April 12, 2008

BRYANT BASEBALL SWEEPS TWO FROM ASSUMPTION

Game 1 - Bryant 10, Assumption 1 -  box score
Game 2 - Bryant 11, Assumption 2 -  box score

WORCESTER, Mass. - The Bryant University baseball team picked a doubleheader sweep of Assumption College in Northeast-10 Conference action.  The Bulldogs won the opener, 10-1 and rallied back to win the second, 11-2 to improve to 23-12 overall and 13-4 in the NE-10.  The Bulldogs will travel to Saint Rose Sunday for a makeup game with the Golden Knights in Albany, NY.

In the opener, the Bulldogs scored three runs in the top of the first and added three more in the sixth to push out in front, 7-1.  Nick Campbell went 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBIs.  Pat O'Connor went 2-for-4 with 3 runs scored plus 2 RBI and blasted his sixth home run of the season.  Taylor Ferguson had a strong day at the plate, going 3-for-4 as the Bulldogs cranked out 13 hits in the game.

In the second, Bryant trailed the Greyhounds 2-1 after six innings but a four-run seventh plus six more runs in the eighth broke the game wide open and the Bulldogs were able to complete the sweep.  Campbell continued to swing a hot bat the plate, going a perfect 5-for-5 with 2 runs scored.  Brett Almeida got the win going six innings and striking out four.