Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NEW CASTLE, Dela. – Southern Connecticut State University baseball saw its season end with a pair of losses to nationally-ranked No. 7 Southern New Hampshire in the 2022 NCAA East Regional at Wilson Field in New Castle, Dela. The Owls finish the year at 31-15-1 while SNHU improves to 44-9 and will advance to play the winner of the East Regional 2 site.

Mike DeMartino, playing in the final games of his career, finished with a 2-for-4 day in the Game 2 with a two-run homer. DeMartino's career ends as the all-time leader in games played (204) and at-bats (775) and is the first player in program history to finish his career with 200 games played, 200 hits, 120 runs scored, 150 RBI, 50 doubles and 10 triples.

Connor Goggin capped off an impressive NCAA Regional performance with a three-run home run in the final game of the bracket. Goggin was 3-for-3 in the first game of the day and finished the NCAA Tournament at 6-for-11 with three runs and three RBI in three games. Dave Christoforo and Tony Zambito also hit solo home runs in the second game.

Game 1: No. 1 Southern New Hampshire 16, No. 5 Southern Connecticut 1
Southern scored the game's first run when they manufactured a run in the second inning. Connor Goggin worked the count and reached by a base on balls. Goggin then stole second and moved to third on passed ball before Dave Christoforo's ground ball to first base scored the Owls' freshman.

The Owls lead was short-lived as SNHU four unearned runs in the top of the third inning. Danniel Rivera singled down the left field line, and then reached second when a botched attempt a double play allowed both runners to reach. Sam Henrie hit a deep fly to right allowed Rivera to move to third before Nick Schwartz hit what looked like a tailor-made double play ball to short, which was misplayed, allowing Rivera to score.

Dakota Mulcay then jumped on the first offering from Steve Phillips and crushed a three-run homer to right field to give the Penmen a 4-1 lead. In the fourth, the Penmen capitalized on another Owls error and scored another unearned run to take a four-run lead, 5-1.

Owls starter Steve Phillips left the game in favor of Spencer Fox in the sixth inning. Phillips was the victim of four errors resulting in all five runs up to that point being unearned. Fox entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs after the lead-off batter reached on an error and Phillips walked the next two batters.

Southern New Hampshire scored seven more runs off of Fox, three of which were all credited to Phillips, but were all unearned as the Penmen took an 12-1 lead. Fox gave up a run in the eight and two in the ninth inning.

Southern's Goggin was the Owls lone shining spot as he had three of Southern's four hits in the game, including a ninth-inning double, to go along with two singles.

Game 2: No. 1 Southern New Hampshire ##, No. 5 Southern Connecticut ##
In the second game, former Owls' standout Brandon White got the start on the mound for Southern New Hampshire after transferring to SNHU prior to the start of this season. In the first, White struck out Tony Zambito and Billy Sullivan before walking Andrew Eng. Mike DeMartino then jumped on the second pitch he saw and crushed a two-run home run to right field.

In the bottom half of the inning, Southern New Hampshire tagged Owls starter Joe Nemchek for five runs on four hits including a pair of home runs to take a 5-2 lead. They added two more in the second inning on a two-run homer by Rivera.

Southern responded in the top of the third inning when Zambito reached on a bunt single and then went to second when White threw it down the line. After Billy Sullivan hit a ground ball to move Zambito to third, Andrew Eng drove Sullivan in with a ground ball to second base.

Tyshaun Diaz, who came on in relief for Nemchek, allowed the first three batters to reach before Rivera blasted a two-run double. SNHU would go on to plate five runs in the inning to take a 12-4 lead.

In the top of the fourth, Dave Christoforo got ahold of an offering from White and crushed it over the right-center field wall to cut into SNHU's lead, 12-4. In the fifth, Sullivan and Eng walked with one out. After DeMartino struck out, Goggin connected for a three-run home to cut SNHU's lead to 14-7.

In the bottom half of the inning, Sam Henrie's lead-off double set up Alex Kennedy to dive him in and push the Penmen's lead to 15-7.

Notes

• Tony Zambito's eighth inning home run in the second game of the doubleheader was his second of his career.
• Zambito was also playing in his final career game. He finishes his career as the program's single-season (39) and career (98) record-holder in stolen bases.
• Zambito earned the second All-Conference honor of his career in 2022 after he was named to the NE10 Second Team. In 2021, he was named to the NE10 First Team as well as the NE10 Southwest Division Player of the Year. He went on to earn All-Region honors.
• Southern Connecticut is now 17-17 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.