CHESTER, Pa. – Greg Elfreth hit his first collegiate home run, but the Alvernia Golden Wolves scored three runs late to upend the Widener University baseball team 5-3 on Friday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Elfreth led the nine-hit attack for Widener with three base knocks including his first career homer.
• Nick D'Alessandro and Glenn Seymour each had two hits for the Pride. Both of Seymour's went for doubles.
• Josh Lafferty turned in an excellent start on the mound, pitching seven innings, allowing just two runs and striking out five.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After Alvernia scored in the top of the first, Widener got the runs right back in the bottom of the frame, Back-to-back singles from Elfreth and D'Alessandro put runners on first and second. After a fielder's choice erased the lead runner, Seymour tied the game with a double off the leftfield wall to score D'Alessandro and move Stephen DeBellis to third.
• Matthew Guarino came up next and drove in DeBellis with a groundout to put the Pride up 2-1.
• From that point, both starting pitchers were fantastic as neither team scored again until the top of the seventh when Alvernia manufactured a run to tie the game at 2-2.
• The Blue and Gold wasted no time in re-taking the lead as Elfreth hit his first career homer with two out to push Widener back up 3-2.
• The Golden Wolves had the final say, however, scoring two unearned in the eighth and an insurance run in the ninth to claim the win.

 
UP NEXT
The Pride and Golden Wolves wrap up the series tomorrow with a doubleheader at Angelica Park in Reading, Pa. First pitch is scheduled for noon.