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Smithfield, RI - The Bryant University baseball team welcomed Caldwell College of the CACC, and Northeast-10 opponent Bentley College to the Bryant Baseball Complex for a double-header. The Cougars won the first game 8-3 out hitting the Bulldogs 13-4 and improve their record to 5-9. Bentley rallied in the ninth inning to take the 2-1 come from behind victory over the Bulldogs. Bentley improves their overall record to 5-8 and Northeast-10 record to 2-3 while Bryant drops to 4-18 overall and 2-1 in conference play.Caldwell got on the board first in the top of the first inning with three singles. Bryant struck right back with a run of their own without the benefit of a hit. The game would stay close until the Cougars struck for a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth including a homerun by Efrain Velazquez (Brick, NJ).

Junior Billy Ryan (TomsRiver, NJ) led the Cougar attack going 5-5 at the dish with two runs and two RBI's.Junior Mike Rocco (Tewksbury, MA) drove in two of the three runs for Bryant. Senior Daryle Crowley (Danvers, MA) went 1-3 and scored two runs.Game two of the double-header featured some spectacular defense and great pitching. Both teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the eighth inning when freshman Pat McKenna (Orange, CT) tripled into the leftfield corner with two outs. Senior Paul Novakowski (Prospect, CT) hit a dribbler to third base and beat the throw to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Bentley would battle back in the top of the ninth responding with back-to-back singles and a fielder's choice by Steve Mejia (Hyde Park, MA) that drove in the winning run. They would score two runs in the inning and hold in the bottom of the ninth for the 2-1 victory. Senior Jake Perkins (East Bridgewater, MA) went the distance for the Falcons allowing nine hits and one earned run.

The next home game for Bryant is on Tuesday, March 28 when they will host Southern New Hampshire at 3:00 pm.