KINGSTON, R.I. (Saturday, March 2, 2024) - Pre-season All-American Christian Homa (Fairfield, Conn.) launched a three-run third-inning home run to spark the Salve Regina University baseball offense and make a winner of Seahawk starter Sean Mulligan (Verona, N.J.) who improves to 2-0 after the 7-3 final against the Huskies of the University of Southern Maine at Bill Beck Field.

Mulligan worked six innings and struck out eight while allowing just one earned run. The Huskies (0-1) scored the first run of the game in the top of the third when sophomore Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass.) tripled home Jack LeBlond (Lewiston, Maine) who had led off hit by a pitch.

Salve Regina (3-1) responded quickly as Matt D'Amato (Midland Park, N.J.) singled and stole second before Tyler Cannoe (Schenectady, N.Y.) walked. Homa's homer was a first-pitch swing. Tyler Petrosino (Beverly, Mass.) added an RBI triple later in the inning. The Seahawks scored three more runs in the eighth inning highlighted by Michael Breen's (Auburn, Mass.) two-run homer to right field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 7, Southern Maine 3
Records: Salve Regina (3-1), Southern Maine (0-1)
All-Time Series: Salve Regina improves to 6-3 in the all-time series after winning the last five in a row. The first meeting came in the 2001 NCAA regionals in Harwichport, Mass.

SUMMARY

• T3 - Jack LeBlond became the first Huskie to reach base when he was hit by a pitch. He advanced to second on Mulligan's failed pickoff throw. Mulligan struck out two Huskies, but after getting an 1-2 count on the shortstop at the top of the order, Chris Quigley tripled to right center.  | Huskies 1, Seahawks 0
• B3 - With one out, Matt D'Amato singled to right field. D'Amato stole second on a 2-2 pitch to Tyler Cannoe who then walked on the next offering. Christian Homa swung at the first pitch and lined a home run over the fence in right field. Wil McCarthy singled to right field with two outs before Tyler Petrosino unt hit the third triple of the game. | Seahawks 4, Huskies 1
• T8 - Kyle Douin homered off reliever Jason Arrigo who got three Huskies to swing and miss on strike three in the inning. | Seahawks 4, Huskies 2
• B8 - Brandon Grover led off with a base on balls, stole second, and advanced to third on Wil McCarthy's fly ball to center. Tyler Petrosino walked before Brady Smolinski executed a squeeze bunt for a 5-2 lead. Michael Breen drilled a two-run homer to right field. | Seahawks 7, Huskies 2
• T9 - Jack LeBlond led off with a triple and became the only one of four triples in the game to score. Arrigo got Joe Bova to ground out to Nate Ruehs at second base. Arrigo struck out his fourth batter before the final out was a foul pop to Wil McCarthy off the third-base bag. | Seahawks 7, Huskies 3

NOTEWORTHY

• Four triples in the game - two on each side.
• D'Amato, McCarthy, Homa had two hits apiece.
• Seahawk pitching struck out 14 Huskies - Sean Mulligan (8), Kyle Carozza (2), Jason Arrigo (4).
• Salve Regina wins its fifth straight against Southern Maine. 

NEXT UP
The Seahawks and Huskies return to Bill Beck Field for a doubleheader on Sunday, March 3, starting at 11 a.m.