![]() He led the Penmen with three RBI in the second game. LaRocca returned from injury to play for the first time since April 5.Last year, SNHU won the deciding contest 9-2 over the Lions. SNHU and Molloy head to a deciding third game for the second consecutive season to decide the series.Sophomore Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.) earned a five-out save, setting down the Lions in order in the bottom of the ninth.Senior Angus McCloskey (Farmingdale, N.Y.) earned the win, allowing five runs (two earned) in his 7.1 innings pitched.SNHU added a final run in the seventh when Henrie was hit-by-pitch, senior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) doubled, and LaRocca hit a sacrifice fly.LaRocca doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a balk. The Penmen broke the tie in the top of the sixth inning.Molloy took advantage of consecutive errors by the Penmen to score runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 5-5. ![]() Redshirt sophomore Cristian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) tripled and scored on a single by Henrie for a 5-2 lead. ![]() Molloy's Patrick Hoffman hit a two-run homer in the home second as the Lions trimmed the lead to 4-2.Rivera added another RBI when his sacrifice fly in the top of the second inning scored redshirt freshman John Chacho (Seymour, Conn.), who started the inning with a walk.Rivera singled, Henrie singled, and Schwartz and redshirt sophomore Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) hit RBI doubles. The Penmen jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.Lion reliever Brian Morrisey was able to get the final two outs to save the win for Charlie Chucchiara (7 IP - 3 ER - 3 K).Schwartz homered in the SNHU sixth, and senior Ricky Jimenez (Miami, Fla.) hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth to make it 6-5.Molloy's Thomas Brady hit a solo homer in the sixth to put his club back up by four, at 6-2.Redshirt sophomore Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) homered in the fifth for the Penmen, his ninth of the season.The Lions scored two more runs in the top of the fifth inning - Chris Einemann doubled, and another scored on a Robby Keane groundout to end the day for SNHU graduate student Josh Roberge (Chelmsford, Mass.), who started and took the loss.Senior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) doubled in the fourth, redshirt sophomore Nick Schwartz (Massapequa, N.Y.) walked, and redshirt junior Alex Kennedy(Braintree, Mass.) doubled to make it 3-1.The Lions scored two unearned runs in the second inning, and added another in the fourth on a double by Peter Theodorellis. Molloy opened a 3-0 lead before the Penmen picked up a hit.The winner of Saturday's contest between the Penmen and Lions will represent the East Region in the National Championship in Cary, N.C. – The 7th-ranked Southern New Hampshire baseball team held off Molloy College for a 7-5 win Friday to force a deciding final game in the NCAA East Super Regional best-of-three at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester. Game 2: #7 Southern New Hampshire University 7, #18 Molloy College 5 Game 1: #18 Molloy College 6, #7 Southern New Hampshire University 5
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