GAME 1
SCORE	Niagara 3 – Siena 1
RECORDS	Niagara (3-4, 3-4 MAAC) – Siena (3-4, 3-4 MAAC)
LOCATION	Connors Park

 
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – The Purple Eagles swept a doubleheader against Siena on Saturday to close out their season series with the Saints.

Game Recap

• Niagara got on the board in the first inning. Peter Battaglia double to right center, scoring Benny Serrano and Cole O'Connor singles to left field, scoring Battaglia and giving NU a 2-0 lead.
• An RBI single from the Saints in the third halved Niagara's lead, 2-1.
• An RBI single from Joe Tevlin in the top of the sixth inning put Niagara ahead, 3-1.
• The Purple Eagles kept the Saints off the board in the sixth and seventh innings to earn the win.

Eagle's Eye On

• Cole Tucker had a team-high two hits.
• Battaglia, O'Connor and Tevlin each recorded one RBI.
• Battaglia scored a team-best two runs.
• Ben Erwin (1-1) earned the win. He struck out two and allowed one earned run in 4.0 innings pitched.
• Alex MacKinnon picked up his first save of the season. He struck out two and gave up just one hit in 2.2 innings pitched.

 

GAME 2
SCORE	Niagara 10 – Siena 9
RECORDS	Niagara (4-4, 4-4 MAAC) – Siena (3-5, 3-5 MAAC)
LOCATION	Connors Park

 
Game Recap

• Niagara opened scoring in the second inning of game two. Tucker doubled down the left field line to score Max Giordano. Tucker then scored on a balk. Dawson Bailey then came up big with a three-run homerun to give the Purple Eagles a 5-0 lead over the Saints.
• The Saints got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI double.
• Two homeruns from Siena in the bottom of the third brought the Saints within one run of the Purple Eagles, 5-4.
• Two doubles that scored a total of three runs put the Saints in the lead, 7-5, in the sixth frame.
• Niagara quickly got back on top. In the top of the seventh, Tucker blasted a two-run homerun over the left field fence to tie the score, 7-7. RBI doubles from both Tevlin and Liam Ward put the Purple Eagles back in the lead, 9-7.
• In the top of the eighth, Battaglia went yard to extend NU's lead, 10-7.
• The Saints added two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to cut NU's lead to one run, 10-9, but the Saints went down in order in the ninth and the Purple Eagles earned the doubleheader sweep.

Eagle's Eye On

• Tucker had a team-best three hits. Bailey, Gabriele and Tevlin each added two hits.
• Bailey and Tucker each batted in three runs.
• Steven Hospital (1-0) earned the win on the mound.
• Zach Cameron earned his second save of the season. He struck out two and didn't allow any hits in 2.0 innings pitched.

Up Next

• The Purple Eagles return to Bobo Field for the first time since May 17, 2019 to host the Quinnipiac Bobcats for a four-game series April 2-3.

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