SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Tuesday, March 25, 2025) - #7/#8 Salve Regina University baseball opened its NEWMAC slate on the road against Springfield College on Tuesday afternoon and rallied for an 8-6 victory against the Pride. The Seahawks (12-3, 1-0 NEWMAC) had trailed by a 5-1 score after four frames before scoring seven runs over the next three innings.

Five different Seahawks had two hits apiece --  Tyler Petrosino, Shane Williams, Matt Stokes, Christian Homa, Brady Smolinski. Three Seahawk pitchers worked three innings apiece -- James Keating, James Tobin, Nick Callano. Tobin (W, 1-0) picked up his first win while striking out two. Callano (S, 1) pitched perfectly by retiring all nine batters he faced while striking out three.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 8, Springfield 6
Records: Salve Regina (12-3, 1-0 NEWMAC), Springfield (3-12, 0-1 NEWMAC)
History: Salve Regina entered today with a 5-0 all-time mark against Springfield in baseball, including a no-hit 16-0 victory in Florida in 2023. Last year in Springfield, three Seahawk pitchers - starter Brayden Clark and relievers Jason Arrigo, Kyle Carozza - combined for a two-hit 1-0 shutout in the first-ever NEWMAC game for Salve Regina. Then, less than a week later in Newport,  Salve Regina University baseball rallied from a 3-0 deficit after one inning and defeated the Pride of Springfield College, 5-3, at Reynolds Field. Christian Homa hit a third-inning home run and had hit safely in his first 22 games this season (the second Springfield meeting was Game #19), and extended his career-best hit streak to 35 games (the 2023 All-American had hit safely in his final 13 games of the previous season).

SUMMARY

• B1 - J. Dunaisky singled to center field, RBI; A. Sweet advanced to third; N. Lloyd scored. A. Crocker reached first on a fielding error by 3b; J. Dunaisky advanced to second; A. Sweet scored, unearned. C. Balchius singled through the right side, RBI; A. Crocker advanced to second; J. Dunaisky scored, unearned. | PRIDE 3, SEAHAWKS 0
• T4 - Brady Smolinski singled down the lf line, RBI; Christian Homa advanced to third; Matt Stokes scored. | PRIDE 3, SEAHAWKS 1
• B4 - L. Dimauro doubled down the lf line, RBI; C. Balchius advanced to third; A. Crocker scored. | PRIDE 5, SEAHAWKS 1
• T5 - Shane Williams singled through the right side, RBI; Evan O'Rourke advanced to second; Tyler Petrosino scored. | PRIDE 5, SEAHAWKS 2
• T6 - Brandon Grover grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; Christian Homa advanced to third; Matt Stokes scored. Grady Schopps singled to center field, RBI; Christian Homa scored. | PRIDE 5, SEAHAWKS 4
• B6 - M. Lepere singled to second base, RBI; C. Balchius scored. | PRIDE 6, SEAHAWKS 4
• T7 - Matthew Neal singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Evan O'Rourke scored; Tyler Petrosino scored. Christian Homa doubled to left field, RBI; Matthew Neal scored. Brandon Grover singled to left center, RBI; Brady Smolinski advanced to third; Christian Homa scored. | SEAHAWKS 8, PRIDE 6

NOTEWORTHY

• By the end of the game, the seven, eight, nine hitters in the Seahawk lineup wore #7 (Smolinski), #8 (Grover), and #9 (Schopps), respectively.
• Five different Seahawks had two hits apiece -- Tyler Petrosino, Shane Williams, Matt Stokes, Christian Homa, Brady Smolinski.
• Three Seahawk pitchers worked three innings apiece -- James Keating, James Tobin, Nick Callano.
• James Tobin (W, 1-0) earned his first win while striking out two batters.
• Nick Callano (S, 1) earned his first save after locking up the Pride batters; he retired all nine batters he faced and struck out three.

NEXT UP
Salve Regina returns home to face Eastern Connecticut State University in a non-league matchup on Reynolds Field on FloCollege at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday