ECC-Leading Molloy College Sweeps UB Baseball On Saturday Afternoon On Long Island

Uniondale, N.Y.-The University of Bridgeport baseball team was swept on a road East Coast Conference road doubleheader by the Molloy College Lions on Saturday afternoon on Long Island, as the Lions won game one, 15-7, and completed the sweep with a 4-3 victory in game two.  With the two loss, the Purple Knights are now 14-21 overall and 5-7 in the ECC so far in 2022.  Conference-leading Molloy is now 24-10 overall and 10-2 in conference action.

In the opener, the Purple Knights scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but it was all Lions after, as they scored 15 runs and banged out 23 hits.

Graduate student Conall Roberts (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) had three of UB's 13 hits in game one.

Sophomore Jake Woods (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and freshman Jeremey Rodrigues (Monroe, Conn.), who had two hits in the opener, each knocked in two runs for Bridgeport in the opening game loss.

In the nightcap, the host Lions broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held Bridgeport off the board in the seventh to complete the doubleheader and three-game weekend series sweep.

Conall Roberts had two more hits for the Purple Knights in game two to give him a five-hit day.

All three Bridgeport runs scored on Molloy defensive miscues in the nightcap.

Up next, the Bridgeport baseball team will travel to Dominican (N.Y.) College on Wednesday afternoon for a 3:00 p.m. non-conference contest.