HARTFORD, Conn. (courtesy Trinity sports info) - Trinity College
senior Chandler Barnard (Lubbock, Texas) pitched a one-hitter over
six innings to lead the Bantams to a 1-0 win in the first game and
a doubleheader sweep against the the visiting Brandeis University
Judges in baseball action this afternoon. Sophomore James Wood
(Windham, NH) accounted for the only scoring in the game, by means
of a towering home run in the fifth inning.
Trinity kept rolling into the second game, scoring seven runs in
the first three innings en route to a 7-4 triumph. Trinity, ranked
No. 2 in the nation, improves the best record in college baseball
to 32-0. Brandeis falls to 17-16.
Barnard and Brandeis' Craig Letendre (Acushnet, Mass.) combined to
allow just three hits and one earned run in game one. Trinity
senior SS Thomas DiBenedetto (Fort Myers, Fla.) went 2-for-3 with a
double and four RBI, while Malcolm Cone-Coleman (Portland, Maine)
went 2-for-3 for the Judges in the nightcap. Several Bantam
pitchers appeared on the hill for Trinity in the second game with
senior Jon Rappaport (East Longmeadow, Mass.) earning the win.