Schenectady, NY (May 7, 2005) Union's offense was out in full force Saturday afternoon, combining for 34 runs on 33 hits to earn a sweep at home against Hartwick. The Dutchmen came back from a five-run deficit in game one to earn an 18-10 decision. In game two they scored in all but one inning on the way to a 14-1 victory. Senior Mike Flanagan (Oxford, NY) led the charge as he finished 5-for-9 on the day with seven RBIs and four runs scored. Union improved to 11-20 overall while Hartwick fell to 9-23.

Hartwick jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one with doubles from Mike Palanza and Alex Bean. Union responded with a four-run second inning that began with back-to-back doubles from Flanagan and Brian Rhone (Deedham, MA). Adam Chadwick (Hampton, NY) singled to right center field, bringing in Ben Brown (Brookline, NH) to give the Dutchmen their first lead of the game.

The Hawks regained the lead in the top of the third with six runs to make it 9-4. Seth Farrelly drove in two runs with a two-out single to left field, two batters later Brad Polcare drove in two more with a triple to left field as well. Union made another comeback in the bottom half of the inning by scoring seven runs to hold an 11-9 edge. Flanagan doubled to drive in the first two runs and a pair of errors by Hartwick allowed Union to tack on five more.

Hatwick managed just one more run for the rest of the game when Palanza scored on a passed ball in the fourth inning. Union added six more runs in fifth to put the game away with Flanagan driving in two of those runs on his third double of the game.

Pitcher John Moore (Westport, MA) picked up the win for Union. He entered the game in the second and allowed just two hits and no earned runs while striking out four batters in 4.1 innings of work. It was Moore's second win of the season. On the other side Tyler Saladin suffered just his second loss, allowing 16 earned runs on 18 hits in four innings.

In the nightcap an error by Hartwick second baseman Brad Polcare with two outs, opened the door for a seven-run second inning to turn a tight one-run Union lead into an 8-0 cushion. The Hawks had the Dutchmen looking at a scoreless frame with two quick outs in the second. Matt Smith (Latham, NY) got on board with a bunt single to keep Union alive. Chadwick came up and hit the ball to Polcare for what seemed to be a routine out. Polcare could not come up with the ball though and Kyle Murphy (Plymouth, MA) followed up with a triple to right field on the next play to set the wheels in motion.

Union tacked on six more runs over the next three innings, including three in the fourth off of singles from Chadwick and Flanagan.

Pitcher Frank Arcuri (Utica, NY) did not give up any earned runs. He allowed just five hits and struck out two batters in his third win of the season. His bid for a shutout was spoiled in the sixth inning when Anthony Angrisano scored on an error with two outs. Starter Avram Doomchin suffered the loss for Hartwick despite giving up just one earned run on seven hits in two innings of work.

Union will close out the season on Tuesday, May 10^th with a doubleheader at Rochester beginning at 1:00 p.m.