Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 216, 2008) –- Down one run heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, Vassar loaded the bases twice but failed to bring any runners home as SUNY-New Paltz held on for a 7-6 victory at Prentiss Field on Wednesday.

The Brewers drop to 6-12 and travel to play Skidmore on Saturday. The Hawks improve to 15-14.

New Paltz plated the winning run in the top of the ninth inning, breaking a 6-6 tie. Tyler Terlacky (Binghamton, NY) scored the decisive run, reaching base on an error, advancing to third on an Alex Cadmus (Wappingers Falls, NY) base hit, and coming home on a sacrifice fly by Zachary Potter (Pine Plains, NY).

The Brewers took advantage of six walks in the first two innings, scoring three runs on just one hit. Vassar held its lead until the sixth inning when New Paltz scored three runs to take a 5-4 lead. Vassar responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs. Zack Miller (San Francisco, CA/Lick-Wilmerding) reached base on a one-out walk, advanced to third on an Adam Murphy (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood) single and scored the tying run on Joe Castilla's (Weston, FL/Archbishop McCarthy) ground-out. David Ringold (Seattle, WA/Ballard) then singled up the middle to score Murphy and give Vassar the lead.

However, the Hawks tied the game up in the top of the next inning, as Cadmus scored on a botched run-down play at the plate.

Tristian Greene (East Hampton, NY) picked up the win, his first of the season, for the Hawks. Eric Holzapple (Hicksville, NY) earned the save, pitching the final two outs of the game after Greene was struck by a hard-hit ball.

Six different pitchers took the mound for the Brewers, with Clancy Philbrick (Stonington, CT/The Williams School) taking the loss, his second on the season.

Ari Glantz (Cambridge, MA/Cambridge Rindge & Latin) led the Brewer bats, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and one run scored. Murphy and Mike Murn (Huntington, NY/Harborfields) added two hits apiece and Castilla and Ringold each added an RBI.

For the Hawks, Jesse Marsh (Marlboro, NY) went 3-for-5 with an RBI, Cadmus added two hits and three runs scored, and Michael Marash (Cortlandt Manor, NY) added two hits and two runs scored.