CLARION, PA. – The D'Youville University baseball team took home an 11-6 road win over Clarion University on Tuesday.
 
The Saints loaded the bases in the top of the first when senior Alec Boucher (Essex, Ontario) reached on an error, junior Colby Wilson (Webster, N.Y.) singled, and junior Jonathan Simpson (Grand Island, N.Y.) walked. Redshirt junior Jake Hollins (Orchard Park, N.Y.) brought home two runs with a base hit. Hollins then made things happen on the base paths, getting caught in a rundown that allowed Simpson to score and give DYU an immediate 3-0 advantage.
 
Freshman Jakob Denall (Clarence, N.Y.) started on the mound for the Saints and struck out two batters en route to a one-two-three inning in the bottom of the first. After junior Blaise Kolbert (Lancaster, N.Y.) and senior Dillon Crook (Liverpool, N.Y.) drew walks with one out in the top of the second, sophomore Derek Onevelo (Buffalo, N.Y.) doubled to drive in a run. Boucher followed with an RBI groundout to extend DYU's lead to 5-0. Clarion got those two runs back in the bottom half of the inning with two hits off Denall.
 
Senior Rob Stephens (Seaford, N.Y.) replaced Denall in the top of the third and surrendered one run on a hit and an error to cut the lead to 5-3. The Saints responded with two runs in the top of the fourth when Wilson doubled to left center field to make it 7-3. Wilson has now hit a double in five-straight games. Clarion scored one run on two hits in the bottom half of the inning to shrink DYU's lead back to three.
 
In the top of the fifth, DYU loaded the bases with two outs after Kolbert doubled, Crook reached on an error, and Onevelo walked. Boucher then drew a walk to bring home a run. Junior Billy Morris (Lancaster, N.Y.) followed with a two-run double to extend the lead to 10-4. Clarion scored two runs off Saints' reliever Zach Penner (Leamington, Ontario) to make it a 10-6 game in the bottom of the fifth.
 
In the top of the sixth, Simpson clobbered his third home run of the season to bring in DYU's eleventh run of the day and increase their lead to five. Penner struck out the first two batters in the bottom of the sixth and then gave way to senior Mike Pasquarella (Hamburg, N.Y.). Pasquarella hit two batters to load the bases but struck out the next batter to get out of the inning unscathed. The Saints got scoreless innings from junior Austin Delgado (Orlando, Fla.) in the seventh, Kolbert in the eighth, and redshirt sophomore Connor Joedicke (Bloomville, N.Y.) in the ninth to seal the 11-6 victory.
 
DYU got multi-hit games from Onevelo and Wilson, as Wilson extended his hitting streak to seven games and Onevelo has hit safely in six of his last eight games. Boucher also continues to swing a hot bat, as he has now hit safely in eleven of his last twelve games. Boucher, Wilson, Hollins, and Morris each drove in two runs today. With his two-run double in the fifth, Morris collected his 100^th career RBI.
 
With the win, D'Youville improves to 7-21 and will hit the road again on Sunday for a doubleheader at Caldwell University beginning at 12:00 p.m.