LOWELL, Mass. – Senior Trey Brown's (Rochester, N.Y.) walk-off single led the UMass Lowell baseball team (12-18, 4-4 AE) to a 2-1 win over the Stonehill Skyhawks (8-17, 4-8 NEC) on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Brown tallied two hits and one RBI with two walks on the day. Graduate student Ryan Proto (Centerville, Mass.) and junior Brandon Fish (Londonderry, N.H.) each tallied two hits. Junior Alex Luccini (Hopedale, Mass.) hit an inside the park home run, his seventh homer of the year.
 
Junior Brendan Holland (North Andover, Mass.) impressed on the mound, going 6.2 innings with two strikeouts, six hits and one earned run. Graduate student Frankie Venezia (Lyndhurst, N.J.) shut the door for UMass Lowell, striking out one in a strong 2.1 innings.
 
Holland opened the game with a 1-2-3 frame before the River Hawks got on the board in the bottom of the first with an inside the park home run from Alex Luccini. The junior drilled one to center and turned on the wheels to come in for the game's opening run. Holland ended the second with a strikeout and retired the side in order in the third to keep UMass Lowell in front.
 
Trey Brown and senior Fritz Genther (Kingston, N.Y.) tallied hits and sophomore Carlos Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico) drew a walk to load the bases in the bottom of the third inning for freshman River Hart (Nashua, N.H.), but the runners were left stranded. Holland got some help from the defense in the fourth with a 4-6-3 double play ending the frame.
 
Stonehill had runners on the corners in the top of the fifth before Brendan Holland recorded his second strikeout of the day for the first out of the frame. The defense turned a 5-4-3 double play to escape the jam and keep the River Hawks in front.
 
Holland retired the side in order in the sixth before Stonehill tied the game in the seventh with a two-out single. Frankie Venezia took over on the mound and threw two pitches to force a fly out to end the inning. The graduate student then threw a 1-2-3 eighth to keep the game tied.
 
The offense struggled to find the go-ahead run, but Venezia continued to pitch well for the River Hawks. The veteran threw another scoreless inning with one strikeout to send the game to the bottom of the ninth. Conor Kelly hit a leadoff single before an intentional walk and another single loaded the bases. Trey Brown singled to short and scored Kelly to give UMass Lowell the walk-off win.
 
The River Hawks return home on Friday, April 12 for game one of the weekend series against Maine. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at LeLacheur Park.