MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Western Connecticut State University Wolves fell victim to a star pitching performance in one game and some late-game heroics in the second, as the Wolves dropped both ends of a baseball doubleheader, 12/10-0/7, against the St. Joseph's University-Long Island Golden Eagles this afternoon at Griffith Field.  WestConn falls to 305 after a 3-0 start and will conclude its spring break trip to the Ripken Baseball Experience with a doubleheader against Apprentice Newport News tomorrow at 4 p.m.  St. Joseph;s improves to 9-6.

Golden Eagle pitcher Peter Manger tossed a one-hitter in the first game, as Wolves sophomore Thomas Keough (Farmington, Conn.) broke it up in the seventh with a single to left field.  St. Joseph's built a 5-0 lead after two innings although WestConn rookie starter Quinn McGuire (Milford, Conn.) only gave up two earned runs in his four innings of work in his collegiate debut.  In the second game, WestConn fell behind again in the second game, 5-1, after two innings but rallied to tie it at 7-7 with four runs in the fifth frame and one each in the fourth and sixth innings.  The Golden Eagles answered with three unearned runs in the top of the seventh and final inning.

WestConn senior Nick Moeller (Mahopac, N.Y.) had an RBI single in the first and freshman 3B Thomas Aflak (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added one in the fourth stanza.  Freshman Nick Lobuono (Trumbull, Conn.) ripped an RBI double to right-center, junior C Anthony Marsala (Beacon Falls, Conn.) delivered with a two-out, two-run double, and sophomore OD Peter Coniglio (New Milford, Conn.) added a run-scoring single with two outs in the home half of the fifth inning.  Sophomore Ryan Vallie (East Haven, Conn.) singled to right field and scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch in the sixth.  Freshman starter Braden Barron (Southington, Conn.) yielded three earned runs over five innings in his first collegiate start with the Wolves, while senior Luke Pliego (New Milford, Conn.) and junior Kenneth Firlings (Middletown, R.I.) did not give up an earned run over the last two innings despite Firlings taking the loss.