Pomona, N.Y. – Three members of the Molloy baseball team drove in at least three runs Wednesday afternoon, led by senior Sean Serrano who plated a career-high five to lead the Lions to a 16-11 triumph over the Dominican University Chargers at Clover Stadium. The Lions pick up their 16^th straight victory improving to 25-7 on the campaign, while the Chargers move to 15-24.
 
How it Happened

• After a scoreless first inning, Serrano and junior Anthony Marsillo put the Lions on the board, 2-0, after a sacrifice fly and a single up the middle in the top of the second.
• Molloy used a pair of long balls in the top of the third to put together a six-run frame to take a 8-0 lead. After junior Mike Sweeney led off with a triple, junior Brian Sanchez stepped up to the plate and connected on the first pitch he saw for a two-run home run over the right field fence.
• The cardinal and white loaded the bases later in the frame, setting the table for Serrano to unload on a pitch and send it over the right-center field fence for a grand slam to cap the six-run inning.
• The top of the fourth belonged to senior Sean Welsh, as he led off the inning with a walk before stealing both second and third. The senior would cross the plate later in the inning following a wild pitch to extend the lead, 9-0.
• Dominican got on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning, putting together four runs following a pair of doubles and a sacrifice fly to shrink the deficit to five, 9-4.
• The Lions got one back in the sixth after sophomore Steve Mulqueen roped a double to plate a run to set the score at 10-4.
• The Chargers continued to fight back, responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to come within four, 10-6.
• The road team continued to stay hot at the plate, answering with three runs in the top of the seventh. Sanchez ripped a double down the right field line to score two before coming around to score following a single from Welsh to open the lead to seven, 13-6.
• The cardinal and white regained its eight-run lead, 14-6, in the eighth after Marsillo drove in senior Jack Coogan with a sacrifice fly.
• Molloy had one more long ball left in them in the ninth after Welsh connected for a two-run shot to give the Lions their biggest lead of the afternoon, 16-6.
• Dominican would not go down easy, rallying for five runs in the bottom of the ninth to come back within five, 16-11, with two outs, but it would end there as the Lions ended the contest with a fly out to clinch the victory.

Top Performances

• Serrano connected for his third home run of the year on top of two hits and five RBI.
• Sanchez knocked in four and scored three times while collecting his second home run of the campaign.
• Welsh belted his eighth home run of the season as part of a three-hit day where he drove in three and crossed the plate three times.
• Marsillo collected two hits and two RBI while Mulqueen knocked in one and walked three times.
• On the mound, redshirt senior Sean Mileti improved to 3-3 on the season after tossing five innings allowing four runs on eight hits.

Up Next
The Lions return to Mitchel Field Friday, April 17 to begin a four-game series with the D'Youville Saints. First-pitch from Uniondale is set for 3:00 p.m.