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Center Valley, PA (April 21, 2013) – Seniors Colby Pacillo and David Drinks each tossed seven-inning complete games on Sunday afternoon leading the Bulldogs to a doubleheader sweep of Manhattanville College, 7-2 and 6-2, to sweep the weekend three-game set and stay tied atop the Freedom Conference standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

DSU has now won seven straight and improves to 26-8 overall and 15-3 in the Freedom Conference, tied with Misericordia University with three games left in the regular season schedule.  DSU owns the tiebreaker having taken two of three from the Cougars earlier in the season.

Pacillo started things in the first game allowing just six hits and two runs over seven innings, striking out five and not issuing a walk.  He improved to 2-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 4.76 on the season.

DSU scratched out a first inning run on two Valiant errors and a hit batter in the first inning and added a second run in the second when freshman Evan Fraser scored on a stolen base attempt from sophomore Drew Borger.

The Bulldogs still led 2-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning when senior Brian Mauro created some distance on the scoreboard with a two-out bases clearing double down the right field line scoring freshman Alec Hardy, Fraser, and Borger to make it 5-0.  DSU added two more insurance runs in the sixth on an RBI groundout from junior Mark Westdyk and a Valiant wild pitch.

Mauro finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored and Fraser scored twice in the game one win.

In the second game, Drinks was outstanding allowing just five hits and one earned run over seven innings, striking out six and walking just one to improve to 5-0 on the year.  He moved into sole possession of third place all-time with his 23rd career win.  He brilliantly pitched out of a second and third one out jam and the score 2-1 in the fifth getting a strikeout and weak ground ball back to the pitcher to end the threat.

DSU capitalized in the bottom half of that inning extending its 2-1 lead to 4-1 on a sacrifice fly from junior Charles Dennis and an RBI single from senior Derek Chrismer.  Mauro added the exclamation point in the sixth inning, a two-run homer down the right field line to make it a 6-2 game.

Maura added two more hits, two more runs, and two more RBIs.  Senior Justin Scerbo went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Chrismer added two hits in the game two win.

The Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday when they host The University of Scranton in a non-conference game  beginning at 4:00 pm.