ELMIRA, NY – The Alfred University baseball team began their week with a competitive 13-7 loss to Elmira College on Tuesday afternoon.

Michael Calogero (Henrietta, NY/Aquinas Institute) made the start on the mound for Alfred University, with Jack Grider (Stafford, VA Brooke Point) and Charlie Rapos (Warkworth, ON, Canada/Campbellford District) making relief appearances for the Saxons to close out the game.

Zachary Haggerty (Hollywood, FL/Dr. Michael Krop) sparked the AU offense in the opening inning with an RBI single to right field, driving in Ben Croote (Middleburgh, NY Middleburgh) for the initial lead. Elmira responded with five runs of their own to force AU to play from behind.

In the third inning, Michael Ciardiello (Rutherford, NJ Moore Catholic) registered an RBI single, allowing Cameron Brought (Wellsboro, PA Wellsboro Area) to score. In the following inning, Haggerty continued his impressive afternoon with a hit to left field, bringing Sam Brocklebank (Bloomfield, NY Bloomfield) across home plate to cut further into the deficit.

Later in the seventh inning, Alfred University found momentum thanks to a sacrifice fly from Angelo DeFilippis (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic). In the same inning, Brocklebank and Nolan Pridmore (Toronto, ON, Canada/Etobicoke Collegiate Institute) were each credited with RBI as the Saxons regained the lead. The Soaring Eagles answered with six runs in the eighth inning to ultimately come away with the win.

Alfred University will next travel to face SUNY Brockport on Friday at 3:00 PM.