SPARTANBURG, SC -  Monmouth University Baseball (3-4) fought back to tie the game but ultimately fell at SoCon preseason favorite Wofford College (7-1) in the bottom of the ninth on Sunday afternoon, 3-2. Three Hawks had multiple hits, while Trey Dombroski (Manasquan, NJ/Wall) struck out nine in six innings.

Wofford got on the board in the third, with Hudson Byorick doubling home a run before scoring on a wild pitch later in the inning. That would be the last run the Terriers would score until the ninth, as Monmouth got back into it. Back-to-back doubles off the bats of Zach Schild (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) and Johnny Zega (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) got MU on the board, and Zega would come across on a throwing error in the sixth to knot things at two.

The Blue and White had opportunities, putting runners in scoring position in the sixth, seventh and eighth but could not convert. In the ninth, Brett Rodriguez doubled into the corner and Byorick singled into left, ultimately enabling Rodriguez to score the winning run.

NOTES AND QUOTES

"We were locked in a real good college baseball game today. I am really proud of our team. We battled and exhibited some toughness against a very good team. The defense came up big when we needed to make plays, our pitchers competed and gave us a chance to win." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt

-Trey Dombroski struck out nine, the most by a Hawk freshman since March 30, 2010 when Rob Hensey did it at Saint Peter's.
-Zach Schild has started four games, and has a hit in all of them.
-Johnny Zega and JP Walsh each notched their third multi-hit games of the season, leading the team.
-All three Monmouth pitchers in the game were underclassmen, with two freshmen tossing the majority of the contest.
-Nick Houghton has opened the year with 3.1 shutout innings.
-Danny Long had a stretch of 90 straight appearances broken.
-MU did not draw a walk in the contest.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outhit Wofford 9-6.
-Hawk pitching allowed just two earned runs and fanned 10.
-Wofford used three pitchers, with Rasesh Pandya eventually earning the win with 2.1 shutout innings out of the bullpen.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth is at the University of San Diego on Friday, February 28 for a 6:00 p.m. first pitch.