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Sea Gulls sweep Mustangs in doubleheader

SALISBURY, Md. -
The No. 9 Salisbury University baseball team swept Villa Julie College in a Monday afternoon doubleheader at Sea Gull Field. Salisbury won the two games by a combined score of 17-2. SU took the first game 4-1 and followed with a 13-2 victory.

Senior Tom Howell (2-0) pitched a seven-inning complete game in the first game of the doubleheader. Howell allowed one unearned run, two hits and issued three walks. He struck out four in the seven inning game.

Salisbury got on the board with two runs in the first and second innings. Junior Justin Armiger (2-for-3) connected on a solo home run in the first inning. In the next inning, shortstop Brian Camper hit his second home run of the season, a two-run shot, to right field. In addition to Armiger, senior Colin Kraus and freshmen Hunter Wessells and Mike Celenza had two hits in the victory. SU tallied 11 total hits in the first game.

In the second game, Salisbury scored seven runs in the first three innings, highlighted by four in the second. Junior Mark Bostwick slammed a solo home run in the third inning, his third of the season. Salisbury added six insurance runs in the fifth inning to put the game away.

Senior Dan Oleynik (6-2) went five innings to win his sixth win of the season. Oleynik gave up one run, six hits and struck out one. Sophomore pitcher Jeff Feigl and senior Matt Peterson each pitched an inning of relief to close out the game for the Gulls.

At the plate, Kraus went 4-for-4, knocked in four runs and scored three times to lead the Sea Gulls. Senior Andrew Jensen went 3-for-5, scored once and plated two runners to increase his team lead in RBIs to 49. SU now has a seven-game winning streak.

Salisbury will face No. 16 Johns Hopkins University tomorrow (May 1) at 3:30 p.m.