NORTON, Mass. -- Senior right-hander Gavin Reily (Bridgewater, Mass.) allowed just one earned run on two hits to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) baseball team over visiting Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 5-2, to complete a sweep this afternoon in New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference action at Sidell Stadium on the Wheaton campus in Norton, Mass. The Lyons, who received votes in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association/D3baseball.com Coaches Poll, have now won seven of their last eight games to improve to 9-6 on the season and 2-0 in the NEWMAC, while the Engineers' seven-game win streak ends and they fall to 10-7 and 0-2.

Reily improved to 3-1 on the season and threw 93 pitches in the second game with only 13 of them called a ball during a complete game win for Wheaton. He navigated through seven Lyons' errors and struck out seven, while not walking a batter in nine innings. Junior right fielder Jake Studley (Barrington, R.I.) was 1-4 with two runs batted in, while sophomore center fielder AJ Guindon (Coventry, R.I.) was 2-4 with a run batted in and a run scored.

Sophomore shortstop Jacob Hand (Niskayuna, N.Y.) hit a solo home run and scored a pair of runs, while junior catcher Joe Salvon (Longmeadow, Mass.) singled home a run for WPI. Junior righty Carter Bach (Albany, N.Y.) (1-1) was saddled with the loss in relief, giving up five runs (four earned) on three hits and two walks. Senior right-hander Andrew Dupuis' (Raymond, N.H.) first start of the season was a good one for the Engineers with him hurling six four-hit scoreless innings with just one walk and five strikeouts.

The Engineers owned a 1-0 edge, but a four-run seventh inning gave Wheaton all the runs it needed for the triumph. Junior third baseman Nick Croteau (Cumberland, R.I.) reached on an error and first year first baseman Anthony Teberio (Andover, Mass.) put runners on the corners with a one-out single. Senior pinch-hitter Stephen Quigley (Halifax, Mass.) stepped in from the left side and put down a perfect bunt down the first base line, on a safety squeeze, that was fielded by the first baseman, who looked to make a play at the plate, but was beaten by Croteau to knot the score at 1-1. Guindon reached on an infield single deep in the hole on the right side, while sophomore pinch-runner Amedeo Ucci Jr (Warwick, R.I.) scored on the play to take a 2-1 edge. Junior shortstop Cavan Brady (Great Barrington, Mass.) worked a walk to load the bases, before Studley smacked a two-run single through the right side to give the Lyons a 4-1 margin. Brady later scored on a wild pitch to give Wheaton an insurance run to make it 5-1.

The Engineers cut the deficit to 5-2 with a run in the ninth, taking advantage of an error by the home team. Hand reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on an errant throw that was intended to complete a double play to end the game. Salvon followed with a single to left to plate Hand with the final run of the afternoon.

Hand broke up a scoreless game in the fifth when he led off with a home run over the right field fence to give the visitors a 1-0 edge and break up a no-hitter by Reily through the first four innings. 

The Lyons return to action tomorrow when they travel to Gorham, Maine to take on University of Southern Maine at 1:00 p.m., while the Engineers head to New London, Conn. for a twinbill with Mitchell College at 12:00 p.m.