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Nick Lovarco leads off first base with a defender behind him
Lindsey Husic
Nick Lovarco had a home run and two RBIs in the win over Penn.
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UPenn UPENN 14-16
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Winner Monmouth University MONMOUTH 20-14
UPenn UPENN
14-16
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Final
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Monmouth University MONMOUTH
20-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UPenn UPENN 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 9 1
Monmouth University MONMOUTH 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 X 5 7 0

W: Horvath, David (1-0) L: Aidan von Zuben (0-2) S: Danyluk, Jake (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hawks Rally in Seventh For Win Over Penn

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The Monmouth University baseball team reached the 20-win plateau as the Hawks rallied for a 5-3 win over the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Hawks have won five of their last six and reached the 20-win plateau for the second straight season. 
 
Monmouth got on the board first in the contest. Nick Lovarco launched a one-out home run to right center and gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead. 
 
The third and fourth innings belonged to the pitchers. 
 
Penn used a pair of sac flies in the top of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead in the contest. 
 
The Quakers added to their lead in the sixth with an RBI single.
 
The Hawks got one back in the bottom of the sixth as Jake Howlett's sac fly scored Chris Walsh.
 
Monmouth took the lead back in the bottom of the seventh. Colin Richter scored the tying run on a wild pitch. Walsh's sac fly put the Hawks on top 4-3. Monmouth added an insurance run on Lovarco's two-out infield single.
 
David Horvath set the Quakers down in order in the eighth and Jake Danyluk did the same in the ninth to secure the 5-3 victory.
 
Notes
  • The win gave the Hawks their 20th victory of the season. It's the second straight season and 28th time under Coach Dean Ehehalt that the Hawks have reached that mark.
  • Simmi Whitehill's sixth inning single stretched his reached base safely streak to 34 straight games. Whitehill matched Casey Caufield (2022) for the longest reached base safely streak in the last 10 years.
  • Nick Lovarco knocked in a pair of runs for the Hawks. He has now recorded multiple RBIs in three straight games and is tied for the team lead with eight multi-RBI games.
  • Wyatt Hunt had multiple hits for the second time in the last three games. He is tied for the team-lead with 14 multi-hit games this season. 
  • Lovarco's home run tied him for the team lead with six this season. 
  • Chris Walsh stole his team-leading 19th base of the season. 
  • David Horvath earned his first win of the season with two innings of scoreless relief. He struck out a team-best two batters.
  • Jake Danyluk picked up his second save of the season while not allowing a hit in the ninth.   
Up Next
  • The Hawks are back in action on Friday, Apr. 17 when they kick off a three-game set at Stony Brook. First pitch is set for 2 p.m
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