What looked like a disappointing season seems to be turning around for the Fairfield Men’s Baseball team. The Stags completed the three game sweep of MAAC conference foe Canisius with an 11-9 victory on Monday. This came after the team won both games of a double header just a day earlier in convincing fashion 30-8 and 4-1.
Head Coach John Slosar said that the team had to be tough mentally, playing five games in four days. “We’re hanging in there but it’s been a tough first half of the season, and we’re trying to deal with the wins and losses and be strong in April and May.”
The three game winning streak brings the team’s overall record to 11-15 and 4-5 in the MAAC conference as of press time.
“We had to come from behind a couple of times (against Canisius) and we’ve showed a lot of toughness playing through some adverse conditions during this four game road trip,” Slosar said. The double header scheduled for Saturday was postponed to Sunday because of snow, pushing Sunday’s game to Monday and keeping the Stags in Buffalo for an extra day.
The Stags will have no rest as they travel to Central Connecticut State University on Tuesday to finish up the road trip of four games in three days. The Stags will play at home against Hartford on Wednesday and then its back to the road and a three game series against conference opponent Iona for this weekend.
In the three game series against Canisius, the Stags bats woke up big time as the offense scored 45 runs while allowing just 18.
Senior players Ryan Bittner and Matt Ciardelli have been leading the way for the team. Bittner hit two home runs and had five runs batted in while Ciardelli had six runs batted in during the big 30 run offensive explosion and both players contributed in the other victories against the Griffins.
It turns out that the extra day was worth the wait for the Fairfield men’s baseball team as the swept both games of a double header against Canisus on Sunday including the first game 30-8. The double header had been scheduled for Saturday but both games were postponed until Sunday. Sunday’s series finale was pushed back to 12 p.m. on Monday when the Stags will go for the sweep.
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