COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College baseball team took a break from its conference slate on Thursday, and came away with a 10-7 win over Penn State-Brandywine.
The Bears scored four times in the second and three times in the sixth, and had to fend off a late Nittany Lions (2-3) rally in the top of the eighth.
For the Bears, senior outfielder Bret Umstead (Green Lane, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) was 3-for-4 with a run scored, while senior outfielder Tommy Clarke (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon) was 3-for-3 with a run scored.
Junior third baseman Rob Vogt (Basking Ridge, N.J./Seton Hall Prep), sophomore outfielder Ben Gresh (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) and freshman catcher Kevin Wilson (Brunswick, Maine/Brunswick) each had two runs batted in
Sophomore pitcher Sean Grimes (Villanova, Pa./Radnor) got the win, as he struck out five and walked just two in five innings of work. Freshman pitcher Ryan Furlong (Douglaston, N.Y./Xavier) got the save, pitching a hitless ninth inning.