The New York University baseball team faced Dean College in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 8, at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park on Staten Island, NY.

The Violets won the first game 12-6 and the second 7-3.

After two scoreless innings in the opener, Dean struck first in the third by plating four runs.

NYU responded immediately in the bottom half of the inning by scoring six runs. Harrison Blueweiss was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, Nick Argenziano followed with a single, and both wound up scoring on errors. Connor Roggero soon delivered the biggest swing of the inning, delivering a grand slam scoring Kosta Mocklis, Nate Pallotta and Cam Dunn to put NYU ahead 6-4.

The Violets extended their lead in the fourth when Mocklis singled to drive in Dunn, making it 7-4. In the fifth, Blueweiss doubled to bring home Dakota Barbet, giving NYU an 8-4 advantage.

Dean pulled a run back in the sixth, but NYU broke the game open with a four-run eighth. Dunn scored on a passed ball before Roggero tripled in Bobby Kuenzler. Max Oliveira followed with a two-run double scoring Roggero, and CJ Franchini capped the inning with an RBI groundout, pushing the lead to 12-5.

Dean added one more run in the ninth.

Jonathan Hyman (1-2) earned his first win for the Violets, going the first 5-1/3 innings and striking out seven.

The Violets' offense finished with 13 hits, led by Roggero's five-RBI game.

In the second game, the Violets trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth. However, on the strength of Argenziano's RBI double and Mocklis' three-run home run, NYU took a lead it never relinquished. 

The Violets tacked on two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. 

Aidan Pawlak started for the Violets and went five innings without allowing an earned run. Tyler Tedeschi picked up the win in relief, with Aidan Dolinsky adding two scoreless innings and striking out five.

 NYU and Dean will meet for another doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11:00am back on Staten Island.