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Winner Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 18-17, 10-2 NEC
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Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 9-21, 4-8 NEC
Winner
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
18-17, 10-2 NEC
20
Final
10
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT
9-21, 4-8 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 2 4 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 20 18 1
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 10 9 2

W: Kosowsky, Joey (4-1) L: ADAMS,C. (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Harden Hits for Cycle as Knights Sweep the Mount

EMMITSBURG, MD. -Brelon Harden hit for the cycle with a single, a double, a triple, and a home run as the Knights swept Mount Saint Mary's  (9-21, 4-8 NEC) 20-10 on Saturday at E.T. Straw Family Stadium. 

With the victory, the Knights swept their third conference series and now are 18-17 overall and 10-2 in NEC play. 

How it happened 

  • Hunter D'Amato opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the first inning, driving in George Rosales.  
  • Tom Ruscitti blasted a solo home run to start the second inning. Tommy Verga scored off an RBI double by Harden, and then Justin Sierra's double to the left-center allowed Harden to score. Sierra reached home while Zack Will was caught stealing second base, making it 6-0.  
  • The Knights extended their lead to 11-0 in the top of the third with back-to-back home runs by Joan Sosa and Ruscitti. Sierra and Harden also added two runs on a 2-RBI single to the right side by D'Amato.  
  • Mount St. Mary's responded with two home runs in the bottom of the third.  
  • Luke Cantwell scored in the top of the fourth on a single to left field by Ruscitti, and Harden blasted a three-run homer to left-center, driving in Verga and Ruscitti.  
  • The Mountaineers homered for the third time in the bottom of the fifth to make it 15-4.  
  • FDU added two runs in the top of the seventh inning. D'Amato scored on a fielder's choice, and Sosa reached home on an RBI single to left field by Verga.
  • Edward Novoa hit his first collegiate career home run, driving in Sierra and Harden to finish the game with 20 runs and 18 safe hits.  
  • The Mount scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth, but it was not enough to catch up to FDU. 

Inside the box 

  • Joey Kosowsky earned his second win by going 6.0 innings, striking out six, and allowing only four runs. 
  • Harden hit for the cycle as he went 4-6, with a single, double, a triple, a home run, and four runs batted in. 
  • D'Amato went 2-5 with four RBIs, a home run and two runs. 
  • Sosa went 3-5 with one RBI, a home run and two runs. 
  • Ruscitti finished 2-4, registering four RBIs, two home runs and three runs. 
  • Verga went 3-4 with two RBIs, two runs and a double. 
  • Sierra finished 2-4 with one RBI, a double and three runs. 

Up next   
The Burgundy and Blue are scheduled to play St. John's on Wednesday April 20 at 3 PM at the Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, N.Y. 
       

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