YORK, Pa. – Sophomore Sean Carew launched a three-run homer as part of a six-run scoring outburst in the bottom of the second inning that propelled the second-seeded Arcadia University baseball team to a 7-3 victory over third-seeded Widener University Thursday night at PEOPLEsBank Park. This marks the program's first MAC Commonwealth Championship Tournament win since 2013.
 
FOR THE RECORD: The Knights improved to 30-11 for the season; this is the first 30-win season in program history. The Pride fell to 25-13.
 
UP NEXT: Arcadia will take on top-seeded Alvernia Saturday at 3 p.m. The Crusaders were 8-4 winners over fourth-seeded Lebanon Valley in the first game of the day. The Dutchmen and Pride will square off in an elimination game Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
ON THE HILL: Senior Joseph Warren (6-1) picked up the win on the mound after allowing two runs on four hits while fanning eight batters over his 5.1 innings of work. Junior Mike Boulanger allowed a run over the next 1.2 innings, while classmate Connor Laigaie tossed a scoreless eighth and ninth inning. Josh Lafferty (3-2) took the loss for the Pride after giving up seven runs on 10 hits in his 6.1 innings.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: The Knights had runners on second and third following a leadoff single for freshman Phil Pierfy and a double down the line in left from senior Jordan Draude, and both came home after Carew drove an 0-1 offering over the left field fence to give Arcadia a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Nick Ponente followed with a single to left and scored what proved to be the game-winning run on sophomore Bryan Gillen's single to the gap in left-center field. Gillen later scored on a sac-fly before sophomore Luke Hohenstein came home on junior Nick Cardace's single to left.
 
Bob Barnett scored on an error in the fifth to get Widener on the board, and the Pride would add runs in the sixth and seventh innings to get back in the game at 6-3. Justin Healey scored on Kyle Lowery's ground out to senior shortstop Justin Chasmar in the sixth, while Greg McDonough scored on Stephen DeBellis' double to left in the seventh. Freshman Dylan Towey scored on Carew's bunt single in the bottom of the seventh to cap the scoring in the game.  
 
ARCADIA AT BAT: Carew finished 2 for 3 with four RBIs and a run scored, while Gillen was 3 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored. Hohenstein was 2 for 5 with a run scored, while both Draude and Pierfy went 2 for 3 with a run scored.