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Penmen Win First NE10 Championship Since 2016.

When and Where: May 21, 2021 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire 10, Adelphi University 0
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 9, Adelphi University 3
Records: SNHU 24-6, AU 19-15

Redshirt-junior Dakota Mulcay hit two of the team's six home runs on the day in game one and redshirt-sophomore Alex Kennedy drove in five runs in game two, as the 20th-ranked Southern New Hampshire baseball team took the first two games of the Northeast-10 Championship series against Adelphi on Friday at Penmen Field to capture the program's third NE10 title. SNHU rolled to a 10-0 victory in the opener, before posting a 9-3 in the second game.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Mulcay – 2-8, 2 home runs, 2 walks, 4 RBI, 3 runs
• Kennedy – 3-6, double, home run, 5 RBI, 2 runs
• Redshirt-junior Alex Gomes – 8.0 innings, 0 runs, 7 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks (game 1)
• Graduate student Nick Artymowicz – 5.0 innings, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 5 hits, 9 strikeouts, 2 walks (game 2)
• Grad student Marcus Chavez – 3-7, double, home run, 2 walks, 3 RBI, 4 runs, 2 stolen bases
• Redshirt-freshman Michael LaRocca – 3-8, 2 walks, home run, 2 RBI, run
• Redshirt-freshman Danniel Rivera – 2-4, double, 6 walks, 2 runs, 4 stolen bases
• redshirt-junior Idelson Taveras – 4-9, 2 doubles, walk, RBI, 3 runs, 2 stolen bases

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• The contest was scoreless into the bottom of the third inning when the Penmen bats warmed up to strike four times. RBI doubles from redshirt-freshman Christian Mercedes and Chavez started it before Mulcay delivered the big blow with a two-run homer to center that made it 4-0.
• Mulcay did it again in the fourth, stroking a two-run blast the opposite way to left-center to extend the SNHU advantage to 6-0.
• Four more in the eighth broke it open, as a Goldstein two-run shot and RBI singles from redshirt-junior Sam Henrie and LaRocca brought the score to an even 10-0.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 1

• Mulcay (2 home runs, walk, 4 RBI, 3 runs), LaRocca (walk, RBI) and Kennedy (double, run) were all 2-for-4.
• Rivera was 1-for-1 with four walks, a run and two steals.
• Chavez (double, walk, RBI, 3 runs) and Mercedes (double, 2 walks, RBI, run, 2 steals) both went 1-for-3.
• Goldstein was 1-for-4 with the home run, two RBI and run scored.
• Henrie (RBI) and Taveras (double) each were 1-for-5.
• Freshman Trevor Anibal tossed a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit, while striking out a batter.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• Sacrifice flies from Kennedy in both the second and fourth innings gave SNHU a 2-0 lead.
• After Adelphi, which was playing as the home team, pushed across a run in the fifth on a wild pitch, Southern New Hampshire answered with a five-run sixth inning in which they clobbered three home runs. A solo bomb off the bat of LaRocca led off the frame, before two-run homers from Kennedy and Chavez made it a 7-1 game.
• It was a five-run game in the seventh when a Taveras double and a third sac fly for Kennedy widened the margin to 9-2.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - GAME 2

• Taveras finished 3-for-4 with a double, walk, RBI, three runs scored a pair of steals.
• Chavez was 2-for-4 with a home run, walk, two RBI, run scored and two steals.
• Henrie went 2-for-5 with two doubles and a pair of runs.
• Kennedy was 1-for-3 with a home run, five RBI and a run scored.
• Rivera went 1-for-3 with a double, pair of walks, a run and two steals.
• LaRocca turned in a 1-for-4 performance with a home run, walk, RBI and run scored.
• Redshirt-junior Jeffrey Praml allowed one run on three hits over three innings of relief, striking out three and walking one.
• Graduate student Wesley Tobin fired a perfect ninth to seal the crown.

NOTES

• Kennedy was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the NE10 Baseball Championship and earned a spot on the All-Championship Team, where he was joined by both Mulcay and Gomes. 
• Adelphi's Nicholas Luc and Jack Ryan were also selected to the All-Champion Team, joining Franklin Pierce's Jonel Ozuna and Le Moyne's Drew Carroll. 
• Adelphi's Kevin Glasser won the Elite 24 Award for baseball, securing a 3.79 GPA as a biology major. The Elite 24 honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site of each NE10 Championship.

-Recap by SNHU athletic communications-

ALL-CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
Alex Kennedy, SNHU*
Alex Gomes, SNHU
Dakota Mulcay, SNHU
Nicholas Luc, Adelphi
Jack Ryan, Adelphi
Jonel Ozuna, Franklin Pierce
Drew Carroll, Le Moyne

*Most Outstanding Player

ELITE 24 AWARD
Kevin Glasser, Adelphi

NE10 Baseball Championship
Tuesday, May 11^th   (Single Elimination)
Divisional First Round Games - Northeast­
Game 1NE: #4NE Assumption 10, #5NE Stonehill 4
Game 2NE: #3NE Bentley 15, #6NE Saint Anselm 13
Game 3NE: #2NE Franklin Pierce 18, #7NE Saint Michael's 1

Divisional First Round Games - Southwest
Game 1SW: #4SW AIC 11, #5SW SCSU 6
Game 2SW: #3SW New Haven 4, #6SW Pace 3
Game 3SW: #2SW Le Moyne 6, #7SW Saint Rose 2

Thursday, May 13^th   (Single Elimination)
Divisional Semifinals – Northeast
Game 4NE: #1NE Southern New Hampshire 9, #4NE Assumption 5
Game 5NE: #2NE Franklin Pierce 10, #3NE Bentley 4

Divisional Semifinals – Southwest
Game 4SW: #1SW Adelphi 8, #4SW AIC 2
Game 5SW: #2SW Le Moyne 5, #3SW New Haven 3

Sunday-Monday, May 16^th-17^th
Divisional Finals (Best of three series) – Northeast
Sunday: #2NE Franklin Pierce 9, #1NE SNHU 7
Sunday: #1NE SNHU 4, #2NE Franklin Pierce 3 (F/10)
Sunday: #1SW Adelphi 6, #2SW Le Moyne 4
Sunday: #2SW Le Moyne 9, #1SW Adelphi 4
Monday: #1NE SNHU 13, #2NE Franklin Pierce 6
Monday: #1SW Adelphi 13, #2SW Le Moyne 2

Friday-Saturday May 21^st-22^nd  
Championship Final (Best of three series)
Friday - Game 1: SNHU 10, Adelphi 0
Friday - Game 2: SNHU 9, Adelphi 3

ABOUT THE NE10
The NE10 is an association of 14 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.

Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.