POMONA, NY – Monmouth University Baseball (24-27) was eliminated from the 2022 MAAC Tournament Wednesday night by sixth-seeded Niagara, 9-5 at Clover Stadium in Pomona. Three Hawks had multiple hits in the game.
 
Niagara jumped out with eight runs in the first inning to take the lead, and added one in the fourth to make it 9-0. MU got on the board in the sixth, with the first two reaching ahead of an RBI single from Dixon Black. James Harmstead singled home a run with a hard-hit ball to left to make it 9-2 before Joey Ventresca hit a ball into the gap to score two more and cut it to 9-2.
 
Dan Klepchick delivered two shutout innings with four strikeouts and Reed Interdonato added another, and Monmouth got an RBI single from Black in the ninth to trim it to 9-5. MU was one batter away from getting the tying run to the plate in the ninth but were unable to do so.

NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"Not the way we wanted our season to end. We made every effort to get back in the game after falling behind early and never quit. Thanks to our 12 seniors for a good year and solid careers; they are solid young men who will be successful in the future." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt
 
-Dixon Black's ninth-inning single was his 100^th career hit.
-Dan Klepchick's four strikeouts brought his final career total to 242, second most in program history.
-Monmouth's pitching staff concludes the season with 457 strikeouts, 73 more than the prior program record.
-Jake Catalano concludes the season as Monmouth's leading hitter amongst qualifiers.
-Trey Dombroski struck out 10, his sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
 
-Jacob Bruning got the win with five innings, allowing three runs.
-Each team made two errors.
-There were 19 combined hits in the contest.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth concludes the 2022 season with 24 victories. The Hawks will begin play in the CAA next season.