RICHMOND, Va. — Only five games in his collegiate career, Dante D'amore cranked one out of centerfield to bring in two runs for the Sacred Heart University baseball team in the second inning. However, Pioneers dropped the 9-3 contest at the University of Richmond on Sunday.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 0-5
University of Richmond: 5-1

Statistical Leaders:
Dante D'amore (SHU): 2-4, 1HR, 2RBI
Michael Hernandez (SHU): 1-4, 1R

Pitchers:
Jake Babuschak (SHU): (L, 0-2) 6.0IP, 87P, 5R, 6H, 2SO
Alden Mathes (UR): (W, 2-0) 7.0IP, 93P, 2R, 4H, 1BB, 8SO

Up Next:
SHU plays a midweek game at Stony Brook on Wednesday at 3 p.m. before an eight-game road trip to the Sunshine State.

Of Note:
In his first at bat against the Spiders, D'amore ignited the scoring with his two-run homerun that brought in Trevor Fagan to put the Pioneers up, 2-0.

In back-to-back at bats, Richmond evened the score at two-all in the bottom of the third inning. The home team took the lead in the fifth with a triple-run homer.

Michael Hernandez put himself in scoring position with a double to centerfield. The second basemen then scored off Sam Mongelli's single to leftfield

The Red & White let up a combined four runs across the seventh and eighth inning to bring the game to its final score.