Box Score La Roche 11, LVC 3

LVC Starters
DeClerico (2B), Puglisi (CF), Kiessling (DH), Marcelli (1B), Albright (C), O'Shea (LF), Weik (3B), Bertsch (SS), Herring (RF), Williams (SP)

La Roche Starters
Velez (3B), Lazor (RF), Navedo (CF), Lemley (1B), Professori (DH), Yard (LF), Roebuck (C), Trickett (SS), Qualihero (2B), Romano (SP)

How It Happened
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – No. 11 La Roche College scored eight runs in the first three innings and put Lebanon Valley in a hole it couldn't climb out of, resulting in an 11-3 defeat on Monday afternoon. The Dutchmen dropped to 1-3, while the Red Hawks jumped to 3-4.

La Roche scored three times in the top of the first as Ian Velez stole home with the bases loaded to plate the game's first run and Joe Professori followed with a sacrifice fly. Next, Mitchell Yard hit an RBI-single to make it a 3-0 game. Then, in the top of the third, the Red Hawks roped three homers in the inning, two solo shots and a three-run homer to extend the lead to 8-0.

The Dutchmen weren't able to create any offense until the ninth inning when Nick O'Shea doubled home Philip Berry to make it an 11-1 game. Next, Erik Paulus roped his first-career hit for a two-RBI single to score O'Shea and Colin Albright, however LVC was unable to push any more runs across the board.

Inside the Numbers
 - La Roche pounded out 15 hits compared to the Dutchmen's five.
 - Chase Weik had a solid day at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two doubles.
 - Eric Marrero was strong in relief, tossing 4.2 innings and giving up just two earned runs with an impressive seven strikeouts. Zach Yingst pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out the side.
 - For the Red Hawks, four different players registered two hits.

Who's Next?
LVC looks to get back on track tomorrow when the Dutchmen face Immaculata University. The doubleheader is set to begin at 10 a.m.