WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- The University of Southern Maine rode the strong starting pitching of sophomores Chris Bernard (Scarborough, Maine) and Nick Douglass (Poland, Maine) to sweep Trinity College, 1-0 and 6-2, Sunday afternoon in a doubleheader played at Chain-O-Lakes Field in Winter Haven, Fla.

            Bernard hurled a two-hit shutout in the first game to best Trinity freshman Ryan Carr (Cos Cob, Conn.) who tossed a one-hitter.  Douglass went 5.1 innings in the nightcap to pick up his first win as a Husky with some relief help from junior Dustin Stanton (Cornish, Maine).

            The Huskies snapped a two-game losing streak with their win in the opener, and are now 5-3 overall.  The Bantams slipped to 3-3 overall.

            USM got Bernard got the only run he would need in the fourth inning.  Freshman Forrest Chadwick (Gardiner, Maine) led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of senior Mike Eaton (Sabattus, Maine).  Chadwick's hit was the only safety allowed by Carr who did not walk a batter and struck out four.

            Bernard, who transferred to USM from the University of Maine, also did not walk a batter and struck out four in his masterpiece.  He only allowed two-out singles to sophomore Steven Howard (Cheshire, Conn.) in the third and junior Kevin Mortimer (Spencer, Mass.) in the fourth.  The Bantams had four base runners in the game, none advancing past first base.

            In the nightcap, Douglass wiggled out of danger in the first two innings to settle down and pitch into the sixth.  The southpaw gave up two singles in the first, but got out of danger with the aid of a double play.  In the second, he loaded the bases on a single and two walks before striking out two around a fly ball out.

            Stanton came on for Douglass in the sixth inning to face the potential tying run and got an inning-ending double play.  He surrendered a harmless one-out walk in the seventh en route to his first save of the season.

            The Huskies scored a single run in the third, two in the fourth on a two-run single by junior Lucas Marks (Orland, Maine), and single runs in their final three turns at bat.  The Bantams picked up single tallies in the fifth and sixth.

            Marks led USM's 10-hit attack with two singles and two RBI.  Junior Anthony Pisani (Cheshire, Conn.) and Bernard also had two hits.

            Southern Maine plays St. Olaf College on Monday (11:30 a.m.) at Chain-O-Lakes Field.  Trinity returns to action on Tuesday (12:30 p.m.) playing a doubleheader with Hamilton College.

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