MANSFIELD, CT- The 15th-ranked Wheaton College baseball team recorded just three hits while surrendering 11 runs during Wednesday night's 11-0 non-conference road loss to number-seven Eastern Connecticut State University at the ECSU Baseball Stadium.

Ranked fifth in New England, the Lyons fell for the seventh time in their last 12 games to slip to 29-10, while the Warriors, who are third in the region, collected their eighth straight victory and improved to 29-6.

Sophomore Sean Munley (Trenton, NJ/The Hun School of Princeton) extended his hitting streak to 13 games after breaking up junior righthander Matt Fontaine's (Cranston, RI/Cranston West) perfect game to start the fifth inning, but Wheaton trailed 7-0 after four.

The Lyons had just four base runners through seven innings, as sophomore Hadi Raad (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY/Hastings) was their second to reach after taking advantage of an error to open the sixth.  Wheaton's best opportunity came in the seventh when Munley drew a one-out walk and junior Paul Malaguti (Andover, MA/Andover) singled with two down, but each was left stranded after advancing on a passed ball as Fontaine recorded his 13th strikeout.

Eastern tacked on a trio of insurance runs in its half of the seventh for a 10-0 cushion, and Wheaton left a runner on in each the eighth and ninth frames.  Freshman Hal Landers (Salem, NH/Salem) smacked a two-out, eighth-inning double to right center, while classmate Dan Haugh (Andover, MA/Saint John's Prep) drew a walk with two down in the final frame.

Wheaton senior hurler Louie Bernardini (Gray, ME/Gray-New Gloucester) gave up seven earned runs and scattered eight hits with three strikeouts and four walks in five innings in suffering his third loss of the season.  Three Lyon relievers combined to allow three earned runs on four hits while fanning three and walking one over the final three frames.

Fontaine improved to 5-1 after tossing seven two-hit innings and issuing just one walk.  Three Warrior pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts, while a trio of hitters finished with two knocks each.

The Lyons face their third Little East Conference (LEC) opponent in as many days tomorrow when they host the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth on Senior Day at 3:30 p.m.  Wheaton is seeking its fifth consecutive 30-win campaign and seventh in 12 varsity seasons.