NEWARK, DE. – The UMass Lowell baseball team (2-13, 0-0 AE) fell to the Delaware Hens (7-10, 2-1 CAA) 20-2 in game one of the weekend series.
 
Sophomore Jacob Humphrey (Standish, ME.) and senior Frank Wayman (Horseheads, N.Y.) led the team with two hits apiece. Humphrey and sophomore Alex Luccini (Hopedale, Mass.) tallied an RBI each while junior Fritz Genther (Kingston, N.Y.) and sophomore Conor Kelly (Hopkinton, Mass.) each scored one run.
 
Graduate student Shane Bogli (Vernon, Conn.) had two strikeouts to lead the pitching core in Friday's loss. Seniors Frankie Venezia (Lyndhurst, N.J.) and Miles Cota (Hampstead, N.C.) and sophomore Drew Haight (Duxbury, Mass.) each tallied one strikeout.
 
The visitors opened the scoring in the bottom of the first after Dan Covino's two-run homerun. Joey Loynd hit a one-out solo shot to extend the Hens lead before Michael Simes took over on the mound.
 
Delaware added one more run before Simes escaped the inning with the River Hawks trailing 4-0. The Hens tacked on seven runs in the second to take a commanding early lead.
 
UMass Lowell struggled offensively, recording just three hits through three innings. Delaware's offense stayed hot and added to the lead in the third, stretching the advantage to 14-0. Two runs in the fourth extended the Hens' advantage.
 
Four runs in the fifth pushed the lead further, but a scoreless sixth gave the River Hawks something to build off. In the top of the seventh, UMass Lowell got on the board behind an RBI double from Alex Luccini. Jacob Humphrey followed with a single through the left side to score a second run for the visitors.
 
Game two of the weekend series is set for Saturday, March 18 with the first pitch slated for 2:00 p.m. at Bob Hannah Stadium.