THE BASICS 

Score: 
Lesley University, 2 vs. Husson University, 0 (7 inn.)
Lesley University, 6 vs. Husson University, 12 (9 inn.)

Records: 
Lesley Lynx (9-8, 1-1 NAC)
Husson Eagles (4-7, 1-1 NAC)

Location: Bangor, Maine. – Winkin Sports Complex

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024

THE LEAD – Senior starting pitcher Dylan Langston threw a complete-game shutout and senior first baseman James Brandon belted a solo homer to power Lesley University over Husson University, 2-0, Sunday afternoon in Game 1 of a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) baseball doubleheader in Bangor, Maine. The Eagles rebounded for a Game 2 win over LU by an 12-6 final.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 1)

• The Lynx got another stellar pitching outing from Dylan Langston as the senior tossed a complete-game shutout allowing just three hits over 7.0 innings of work to earn the win.
• As good as Langston was, his counterpart in Matt Wallingford was equally as sharp as the pitchers traded zeros on the scoreboard through four innings of action.
• In the fifth, Lesley got on the board with the help of a costly Husson error that resulted in an unearned run. Owen Kalagher led off the inning and reached on the error and then moved into scoring position thanks to an Eagles passed ball. With two outs, Kevin Dorsey made the Eagles pay with a two-out RBI single to right-center to drive in Kalagher for the game's first run.
• It proved to be all Langston would need as the righty's stuff kept getting better later in the game.
• James Brandon gave the Lynx some insurance with a solo blast in the top of the sixth to double the lead to 2-0.
• Husson's best chance came in the sixth as Cam Rendell found a hole with a one-out single up the middle before stealing second to move into scoring position. Kevin Connolly worked a walk to put the go-ahead run on base but Langston got Matt Holmes to fly out to center for the second out of the frame. On the catch, Rendell tried to tag from second to third and was cut down on the attempt with a bullet from Ian Dempsey to Caden Shott who applied the tag for the double play, ending the threat with LU on top, 2-0 heading into the final inning.
• In the seventh, Langston retired the Eagles in notch the victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GM 1)

• Langston recorded five K's in the win to improve to 3-1 on the year, also notching his third complete-game of the season to rank tied for fourth among NCAA Division III pitchers.  
• Dorsey finished the game going 2-for-3 with the game-winning RBI while Adam Budorick also posted a 2-for-3 showing.
• Brandon's HR was his third of the year and sixth of his career.
• Wallingford falls to 0-2 on the season despite the solid outing.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 2)

• Lesley got out to a quick 1-0 lead with an RBI double to center by Colby Jacobs to drive in Brandon to give the visitors a short-lived lead as Husson answered with a four-run bottom half of the first to take the lead for good, fueled by a bases-clearing three-RBI double by Rendell.
• The Eagles added two more in the second to increase the lead to 6-1 before the Lynx mounted a mid-game comeback in the fourth.
• Dempsey started the rally with a sac-fly in the fourth to make it 6-2 and then the Lynx plated an unearned run in the fifth to cut the deficit in half at 6-3. Then in the sixth, Lesley pushed two more across including an RBI single up the middle by Budorick to make it a one-run game at 6-5.
• Once again, the Eagles answered immediately with a five-run bottom of the sixth to open up an 11-5 edge. The big blow came on a three-run blast by Jackson Curtis.
• The hosts tacked on their final run of the day in the eighth to bump the lead to 12-5 before Lesley capped the scoring with a run in the ninth, another unearned score, to account for the 12-6 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GM 2)

• Jacobs paced Lesley with a 3-for-5 performance with an RBI.
• Kalagher added two hits and a run scored for LU.
• The first four batters in the Eagles lineup all had two hits each and combined to go 8-for-14 with nine RBI and 10 runs scored.
• HU starter Connor Abood (2-1) earned the win working 5.0 innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits while striking out seven. Alex Smith working the final four innings, surrendering three runs (two earned) on six hits to earn his first career save.
• Kolten Moyer and Evan Swift both had scoreless relief appearances for Lesley, combining for five outs of work.

UP NEXT

• The squads will do it again tomorrow for another North Atlantic Conference (NAC) doubleheader scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM.