LOWELL, Mass. (April 13, 2008) – Taylor von Kriegenbergh (Stoneham, Mass.) had five hits, an RBI and a run scored in two games as UMass Lowell swept Merrimack in a Northeast-10 baseball doubleheader Sunday afternoon at LeLacheur Park. The River Hawks won game one, 12-1, and game two, 1-0.

UML snapped a two-game losing streak entering Sunday and improve to 13-16 overall and 10-5 in the NE-10 with the two victories. The Warriors had their three-game win streak snapped and fall to 11-16 overall and 8-7 in the NE-10 with the losses.

In game one, von Kriegenbergh was one of six river Hawks with multiple hits. Anthony Santos (Chelmsford, Mass.) and von Kriegenbergh each had three hits. Peter Onorato (Clarence Center, N.Y.), Sean Burns (Colchester, Vt.), Tim Keene (Berlin, N.H.) and Luke Wallace (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) each had two hits.

Jared Notargiacomo (Newburyport, Mass.) was 1-for-4 with three RBI, including a two-run double in UML’s three-run second inning. Keene also had three RBI in the contest. Onorato scored three runs in game one.

Including the three-run second, UML had four multiple run innings and 12 hits in game one. The River Hawks had two in the third, two in the seventh and five in the ninth. Merrimack scored its only run of game one in the second.

Dan White (Southboro, Mass.) earned the win, his second of the season, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings. White struck out six and walked three.

Josh Sohn (West Simsbury, Conn.) took the loss for Merrimack, surrendering seven runs, five earned, on 10 hits over six innings. Sohn struck out five.

John Katsetos (Warwick, R.I.) was the only member of the Warriors with multiple hits. He was 2-for-4 in game one.

Pitching dominated game two as both starters went the distance. James Barry (Chelmsford, Mass.) scattered just four hits with two strikeouts over nine innings of work to improve to 2-4 on the season.

Freshman Jake Halloran (Stoneham, Mass.) allowed just the one run on six hits over 8.2 innings for Merrimack but took the loss. Halloran struck out five and walked three. He falls to 2-2 with the loss.

Freshman outfielder Felix Martinez (Miami, Fla.) plated the game’s only run with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth. The bases were loaded on two walks, on intentional, and a hit batsman. Peter Wolstenholme (Fall River, Mass.), a pinch runner for Santos, scored the winning run.

The two teams combined for just 10 hits, six for UML and four for Merrimack, in game two. Each team had just one multiple hit player in game two – von Kriegenbergh for UML and Ryan Shepard (Andover, Mass.) for Merrimack.

The River Hawks return to the field Monday afternoon when they host Bloomfield in a doubleheader. The doubleheader begins at 4:00 p.m. and will be two, seven-inning games. The Warriors are next in action Monday when they host Saint Rose (3:30 p.m.).