Score: Stevens Institute of Technology 10, Elmira College 1
Records: Elmira (2-10, 0-3 E8), Stevens (6-9, 3-0 E8)
Location: Dobbelaar Baseball Field at the DeBaun Athletic Complex -- Hoboken, N.J.

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- The Elmira College baseball team was held to a single run in the Empire 8 Conference series finale against Stevens Institute of Technology, as the Ducks downed the Soaring Eagles 10-1 to complete the three-game sweep at Dobbelaar Baseball Field at the DeBaun Athletic Complex

Stevens scored a combined five runs in the first two innings to quickly take a comfortable lead. After the Ducks loaded the bases, EC third baseman Joey Florio '20 was able to throw out leadoff batter Tommy Baronner at home with a great defensive play, but a wild pitch in the next at-bat allowed A.J. Falconite to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.

Elmira nearly escaped the bases-loaded jam with just the single run allowed, as Angus Adams '22 fanned Patrick Rood for the second out and got the ground ball he needed for the final out, but an infield error scored two unearned runs, as Stevens widened the gap to 3-0.

Adams, who led all EC pitchers with three strikeouts on Sunday, was relieved after giving up two more runs in the bottom of the second. Second-year righty Taber Carter '21 then entered out of the bullpen and compiled not only one of the best outings by a Soaring Eagle on the mound over the weekend, but the best of his young collegiate career. The Hannibal, New York, native completed 4.0 innings of hitless ball with one walk and two strikeouts on 40 pitches.

Unfortunately for the Purple and Gold, the Ducks posted a five-spot in the bottom of the seventh after Carter exited the contest. 

The lone run for the Soaring Eagles came in the top of the ninth. Back-to-back base hits by Mason Ryan '22 and Tommy Fogarty '20 spoiled Stevens' shutout. With two away, Harrison Zambarano '19 singled, followed by walks to Jourdan Plaisted '21 and Sam Plaugher '20. However, it was too little, too late, as EC stranded the bases loaded to end the game.

Junior Chandler Brierley earned the win, his first of 2019, as the 6-foot-7-inch left-hander logged 7.0 innings with two hits, one walk, and 12 strikeouts.

News and Notes

• Plaugher led Elmira with two hits and two walks in four plate appearances on Sunday.
• In two appearances against Stevens, Plaugher finished 2-for-2 with five walks, reaching base in every plate appearance.
• Fogarty also had two hits, going 2-for-4 with one RBI.
• Zambarano, Mason Ryan '22 and Mark Ryan '21 each had one hit against the Ducks in the series finale.
• Carter pitched a career-high 4.0 innings out of the bullpen with two strikeouts.
• In three games as a sophomore, Carter has completed 6.2 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits with three walks and five strikeouts in that span.
• Zach Williamson '20 tossed a scoreless inning in relief against the Ducks.

Up Next
Elmira's Empire 8 schedule continues with a midweek doubleheader on the road against St. John Fisher College on Wednesday, March 27. The first pitch at Dugan Yard in Rochester, New York, is set for 12:30 p.m.