STATEN ISLAND, New York — The Lehman College Lightning scored four runs in the first inning en route to an 8-2 win over the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls in a play-in game of the City University of New York Athletic Conference baseball tourney Thursday.
The Lightning would jump on the Owls in the first as Christopher Lopez, James Kennedy, and Anthony Careccia would all rip RBI singles in the inning for the four-run lead.
Lehman would strike again in the third, when Juan Arias would double to lead off the inning. Matthew Prevosti would drive him home with a triple to center, and later score on Careccia’s single to right.
The Owls offense was held off-balance all afternoon. Matt Curry and Ryan Sanderson would both walk and an error would load the bases in the sixth inning. A sharply hit ball to short by Andrew Bartlett would drive in the first run for UMPI. Another error would allow Sanderson to score, allowing the Owls to cut the lead to 6-2.
The Owls would end up with just four hits in the game. Two unearned runs from Lehman in the top of the ninth would put the game out of reach, and the Lightning would move on in the tournament.
Solomon Fast and Tommy Collins each added a single for UMPI.
UMPI finishes at 12-26 and and Lehman is now 9-26.
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Texas Tech dismisses three football players
Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury confirmed sophomore linebacker Dakota Allen, sophomore offensive lineman Robert Castaneda and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Trace Ellison have been dismissed from the program “due to failure to uphold student-athlete expectations.”
Kingsbury did not elaborate on the reason behind the dismissal of the three players.
Allen, a redshirt sophomore, was the team’s leading returning tackler after finishing second to Micah Awe with 87 tackles last season to go with six tackles for loss and a pair of interceptions.
Castaneda was listed as the second-team center last season, while Ellison was expected to compete for the backup job to starting left tackle Baylen Brown.