WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross baseball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader against Army West Point on Sunday, May 2.

GAME 1:
Army 6, Holy Cross 2

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:

• Blum (2-for-4, triple)
• Meyer (1-for-3, double)
• Kirkpatrick (2-for-3, RBI)
• Escoto (1.0 IP, no hits, no runs)

Army:

• Manesis (2-for-3, triple, RBI, two runs scored)
• Giachin (1-for-2, two runs scored, RBI)
• Simoes (1-for-3, RBI)

W: Bartoli (1-1)
L: Dawson (1-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Army jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one inning and extended its lead to 6-0 by the third.
• Holy Cross' starter, senior left-hander Luke Dawson, did not allow any Army hits over the next three innings.
• The Crusaders put runners on first and second with nobody out in the fourth; senior first baseman Andrew Selima scored from second base after Kirkpatrick singled through the right side to cut within 6-1.
• Senior left fielder Evan Blum notched a one-out triple in the fifth inning, and gave the Crusaders another run after junior catcher Angelo D'Acunto had a sac fly.
• Junior right-handed pitcher Nick Escoto made his season debut and had a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the seventh, but the Crusaders also went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh.

GAME TWO:
Army 8, Holy Cross 1

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:

• Selima (2-for-4, double)
• Dellacono (1-for-3, home run)
• Talbot (2.1 IP, two hits, no runs, one strikeout)

Army:

• Simoes (3-for-5, two RBI)
• Giachin (2-for-3, double, two runs scored)
• Cerruto (2-for-3, double, two RBI)

W: Early (3-1)
L: Dvorak (0-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After two scoreless innings, Army struck first in the third inning before tacking on three runs in the fourth inning to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
• Two more runs came in for the Black Knights in the sixth, and their lead was extended to 8-0 in the top of the eighth after a fielder's choice and an RBI single.
• The Black Knights allowed just three Holy Cross hits over the first seven innings; sophomore center fielder Ben Dellacono hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth for the Crusaders' only run of the game.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• After hitting his first career home run on Saturday, Blum's triple in Sunday's Game 1 was also the first of his career.

DUE UP:

• Holy Cross will travel to Merrimack for a non-conference contest on Wednesday, May 5.
• First pitch in Andover, Mass. is set for 6 p.m.