HARWICH, Mass. – The second-seeded Arcadia University baseball team was upset by sixth-seeded Suffolk University by a final score of 1-0 in 11 innings in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Division III New England Regional Friday night at Whitehouse Field.
 
FOR THE RECORD: The Rams improved to 28-15 with the win. The Knights, who are ranked 25th in this week's American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Poll and are receiving voted in the D3Baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Poll, dropped to 33-12 with loss, which ended a six-game winning streak.
 
UP NEXT: Arcadia will face fourth-seeded Salve Regina Saturday at 1 p.m. in an elimination game. Suffolk will face top-seeded UMass Boston at 4:30 p.m. in the winner's bracket.
 
ON THE HILL: Mark Fusco (4-4) earned the decision for the Rams after holding Arcadia to one hit over his two scoreless innings of relief work. Ryan Pordes didn't factor in the decision for Suffolk after allowing four hits with three strikeouts over nine scoreless innings for the Rams.
 
Junior Connor Laigaie (2-1) suffered the loss after allowing an unearned run on one hit and two walks in his 1.1 innings of relief work. Classmate Jake Lloyd yielded six hits while fanning eight batters for the Knights over the first nine innings, but did not factor in the decision for the Knights.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: The lone run of the game crossed the plate in the bottom of the 11th. Matt  Brenner single through the left side of the infield to lead off the inning and advanced to second as Curtis Tirone reached on an error, but was then cut down at third on Luke Ronchi's sacrifice bunt attempt. The Knights were unable to wiggle out of the jam as they committed two more infield errors that allowed Tirone to score the game-winning run.
 
The two teams had other scoring chances earlier in the game, but were unable to cash in. Both squads left the bases loaded in the eighth; senior Jordan Draude struck out to end the top half of the inning for Arcadia, while Seth Coiley grounded out to Lloyd to cap the bottom half for Suffolk.
 
The Knights then had runners on first and second with one away in the top of the 10th before senior Justin Chasmar grounded into a double play to end the threat, and Draude was stranded at second in the 11th after a lead-off single. The Rams also left two runners on base in the 10th after Laigaie got Sean Cameron and Coiley to fly out to sophomore Bryan Gillen in right field to end the inning.
 
ARCADIA AT BAT: Five different Knights accounted for the team's five hits. Freshman Phil Pierfy (1-5) had the team's only extra-base hit with a one-out double in the top of the ninth.
 
SUFFOLK AT BAT: Seven different Ram batters accounted for their seven hits, with Greg Speliotis' (1-3) double accounting for their lone extra-base knock that led off the bottom of the second.