Saint Anselm Stuns FP
in Ninth, 6-4
Beauregard’s walk-off homerun caps Hawks comeback win

RINDGE, N.H. (April 9, 2002) - For the second straight day Franklin Pierce University
suffered a devastating loss as Saint Anselm College rallied in the ninth inning to post a 6-4 victory in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action at Sullivan Field this afternoon.

Freshman Keith Beauregard belted a one-out walk-off grand slam to cap a Saint Anselm College rally that began with a leadoff blast by junior Marc Ouellet.

Franklin Pierce right-hander Matt Weagle (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) looked to earn his first win of the season (0-4), but saw his winless streak stretch to five-straight decisions dating back to last season. He was touched for six earned runs on nine hits with nine strikeouts and two walks in the complete game effort.

Saint Anselm senior Dan Pomeroy earned the win in relief as he struck out three of the four batters he faced after entering the game in the eighth inning.

After Saint Anselm took an early 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, the Ravens answered with a single run in the sixth inning when sophomore Dante Blancarte (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) laced an RBI single.

FP
scored two runs in the seventh as senior Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) doubled with one out and junior Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) followed with a homerun to give the Ravens a 3-1 advantage.

Franklin Pierce stretched the lead to three runs in the eighth as Blancarte doubled and then scored on a pinch-hit single by sophomore Teddy Guardiani (Marlboro, Mass./Hudson Catholic).

Loiseau, McAuliffe and Blancarte all registered two hits to lead the FP
offense.

FP
(11-10, 6-4 NE-10) looks to rebound with a non-conference battle with Monadnock Region rival Keene State College tomorrow afternoon at Crystal Field at 3:30 p.m. Saint Anselm (8-20, 6-6 NE-10) travels to Stonehill College on Friday at 3:30 p.m.