NEWPORT, R.I.- #2/#3 Salve Regina University hosted the University of Southern Maine in Kingston, Rhode Island, at Bill Beck Field on Friday afternoon. The Seahawks won 13-1 to improve 3-0 on the season while the Huskies (0-1) drop their season-opener under first-year head coach Scott Heath.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Finals: Salve Regina 13, Southern Maine 1
Records: Salve Regina (3-0, 0-0 NEWMAC), Southern Maine (0-1, 0-0 LEC)
All-Time Series: First-ever meeting in baseball between Salve Regina University and the University of Southern Maine came in the 2001 NCAA Division III Regionals in Harwichport, Massachusetts. Huskies downed the Seahawks, 5-3. Salve Regina earned its first victory in the series, 9-2, when they met in Auburndale, Florida, in 2016. Two years later another Lake Myrtle Park meeting tipped in the Huskies' favor, 3-2. Salve Regina also traveled to Gorham, Maine, for the first time ever in 2018 and fell, 8-6. Since then, the Seahawks have won eight straight including a 2021 NCAA regional matchup in Hartford, Connecticut, 5-4, and the following spring break in the Sunshine State, 8-3. In 2023 at Ed Flaherty Field, Salve Regina swept a pair, 2-1 and 8-4. Last year at Bill Beck Field, Salve Regina swept a three-game series. Seahawks lead the all-time series, 9-3.

SUMMARY

• B2 - First baseman Tyler Petrosino had an RBI single to right field that scored Shane Williams with the game's first run. | SEAHAWKS 1, HUSKIES 0
• T3 - Mike Anquillare singled through the right side and Sam Economy came home with the Huskies' first run of the season. | SEAHAWKS 1, HUSKIES 1
• B4 - A four-run inning was highlighted by a bases-clearing three-run triple for Christian Homa. Petrosino had previously walked with the bases loaded to break the tie. | SEAHAWKS 5, HUSKIES 1
• B5 - Wil McCarthy and Danny Rogers both reached on fielding errors, Eliot Hamilton singled to shortstop to load the bases and Shane Williams duplicated Homa's feat from an inning earlier with a three-run triple. Williams scored when Nate Ruehs reached on an error. Later, the Huskies' fourth error of the inning loaded the bases and Hunter Yaworski provided a run with a sacrifice fly. Danny Rogers singled in two runs for a double-digit lead. | SEAHAWKS 12, HUSKIES 1
• B7 - Hunter Yaworski led off the inning with a triple to right center and scored on a wild pitch. | SEAHAWKS 13, HUSKIES 1

HIGHLIGHT ON X
 

Toriello to Homa to Mitchell for an inning-ending double play at Bill Beck Field pic.twitter.com/nwzcHl8Tm7

— Salve Regina Sports (@SalveAthletics) March 1, 2025

NOTEWORTHY

• Kyle Carozza (W, 2-0) earned the victory in his third career start while striking out six in five innings.
• Three Seahawks had a multi-hit game including Matthew Neal who had a pinch-hit double and later singled in his two plate appearances.
• Christian Homa tripled with the bases loaded to drive in three runs in the fourth.
• Shane Williams did the same in the fifth to key a seven-run Seahawk outburst.
• In addition to their triples, Christian Homa and Hunter Yaworski both singled for multi-hit games.
• Luis Ortiz had a clean inning in the sixth with one strikeout.
• Connor Toriello had a strikeout in his inning of work while James Tobin closed out the ninth with two Ks.
• Eliot Hamilton caught a would-be base stealer in the top of the fourth.
• Seahawk head coach Eric Cirella notches his 299th career victory (299-134-6; .688).

NEXT UP
Salve Regina gets an earlier start on Saturday (11 a.m.) against Southern Maine with a doubleheader slated for Bill Beck Field on FloCollege.