The New York University baseball team improved to 7-0 on the season with a pair of victories over Newbury College (4-4) on Sunday, March 11, in Fort Myers, FL. The Violets defeated Newbury 13-1 in the opener and followed it up with a 12-3 victory in game two.
GAME ONE:
Tim Salvadore started the first game and improved to 2-0 on the season after tossing six shutout innings and only allowing two hits.
The Violets scored a run in each of the first two innings and added three more in the third. A five-run fourth innings broke the game open and NYU increased its lead to 13-0 before allowing a run in the final inning.
Ryan McLaughlin was 3-for-3 and also reached base twice via a walk, while
Coltrane Tait knocked in three runs.
GAME TWO:
Ford Ladd followed up Salvadore's outing with an impressive six-inning gem of his own. The sophomore southpaw struck out a career-high nine, while scattering six hits and allowing just one earned run.
David Conforti's bases-clearing double in the third inning turned a 3-0 lead into a comfortable 6-0 cushion. Tait added to the lead in the fifth with a three-run home run, the second of his career.
Jonathan Iaione was 3-for-3 at the plate to lead the NYU offense and Tait finished the contest with five RBI.
UP Next:
NYU returns to action on Monday, when it takes on Alfred State College in Tampa, FL. First pitch is slated for 3pm.
