WALTHAM, Mass. (May 2, 2026) – Salve Regina University, ranked No. 4 in this week's American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA Division III poll, fought its way to a doubleheader sweep of Emerson College to close out the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) baseball regular season at Stein Diamond on the campus of Brandeis University today. Salve edged Emerson 8-7 in 14 innings in game one and then closed out the twin bill with a 13-3 victory in the nightcap.
Game 1: #4 Salve Regina 8, Emerson 7 (14-innings)
Coors belted a home run and clutch two-run single in extra innings for the Lions in game one. (PHOTO BY Andrew Monson) |
Senior Elliot Hamilton went 4-for-6 with a pair of doubles, a stolen base, run scored and three RBI – delivering a sacrifice fly in the top of the 14th inning that put Salve Regina in front for good in the back-and-forth contest. Sophomore Dylan Cimini added three hits and two RBI for the Seahawks, while classmate Danny Rogers (New Canaan, Connecticut/New Canaan) produced three hits and scored twice with a stolen base.
Freshman lefthander Ethan Santerre earned the win (2-0) in relief for Salve with 2.1 scoreless innings, yielding just one baserunner on a walk with two strikeouts. Sophomore righthander Nolan Romanowski started and went the first eight for the Seahawks, allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits with seven strikeouts and a walk.
Senior Charlie Coors posted a pair of hits, including a solo home run to spark the Emerson offense and a clutch two run single up the middle with two out in the 12th inning to extend the game after Salve had scored a pair in the top half. Sophomore Aidan Callahan went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, while junior Justin Fields added two hits, including a double, with two runs scored for the Lions. Sophomore John Churchward chipped in with two RBI.
Sophomore righthander Henry Kagan started for Emerson and allowed five earned runs on 12 hits with a strikeout and three walks over the first 5.2 innings. Junior righthander Tyler Metcalf followed and scattered two earned runs and seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks over the next 5.2 innings. Senior righthander Huon Fitzpatrick took the loss (0-1), surrendering an earned run on a hit in 2.2 innings for the Lions.
Salve scored single runs in the first three innings and then fifth and sixth, but Emerson responded by following up Coors solo homer in the second with two in the third to knot the score (3-3). Callahan and Fields singled with one out and then Callahan scored when Churchward reached on a fielder's choice before senior Braeden O'Connell followed with a sacrifice fly to score Fields.
Salve regained the lead in the fifth on an RBI double by Hamilton, but Emerson grabbed the lead in the home half with a pair of runs with two out. Fields sparked the inning with a two-out double and scored when Churchward followed with an RBI single down the rightfield line. First year Liam Wagner added an RBI single to center two batters later to push the Lions into the lead (5-4). Salve answered in the sixth with a leadoff double by senior Matt Stokes and RBI single to right by Cimini with two away.
The game remained deadlocked into the 12th when Salve appeared to grab control with two runs in the top half. Postgrad Brady Smolinski pushed the Seahawks back in front with a pinch-hit RBI single, followed by an RBI single by Cimini for what seemed like an important insurance run. Emerson loaded the bases with two out with two hit batters and a walk before Coors delivered his two-run single up the middle. The Lions loaded the bases again with a walk but could not plate the winning run as Santerre worked out of the jam with a pop up.
Rogers led off the decisive 14th with a single and would go on to score the eventual winning run with Hamilton's sacrifice fly to right. Santerre retired Emerson in order in the bottom of the inning to close out the victory.
Game 2: #4 Salve Regina 13, Emerson 3
Fuller homered twice in game two for the Lions (PHOTO BY Andrew Monson) |
Salve Regina pulled away late to secure the sweep with the game two win. Matt Stokes went 3-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI and two runs scored to pace the Seahawks lineup, while Brady Smolinski added a pair of hits, including a home run and three RBI. Sophomore Grady Schopps contributed a pair of hits, including a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
Junior righthander Luis Ortiz earned the win (8-0) on the mound for Salve, scattering 11 hits and yielding just an earned run with nine strikeouts and no walks over seven innings.
First year Vincent Fuller hit 3-for-4 with two home runs for Emerson, finishing the season with a team-best five knocks. Braeden O'Connell finished 4-for-5, including his 100th career hit, in his final collegiate game with a double and RBI. Justin Fields chipped in with a pair of hits in his last collegiate game for the Lions. Junior righthander Shane Moriarty took the loss (0-1), surrendering four earned runs on six hits with a strikeout and no walks in four-plus innings.
Salve grabbed a quick lead in the top of the first inning again, with Smolinski recording an RBI single down the leftfield line. The Seahawks added three in the fourth with station-to-station offense until Stokes produced an RBI double between run scoring singles from Schopps and Rogers.
Fuller put Emerson on the board with a leadoff home run to left center in the bottom of the fourth, but Salve started to pull away with a three run sixth capped by a three-run home run down the leftfield line by Smolinski.
Fuller added his second homerun of the game in the eighth after O'Connell collected his 100th career hit with an infield single in the seventh. Back-to-back RBI doubles from Schopps and Stokes closed out the Salve scoring in the top of the ninth and then O'Connell had a productive groundout to score the Lions last run of the season in the home half.
Up Next
Emerson finishes its 2026 season with a 6-25 record overall, including 2-13 in NEWMAC play. Salve (33-4, 14-2 NEWMAC) is the top seed for next week's NEWMAC Baseball Championship after capturing the regular season title, but will close out the regular season by hosting Keene State College tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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