CARY, NC – Outfielder Eric Sabato hit his first home run as a Hawk, but the Monmouth University Baseball team dropped a Sunday decision to Penn State University, 11-3. Austin Denlinger had three hits for MU in the game.
 
The Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead, with Denlinger continuing his hot hitting with an RBI double over shortstop to score Mason Wolf, who had walked and moved to second on a wild pitch. Will Trochiano would later score on a wild pitch in the inning to give Monmouth an early lead.
 
PSU got one back in the bottom of the second before exploding for seven in the third to make it 8-2. MU got one back on Sabato's first career home run in the fourth, a long ball over the left field ball, before the Nittany Lions added single runs in three straight innings to close out the 11-3 win.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"The big inning early in the game did us in; we dug a big hole and were unable to dig out. Over the course of the weekend, we did some good things." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt
 
-Denlinger has now opened his MU career with hits in six in a row, five of those multi-hit games including his second three-hit contest today.
-Eric Sabato hit his first home run as a Hawk, and posted his second multi-hit game.
-Phil Stahl has opened the year on a six-game hit streak.
-Drew Helmstetter posted his first scoreless outing as a Hawk with 1.1 innings out of the bullpen.
-Skyler Saunders collected his first hit as a Hawk.
-Jay Bant notched his first hit of the season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Jem Sisco threw 2.2 innings with three K's, taking the loss.
-Reed Interdonato fanned four in four innings.
-Helmstetter tossed 1.1 one-hit innings.
-MU was outhit 14-9.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth is in Hampton, VA on Friday to take on Merrimack.