PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island   –   Senior Cam Seymour (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) went 5-for-8 with three runs scored and nine RBI to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a sweep of the Rhode Island College Anchormen in a Little East Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon. Southern Maine pounded out 20 hits in game one defeating RIC 21-10 in seven innings, and then knocked 13 hits in game two for a 14-1 seven-inning win. 
 
Leading a hard-hitting attack, three of Seymour's five hits were for extra bases, including a pair of home runs. Seymour smacked a three-run home run in game one to push the Huskies to the 10-run rule decision in the seventh inning. In game two, Seymour laced a two-run home run in the fourth inning setting the University of Southern Maine's career record for home runs.  
 
Sitting on four home runs so far this season, Seymour now has 33 in his career surpassing the Huskies' previous record of 32 set by former ABCA/Rawlings All-America, Husky Hall of Famer and 1991 NCAA National Champion Pete Misiaszek (1991-1994).
 
 
Series History:
Today's games marked the 105^th and 106^th meetings between the University of Southern Maine and Rhode Island College.  With today's sweep, the Huskies lead the overall series 74-32.  RIC had previously defeated the Huskies in their last three meetings, including a 3-2 win 2023 Little East Conference Championship tournament.
 
Records:
Game 1:
Rhode Island College (9-6, 1-2 LEC)      011      400 3  10-13-0
Southern Maine (4-12, 1-2 LEC)             02(13) 000 6  21-20-5
 
Game 1 - Pitching Record:
WP:  Bryce Afthim (2-3), 6.1 IP, 13 H, 10 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 7 Ks
LP:   Liam Dailey (2-1), 2.2 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks
 
 
Game 2:
Rhode Island College (9-7, 1-3 LEC)      000 001 0   1-2-0
Southern Maine (5-12, 2-2 LEC)             002 840 x   14-13-2
 
Game 2 - Pitching Record:
WP:  Owen Sullivan (1-1), 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 Ks
LP:   Ryan Seaver (1-2), 3.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 0 BB, 1 Ks
 
 
Game 1 – Southern Maine 21, Rhode Island College 10 (7 Innings)

• The Huskies collected 20 hits off of five RIC pitchers in the victory, including eight for extra bases.
• With the game tied at 2-2 after the top of the third, Southern Maine batted through its order twice and put up 13 runs to take control of the game and lead 15-2.  The Huskies had 11 hits in the bottom of the third, including doubles from sophomores Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake), Hunter Brissette (Lisbon, Maine/Lisbon Falls) and Kyle Douin (Augusta, Maine/Cony), junior Anthony Poole (South Portland, Maine) and senior Lucas Francis (Lisbon, Maine/Lisbon Falls).  Southern Maine scored all 13 of its third inning runs with two outs, starting with a two-run single from senior Jack LeBlond (Lewiston, Maine/Bridgton Academy) and capped by a two-run single from Quigley.
• RIC responded in the top of the fourth scoring five runs on six hits to trail 15-7.  Daniel Trzepacz had a two-run double to highlight the Anchorman's rally. 
• The score remained unchanged until the top of the seventh when the Anchormen rallied for three more runs to make it a five-run game, 15-10.  Collecting just one single in the inning, RIC took advantage of a trio of USM fielding errors in the inning to get within striking distance.   
• The Huskies shut the door on the game in the home-half of the seventh with six runs on five hits to invoke the 10-run rule. Sophomore Dylan Firmin (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) had an RBI single to start the Husky scoring, while Brissette knocked in a pair with a single.  Seymour ended the game with a three-run homer.

 
Game 2 – Southern Maine 14,  Rhode Island College 1 (7 Innings)

• Graduate student Owen Sullivan (Biddeford, Maine) struck out nine and allowed just two hits and one earned run in 5.2 innings to pick up his first win of the season for the Huskies.
• Seymour put the Huskies up 2-0 in the bottom of the third, and the Huskies had another big inning, exploding for eight runs in the bottom of the eighth to assume a 10-0 lead. Douin, Francis and LeBlond each reached safely to start the inning with a single, double and a triple with Francis' double driving in a run, and LeBlond's triple adding another for a 4-0 lead.  Firmin made it 5-0 with an RBI ground.  Quigley followed Firmin with a single, and junior Joe Bova (Boston, Mass./The Winchendon School) hammered the first of three Husky home runs in the inning to make it 7-0. The Huskies' next batter, Brissette, was hit-by-a-pitch and Seymour stepped to the plate for his second home run of the game making it 9-0.  RIC got the second out on a grounder, before Douin hit a solo home run for a 10-0 USM lead.
• In the fifth USM tacked on four more runs.  LeBlond led off the inning with a solo home run, while Brissette and Seymour had an RBI on a single and a walk, respectively.  Douin drove in USM's final run of the game with a walk. 
• RIC broke up the shutout and Sullivan's no-hitter in the top of the sixth.  Lucas Pierce had the RBI single for the Anchormen. However, it was the only run allowed in the game for the 14-1 final after seven.

 
INSIDE THE STATISTICS

• Led by Seymour's two home runs, the Huskies totaled five home runs in two games.  LeBlond, Bova, and Douin each had one.
• Brissette and Quigley each had five RBI over two games.  Brissette was 5-for-8 with five runs scored from his lead off spot.  Quigley was 4-for-7 with four runs scored.
• Brissette is hitting .404 (19-for-47) for the Huskies, and has had seven multi-hit games. 

 
Up Next:
Southern Maine remains on the road for its next three contests at Husson on April 2 (3:30 pm), at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on April 5 (4:00 pm) and at UMass Boston for a Little East Conference doubleheader on April 6 (12 pm).
 
 
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