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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University baseball team used a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 victory over Assumption on Tuesday afternoon at The Ballpark at Southern Connecticut. The Owls improved to 18-6-1 overall and 11-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference with the win.

Kyle Rosadino (Berwyn, Pa.) started the decisive surge with a double to center field. Ryan Geffert (Plymouth, Pa.) followed with a single through the right side that plated Rosadino and cut the Greyhounds lead in half.

#A.J. Rouleau# (Westborough, Mass.) continued his hot hitting with a double to left center that scored pinch runner Bryan Dorsey (Cheshire, Conn.) to even the game.

A sacrifice bunt by Nick DeProspo (Worcester, Mass.) moved pinch runner Matt Pessy (Greenwich, Conn.) to third base with out. The next batter, Eric Schlitter (Guilford, Conn.) slapped a chopper up the middle that Pessy easily beat home with the winning run.

Steve Simon (Middlefield, Conn.) improved to 6-0 with a complete game effort. He scattered eight hits and allowed just two fifth inning runs that allowed Assumption (16-9, 4-4 NE-10) to carry a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth.

Southern Connecticut is back in action tomorrow for a 3:30 p.m. non-league game against Bridgeport.