Uniondale, N.Y. – The Molloy baseball team wrapped up regular season play Saturday afternoon sweeping the Panthers of Adelphi (6-0 and 6-2) at Mitchel Field. The Lions sit at 29-17 overall heading into the East Coast Conference Tournament, while the Panthers move to 20-26.
 
Game One: Molloy 6, Adelphi 0

• After a scoreless first inning, Molloy cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the second with a run scoring off a fielder's choice.
• Senior JC Kiss did well to keep the Panther hitters off balance throughout the contest holding Adelphi without a threat through five innings.
• In the sixth the road team put runners on the corners putting the tying run 90 feet away, but Kiss induced an inning ending fly out to scurry out of the jam.
• In the bottom of the sixth the Lions used timely hitting and small ball to tally a pair of runs to put them ahead, 3-0. After sophomore Charlie Imhof bunted a pair of runners into scoring position, sophomore Anthony Marsillo stepped to the plate and snuck a single through the left side to plate senior Patrick Sanchez.
• Sophomore Joe Burriesci followed with a perfectly executed safety squeeze that wound up being a single to score junior Jack Coogan to cap the sixth.
• In the eighth, the Lions capitalized on an error and a wild pitch to collect three runs breaking the game open, 6-0, where it would stay for Molloy en route to the victory.
• Kiss improved to 5-2 on the campaign tossing six innings of shutout baseball allowing five hits and striking out three.
• Redshirt sophomore Mike Knapp collected his first save of the season, pitching the final three innings allowing just one hit and retiring six of his nine outs via the strikeout.

Game Two: Molloy 6, Adelphi 2

• Adelphi threatened to begin game two with two runners on in the first, but graduate student Matthew Fried got out of the jam with an inning ending ground out.
• In the bottom of the third, junior Sean Welsh plated a pair of runs following a single into left field and Sanchez drove in two with a single to put Molloy in front, 4-0.
• Adelphi cut into the Lions lead, 4-1, in the top of the fourth with a run scoring double.
• The cardinal and white tacked on two more runs in the fifth on RBI singles from graduate student Aidan Larkin and senior Nicholas Dagnello to open a five-run lead, 6-1.
• The Panthers plated a run in the sixth with a solo home run, but could not overcome the deficit as the Lions went on to take game two, 6-2.
• Fried tossed 5.2 innings allowing two runs on five hits to move to 3-1 on the campaign. 

Up Next
The Lions earned the top-seed in the East Coast Conference Championship. The road to a repeat begins Thursday, May 8 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. hosted by D'Youville University. Time and opponent is to be determined, be sure to check molloylions.com for updates.