NORTON, Mass. -- Senior righty Gavin Reily (Bridgewater, Mass.) tossed six shutout innings and junior shortstop Cavan Brady (Great Barrington, Mass.) doubled in a pair of runs to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) baseball team over visiting University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 3-1, this afternoon at Sidell Stadium on the Wheaton campus in Norton, Mass. The Lyons, who received votes in the most recent National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association/D3baseball.com Coaches Poll, have won four straight and improve to 6-5 on the season, while the Corsairs fall to 8-8.

Wheaton starting pitchers have yet to allow a run in any of their respective starts over the last four games.

Brady also reached base via a walk for the Lyons, while sophomore Will Haskell (Natick, Mass.) was 2-3 on the day. Junior third baseman Nick Croteau (Cumberland, R.I.) doubled, walked and scored a run in four plate appearances for Wheaton. Reily (2-1) wins his second decision of the week after scattering six hits and giving up two walks in addition to a pair of strikeouts.

Senior right fielder Chase Stafford (Somerset, Mass), junior infielder Dj Perron (Swansea, Mass.) and sophomore first baseman Matt Tempone (Smithtown, N.Y.) all rapped out a pair of hits for UMass Dartmouth. Tempone hit a home run as well for the Corsairs. Graduate student starting hurler Tylor Arruda (New Beford, Mass) (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits and three walks, while striking out two in five and two-thirds innings pitched in the loss.

The Lyons came out swinging in the bottom of the first inning with sophomore center fielder AJ Guindon (Coventry, R.I.) leading off with a single, followed by a double to right field from Croteau to put both runners in scoring position. Senior right fielder Jake Studley (Barrington, R.I.) flied out to right field to plate Guindon with the game's first run on a sacrifice fly.

The Corsairs looked primed to score their first run of the game in the top of the fourth when Perron laced a lead-off single up the middle and Bryant followed with a single to right field with no outs. Reily bared down for Wheaton, striking out the next hitter and getting a pair of ground outs to get out of the jam. 

Wheaton added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Croteau drew a walk and senior catcher Zach DeMattio (North Attleoboro, Mass.) later worked a two-out bases on balls. Brady delivered with a double to the right-center gap to bring both runs into score to give the Lyons a 3-0 margin.

Wheaton was working on its second shutout in as many days when Tempone had other ideas, crushing a pitch over the right field fence to open the ninth and cut the deficit to 3-1 for UMass Dartmouth. It was the last run of the day for the visitors as the Lyons held on for the victory.

Wheaton returns to the diamond on Tuesday, March 29 when it travels to Willimantic, Conn. to take on No. 3 Eastern Connecticut State University at 4:00 p.m., while UMass Dartmouth heads to Danbury, Conn. to play Western Connecticut State University on April 2 at 12:00 p.m.