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AUBURNDALE, FL (March 18, 2015) – The Vassar College baseball team opened its 2015 Liberty League slate Wednesday afternoon, dropping both ends of a conference doubleheader with Clarkson University with scores of 5-1 and 5-2 in play from Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. The two teams will meet again Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. at Chain of Lakes Stadium for another conference twinbill.

Game 1: Clarkson 5, Vassar 1
Clarkson hurler Greg Jasek went the distance for the Golden Knights, holding the Brewer batters to just seven hits and one run in earning his second win of the young season. Jasek struck out five hitters along the way, and also helped himself out at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double.

The Golden Knights opened the scoring in the bottom half of the second inning, as Paul Ludden led off the frame with a double, and was plated by Will Coleman with an RBI single. Coleman would come around later in the inning on a one-out sacrifice fly by Matt Jenack.

Clarkson opened up its lead in the top of the fourth inning, as the Golden Knights tacked on three more runs, two coming on a two-run single by senior shortstop John Coleman, to make the count 5-0. The Brewers inched back in the bottom half of the fourth, as Nick Johnson (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius Prep) connected on a one-out double. After a flyout, freshman Bobby Kinne (Great Barrington, MA/Mountain Monument Regional) ripped a single to right field to score Johnson and pull VC to within four. That was as close as the Brewers would get, as Jasek sealed the win for Clarkson.

Kinne continued his hot hitting, going 3-3 for the Brewers, while Robert Winkelmann (Wappinger Falls, NY/Beacon) worked a scoreless seventh inning in relief for the seventh. Freshman Eric Strickland (Round Rock, TX/Round Rock) doubled in his only plate appearance for the Brewers. Sophomore starter Adam Erkis (Villanova, PA/Radnor) worked six innings for Vassar, allowing five runs on 11 hits while fanning four Golden Knight hitters.

Clarkson got a multi-hit contest out of John Coleman, while Ludden and Nolan Driscoll each posted two hits as well for Golden Knights.

Game 2: Clarkson 5, Vassar 2
Clarkson got eight innings out of Will Coleman, and he added three hits at the plate in helping the Golden Knights to the doubleheader sweep. Coleman scattered seven hits, allowing two runs while striking out four Vassar batters.  

CU took an early lead in the top of the first inning, as John Coleman walked to start the game and came around later in the frame, scoring after Cory Wuenschell (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) threw out a runner at second.

Two innings later, the Knights added three more to the score line getting a run-scoring groundout by Greg Jasek, followed by RBI singles from Will Coleman and Driscoll. Clarkson threatened in the fourth and fifth innings, but Vassar freshman Derek DeMild (Peabody, MA/Peabody Veteran's Memorial) slammed the door both frames to keep the Brewers within striking distance.  

After CU tacked on another run in sixth, Vassar finally got to starter Will Coleman, as Kinne started the two-out rally with a single. On the next pitch, Strickland laced a triple into the right-center gap past the diving effort of CU right fielder Chris Miller. Sophomore Denis Shanagher (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius Prep) kept the rally going, as he followed Strickland with a triple of his own to make the score 5-2.

The Brewers continued the threat in the seventh, putting runners at second and third with two outs, but Coleman was able to induce a strikeout to get out of the inning. VC started the eighth inning with a single by Kyle Casey (San Diego, CA/Vista), but couldn't bring him around as Coleman once again held VC at bay. Vassar put two runners on in the ninth inning, but couldn't plate any more in falling for the second time.

Kinne added two more hits in game two for the Brewers, while Shanagher added two knocks and tossed two scoreless innings of relief in his first collegiate outing. Vassar starter Nick Johnson (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius Prep) allowed four runs on seven hits, striking out four.