Box Score
FARMVILLE, Va. – Alex Godzak pitched seven innings of three-hit, shutout baseball to lead Canisius College of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to a 7-0 non-conference victory against Longwood University on Sunday afternoon at Charles
Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. Godzak walked just one with four strikeouts for the Griffins (10-5), while sophomore
Brandon Vick/Newport News started and pitched the first five innings for the Lancers (6-8), taking the pitching loss. Longwood will host Temple University of the Atlantic 10 Conference on Tuesday, March 12 at Bolding Stadium in Farmville beginning at 4 p.m.
Canisius scored two runs in the first inning, one run in the third, three runs in the fifth and a final run in the eighth inning. Brett Siddall (3-4, RBI) led the Griffins with three hits and an RBI, Shane Zimmer (1-3, 2 RBI) and Mike Booth (1-3, 2 RBI) each added a hit with two RBI, while Jesse Kelso (2-4, RBI) contributed a double, triple and an RBI. Godzak (1-0) started went the first 7.0 innings, scattering three hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Longwood's hits were collected by senior
Justin Lacy/Glen Allen (1-4) along with freshmen
Kyri Washington/Prospect (1-3),
C.J. Roth/Yorktown (1-3) and
Travis Burnette/Lynchburg (1-3). Vick started and pitched the first 5.0 innings, yielding seven hits and six runs, all earned, with three walks and three strikeouts. The Lancers used five pitchers, including junior
Scott Burkett/Williamsburg, who tossed a scoreless ninth inning with one walk and one strikeout.
