NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team split a Great Northeast Athletic Conference doubleheader with the Monks of Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Monday evening under the lights at Rochford Field. 

The Falcons dropped game one by a final score of 10-7 before securing the nightcap by a final score of 11-10 in 10 innings behind a walk-off home run from Sean Jefferson ( West Haven, Conn.).

Along with Jefferson, Jason Sullivan (Meriden, Conn.) also had a great doubleheader for the Falcons, as the senior infielder went 3-for-8 with two home runs, three runs scored, and seven RBIs. 

AJ Rooks (Coventry, Conn.) picked up the victory in game two with two scoreless innings of relief, tallying three strikeouts in the process.

THE BASICS
FINAL (G1): Saint Joseph's (Me.) 10 | Albertus Magnus 7
FINAL (G2): Albertus Magnus 11 | Saint Joseph's (Me.) 10 - 10 Innings
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (8-14, 2-6 GNAC) | Saint Joseph's (Me.)  (10-14, 5-3 GNAC)
BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2

KEY HIGHLIGHTS - Game 1

• After two quiet innings of play, the Monks' offense came alive in the top of the third, scoring six runs on six hits and a Falcon error to take the early lead.
• The Falcons retaliated with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Anthony Broadhurst (Stratford, Conn.) reached first on a fielder's choice, driving in Shawn Smith (Shelton, Conn.), who kicked off the inning reaching on a fielding error by the pitcher.
• The Monks tallied an additional four runs in the top of the fifth behind a two-run homer, a triple, and a double to increase their advantage 10-1 over the Falcons.
• Albertus found its stride in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four runs to cut the deficit in half, 10-5. 
• With two outs, Bobby Arent (Ridgefield, Conn.) kicked off the rally with a double to left field before crossing home on a double down the left field line from Jefferson. Sullivan then followed suit with a single to right center to drive in Jefferson from second.
• Prior to the third out, S. Smith closed out the scoring with a booming home run over the center field fence for the two-run RBI. 
• The Falcons took advantage of another scoring opportunity during their final at-bat as Jefferson cleared the bases, allowing Arent to touch home after he led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch.
• Albertus was unable to score again, ending with a final score of 10-7 in the Monks' favor.

ON THE MOUND
WP: Ethan Smith (W, 2-2) | 6.0 IP | 7 H | 5 R | 4 ER | 2 BB | 8 SO | 1 HR
LP: Christian Corliss (Burlington, Conn.) (L, 1-4) | 3.0 IP | 7 H | 6 R | 4 ER | 3 SO

AT THE PLATE

• Arent and Jefferson each registered two hits.
• Four Falcons had one hit: Ron  Losacano (Old Lyme, Conn.), Sullivan, S. Smith, and Broadhurst.
• Jefferson led the Falcons with three RBIs. 
• Two of the three RBIs occurred when Jefferson hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh for his fifth home run of the season. 
• S. Smith registered his sixth home run of the season. 

KEY HIGHLIGHTS - Game 2

• The Monks took the early lead in the top of the first with runners on the corners when Gundlah singled, allowing the game's first run to score, 1-0.
• Albertus answered back in the home half of the inning as a fielding error by the Monks' second baseman allowed Sullivan to reach first, move Arent to third, and Losacano to score, evening the game at 1-1.
• Following a 1-2-3 inning by the Monks, Albertus recorded its first lead of the doubleheader, 2-1, behind a lead-off home run from Joseph Cortes (Bridgeport, Conn.). 
• Despite one out on the scoreboard, back-to-back singles from John Riccio (Shelton, Conn.) and Losacano put runners on prior to the second out, which was a caught stealing by Riccio. 
• Losacano kept things going by stealing second, while Arent forced a walk to set up Jefferson, but a lineout to center field stranded the runners.
• A lead-off home run from Saint Joseph's Jared Wilhelm evened the game, for a second time, 2-2, before solid defensive work and pitching from Jefferson kept the visitors' damage at bay.
• Bats came alive for the Falcons in the bottom of the fourth as the blue-and-white scored five runs on three hits, including back-to-back singles from Arent, a two-run homer from Sullivan, and two Monk errors to regain the lead, 7-2. 
• The top of the fifth saw the Monks rally for six runs for the one-run lead, 8-7, but a three-run inning in the bottom of the sixth extended the Falcons' lead to 10-8. 
• A one-out, three-run homer from Sullivan highlighted Albertus' six-inning rally. 
• A half inning later, the Monks scored the two runs needed to tie the game for a third time at 10-10. 
• Riccio led off the bottom of the seventh with a single but was left stranded when Monk's hurler Luke Stephens induced three straight outs to keep the Falcons off the scoreboard. 
• Tyler Baldwin (Cromwell, Conn.) turned the Monks away without a score in the top of the eighth, but the Falcons were unable to capitalize in the bottom of the frame, as Stephens hurled a 1-2-3 inning. 
• Rooks relieved Baldwin in the ninth. With runners on first and third following a single and a sacrifice bunt, Rooks induced an inning-ending ground ball double play to turn the Monks away without the score. 
• AMC put two on with none out in the bottom of the ninth, as Cortes and King Rivera (Bridgeport, Conn.) reached on a leadoff single and a throwing error from the pitcher. However, Stephens snuffed out the rally with three straight outs to send the teams into the tenth inning. 
• Rooks handcuffed the Monks in the tenth, sandwiching a two-out walk around three strikeouts. 
• With the game tied at 10-all heading into the bottom of the tenth inning, Jefferson took matters into his own hands, launching a leadoff bomb onto the street behind right field to secure the 11-10 walk-off victory for the Falcons.       

ON THE MOUND
WP: AJ Rooks (W, 2-1) | 2.0 IP | 0 R | 0 ER | 1 H | 1 BB | 3 SO 
LP: Luke Stephens (L, 2-1) | 3.2 IP | 1 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 5 SO 

AT THE PLATE

• Cortes hit his first career home run in the bottom of the second inning.
• Sullivan extended his home run total to three on the year following his first multi-home run game of the year. 
• Jefferson has homered in back-to-back games following his two home runs in tonight's doubleheader. 
• Arent, Ramos, Riccio, and Cortes all recorded multi-hit games. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Tonight's victory marks the first victory against Saint Joseph's College of Maine since 2008. 
• Sullivan had a season and career-high six RBI in game 2. 
• Jefferson and S. Smith are tied for the league lead with six home runs each. 
• Jefferson is batting .450 (9-for-20) in his last five games.  

UP NEXT
The baseball team returns to the diamond on Saturday, April 15, with a home conference doubleheader against the Wildcats of Johnson & Wales University. Game times are set for 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Rochford Field.