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TEANECK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team dropped both ends of its seven-inning doubleheader to first-place Bryant on Saturday at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex. The Knights dropped the opener, 8-3, before falling in the nightcap, 8-0. With the sweep, the Bulldogs improve to 36-12 (16-3 NEC) on the season, while FDU falls to 13-29 (4-15 NEC) overall.

Bryant score in the top of the first and added three more runs in the top of the second to take a 4-0 lead in game one. Sophomore Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park) hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth to slice the deficit to 4-1, but the Bulldogs would answer with two runs in the top of the fifth to extend their advantage to 6-1.

The Knights scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom half of the fifth, as freshman Matt McCann (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro )'s two-run single scored fellow classmate Zach Tondi (Wood-Ridge, N.J./Bergen County Technical) and sophomore Ryan McGrath (Lansingburgh, N.Y./Lansingburgh), which made the score 6-3.

But Bryant would score single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to cruise to the victory.

Freshman Joe Flack (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys) (1-7) took the loss on the bump after allowing six earned runs on nine hits in 4+ innings of work while walking one and striking out one. The Bulldogs' Craig Schlitter earned the victory after scattering six hits, yielding three runs – one earned – to go along with two walks and one strikeout.

Junior Riley Moonan (Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North) and Tondi each had two hits to pace the FDU offense, with McCann collecting two RBI. Matt Albanese led Bryant with three hits and three runs, while Carl Anderson, AJ Zarozny and Buck McCarthy all had two RBI.

In game two, Bryant broke open a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead. Bryant would tally four more runs in the top of the fifth before scoring a single run in the top of the sixth to cap the scoring.

Junior Brendan Butler (W. Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) (2-5) was charged with the loss on the bump after allowing six runs – five earned – on just three hits, but he walked three and plunked four batters while fanning three in 4.1 innings.
Fellow classmate Anthony Calise (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) became the Knights' all-time appearances leader after tossing a third of an inning on the bump.

FDU managed only two hits in the game, as Kyle Wilcox earned the victory in 5.0 innings of work. He faced the minimum and did not issue a walk while striking out three.

Jordan Mountford led the Bulldogs' offense with three RBI, which included a two-run homer, and Albanese added two runs.

The two sides will conclude their four-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.