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Brassill, SNHU advance

When and Where: May 19, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: #21 Southern New Hampshire University 5, RV Thomas Jefferson University 2
Records: SNHU 34-17, TJU 33-17

Redshirt-freshman Zach Brassill (No. Hampton, N.H.) allowed two runs over six-and-two-thirds innings and the offense homered four times, as the 21st-ranked and top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University baseball team posted a 5-2 victory against fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson University in Game 4 of the NCAA Baseball Championship East Regional I on Sunday afternoon at Penmen Field to punch its ticket to the NCAA East Super-Regional.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Brassill – 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 3 BB (win; 7-3)
  • Senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 HR
  • Senior Dylan O’Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 2-for-4, 2 RBI, R, HR
  • Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 0-for-1, 3 BB, 2 SB
  • Sophomore Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) –1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
  • Sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) – 0-for-3, R; 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Southern New Hampshire struck first in the top of the second when it took advantage of a two-out fielding error that extended the inning. O’Sullivan immediately hammered a two-run shot to dead center that made it 2-0.
  • Jefferson sliced its deficit in half in the bottom of the third when it scored a run on a wild pitch, following back-to-back, one-out singles.
  • SNHU grabbed the run back in the top of the fourth on a solo home run to left-center off the bat of Burgos.
  • A two-out, run-scoring single that Gabe Silva dropped in down the right field line pulled Jefferson back within 3-2 in the fourth.
  • The Penmen used solo homers in the sixth from freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) and Burgos to extend their lead to 5-2.
  • Trumpour and Risedorf combined on two-and-a-third perfect innings out of the bullpen to seal it.
INSIDE THE BOX
  • Wachter finished 1-for-5 with the home run, RBI and a run scored.
  • Sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) went 0-for-2, but walked twice.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked 21st in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, has won 11 of its last 13, including six of seven. The Rams are receiving votes in the poll.
  • SNHU, in its 12th appearance in the NCAA postseason, improves to 46-26 (.639) all-time, including 2-0 against Jefferson.
  • The Penmen will play for an NCAA East Regional title for the eighth consecutive NCAA postseason. SNHU is in the NCAA East Super-Regional for the fourth time (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024) and also made the NCAA East Regional final three times under the old format (2016, 2017, 2018) and again in the 2021 Covid season. The NCAA Championship was not played in 2020.
  • SNHU leads the all-time series with Jefferson 6-1, including 2-0 at home. Prior to this NCAA postseason, 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.
  • Burgos’ home runs were his 17th and 18th of the season, extending his single-season program record. He now has 21 homers in his SNHU career, tying him for fifth all-time.
  • O’Sullivan’s home run was his third of the season and 12th of his career.
  • Wachter’s long-ball was the ninth of his rookie campaign.
  • Risedorf had his hitting streak snapped at six games, but has now reached base in 14 straight.
  • Vargas Segura and Wouters lead the team with reached-base streaks of 18 games.
  • Vargas Segura now has 47 stolen bases on the season, which moves him into a tie for the third 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 (46), and fifth in runs (64).
  • The Penmen better their record to 12-5 at home this season and are now 146-34 (.811) at Penmen Field since the beginning of the 2014 campaign.
UP NEXT

The Penmen will play host to second-seeded Molloy University in the best-of-three NCAA East Super-Regional at Penmen Field. Game 1 is Friday, May 24 (1 p.m.), with Saturday’s (May 25) play beginning at noon.

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