MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team dropped its series finale against Quinnipiac on Sunday, falling to the Bobcats by a score of 18-8.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Quinnipiac (1-2) scored four in the top of the first to start things off, but a bases-loaded walk by Brandon Drapeau got SJU on the board in the bottom of the inning.

• After another run for the Bobcats in the second, an RBI double by Andrew Cossetti and a two-run single by Brendan Hueth cut the deficit to 5-4 after two.

• The visitors tacked on four more in the third, while the Hawks got one in the bottom of the inning on a home run by Tim Cavanaugh.

• The teams traded home runs in the fourth, with Danny Melnick hitting a three-run shot and Nate Thomas hitting his third in as many days, a solo shot, to make it 12-6.

• Saint Joseph's (2-1) would tack on another in the fifth on a groundout by Cossetti, but the Bobcats scored four in the sixth and two in the eighth to put the game effectively out of reach.

• Paul Kokol finished off the scoring for SJU, hitting a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the ninth.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Jimmy Hagan allowed two runs in two innings of relief to earn the win for Quinnipiac.  Ryan Basarab got the start and was charged with five runs in two innings to take the loss.

• Thomas reached base safely in all five of his plate appearances, drawing two walks and twice being hit by a pitch in addition to his home run.

• Hueth had three hits on the day, while he and Cossetti both drove in a pair of runs.

UP NEXT
The Hawks will head to UMBC for a three-game set beginning on Saturday.