FARMVILLE, VA – Behind an offensive outburst and stellar relief pitching, Monmouth University Baseball (6-11) rolled to its third win in a row over Longwood University (7-13) Tuesday afternoon in Farmville, VA, 17-3. Freshman Robbie Holmes (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) drove in four runs to lead an MU offense that saw every starter record a hit and total a season-high 17 runs, while Regan Dombroski (Manasquan, NJ/Wall) fanned nine out of the bullpen, the most strikeouts by an MU pitcher this season.

The MU scoring got started early, as JD Andreessen (Depew, NY/Lancaster/Campbell) doubled for the fourth game in a row to score a pair and make it 2-0. Grant Keller hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first for Longwood, part of a two-run first for the home team to tie the game. The Lancers added another in the second on a Keller sacrifice fly to take their only lead of the game before the Hawks scored 15 unanswered runs.

Monmouth's offensive run began with a three-run third to regain the lead, with JP Walsh (Spring Brook Township, PA/North Pocono) driving in a run for the third game in a row before a pair of wild pitches brought across two more to make it 5-3 MU. The Hawks followed that by blowing it wide open with a seven-run fourth, beginning with Kyle Norman's (Ellicott City, MD/Good Counsel/Buffalo) RBI single. Zach Schild (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) drove in two of his three on the day with a two-run single up the middle before Holmes struck with the big blow, a three-run triple that he scored on after a throwing error to widen the lead to 12-3.

Dombroski came on to start the fourth, starting an outing that culminated in a career-high nine strikeouts while allowing just one base runner. The right-hander set down the first 10 batters he faced, and did not walk a batter. Schild walked to force in a fifth-inning run ahead of Johnny Zega's (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) two-run double, and Holmes notched an infield hit to plate a fourth run in the inning, making it 16-3 Hawks. Clay Koniencki (Schwenksville, PA/Malvern Prep) came off the bench to notch an RBI double in the ninth as freshman Michael Dimino (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) fired a pair of perfect innings to finish it off, including striking out the side in the ninth.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"Overall a good day.  We certainly have a great deal to work on, however we are making a lot of progress. Offensively, we capitalized on some big hits and our ability to grind out at bats and work some walks. Three big innings early in the game were huge. Recently we have been fortunate to create opportunities and hopefully that can continue. Kyle, Regan and Mike pieced together a nice game and Robbie, Zach and JD all had timely hits that sparked us. JP has been a catalyst and always seems to be in the middle of things." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt

-The 17 runs totals the most for MU this season, and most for the Hawks since 5/5/18 at Saint Peter's, a 22-run outburst.
-MU has totaled 40 runs on 51 hits in the last four games on the Virginia road swing.
-Hawks pitching struck out 14, a season high.
-17 hits is the most for the Hawks in a single game this season, and most since totaling 18 in a win over Manhattan on 4/28/18.
-Regan Dombroski struck out a career-high nine batters, the most by a Hawk this season and most since Tyler Ksiazek fanned nine at Hofstra on 5/8/18.
-Every starter in the MU lineup recorded a hit for the second time in three games.
-The Hawks have won three in a row for the first time this season.
-Monmouth did not commit an error for the sixth time this season.
-Kyle Norman and JD Andreessen extended their hitting streaks to eight games.
-Norman collected two hits for the second game in a row and fourth time in five games.
-Norman and Colin McCreary became the first Hawks to collect six at bats in a game this season.
-Michael Dimino struck out a season high three batters in his longest outing of his freshman campaign of two innings.
-JP Walsh scored a career-high four runs, the most by a Hawk this season.
-Zach Schild drove in three runs and now leads the team with 15 driven in.
-Andreessen has doubled in four games in a row and now leads the team with seven.
-Holmes drove in four runs, a career-high and the most by a Hawk this season.
-Danny Long had three hits, his first three-hit contest this season.
-Sean McHugh scored his first career run.
-Kyle Ajjan made his second start of the season.
-MU pitching allowed just five hits, the third time this season the Hawks have held a team to five or less.
-Monmouth and Longwood met for the first time ever in baseball competition.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outhit Longwood 17-5.
-The Hawks bullpen struck out 12 batters and allowed just one baserunner in six innings.
-Dombroski earned the win, his second career victory and first since 4/11/17 at Columbia.
-Longwood used seven pitchers, with Alec Abdalah taking the loss after allowing five runs on six hits in 2.1 innings.
-12 position players saw action for the Hawks.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth closes the trip to Virginia with a matchup tomorrow vs. Richmond at 3:00 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+.