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Junior Tom DeAngelis (Pottstown, PA) drove a two-out, go-ahead RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Widener could not hold the lead and lost a 6-5 heartbreaker in ten innings to Haverford in Chester, PA.

Widener took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  Senior Tom Connelly (Media, PA) lined a one-out doubled to deep right and after a fly out, senior Colin Keelan (Ellicott City, MD) and junior Tom Mahoney (Norristown, PA) followed with RBI singles.  Senior Mike Villari (Holland, PA) delivered an RBI triple to right and scored on an error.

Haverford plated a run in the fourth on a double play and another in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Louis DeRosa to make it 4-2.

After scoreless sixth and seventh innings, DeRosa led off the top of the eighth with a home run down the right field line.  Jake Chaplin followed with a single, and after two outs, scored on a single by Mike Galetta to tie the game at 4-4.

With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Keelan singled and Mahoney walked to put the go-ahead run in scoring position.  After a fly out, DeAngelis gave Widener a 5-4 lead with his shot down the right-field line to extend his hitting streak to a team-season-high 15 games.

Alex Hudak and Jeff Rickert began the top of the ninth with singles for Haverford.  Rickert and Matt Liscovitz, who pinch ran for Hudak, executed a double steal to put the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position with no outs.  After a strikeout, Jake Kaden hit a sacrifice fly to right to tie the game. Following a wide throw home on the play, sophomore pitcher Joe Sessa (Broomall, PA) was backing up the play and fired to freshman catcher Dennis Hocker (Coral Springs, FL) to get Rickert at the plate to end the threat.

Haverford relief pitcher Charlie Carluccio (1-1), who started at shortstop, retired the Pride in order in the ninth, singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the tenth and again retired three straight Widener hitters in the bottom for the win.

Villari finished with two hits and a stolen base for the Pride (17-10) and sophomore Salvatore Spera (Norristown, PA) threw two scoreless innings in relief, striking out two and allowing no hits and just one walk.

DeRosa, Carluccio, Kaden and Mike Butera each had two hits for the Fords (22-14).

Widener on Wednesday hosts Delaware Valley for a non-conference matchup, beginning at 4:00 pm.