Box Scores
W 3-1
W 10-4

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Redshirt senior Conner Crookham and freshman Connor Johnson combined for a one-hitter in a 3-1 win in the opener, and East Stroudsburg University belted three home runs in the sixth inning of a 10-4 win in game two as the Warriors swept a Saturday doubleheader vs. Pitt-Johnstown and posted a 3-1 weekend series victory.

ESU (10-6), ranked No. 5 in last week's NCBWA Division II Atlantic Region poll, won Friday's opener 7-3 before falling 9-3 in the nightcap. UPJ (9-10) entered the week No. 10 in the region with an 8-7 record before the Warriors took three of four.

Crookham (5.0 innings, unearned run, 1 hit, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks) yielded just a single to the second batter of the game, and Johnson (2.0 IP, 2 walks) didn't allow a hit in his second relief stint of the weekend.

Freshman SS Joey Paolini provided a two-run home run in a three-run second inning that deposited all of the Warriors' runs in the opener.

In game two, ESU trailed 3-0 going to the bottom of the fourth, but got two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and five in the sixth. Senior OF Ian Allen, junior 3B Laine Renaud and redshirt freshman OF Tom Nuneviller all homered in the fifth inning.

Redshirt senior 1B Dylan Tamecki was 3-for-4 with a double and three runs, Allen was 2-for-3 with a double, home run, walk, RBI and two runs, Renaud was 2-for-3 with a homer, hit by pitch, three RBI and a run and redshirt senior OF Casey Saverio was 1-for-1 with three walks and a run.

Redshirt freshman right-hander Chris Crookham picked up the win with 2.2 innings of scoreless, hitless relief. He struck out three and walked two.

Allen's homer was his team-leading fifth of the season and the 15th of his career, becoming the eighth player in school history with at least 15 home runs.

Renaud's homer was his first at ESU, and Nuneviller had his second career homer.

GAME 1 - W 3-1

UPJ scored its only run and collected its only hit in the top of the first. Evan Appleby reached on an error to open the game, Jack Shirk singled and Appleby eventually scored on a fielders choice to put the Warriors down 1-0.

All three of ESU's run in the second were scored with two outs. Junior C Steven Zimmerman, Jr. walked and Renaud singled to start the inning. Zimmerman moved to third on a fly ball and scored on a wild pitch, and Paolini clubbed a two-run homer - his second long ball in as many days - for a 3-1 lead.

ESU was held to just three hits, with Tamecki notching a single in the third inning. Neither team did much to threaten over the final five frames.

UPJ starter Trentin Martin went 5.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits with five strikeouts and three walks.

Conner Crookham improved to 2-0 in his third start of the season, and Johnson notched his first career save.

GAME 2 - W 10-4

ESU had nine of its 12 hits over the final three innings, getting on the scoreboard after trailing 3-0 as UPJ plated one run in the first and two in the fourth.

In the bottom of the fourth, Tamecki had a leadoff double, Renaud was hit by a pitch, Zimmerman reached on a fielders choice and Saverio walked to load the bases with one out. Junior OF Charles Edwards reached on a throwing error to the plate which scored Tamecki, and Paolini had an RBI fielders choice to plate Saverio and get the Warriors within 3-2.

UPJ tallied in the top of the fifth to lead 4-2, but the Warriors went ahead with three runs in the bottom half. Allen and Sulcoski traded leadoff doubles, Tamecki singled, Renaud had an RBI single to tie the game, Saverio walked and redshirt sophomore P.J. Van Orman had a fielders choice to score Renaud with the go-ahead run.

Chris Crookham got the Warriors out of the fifth and shut down UPJ over the final two innings. ESU put the game away with five insurance runs in the sixth - a leadoff homer by Allen, a two-run homer by Renaud after a single by Tamecki, and a two-run homer by Nuneviller after the third walk of the game by Saverio.

Redshirt senior right-hander Ben Stine made his first start of the season, going 4.1 innings and allowing four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and three walks.

The Warriors had 18 baserunners in six innings on offense - 12 hits, five walks and a hit by pitch.