DANBURY, Conn. - Western Connecticut State University played its first baseball games on campus this afternoon when the Wolves hosted the Albertus Magnus College Falcons in  a pair of seven-inning games at Westside Field this afternoon.  WestConn lost the opening game, 13-4, and the second, 8-0, falling to 4-20, while the Falcons improve to 8-16.  The Wolves will return to Little East Conference (LEC) play on Saturday, visiting Castleton on Saturday for a 1 p.m. twinbill in Vermont.  WestConn junior Nick Moeller (Mahopac, N.Y.) went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the first game and sophomore Peter Coniglio (New Milford, Conn.) had two hits in the nightcap.

WestConn trailed, 4-1, heading into the bottom half of game one before Moeller hit an RBI single and later scored on an error to cut the home team's deficit to one. Albertus Magnus blew the game open with a six-run, fourth inning, while Falcon pitcher Jack Angelo threw a complete game with one earned run allowed, no walks, and three strikeouts.  WestConn junior Spencer Barnett (Danbury, Conn.) had an RBI double in the fourth frame, while Wolves junior relievers John Andrews (Trumbull, Conn.) and Zachary Ruta (Preston, Conn.) combined for three scoreless innings of relief with two K's by Ruta in the ninth.

WestConn rookie starter Jimmy Muthersbaugh (Bethel, Conn.) was fantastic on the mound early in game two, yielding just three singles and striking out one to keep the game scoreless heading into the fourth frame.  The Wolves loaded the bases in the second inning on a potential rally that began with singles by freshman Thomas Keough (Farmington, Conn.) and senior Pietro Baia (Bethel, Conn.), but Falcon junior Tyler Harger came on in relief to end the inning on a double play grounder.

Albertus Magnus struck first in the fourth on a single, a double, and two walks to take a 1-0 lead.  Keough walked and freshman Richard Salonia (Bronx, N.Y.) delivered a pinch-hit single for WestConn in the bottom of the fourth but Harger again pitched out of the jam.  Two more walks, two errors, and a wild pitch contributed to a four-run inning for the Falcons in the fifth, and freshman Ryan Vallie (East Haven, Conn.) managed the only Wolves hit over the final three innings.  Muthersbaugh dropped to 0-2 with the loss, but allowed just one run in 3.1 innings with two strikeouts.  Harger improved to 2-1 and Eric Galarza pitched three innings for his second save for Albertus Magnus.