Lebanon Valley 6, Roger Williams 3 (Game One)
 
LVC Lineup
1. Towers (RF), 2. DeClerico (3B), 3. Smith (2B), 4. Leri (1B), 5. Holdredge (DH), 6. Bulgia (LF), 7. Herring (CF), 8. Blair (C), 9. Santoro (SS), Ward (SP)
 
Roger Williams Lineup
1. Stone (RF), 2. Cedeno (3B), 3. Gulino (LF), 4. Roth (2B), 5. Bonavita (DH), 6. Jenkins (1B), 7. Somers (C), 8. Hobin (SS), 9. Jackson (CF), Hewlette (SP)
 
How It Happened
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lebanon Valley continued its hot start to the season by edging Roger Williams University 6-4 on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action. The Flying Dutchmen improved to 9-2, while the Hawks fell to 1-3.
 
LVC provided Brendan Ward, reigning MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week and D3baseball.com Team of the Week member, with some breathing room when Chris DeClerico tripled home Bryan Towers in the bottom of the first for the 1-0 LVC lead.
 
From there, Ward was cruising on the mound but ran into some trouble in the top of the sixth when Bonavita tied the game up at 1-1 with one swing of the bat, a solo shot to right field. Each team's offense broke out in the seventh inning, beginning with the Hawks when Gulino hit a two-run homer to left field, putting Roger Williams up 3-1. Later in the frame, Bonavita doubled home Roth, increasing the Hawks advantage to 4-1.
 
The Dutchmen hadn't found themselves trailing much in Florida or South Carolina, but answered the bell in a big way in the bottom of the seventh, beginning with DeClerico's sacrifice fly. Conor Smith later hit another sac-fly for LVC, and Michael Leri continued one of the most impressive weeks in Dutchmen history by launching another home run over the fence that tied the game up at 4-4. LVC kept things going and took the lead in the bottom of the inning when Josh Herring singled home TJ Holdredge. DeClerico provided some insurance with a sac-fly in the bottom of the eighth, and Brandon Crews tossed the final two innings to earn the huge save in LVC's 6-4 win.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Brendan Ward tossed 5.1 innings and allowed just one earned run with four K's.
 - Alex Marlow pitched a third of an inning, but was the winning pitcher. The loan out he made came via a strikeout.
 - Brandon Crews pitched the last two innings and allowed just one hit and three strikeouts.
 - Chris DeClerico went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBI.
 - Bryan Towers and Nico Santoro scored two runs each.
 
Lebanon Valley 7, Case Western Reserve 1 (Game Two)
 
LVC Lineup
1. Towers (RF), 2. DeClerico (3B), 3. Smith (2B), 4. Leri (1B), 5. Holdredge (DH), 6. Bulgia (LF), 7. Rickabaugh (C), 8. Herring (CF), 9. Santoro (SS), Kingsbury (SP)
 
CWRU Lineup
1. Jarrett (CF), 2. Gorski (2B), 3. Ryan (C), 4. Christie (DH), 5. Lott (SS), 6. McConihe (1B), 7. Mehrle (RF), 8. Stawicki (LF), 9. Haley (3B), Doshi (SP)
 
How It Happened
In game two today, Kyle Kingsbury and Tanner Rock combined to allow just one run and four hits in Lebanon Valley's 7-1 win over hosts Case Western Reserve University on Saturday. The Dutchmen capped perhaps their most impressive spring break trip ever and finished 9-0 on break. LVC now sits at 10-2, while the Spartans dropped to 2-3.
 
Smith got the Dutchmen on the board early with a sacrifice fly that scored Towers, and then, in the top of the third, DeClerico scored off a wild pitch, moving LVC's advantage to 2-0. Kingsbury continued to deal on the mound, and in the top of the fourth, Santoro made it 3-0 in favor of the visiting Dutchmen with another LVC sac-fly.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, Case Western got on the board after an RBI-single, but the Dutchmen got that run back in the top of the eighth with Josh Herring's RBI-single to center that plated Leri. Then, the Dutchmen officially put the game out of reach in the top of the ninth when Smith crushed his first collegiate home run, a three-run shot, as LVC hung on easily for the 7-1 victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Conor Smith went 2-for-4 at the dish with a game-high four RBI.
 - Josh Herring was also 2-for-4 with an RBI.
 - Kyle Kingsbury earned his first win of the young season after throwing six innings and allowed just four hits, one earned, and he struck out seven.
 - Tanner Rock tossed the final three innings and earned the save. He didn't allow a hit a punched out a pair.
 
Who's Next?
LVC's heads north as winners of nine straight and will go for 10 consecutive wins on Friday, March 13, when the Dutchmen head to Reading to open MAC Commonwealth action against Alvernia at 3:30 p.m.
 
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