Baseball Splits With Finlandia, Wednesday

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Elms College junior right-hander Matt Wood (Feeding Hills, Mass.) pitched a complete game to earn the win in the first of two games against Finlandia University to help lift the Blazers to a split with the Lions in Wednesday's baseball action at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers.

Elms won the first contest 16-2, before falling 11-3 in the second game of the twinbill against Finlandia.

Game One

Wood tossed a seven-inning complete game, striking out a school-record 11 batters in the process.

Senior outfielder Robert Reyome (Westfield, Mass.) was 3 for 3 with four runs scored and two RBI, while sophomore outfielder Donald Morse (Alfred, Maine) was 4 for 4 with a pair of runs scored and two RBI. Junior infielder Hector Roche (Bronx, N.Y.), freshman outfielder Stephen Fisher (West Boylston, Mass.), sophomore infielder Nicolino Iavicoli (Hampden, Mass.) and senior infielder Mike Andrews (Greenfield, Mass.) each had two hits in the win.

Game Two

Senior right-hander Dan Ingraham (Granby, Mass.) suffered the game-two loss to the Lions. He struck out three batters in four innings of work.

Junior shortstop Brendan Cordeiro (Berkley, Mass.) and Morse each went 1 for 3 with an RBI at dish.

Elms concludes Gene Cusic Classic action on Thursday, March 11 with a double header against Illinois College. First-pitch of game one is slated for 9:00 a.m. with the second game slated for a 12:00 p.m. start time.