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Box Score 2 Norristown, Pa. – (4/30/2016) – After a 9-0 shutout in game one, Chestnut Hill College continued their stellar Senior Day play against Caldwell University with a 4-1 victory in the second game of today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader. Senior leftfielder
Brendan Looby (Sewell, N.J.) finished the day with four hits (4-of-8), scoring three times in the opener and knocking in a run in game two with a two-out single in the first inning. In game one, senior pitcher
Zachary Crim (Horsham, Pa.) threw a complete game, shut out; striking out eight while only walking two in his third win of the season (3-0). Sophomore
Patrick Kelley (Pipersville, Pa.) and freshman
Dino Cattai (Philadelphia, Pa.) shared the mound in game two, the former earning his sixth win (6-3) with six strike outs in six innings while the latter threw three innings of scoreless relief for, a program record, sixth save (6) of the season.
Looby led off the Griffins' second at-bat of the opener with a double to the right center. He eventually advanced to third on a double play before scoring after a beaning of junior center fielder
Brandon DiBona (Southampton, Pa.) and a two-run single down to right field line from junior shortstop
Jonathan Baturgil (Freehold, N.J.) (2-0). Chestnut Hill College (24-18. 14-6) added additional runs in the fifth, 3-0, sixth (4-0) and seventh innings, 5-0, before putting Caldwell University (9-25, 5-15) away in a 9-0 final. Looby was 3-for-4 and scored three times. Sophomore second baseman
Alec Craig (Hammonton, N.J.), sophomore designated hitter
Matthew Owens (Cherry Hill, N.J.), and freshman third baseman
Zach Szumigala (Fairless Hill, Pa.) each recorded two hits and all of them knocked it at least a run, but DiBona plated three scores with his eighth-inning triple.
Chestnut Hill College got started early in game two as well. Senior first baseman
Patrick Campion (Norristown, Pa.) led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk and he stole second before Looby's up the middle brought Campion home for the Griffins' first run (1-0). Sophomore designated hitter
Matthew Owens (Cherry Hill, N.J.) knocked in the second Griffin run with a third-inning double down the left line (2-0), before the Cougars eventually got on the scoreboard with four fourth-inning singles, 2-1. But that was as close as Cougars would get with the Scarlet and Gold scoring insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth (3-1) and eighth innings, 4-1. Cattai held the Cougars scoreless in their last three at-bats for a program-best sixth save. Sophomore
Patrick Kelley (Pipersville, Pa.) held the Cougars to one a run on four hits and three walks.
In between today's contests, Chestnut Hill College recognized Looby, Campion, Crim, center fielder
Dalton Cozart (Commerce Township, Mich.), catcher
Robert Slagle III (Lafayette Hill, Pa.), and pitchers
Robert Andris (Oreland, Pa.) and
Casey Kern (Stony Point, N.Y.) as part of the annual Senior Day proceedings.
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The Griffins now visit Philadelphia University on Tuesday, May 3, for a 3:00 p.m. non-conference contest.