WORCESTER, Mass. (Friday, May 2, 2025) -- #11 Salve Regina University baseball locked up first place in the NEWMAC standings with a doubleheader sweep of WPI, 8-0 and 6-2, in the regular season finale for both teams at Granger Field on the campus of Clark University on Friday afternoon.
Grady Schopps went 6-for-7 in the twinbill including the go-ahead two-run double in the nightcap.
Evan O'Rourke drove in five of the eight runs for the Seahawks in the opener and smacked a pair of home runs in the late innings.
Brayden Clark (W, 9-2) spun a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the opener while striking out a career-high 15 batters.
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
Finals: [1] Salve Regina 8, WPI 0; [2] Salve Regina 6, WPI 2
Records: Salve Regina (29-7, 13-3 NEWMAC), WPI (14-25, 2-14 NEWMAC)
History: Today marked the 23rd and 24th meetings on the baseball diamond between Salve Regina and WPI. Salve Regina has won three of the four NEWMAC meetings. WPI leads the all-time series, 13-11.
SUMMARY GAME ONE
- T2 - Shane Williams singled to shortstop, RBI; Wil McCarthy advanced to third; Hunter Yaworski scored. | SEAHAWKS 1, ENGINEERS 0
- T3 - Evan O'Rourke grounded out to 3b, RBI; Brandon Grover scored. | SEAHAWKS 2, ENGINEERS 0
- T5 - Evan O'Rourke reached first on a throwing error by ss, RBI; Brandon Grover advanced to third; Grady Schopps scored. Wil McCarthy singled to right field, RBI; Hunter Yaworski advanced to second; Evan O'Rourke advanced to third; B. Grover scored. Shane Williams flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; E. O'Rourke scored, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 5, ENGINEERS 0
- T7 - Evan O'Rourke homered to left field, RBI. | SEAHAWKS 6, ENGINEERS 0
- T9 - Evan O'Rourke homered to left field, 2 RBI; Christian Homa scored. | SEAHAWKS 8, ENGINEERS 0
NOTEWORTHY
- Brayden Clark (W, 9-2) spun a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the opener while striking out a career-high 15 batters.
- Evan O'Rourke drove in five of the eight runs for the Seahawks in the opener and smacked a pair of home runs in the late innings.
SUMMARY GAME TWO
- T3 - Danny Rogers flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Shea Donovan scored. | SEAHAWKS 1, ENGINEERS 0
- B5 - G. George singled to left center, 2 RBI; J. Lattimer advanced to second; T. Burns scored, unearned; S. Merrick scored, unearned. | ENGINEERS 2, SEAHAWKS 1
- T7 - Grady Schopps doubled down the rf line, out at third rf to 2b to c to 3b, 2 RBI; Danny Rogers scored; Shea Donovan scored. | SEAHAWKS 3, ENGINEERS 2
- T8 - Will McCarthy doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; Hunter Yaworski scored; Evan O'Rourke scored. Shane Williams singled to right field, RBI; W. McCarthy scored. | SEAHAWKS 6, ENGINEERS 2
NOTEWORTHY
- Grady Schopps went 6-for-7 in the twinbill including the go-ahead two-run double in the nightcap.
- Salve Regina finishes 13-3 in NEWMAC regular-season play for the second consecutive year and nabs the top seed in the postseason as well.
- Wil McCarthy had a five-hit day including a pair of doubles, one in each game.
NEXT UP
#11 Salve Regina carries a 14-game win streak into the NEWMAC postseason as the tournament's No. 1 Seed.
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