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SNHU wins tourney opener

Jake Pisano photo couresy of SNHU media relations

Graduate student Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) knocked in five runs to set the program’s new single-season RBI record and senior Jake Lapham (Lansingburgh, N.Y.) did not allowed an earned run over seven strong innings, as the 21st-ranked and top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University baseball team rolled to a 15-2 victory against fourth-seeded Adelphi University in the opening game of Northeast 10 Championship Weekend on Thursday afternoon at Penmen Field.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Southern New Hampshire jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first, as it sent nine to the plate. An RBI single from senior Dakota Britt (Rockwall, Texas) started it, before a two-run knock from Pisano made it 3-0. A sacrifice fly from junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) and a run-scoring double by senior Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) capped the damage in the frame.
  • Single runs in the second and third innings nudged the Penmen advantage to 7-0, before Adelphi made it on to the board with an unearned run in the fourth.
  • SNHU grabbed the run back in the home half on another RBI single from Pisano.
  • The Penmen struck for seven in the fifth to blow it wide open. Junior Jacob Albert (Pelham, N.H.) delivered the big shot with a grand slam to right-center, before Pisano (two-run HR) and junior Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) hit back-to-back jacks to make it 15-1.
  • Pisano finished 4-for-4 with five RBI, two runs scored and a home run.
  • Cumiskey went 3-for-5 with an RBI, two runs scored, a home run and pair of doubles.
  • Albert (five RBI, run, home run) and Britt (two RBI, run) were both 1-for-5.
  • Valera (RBI, two runs, walk) and Lavigne (RBI, run, two walks, double) each went 1-for-2.
  • Graduate student Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks and four runs scored.
  • Lapham (6-1) allowed one run — unearned — on five hits over seven innings, striking out three, not walking a batter, but hitting three.
  • Junior Danny Tchou (Boca Raton, Fla.) walked one and struck out one in an inning-and-a-third of hitless work.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked 21st in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25, 22nd in the D2 Baseball Top 25 and 25th in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Baseball Coaches Poll, has won 27 of the last 29, including four-in-a-row.
  • The Penmen improve to 24-13 (.649) in their 13th all-time appearance in the NE10 Championship, including 5-0 against Adelphi.
  • The 15 runs set a new NE10 Championship record for the Penmen, who had previously defeated Saint Anselm College, 14-2, in a first round victory back in 2022.
  • SNHU now advances to the winner’s bracket where it will take on second-seeded Bentley University on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
  • SNHU leads the all-time series, 21-13, and has won six of the last seven. SNHU has also captured 13 of 14 at Penmen Field.
  • With his third RBI of the day, Pisano passed Nick Schwartz’ 2023 single-season record of 71 RBI and finished the day with 74. Pisano also moves with 24 RBI of Dakota Mulcay’s career mark of 176.
  • Cumiskey now has a team-best 18 home runs on the year and 19 in his career. The 19 home runs are the second most in a single season in program history and one shy of matching the record.
  • Cepin’s home run is his second of the season.
  • Pisano went deep for the fifth time this season and 17th time in his career.
  • Albert’s long-ball was the second of the season and his career.
  • Cumiskey has both the longest hitting streak (11) and reached base streak (28) on the team.
  • SNHU moves to 18-1 at home this season and is now 178-39 (.820) at Penmen Field since the beginning of the 2014 season.

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