POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist baseball team claimed victory over Quinnipiac in the first game of their three-game series. The Red Foxes won by a final score of 17-10 in a game which featured plenty of offense.  

Marist 17, Quinnipiac 10
W: Zane Kmietek (2-1); L: Garcia (4-4)

• Marist started the game with a bang, scoring nine runs in the bottom half of the first inning. Gene Napolitano and Reece Armitage both found their way on base via a walk and a hit by pitch to begin the inning, followed by a Robbie Armitage double. 

• Brian Hart, Johnny Decker, Gavin Noriega, and Donnie Stone also singled in the first. 

• The Red Foxes found themselves up 9-0 before Quinnipiac recorded their first out.  

• The Bobcats struck back in the second, scoring three runs on back-to-back home runs. 

• Quinnipiac added three more runs in the fourth. 

• The Red Foxes added two in the fifth and four in the seventh off timely hits by Noriega and Hoy.  

• Zane Kmietek went 4.2 innings in relief to earn the win for Marist. 
   

• A number of Red Foxes had big days on offense.  

• Napolitano went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs.  

• Robbie Armitage also went 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Hoy had four RBIs as well. 

• Hart, Decker, and Noriega each had multiple hits on the day. 
   

• Marist hosts Quinnipiac again on Saturday, April 9. First pitch has been moved back to 2:30 p.m.