NORTON, Mass. -- Three batters drove in at least two runs in game one for the Wheaton College (Mass.) baseball team in a 10-5 victory over visiting Worcester Polytechnic Institute this afternoon in the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference opener at Sidell Field on the Wheaton campus in Norton, Mass. The Lyons improve to 8-6 overall and 1-0 in league play, while the Engineers' seven-game win streak comes to an end as they fall to 10-6 and 0-1.

Wheaton scored nine of its 10 runs in the opening game in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

Senior right fielder Jake Studley (Barrington, R.I.), senior catcher Zach DeMattio (North Attleboro, Mass.) and first year designated hitter Will Haskell (Natick, Mass.) all drove in a pair of runs to pace the Lyons. Studley was 2-3 with two runs scored, while DeMattio was 1-3 with a double and a run scored and Haskell was 2-4 with a double. Eight different hitters collected at least one hit for Wheaton, including junior third baseman Nick Croteau (Cumberland, R.I.), who was 1-3 with a double, two runs scored and a run batted in. Senior right-handed starter Griffin Young (Dover, N.H.) improved to 3-1 after giving up three runs (two earned) on nine hits and a walk to go with eight strikeouts.

WPI outhit its hosts, 12-10, and was paced by senior first baseman Dylan Connors' (Westboro, Mass.) first collegiate four-hit game. Connors knocked in two runs, scored a run and smacked a double, while first year left fielder Andrew Cash (Marlboro, Mass.) was 2-3 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. Junior catcher Joe Salvon (Longmeadow, Mass.) was 2-5 with a double. Junior starting pitcher Everett Wonson (York, Maine) gave up 10 runs (nine earned) on nine hits and three walks in six and a third innings pitched to go with three walks and five strikeouts.

The Lyons broke open a 2-2 game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 5-2 lead. First year left fielder Kevin Matos (Lawrence, Mass.) was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame and later scored from second on a two-out single through the left side off the bat of Studley to give the home team a 3-2 edge. DeMattio drew a walk and Haskell crushed a double to left center to score both runners and set Wheaton with a 5-2 lead.

The Engineers got a run back in the top of the seventh with two outs. Senior third baseman Andrew Brooks (Millis, Mass.) stung a two-out single up the middle, before coming around to score on a Cash single to center field to cut the deficit to 5-3.

The Lyons effectively put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 10-3 lead. They loaded the bases with no outs after Croteau and senior Stephen Quigley (Halifax, Mass.) sandwiched walks around an Anthony Teberio (Andover, Mass.) single. Sophomore center fielder AJ Guindon (Coventry, R.I.) plated Croteau with a single down the right field line, before junior shortstop Cavan Brady (Great Barrington, Mass.) drove in Teberio with a sacrifice fly to right to make it 7-3. Studley reached on an infield single to score Ucci Jr, who pinch ran for Quigley and DeMattio brought in two more runs with a two-run double to left center to give Wheaton 10 runs.

WPI scored two runs in the ninth to pull to within 10-5, but it was as close as it would get. Brooks (single) and Cash (walk) each reached to set up a run-scoring single to center off the bat of Connors. Sophomore shortstop Jacob Hand (Niskayuna, N.Y.) later walked to load the bases to set up a run-scoring wild pitch to plate Cash with the game's final run.