Box Score LOWELL, Mass. – Cole Schiff, Thomas Galusha and Justin Dressler limited UMass Lowell to just four hits and retired 18 of the final 20 batters as the Bryant baseball team completed a weekend sweep with a 4-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at LeLacheur Park.
 
With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 22-18 overall and 10-8 in the America East. It is Bryant's first three-game sweep of the season. Bryant's 11-game road trip continues Wednesday with a 5:00 p.m. first pitch at Holy Cross.
 
UML grabbed a 2-0 lead with back-to-back two-out hits in the third inning but Bryant's trio limited the River Hawks to just two baserunners over the final 6.1 innings.
 
Ellis Garcia's two-run home run in the fourth tied the game and the Bulldogs broke the tie with a run in the eighth and added an insurance run in the ninth.
 
Game Information
Bryant 4, UMass Lowell 2
Records: Bryant 22-18, 10-8 | UMass Lowell 16-23, 6-12
Location: LeLacheur Park (Lowell, Mass.)
W|L|S: Justin Dressler (3-0) | LeFrancois
 
Key Moment

• Carlos Irizarry's shallow fly ball to center bounced out of the glove of the diving center fielder and Casey Wensley raced all the way around from first to score the go-ahead run in the eighth.

How it Happened

• UML broke the ice on Sunday, scoring twice with two outs in the third. A single, wild pitch and stolen base put a runner at third with two outs and Scott Donahue was able to get enough of a 1-1 pitch to hit it off the wall in left field. The ball caromed back towards the infield allowing Donahue to reach third with a triple. Nick Solarzano's two-out single up the middle made it 2-0.
• Bryant had a quick answer as Wensley singled to open the fourth and Garcia launched a two-run home run off the video board in left two batters later to tie the game at 2-2.
• It remained 2-2 as Bryant's pitching staff retired 12-straight batters following the two-out hits in the third. The string was snapped with a two-out hit in the seventh but Dressler promptly picked the runner off. The only other runner to reach for UML came on an error to start the ninth.
• Bryant finally broke the tie with a two-out rally in the top of the eighth. UML took Geisler after he retired the first two batters and Wensley greeted Jake LaFrancois with a two-out single on a 1-2 pitch. Irizarry then hit a fly ball to shallow center that fell out of the glove of a diving Ryan Strand in center. Wensley never stopped running and slid into home safely all the way from first.
• The Black and Gold then added an insurance run in the top of the ninth. An infield error opened the inning and Cam Papetti contributed a key two-out double to keep the inning going. UML then intentionally walked Greger to load the bases to face Hackett but Hackett was able to work a full-count walk to bring in a run and make it 4-2.
• In the bottom of the ninth, a throwing error put the lead runner at second with no outs. Dressler responded by retiring the next three batters to end the game.

Inside the Box Score

• Bryant outhit UMass Lowell, 6-4.
• The Bulldogs made three errors in the game.
• Cole Schiff started and threw a season-high 3.0 innings. He allowed two runs on three hits, walked one and struck out two.
• Thomas Galusha retired all nine batters he faced in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief. He struck out two.
• Justin Dressler earned the win, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and struck out one.
• Wensley finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Garcia homered, drove in two and scored twice.
• Greger collected a pair of hits.
• Irizarry and Papetii each doubled.
• UML's Nolan Geisler limited Bryant to two runs on four hits over 7.2 innings. He didn't walk a batter, struck out five and threw 62 of his 74 pitches for strikes.

Game Notes

• Bryant now leads the DI series with UMass Lowell, 13-10. The Bulldogs are 8-7 against the River Hawks in America East play.
• Sunday marked Bryant's sweep of UMass Lowell as America East foes. The Bulldogs have now swept each of the six other league schools at least once since joining the league in 2023.
• Sunday was also the first series that Bryant has swept this season.
• It is just the second time since 2023 and just the fifth time since 2014 (UML's first DI season) that UML has been swept at home in a league series.
• The Bulldogs are 4-5 at LeLacheur Park in nine America East games. Bryant has won each of its last four games in Lowell.
• The Bulldogs are now 4-5 on the road in America East play.
• Bryant is now 8-10 over its last 18 games.
• Wensley now has 51 runs scored on the season. He leads the America East.
• Wensley collected his 17^th multi-hit game of the year and the 49^th of his career. It was his first multi-hit game since April 3 at Maine (11 games).
• Garcia's home run was his team-leading 11^th of the season. He now has six home runs in the last 10 games and has hit 16 in his collegiate career.
• In addition to posting the 44^th multi-hit game of his career, Greger made two diving catches in center field.
• Schiff's outing was his longest of the season.
• Galusha recorded the longest outing of his collegiate career and has now allowed just two runs over 9.2 innings of work in America East play.
• Dressler matched his season-long for innings pitched while picking up his third victory in as many decisions.

Up Next
Bryant continues its road trip on Wednesday as it makes the short trip up 146 to take on Holy Cross. First pitch is set for 5:00 p.m.