PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Despite a 2-for-4 showing at the plate from senior Max Gregory (Jewitt City, Conn.), the Western Connecticut State University baseball team fell at Little East Conference opponent Rhode Island College, 13-3, on Monday afternoon.

With the loss, WestConn dropped to 5-12 overall and 1-6 in league play, while the Anchormen notched their eighth straight win, improving to 19-6-1 and 7-1.

RIC exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the first inning, paced by senior Jarrad Grossguth's three-run home run into deep left field, to build an 8-1 advantage.
 
WestConn and RIC traded runs until the fifth inning when the Anchormen scored two in the bottom of the fifth as sophomore center fielder Cameron Santerre (Bristol, R.I.) and freshman first baseman Daniel Trzepacz (Mount Vernon, N.H.) hit back-to-back RBI singles.
 
RIC went into the home half of the seventh up by nine, 12-3, and needing one run to end the game early. Santerre reached on an error, advanced to second on a failed pick-off attempt and eventually beat a throw to the plate on Grossguth's grounder to third.
 
Sophomore starting pitcher Terry Murray (Norfolk, Mass.) went six innings, striking out eight and allowing just one earned run in a winning effort (4-1).
 
WCSU senior pitcher Justin Grullon (Washington Heights, N.Y.) took the loss (0-4).
 
Santerre went 4-for-5 with a homer, double, stolen base, three RBI and four runs scored.

WestConn returns to the field when they travel to Albertus Magnus College for a non-conference matchup on Wednesday at 4 p.m.