PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Southern Connecticut State University baseball swept a doubleheader at Pace, 14-5 and 3-2, to finish the four-game set against the Setters with three wins in the series. The Owls improve to 26-9 overall and 10-5 in the Northeast 10 while Pace drops to 18-16 overall and 9-10 in conference play.

Tony Zambito and Billy Sullivan both collected four hits in the twin bill while Andrew Eng drove in five runs across two games, with a pair of doubles and his team-leading ninth home run of the season. Tyshaun Diaz also got his first career start on the mound for the Owls and picked up the win after holding Pace to two hits on four hits over four innings.

The first game of the doubleheader was a bit of a rollercoaster, as the Owls overcame a 4-0 deficit to tie the game, and then win it in extra innings with a 10-run inning. With Pace ahead, 4-0, Eng cut the Setters lead in half with a two-run dinger before Mike DeMartino and Jack Drewry both scored after a pair of Pace errors. Zach Bedryczuk drove in Drewry with the tying run.

The Owls capitalized in the extra frame off of two Pace errors, while stringing together five hits top push across 10 runs and take a 14-4 lead. After Drewry, Izaiah Walker and Bedryczuk walked, Drewry scored on an error by the shortstop on Chad Fedeli's infield ground ball. Tony Zambito then drove in two runs with a double before two more came around on Sullivan's single.

Eng drove in two more runs and then scored on an error on a ball hit by DeMartino. Drewry doubled home DeMartino, and then scored on an error on a ball hit by Walker. Walker and Bedryczuk moved up a base on a wild pitch, before Walker scored on another one.

Meanwhile, Tommy Hughes kept the Setters off the board after coming in in relief and allowing just one hit in an inning pitched to pick up the win. Steve Phillips took the no-decision after giving up four runs – three earned – on six hits over six innings.

In the second game, Sullivan drove in Zambito with the game's first run before Pace answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. In the third, Zambito singled to short and then stole second base. Sullivan reached on an error, which allowed Zambito to move to third, before Eng doubled down the left field line to plate both runs and give the Owls a 3-2 lead.

On the mound, Diaz was solid after the first inning that saw him walk three batters. He allowed one batter to reach in each of the second and third innings and pitched out of jam in the fourth. Spencer Fox then entered the game in the fifth and struck out the side. He made it four-in-a-row in the sixth, before working around a walk and then struck out two more batters in the seventh to convert on the three-inning save.

Southern is back in action when it hosts Adelphi on Wednesday, Apr. 27 at 3:30 p.m. at The Ballpark at SCSU. 

NOTES

• Billy Sullivan has now run his hitting streak to nine games, his longest of his career and second to Andrew Eng's 16-game hitting streak earlier this month.
• Sullivan has also reached base in 17-straight games, second only to Eng's currently 22-game streak.
• Sullivan is 14-for-30 (.467) with 12 runs scored and seven RBI during his streak. For the year, he leads the team with a .371 average (49-132) with a team-best 49 hits.
• Eng is close behind Sullivan at .363 (45-124) while the duo have both scored 47 runs to lead the team. Eng leads the Owls in doubles (12), home runs (9) and RBI (46).
• Zach Bedryczuk matched Eng with five RBI against the Setters for the weekend, and brought his season total to 12 RBI on 16 hits with 14 runs scored for the season.
• After going hitless for Saturday's doubleheader, Tony Zambito was 4-for-6 with two RBI and three runs scored as well as four stolen bases in Sunday's doubleheader. For the year, Zambito is hitting .279 (29-104) with 21 walks for a 441 on-base percentage with 33 runs scored and 27 stolen bases. He now has 85 for his career, which is good for ninth all-time in NE10 history.
• In 14 NE10 games, Zambito is hitting .313 (15-48) with 11 stolen bases and 16 runs scored.
• Spencer Fox has been lights-out in conference play. In four appearances in NE10 games, Fox has yet to give up an earned run on nine hits over 12 innings while striking out 16.