FORT PIERCE, FLA. - The Western Connecticut State University Wolves dropped both games of a baseball doubleheader against the Marywood University Pacers, losing game one, 5-4, and game two, 9-5, at Lawnwood Sports Complex this afternoon.  WestConn falls to 1-3 and Marywood improves to 3-3.  The Wolves will return to the diamond on Thursday with a doubleheader against Kenyon at 10 a.m.

Marywood broke open a scoreless game with four runs, two unearned, in the third inning.  WestConn cut its deficit in half in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI double by freshman Jayson Hannah (Staten Island, N.Y.) and a run-scoring single by senior Jesse Dunn (Bedford, N.Y.).  The Pacers scored their fifth run in the bottom of the fifth frame on a wild pitch, before the Wolves made it a one-run game in the sixth.  Senior Stanley Roman (Danbury, Conn.) led off with a double and scored and freshman Thomas Keough (Farmington, Conn.) had an RBI single to highlight the inning.  WestConn junior Nick Moeller (Mahopac, N.Y.) reached base on a hit batsman with one out in the seventh inning, but could not push the tying run across.  Roman had two hits and Sam Capetanakis (Easton, Conn.) struck out five but took the loss on the mound for WestConn.

The Pacers scored in each of the first five innings to take a 9-2 lead.  WestConn scored its first two runs on an RBI single by freshman Luke Dawson (Stratford, Conn.) in the second and a sacrifice fly by Moeller.  The Wolves rallied in the seventh inning thanks to a two-out, three-run double by Moeller but Pacer reliever Danny Tiedmann entered the game and recorded the final out on a strikeout.  Dawson and Dunn had two hits apiece, while freshman Jimmy Muthersbaugh (Bethel, Conn.) took the loss in his first career start.