Box Score FORT MYERS, Fla. - 11 different players registered hits but it wasn't enough as the Western Connecticut State University baseball team fell to non-league foe Skidmore College, 16-6, to wrap up its Spring trip on Saturday afternoon. Junior catcher Zachary Royka (Naugatuck, Conn.) paced the Wolves with a pair of RBI's. 

Skidmore drew first blood with a pair of runs in the top of the first before senior designated hitter Hunter Loomis (Glastonbury, Conn.) ripped a single to center field, scoring classmate Christopher Ehlers (Norwalk, Conn.), who reached on a base hit to left. 

The Thoroughbreds continued to build upon its lead, strectching it to 8-1 in the second. WestConn cut it to 8-2 when sophomore Julian Gonzalez (Wethersfield, Conn.) roped a single to right, sending home senior Cameron Bogli (Vernon, Conn.), who also knocked a single to start off the bottom half of the frame.

The Skidmore lead ballooned to 12-2 before Royka stepped up to the plate with two runners in scoring position. His liner to center scored both, shrinking the gap to 12-4 in the sixth.

WestConn added another pair of runs in the eighth. Juniors Stanley Roman (Danbury, Conn.) and Nicholas Bruno (Naugatuck, Conn.) stroked back-to-back RBI doubles to round the scoring out at 16-6.

With the loss, WestConn dropped to 3-13 overall while the Thoroughbreds improved to 8-4. The Wolves return to action when they head to Ramapo College on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.