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Game 1 - W 12-3
Game 2 - W 7-3

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EAST STROUDSBURG - Redshirt sophomore third baseman Jay Young had four hits, including three doubles, in the leadoff spot to pace East Stroudsburg University to a non-conference baseball doubleheader sweep vs. Le Moyne (12-3, 7-3) on Wednesday at Mitterling Field.
 
Young, ranked 17th in Division II in batting average (.447) entering the week, raised his mark to .449, going 4-for-8 with a pair of two-hit games.

Redshirt junior SS Drew Hercik was 4-for-6 with a double, and junior 1B Dylan Tamecki, the reigning PSAC East Athlete of the Week for the second time in four weeks, was 3-for-6 with four RBI for ESU (24-11).

Eight Warriors appeared on the mound in the midweek twinbill, with redshirt junior Matt Festa earning the win in game one with a scoreless relief inning, and freshman Derrick Jackson gaining the win with 3.0 innings of work in his first career start in the nightcap.

Junior Brandon Holup struck out the side in his only inning of work after relieving Jackson in game two.

Sophomore Tyler Eckman, who has an ESU record nine saves, worked the final inning of both victories.

The sweep gives ESU at least 24 victories in each of the last seven seasons under eighth-year head coach John Kochmansky.

ESU hosts Wilmington (24-8) in a single nine-inning game on Thursday at 3 p.m. The Wildcats, ranked No. 25 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, are coming off a 9-5 loss to West Chester in the Bill Giles Invitational championship game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
 
The Warriors face West Chester (18-8, 13-5) this weekend, hosting the Golden Rams on Friday at 1 p.m.
 
GAME 1 - W 12-3
 
ESU fell behind 3-0 after the top of the first as Wilmington scored three runs (two unearned) off senior Andrew Furber, but the Warriors scored two runs in both the first and second before pulling away with a six-run fifth inning.

Young (2-for-4, RBI, run), sophomore OF Ian Allen (2-for-3, 3 runs), Tamecki (2-for-4, 3 RBI) and Hercik (2-for-3, 2 runs) all had two hits for the Warriors.

Tamecki, who finished the day with 42 RBI this season, had a two-run single in the first inning after Young doubled, Allen walked and a double steal put runners at second and third.

Hercik singled, stole second and scored on an RBI single by freshman 2B Aden Tully in the second, and Young followed with an RBI double to give the Warriors a 4-3 lead.

In the fifth, redshirt sophomore OF Casey Saverio walked and Allen doubled before a crucial Wilmington error, the first of two in the inning, scored Saverio on a sacrifice fly by redshirt junior 1B Matt Walewski for a 5-3 lead. Freshman OF Christian Rishel clubbed a two-run double, and ESU finished the inning with six runs on three hits, two walks and two errors.

The Warriors scored two more runs in the sixth, including an RBI single by Tamecki.

Festa worked a 1-2-3 second inning and picked up the win in relief. Junior John Armbrust struck out two around a hit in the fourth, and freshman Joe Cominsky (3.0 IP, 3 hits, 3 walks) allowed just one hit. Eckman pitched a 1-2-3 seventh.

GAME 2 - W 7-3
 
ESU scored in each of the first four innings after falling behind again in the first, this time 2-0, with a pair of unearned runs.

Jackson settled in and went 3.0 innings (0 ER, 4 hits), leaving with a 5-2 lead. Holup struck out the side in the fourth, freshman Austin Bashore worked two scoreless frames and Eckman allowed one run in the seventh.

Young doubled to start the bottom of the first, Saverio walked and Young scored on an RBI groundout by Allen before Tamecki's RBI single tied the game at 2-2.

ESU took the lead in the second when junior 2B Nick Rabasco walked, stole second and scored on an RBI single by Young.

The Warriors extended their lead to 5-2 in the third with a pair of two-out runs. Tamecki walked, Hercik doubled and Tamecki scored on a wild pitch. Junior DH Brett Bonn followed with an RBI single.

In the fourth, Walewski had a two-run single to extend the lead to 7-2.

ESU ranked 14th in DII in batting average (.340) and ninth in on-base percentage (.428) entering the week and hit .339 (19-for-56) with a .431 on-base percentage on Wednesday.

The Warriors' pitching staff, sixth in DII with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings, had 14 strikeouts in 14 innings and allowed just two earned runs.