmen will look to punch their ticket to the NCAA East Super-Regional for the third consecutive year when they square off with Jefferson on Saturday (May 18) at 1 p.m. in Game 4 of the NCAA Baseball Championship East Regional I at Penmen Field. An if-necessary Game 5 would follow were the Rams to stave off elimination.

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