
Baseball falls in Series Finale
5/4/2025 7:21:00 PM | Baseball
Smithfield, RI – The University of Maine baseball team was defeated by Bryant University on Sunday afternoon.
Black Bear Scoring Breakdown:
Maine tied the game in the top of the second inning as Quinn Murphy would hit a sacrifice fly to center field. Chris Bear (1B) would score on the play.
Dean O'Neill would cap off the scoring for Maine in the top of the 3rd inning after singling to right center field. O'Neill would be thrown out trying to extend a single into a double. Brody Rasmussen (1B) would score on the throw.
Black Bear Pitchers:
Gianni Gambardella (5-3) would get the start for the Black Bears pitching 6 innings allowing 4 runs on 12 hits. He struck out 4.
Jason Libby pitched 1/3 of an inning, allowing 3 runs on 1 hit and walked 1.
Jack Dolin faced two batters allowing 2 runs on 2 hits.
Pierce Friedman pitched 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit while striking out 3.
Bryant Recap:
Scored one in the first, third, fourth, sixth and five in the seventh.
Jackson Vanesko (4-3) picked up the win on the mound.
Final Score: Maine – 2 | Bryant – 9
Next Time Out:
Maine (19-25, 12-9 AE) will host Binghamton University for a three game weekend series starting Friday at 3pm.
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Black Bear Scoring Breakdown:
Maine tied the game in the top of the second inning as Quinn Murphy would hit a sacrifice fly to center field. Chris Bear (1B) would score on the play.
Dean O'Neill would cap off the scoring for Maine in the top of the 3rd inning after singling to right center field. O'Neill would be thrown out trying to extend a single into a double. Brody Rasmussen (1B) would score on the throw.
Black Bear Pitchers:
Gianni Gambardella (5-3) would get the start for the Black Bears pitching 6 innings allowing 4 runs on 12 hits. He struck out 4.
Jason Libby pitched 1/3 of an inning, allowing 3 runs on 1 hit and walked 1.
Jack Dolin faced two batters allowing 2 runs on 2 hits.
Pierce Friedman pitched 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit while striking out 3.
Bryant Recap:
Scored one in the first, third, fourth, sixth and five in the seventh.
Jackson Vanesko (4-3) picked up the win on the mound.
Final Score: Maine – 2 | Bryant – 9
Next Time Out:
Maine (19-25, 12-9 AE) will host Binghamton University for a three game weekend series starting Friday at 3pm.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: VANESKO, Jackson (4-3)
L: Gambardella, Gianni (5-3)

Batting:
2B: Bardi, Aidan 1
RBI: Murphy, Quinn 1
SH: Burns, Will 1 ; Vacchiano, Caleb 1
SF: Murphy, Quinn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rasmussen, Brody 1 ; Bear, Chris 1
CS: O'Neill, Dean 1
HBP: Gaither, Damon 1 ; Vacchiano, Caleb 1

Batting:
2B: ZYONS, Zac 1 ; NORIEGA, Gavin 1 ; GAUDREAU, Jacob 2
3B: SAUL, Charlie 1
HR: NORIEGA, Gavin 1 ; SAUL, Charlie 1
RBI: NORIEGA, Gavin 2 ; WYERS, Drew 2 ; GREGER, Gavin 1 ; DURAND, Brandyn 1 ; SAUL, Charlie 3
Base Running:
RUNS: ZYONS, Zac 1 ; NORIEGA, Gavin 3 ; D'AMICO, Pat 1 ; D'AMATO, Matt 1 ; GAUDREAU, Jacob 1 ; SAUL, Charlie 2
HBP: ZYONS, Zac 1 ; GAUDREAU, Jacob 2 ; SAUL, Charlie 1
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