Union, N.J. (3/1/20) – The Kean University baseball team made it four in a row with a 9-2 victory over Susquehanna University on Sunday afternoon.

The win closes out the nine game home stand to start the season.  Kean will enjoy a short break in game action before resuming play in sunny Florida on Friday.

Junior Collin Kiernan (1-1) earned his first win of the season after tossing seven solid innings allowing just two runs and five hits while fanning six. 

The #5/13 Cougars (7-2) jumped out to a quick 4-0 in the bottom of the third all with two outs.  Philip Mahlik worked a full count walk and Cristian Corcione doubled him home for a 1-0 lead.  Chris Ciaccio followed with a double of his own to trade places with Corcione and Zachary Marzano lined one up the middle to make it 3-0.  Mike Perone Jr. kept the hits coming and found the hole to round out the scoring in the inning.

Kean added insurance with three more in the fifth as Mahlik opened the inning with a triple.  Corcione drove him in with a bloop single and after swiping second, came around to score on a wild pitch and throwing error.  Marzano reached on an infield single and later scored on a throwing error.

The River Hawks (1-3) erased the shutout in their half of the seventh as Peter Yarem singled and moved into scoring position on a passed ball.  Evan Knapp doubled to left for their first run of the day and Jeff Miller later lofted a sac fly for what would be Susquehanna's only runs of the afternoon.

The Cougars added single runs in the seventh and eighth on RBI hits from Perone and Mahlik.

Mahlik, Corcione, Marzano and Perone all finished with two hits.

Kean opens up their six game Florida swing on Friday at 10 a.m.