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Nighthawk Baseball Wins First Game
Nighthawk Baseball Wins First Game
The Newbury College Baseball team won their first NCAA game in the history of the program as they defeated the Bears of St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn, NY) today. The Nighthawks came back from a deficit in game one of today's double header to take the victory from the Bears, 10-9. In game two, Newbury's Justin Adams (East Providence, RI/East Providence) was one out away from a no hitter, giving up only one run in seven innings. The Nighthawks defeated St. Joe's 10-1 in game two.
The Bears led in the first game of today's double header, however, timely hits by Evan Hudson (Sunapee, NH/Sunapee), Brian Fish (East Brookfield, MA/David Prouty), and Adams (each with two hits) helped Newbury come back to tie the game 9-9 in the sixth inning. Billy Maddock (Marshfield, MA/Marshfield) tripled and scored on Dave Carroll's (North Providence, RI/North Providence) sac fly in the 8th, giving Newbury the win. Maddock also earned the win, throwing three shutout innings, giving up only 1 hit.
For the Bears, Emil Kolenovik (Manhattan, NY/Manhattan) had 3 RBI's and one run and Jacob Tobin (Manhattan, NY/Dwight) had two RBI's and two runs to lead for St. Joe's in game one.
Nick Dunn (Portland, ME/Deering) led Newbury in game two with 2 hits, 2 RBI's, 2 runs, and 3 stolen bases, while also providing great defense for the Nighthawks. Maddock and Tomas Matthews (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) each pitched in 3 RBI's in game 2, with Matthews also scoring two runs.
Newbury's second year head coach Greg Sullivan says "I'm proud of these guys, they have come a long way! We played well today but it's not going to be the highlight of our season and we're going to continue to build on it."
The Nighthawks are 2-15 this season, and play again on Tuesday, April 15th, at Emerson College, at 8:30 p.m.
