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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Caldwell College baseball team played a pair of games at the Northeast Challenge, falling to Franklin Pierce University, 7-2 and to Stonehill College, 8-0 Friday night at the Ripken Experience. The Cougars are now 0-3 on the season.

Against Franklin Pierce, the Ravens scored twice in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, a grounder by senior Andrew Nunez (East Elmhurst, NY/Cardozo) plated senior Stephen Luczaj (N. Merrick, NY/Mepham) for the Cougars' first run of the game. Then in the fourth, senior Thomas Pisano (N. Bellmore, NY/Mepham) doubled to score senior Paul Nyitray (Cranford, NJ/St. Joseph) from first to tie the score at 2-2. But Franklin Pierce scored three times in the fifth and two more runs in the seventh for a 7-2 advantage.

Nunez, Pisano, Luczaj, senior Joe O'Donnell (Belleville, NJ/Belleville) and junior Anthony Caruso (North Babylon, NY/North Babylon) had hits for the Cougars. Junior pitcher Michael Sheridan (Caldwell, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) took the loss after allowing nine hits and striking out seven in 4 1/3 innings.

In the game against Stonehill, the Cougar bats were unable to generate any runs despite recording eight hits. In the top of the third, sophomore Alex Rodriguez (Merrick, NY/Calhoun), Nunez and O'Donnell each singled to load the bases with two out, but Caldwell was unable to get the clutch hit. The Cougars also stranded two runners in both the fifth and seventh innings. Nunez and Luczaj each had two hits in the game. Junior pitcher Joseph Saverino (Bronx, NY/Fordham Prep) started and went 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits.

Caldwell plays Merrimack at the Northeast Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 22, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Myrtle Beach.