Hooksett, N.H. – Top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University claimed a 13-4 win over the third-seeded Le Moyne College baseball team on Friday in game one of the best-of-three NCAA Championship East Super Regional at SNHU's Penmen Field.

Game two of the series will be played on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. Game three, if necessary, is scheduled to start 60 minutes following the conclusion of game two. To win the Super Regional, the Dolphins will need to beat the Penmen twice on Saturday.

Senior right-handed pitcher Jeffrey Praml, who was named Northeast-10 Conference Northeast Division Pitcher of the Year as well as the East Region Pitcher of the Year according to the D2CCA, started game one of the series on the mound for #10/13 SNHU and held #26 Le Moyne to five hits, one walk and two runs with seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work to improve his 2023 record to 11-3.

Le Moyne scratched across two more runs against freshman right-hander Frankie DeMaro, who pitched the eighth and ninth innings for the Penmen.

Junior left-handed pitcher Max Parker (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) made his third postseason start of 2023 for the Dolphins and was replaced by freshman right-hander AJ Petraitis (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) with two outs in the second inning. Petraitis went on to complete 5.1 innings of work before graduate righty Jacob Maser (Chittenango, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse)) pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

Right fielder Wyatt Patchett (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva) launched his 12^th home run of the season (a solo shot in the top of the second) during the setback, while graduate first baseman Dewey Roden (Sherrill, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) extended his hitting streak to 12 games by tallying a team-high two hits against the Penmen on Friday.

Freshman designated hitter Brody Keneston (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) and senior center fielder Zach Brush (New York Mills, N.Y./New York Mills) both delivered an RBI.

The first three hitters in Southern New Hampshire's batting order, junior shortstop Danniel Rivera, sophomore right fielder Anderson Moreno, and junior first baseman Mike La Rocca, each tallied three hits during SNHU's 41^st victory of the campaign. Moreno and La Rocca both recorded a home run against the Dolphins, while junior catcher Nick Schwartz and redshirt-junior third baseman Christian Mercedes both went 2 for 4 at the plate with two RBIs each.

The Dolphins broke the tie in the top of the first when Roden doubled down the right field line following a one-out walk from fifth-year shortstop Nick Nevins (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham). SNHU tied the game in the bottom of the frame following back-to-back doubles from Rivera and Moreno to lead off the inning, then the Penmen added three more runs in the first with the help of an RBI single from Schwartz and a two-RBI single from Mercedes.

Patchett stepped to the plate with two outs in the top of the second and ripped a line drive over the wall in right-center field to trim Le Moyne's deficit to two runs.

SNHU tallied four more runs in the bottom of the second on a two-run home run from La Rocca and a two-RBI single from freshman second baseman Dyrenson Wouters.

A solo home run from Moreno in the bottom of the third made it 9-2 in favor of the Penmen, then they extended their lead to 12-2 in the bottom of the fifth.

Nevins extended his postseason hitting streak to nine games by hitting a single to right field with one out in the top of the sixth, but Praml struck out the next two batters to end the inning and strand Nevins at first.

Brush led off the top of the 7^th for the Dolphins and smashed a 2-2 pitch to the warning track in right-center field for a double. Sophomore catcher Benji Ries (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) moved him to third by ripping a line drive that dropped in front of the center fielder, but Praml retired the next three Le Moyne hitters via strikeout to end the inning and keep his team's lead at 10 runs.

SNHU added a run in the bottom of the seventh, then Le Moyne got two back in the top of the eighth.

Nevins drew his second walk of the game with one out and nobody on base in the eighth, then Roden moved him into scoring position with a base hit to right field. Keneston drove a pitch back up the middle to knock in Nevins, then Brush lifted a fly ball to left field which allowed Roden to tag up and score.