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Salve Regina University Seahawks
Kyle Carozza struck out nine Lyons' batters in four innings
Savannah Szamborski '25
Kyle Carozza struck out nine Lyons' batters in four innings
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Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON 22-18
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Winner Salve Regina SRU 30-7
Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON
22-18
2
Final
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Salve Regina SRU
30-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0
Salve Regina SRU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: Wertz, Andrew (2-0) L: L. Goldthwai (1-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ed Habershaw '03M

Homa drives in Grover with walk-off base hit

NEWMAC Championships - Game 3 | No. 1 Salve Regina 3, No. 5 Wheaton 2

NEWPORT, R.I. (Thursday, May 8, 2025) -- Salve Regina University graduate student Christian Homa singled in fellow graduate student Brandon Grover with the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the top-seeded Seahawks, ranked 10th in the nation (D3baseball.com), to a 3-2 finish against fifth-seeded Lyons of Wheaton College in NEWMAC Championships action at Reynolds Field on Thursday afternoon.

The win advances Salve Regina (30-7, 13-3 NEWMAC) to a match up with second-seeded Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon after the Bears survived on a wild pitch walk-off win (5-4) in extra inning against third-seeded MIT today. The Lyons (22-18, 9-7 NEWMAC) will face the Engineers in an elimination game on Saturday morning at Reynolds Field.

Today in Newport, the visitors got on the board first. After Seahawk starter Kyle Carozza set down the first nine Lyons in order with seven Ks in three innings, Tommy Beauregard led off the fourth with a double to right field and moved to third on a sacrifice by Robbie Lamond. Carozza got two more strikeouts but not before Timmy Wagner added his team-leading 63rd RBI with a single to right field.

Wheaton starting pitcher Greg Strite retired the first two Seahawks he faced in the fourth with a 1-0 lead before Wil McCarthy singled and Shane Williams followed with a two-run blast to center field.

Both teams went scoreless over innings five through eight. Jason Arrigo retired the first nine batters he faced and opened the ninth ready to face the 3-4-5 batters in the Lyons' lineup. Casey Wensley, who had struck out in his first three at-bats (twice against Carozza and once against Arrigo), homered to right field (his sixth of the season) to tie the score. Andrew Wertz (W, 2-0) walked the first Lyon batter he faced before striking out the next three to set up the Seahawks for a walk-off opportunity.

Liam Goldthwaite (L, 1-5) got the first two outs in the bottom of the ninth on a strike three swinging and a fly ball to right. Brandon Grover worked a two-out base on balls on five pitches and stole second to move into scoring position. Christian Homa fought off several pitches with foul balls before lacing a single to left field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 3, Wheaton 2
Records: Salve Regina (30-7, 13-3 NEWMAC), Wheaton (22-18, 9-7 NEWMAC)
History: Salve Regina holds a 10-8 edge in the all-time series which included three meetings last year during the Seahawks' first season in the NEWMAC. The regular-season doubleheader last year featured a pair of shutouts on the Sidell Stadium grass with Wheaton winning the opener, 3-0, and Salve Regina taking the nightcap, 7-0. Salve Regina earned the No. 1 Seed in the 2024 NEWMAC postseason and the Lyons dealt the Seahawks a 5-2 defeat in an early round. On April 19, Salve Regina ran its current 15-game win streak to six straight wins with a sweep of a NEWMAC doubleheader over Wheaton, 10-5 and 6-4, on Brother Michael Reynolds Field.

SUMMARY
  • T4 - T. Wagner singled through the left side, RBI; T. Beauregar scored. | LYONS 1, SEAHAWKS 0
  • B4 - Shane Williams homered, 2 RBI; Wil McCarthy scored. | SEAHAWKS 2, LYONS 1
  • T9 - C. Wensley homered, RBI. | SEAHAWKS 2, LYONS 2
  • B9 - Christian Homa singled to left center, RBI; Brandon Grover scored. | SEAHAWKS 3, LYONS 2
NOTEWORTHY
  • Salve Regina pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts -- Kyle Carozza (9), Joe DeRienzo (0), Jason Arrigo (5), Andrew Wertz (3).
  • Shane Williams had two of the six Seahawk hits including a two-run homer, his third round-tripper of the season.
  • Salve Regina avenges last year's loss to Wheaton at the start of the double-elimination phase.
  • The Seahawks were victorious in their elimination game against then second-seeded Coast Guard on the following Saturday, and the top two seeds will meet again in the winners' bracket this time in two days (Game 6).
  • Salve Regina has won 15 consecutive games.
ON DECK
Reynolds Field will be the site for three games on Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. with No. 3 MIT and No. 5 Wheaton fighting for survival. The winner of Game 5 will face the loser of Game 6, which follows in the early afternoon. The winner of the No. 1 Salve Regina versus No. 2 Coast Guard match up advances to Sunday's championship round while the loser has an elimination game immediately, Game 7, against the Game 5 winner. All games stream on FloCollege. Follow the NEWMAC's Tournament Page.
 
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