AUBURNDALE, NY -- The Alfred University baseball team swept the University of Maine-Farmington team with two big wins 13-4 and 12-6.

"It's nice to get the first two wins of the season," Head Coach Brian Kehew said. "We've got some mistakes to fix, but it's nice to see the progress. We're looking forward to continuing the season back home in New York. Go Saxons!"

Game One

With the two teams trading runs in the first inning, Nolan Pridmore (Toronto, ON, Canada/Etobicoke Collegiate Institute) smoked one over the right field wall for the three-run homer. Will Timpano (Orillia, ON, Canada/Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School) added on with two RBI in the third and fourth innings.

Jack Grider (Stafford, VA/Brooke Point) tacked on more with a sac fly, ground out RBI, and stealing second base to help Brayden Bedingfield (Seabrook, TX/Clear Falls) steal home at the same time. 

Ashton Colunio (Elmira, NY/Edison) helped out by walking home a run and a sac fly in the first and fifth innings respectively. AU was led by Alex Beaird (Oswego, IL/Oswego) who pitched six innings with only one run and eight strikeouts. This propelled the Saxons forward to a 13-4 win.

Game Two

The Saxons and Beavers exchanged the lead six times in the first four innings. Colunio, Sam Brocklebank (Bloomfield, NY/Bloomfield), and Benjamin Croote (Middleburgh, NY/Middleburgh) helped bring home three runs in the second. Colunio and Noah Madueno (Florence, AZ/Florence) tacked on one inning later with two runs.

Pridmore, Croote, and Madueno played part in a four-run fourth inning as well. Zach Russell (Puling, NY/Cairo-Durham) scored the go-ahead run while Croote had the game-winning run on a wild pitch.

AU eventually pulled away and held off the Beavers while adding on some insurance in the sixth inning. Derek Vlietstra (Otisville, NY/Minisink Valley) got the win in a five-inning performance with seven strikeouts. Charlie Rapos (Warkworth, ON, Canada/Campbellford District) earned the two-inning save where he recorded four strikeouts in the 12-6 victory.

The Saxons are right back at it in New York on Wednesday against Hilbert College in a rescheduled doubleheader on Wednesday at noon and 2:30 p.m.