Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 2/10/24

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A bright first two innings in game one gave the Falcons hope, but it would prove to be a long afternoon for the visitors, as Lackawanna College dropped its first two games of the 2024 campaign to Bryant & Stratton, 9-6 and 13-1, on Saturday afternoon on the campus of the Bobcats.
 
Lackawanna (0-2) could not have asked for a better start to the year in game one, as Nick Matson (Redshirt-First Year; Nanticoke, PA) hit a leadoff homerun to immediately give the Falcons a 1-0 advantage. Aydan McNelly (Sophomore; Limerick, PA) hit a two-run jack soon after, and the Falcons led 3-0 before an out had been recorded. They added to that lead when Michael Rickert (Sophomore; Moosic, PA) blasted his own homer to make it 4-1 in the top of the second, but the Falcons were undone by a six-run second inning for the Bobcats (5-0), highlighted by a three-run homer to tie the game, and then a two-run double that gave B&S the lead for good.
 
Matson was 3-for-5 in his debut for the Falcons, while McNelly was 2-for-4. The Falcons drew nine walks, but also struck out nine times and stranded eleven batters. Nick Biasi (First Year; Hazle Township, PA) got the start, but was chased after two innings, giving up seven runs on four hits and walking five batters for the loss.
 
In game two, a Michael Miller (Sophomore; Lafayette Hill, PA) homer in the second was the lone bright spot, as the Falcons struggled to get going at the plate and in the field in a 13-1 loss in seven innings. Miller's homer came in the top of the second to tie the game at one, but B&S beat up on starter Jace Cunnane (Sophomore; Clarkstown, NY) plating four more runs in the second and then a sixth in the third that chased Cunnane from the game. Lackawanna walked in a run, hit two batters with the bases loaded, threw a wild pitch that scored a run, and gave up three sacrifice hits throughout the game, without mounting much of challenge.
 
Lackawanna gets right back to it on Sunday, February 11^th, when the Falcons are set to face Bryant & Stratton on more time for a nine-inning contest at 12:00pm ET in Virginia Beach.