North Park continued its winning ways with a 12-4 victory over Southern Vermont College. Jake Hollinsaid hurled six strong innings while Ryan Javech and Mike Sommerfield led the offense with three hits apiece.
The Vikings jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second on a double by Javech, a single by Andy Athans, and doubles by Angel Carrasco and Sommerfield. They tacked on two more in the fourth when Sommerfield singled home Zach Deutscher and Nick Marino hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Carrasco.
Four more runs in the fifth gave North Park a commanding 9-0 advantage. Consecutive singles by Mike Domenick, Javech, Athans, and Devin Melecio pushed two runs across; a walk to Deutscher, a ground out by Carrasco, and a single by Sommerfield accounted for the other two tallies.
The Mountaineers dented the scoreboard for the first time in their half of the sixth on a walk, a groundout, and a single. The Vikings answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs of their own: Edwin Loza led off with a single, Javech walked, Jack Murphy doubled home Loza, Melecio hit a sacrifice fly to score Javech, and Jake Passini wrapped up the scoring with a double to bring in Murphy.
Hollinsaid turned the mound work over to three relievers: Pat Richards allowed one run in the seventh on three singles; Nick Soldano worked the eighth, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk; and Chris Rivera finished up with a scoreless ninth, striking out two.
Th 19-hit Viking attack was led by Javech, who went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, and Sommerfield, also 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Athans, Murphy, Passini, and Carrasco each collected two hits. Hollinsaid moved to 2-0 on the season after a six inning effort in which he scattered three hits while striking out five.
The Vikings (5-0) play a JV game on Tuesday against the University of Dubuque before returning to varsity action on Wednesday against Haverford College.
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