Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

NEWTON, Mass. – The Norwich University baseball team opened its Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) schedule on Saturday afternoon by dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Lasell College. The Lasers cruised to a 15-4 victory in the opening game, before rallying for an 8-5 win in the nightcap.

Lasell (2-6, 2-0 GNAC) plated four runs in the bottom of the first inning and added seven more in the second to quickly assume control of the opener.

Ian Caird allowed 11 runs on seven hits and five walks in 1.1 innings of work to pick up the loss on the mound for the Cadets.

Travis Dyke registered a two-run single and Kase Cook ripped a two-run double to account for Norwich's four runs. The Cadets mustered just five hits in the contest.

Norwich (1-11, 0-2 GNAC) jumped out to a 4-0 lead through two innings in the nightcap. Dustin Shimkus laced an RBI single in the first inning, and the Cadets added three more runs on one hit in the second inning. Shimkus produced another run-scoring single in the second as NU looked to be in control.

Lasell tied the score with four runs in the third inning, and the Lasers surged in front with three more runs in the fourth inning. Lasell made it 8-4 with a single run in the sixth inning, but Norwich added a run in the seventh to account for the final margin.

Shimkus went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. He accounted for Norwich's only two hits in the contest.

Ryan Kelly yielded seven runs on six hits and four walks over 3.1 innings of work to take the loss for the Cadets.

The Cadets continue their GNAC slate on Sunday, March 28, when they face Johnson & Wales University in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.