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Longwood University Athletics

Cullan Wadsworth
Mike Kropf
17
Winner NJIT NJIT 4-3
5
Longwood LWU 2-6
Winner
NJIT NJIT
4-3
17
Final
5
Longwood LWU
2-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NJIT NJIT 4 1 1 0 0 8 1 1 1 17 19 1
Longwood LWU 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 11 1

W: Parker O'Neil (1-0) L: Williams, Gage (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Marconi, Franzoni Hit NJIT Past Lancers in Series Finale

Big First, Sixth Innings Key Highlanders to 17-5 Win

FARMVILLE, Va. – New Jersey Institute of Technology's offense rattled off two huge innings to take the series finale against Longwood on Sunday afternoon in a hit-filled affair. The Highlanders (4-3) plated four runs in the first inning and eight in the sixth to take down the Lancers 17-5 as the two teams combined for 30 base hits.
 
Highlander juniors Julio Marcano and Paul Franzoni delivered the big hits early and combined to drive in NJIT's first six runs. Marcano went 3-for-5 with a season-best three RBI to go with two runs scored, and Franzoni cranked his first homer of the season while going 2-for-3 with three RBI. The duo keyed an NJIT offense that had a season-best 19 hits with seven players having multi-hit games.
 
Marcano's two-run triple and Franzoni's two-run double put NJIT up in the first inning, and Franzoni added a solo home run in the third to push the lead to 6-1.
 
Longwood's offense racked double digit hits for a second straight game, but NJIT's pitching staff was able to limit the damage and prevent the Lancers (2-6) from posting a big inning. The Lancers had their 11 hits spread over seven innings and stranded 16 runners on base.
 
Andrew Gorham gave Longwood its first run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and also drew three walks in the game. Nate Blakeney cut the lead to 6-2 with a sac fly to centerfield in the fourth inning.
 
The floodgates opened for NJIT in the sixth as a six-hit, eight run broke the game open and pushed the lead to 14-2.
 
For Longwood, Cullan Wadsworth had his second multi-hit game of the season. The sophomore swatted a pair of doubles, drew two walks, drove in a run and scored twice. Dillon Champagne added a pinch-hit, two-run single in the ninth inning, and Drayven Kowalski also tied a career high with two hits.
 
Parker O'Neil (1-0) earned the win for NJIT following two relief innings. He pitched the fourth and fifth innings and did not surrender a run on a walk and two hits while striking out one.
 
Gage Williams (0-2) took the loss for Longwood as NJIT came out swinging. He surrendered four runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one in the top of the first inning.
 
Longwood heads out to Liberty on Tuesday for its second straight midweek test. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Lynchburg.
 
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