St. Cloud State Baseball Explodes Offensively in Win over U-Mary

Sunday, February 27

Colorado Springs, CO

3:30 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

2-4

U-Mary

4-3

University of Mary

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Eli Emerson

St. Cloud State Baseball Explodes Offensively in Win over U-Mary

2/27/2022 8:59:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Riola homers twice, Ahern throws 5 IP in 13-3 rout of Marauders

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A new look lineup for St. Cloud State Baseball against conference opponent University of Mary set a season-high in runs on 15 hits in route to a 13-3 victory in seven innings on Sunday in Colorado Springs. St. Cloud went 8-for-17 with runners on base led by redshirt junior Sam Riola (5-for-5, 2 HR, 3B, 2B, 3 RBI, 5 R, 2 SB) who had a career day as a Husky and redshirt junior Drew Bulson (2-for-4, 2-Run HR, 3B, 4 RBI) had a career-high four RBI.

The Huskies got their longest outing of the year by starter redshirt junior Riley Ahern (5.0, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K's), who earned the victory in his first start of the season. Nick Brauns (1.2, H) and Jack Habeck (0.1) finished the game in relief in the second win of the season for St. Cloud State.

KEY MOMENT

The Huskies put up four runs in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game wide open and extend the lead for SCSC to 11-3. That inning was capped off by a two-run home run from Bulson to left center field providing much needed insurance for St. Cloud State.

TOP HUSKIES

Riola had his best game as a Husky to-date, going 5-for-5 with two home runs, three RBI and two stolen bases.
Redshirt sophomore Tate Wallat (3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI) had his second straight multi-hit game in Colorado Springs.
Freshman Ethan Navratil (2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI) barreled up two doubles in his first start in the cleanup spot.
Senior Paul Steffensen (2-for-4, R) added a couple singles to the 15-hit effort for St. Cloud State.

NOTES

For the second straight game, Riola hit a pair of home runs in the game.
The Huskies finished with a nine extra base hits out of their 15 on the afternoon.
Five Huskies had multi-hit efforts in the game.
Ahern fanned seven Marauders in his first start of the season.
There were five long balls in the game, three for St. Cloud State and two solo shots from U of Mary.

QUOTABLES

St. Cloud State Infielder Sam Riola

On making his first start defensively

"Felt great, anytime I can help the team and be as vocal as a leader out there as I can it's always a good thing and it was fun being back out there with the boys."

What was working for him at the plate?

"I was just trying to slow the game down... and when the game slowed down, you can control that then it's really easy to hit the ball, and today I was fortunate to do that."

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will get a change of scenery for their third game of the road trip Monday afternoon. The Huskies take on CSU-Pueblo at Rawlings Field with first pitch set for 2:00 p.m. CT. Coverage can be heard on the KVSC Sports Stream or watched on the RMAC Network, with links available on the SCSU Baseball schedule page.

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