HARTFORD, Conn. - The visiting Western Connecticut State University Wolves scored six runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-7 lead but allowed two runs in the last two frames and lost, 11-10, to the Trinity College Bantams in baseball action this afternoon at DiBenedetto Stadium.  WestConn fall to 4-9 with its eighth setback in a row and will host the Vermont State University Castleton Spartans next in a Little East Conference (LEC) doubleheader on Sunday at noon.  The Bantams improve to 9-3.  Senior 1B Thomas Keough (Plainville, Conn.) had a double, a three-run homer, and five RBIs for the Wolves.  WestConn junior Brian Mansfield (Lynbrook, N.Y.) took the loss in relief and falls to 1-3.  

WestConn led, 1-0, heading into the fourth inning as junior starter Jimmy Muthersbaugh (Bethel, Conn.) yielded just two hits in the first three frames and classmate Bryan Birkl (Farmingdale, N.Y.) singled and scored on a passed ball in the second.  Andrew Park homered to lead off the bottom of the fourth and highlight a three-run inning for Trinity, but the Wolves answered with two runs in the fifth to tie the game at 3-all.  Junior C Anthony Marsala (Beacon Falls, Conn.) drew a leadoff walk and senior Peter Coniglio (New Milford, Conn.) followed with a single.  Marsala scored  a batter later on a Bantam error, while Keough drove home Coniglio and sophomore Martin Landau (Northport, N.Y.) with a double to left-center later in the fifth frame.

Trinity took back the lead at 7-4 with a four-run sixth that included a home run by Cole Mascolo.  In the eighth inning, sophomore Nick Lobuono (Trumbull, Conn.) led off with a single, Birkl walked, and sophomore Justin Reo (Plainview, N.Y.) singled to load the bases with none out.  Peter Coniglio walked with one out to push home one run and junior Ryan Vallie (East Haven, Conn.) reached on an error moments later that allowed Birkl and Reo to score and tied the game at 7-7.  Keough blasted the ball over the left field fence to give WestConn a 10-7 lead but the Bantams scored twice in the bottom of the eighth and left the Wolves on the field with three singles and a double in their last turn at bat. Tyler Fahey pitched a perfect ninth to collect the win for the home team.