Uniondale, N.Y. (Apr. 28, 2018) – The Molloy baseball team swept a doubleheader against the LIU Post Pioneers on senior day.  The Lions won the first game 3-2 and the second game 3-1. The maroon and white improved to 25-19 overall and 17-6 in conference play.

Game One: Molloy 3, LIU Post 2

Senior Angelo Navetta led the Lions with two hits and two RBIs in the first game.

Molloy opened the scoring in the second inning. Junior Michael Wall grounded into a double play, which scored senior Elijah Leerdam and made it 1-0.

Navetta collected RBI singles in the third and fifth innings to increase the lead to 3-0.

LIU Post (25-16, 13-6 ECC) plated runs in the eighth and ninth innings to cut the maroon and white's lead to 3-2.

Senior Kevin Hiss threw 8.1 innings, gave up two runs on six hits, and struck out two to move to 7-3 on the season.

Senior Shawn Klotsche recorded the final two outs of the game for his seventh save of the year. The save was the 15^th of his career, which set the program's all-time record.

Game Two: Molloy 3, LIU Post 1

The Pioneers scored a run in the first to go ahead 1-0.

The Lions took the lead, 2-1, on RBI singles from sophomore Sean Hogan and freshman Jake McCarthy in the second and third innings, respectively.

Leerdam drilled a double down the left field line to extend the home team's lead to 3-1 in the fifth.

Redshirt sophomore Timothy Panetta threw a complete game and struck out six batters to improve to 3-2 on the season.

The Lions and the Pioneers conclude their series tomorrow at LIU Post.  First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.