Visiting Stony Brook pounded out 19 hits in a 12-5 series opening win over High Point Friday afternoon at Erath Field.

Jon Lewis (1-1) was the winning pitcher for the Seawolves, while Matt Kniginyzky (1-1) took the loss for HPU. Lewis had four strikeouts while scattering six hits in seven innings of work for the win.

The Panthers fell to 3-10 for the season while the Seawolves improved to 2-5.


The Panthers in the first inning tallied the first run of the game off a Seby Renta base hit which scored Chris Ramirez from second. However, this would be the only lead for High Point.

Stony Brook then took over in the second inning when they plated four runs off of six hits (all singles). The inning was capped off by an RBI single from Justin Michalek (2-for-3) that scored Chris Sipp (3-for-4) from second. The Seawolves would never look back taking the early 4-1 lead.

The Seawolves were led by Cole Cicatelli (4-for-5) with two singles and two doubles while plating two runs and had two RBI's on the day.

High Point was led by Nate Hawley who went 2-for-4 at the plate with and RBI and scored a run while Rey Rojas was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.

The Panthers and Seawolves are back on the field tomorrow to play the second of a three game series at Erath Field. The first pitch is scheduled at noon.