Junior Chris Shank recorded two homeruns, including a gamewinning homer to lead the Ravens past Northern Colorado

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Rallies Past Northern Colorado in 10, 9-8
Shank's two homers rallies Ravens then earns win

PHOENIX, Ariz. (March 21, 2002) - Junior Chris Shank (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) belted a pair of homeruns, including a walk-off blast in the bottom of the tenth inning, to lead Franklin Pierce University
to a come-from-behind 9-8 victory over the University of Northern Colorado in non-conference baseball action at Brazell Stadium on the campus of Grand Canyon University this afternoon.

Shank belted a three-run blast to deep centerfield to knot the score at 8-8 in the bottom of the sixth, then his solo shot to left with two outs in the tenth was the winning margin. He hit three-for six on the day, while making his first career start at shortstop for the Ravens, with two runs scored and five RBIs.

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grabbed a 2-1 lead after one inning of play, but Northern Colorado erupted for seven runs, just three of them earned, in the third inning as the Ravens committed three errors, a wild pitch and a passed ball in the frame. FP
starter Dan Close (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) allowed eight runs, just three earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks in three innings of work.

Junior Jon White earned his second win of the season

Freshman Gary Laakso (Athol, Mass./Athol) came in an tossed four innings of no-hit relief to give FP
a chance to comeback. Junior Jon White (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic) earned the win (2-1) as he fired three innings of one-hit shutout ball with two strikeouts and no walks less than 48 hours after he had used over 130 pitches in a eight-plus inning effort against Grand Canyon on Tuesday.

Freshman Bear Dunn (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) hit 3-6 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Ravens, while junior Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) and freshmen Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) and Mike MacSwain (Stoughton, Mass./Coyle Cassidy) each added two hits apiece.

UNC reliever Angelo Telitz suffered the loss as he allowed the one earned run on two hits in 1.2 innings of work. Starter Dan Beck allowed seven runs, six earned, on ten hits with three walks and three strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work.

Junior Eric Aragon drove in three RBIs with a double, while classmate Lance Rankin and freshman Justin Tate each added a pair of hits. Rankin chipped in an RBI.

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(4-4) wraps up its annual spring trip with a doubleheader against Grand Canyon on Saturday at 5 p.m. Northern Colorado (7-12) faces Grand Canyon later tonight.

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
UNC	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	3
FPC	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	9	15	5

Batteries
UNC: Dan Beck, Jason Sands (6th), Ryan Symons (6th), Angelo Telitz (9th) and Lance Rankin.
FPC: Dan Close, Gary Laakso (4th), Jon White (8th) and Eric Cavers, Al Medeiros (5th).

WP: White (2-1)
LP: Telitz (0-3)
HR: Shank 2 (2)