Wilmington, De. – The Post University baseball team dropped its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference opening games to Wilmington on Saturday afternoon, 11-3 and 4-2.

The Eagles now sit at 8-10 overall and 0-2 in the CACC.

In game two, the Eagles pitching staff struck out nine in the loss. Starting freshman pitcher Matt Goehrig (Clifton, N.J.) had four strikeouts in 5.1 innings and junior Mike Munson (Plainville, Conn.) struck out five of the nine batters he faced in his 2.2 innings.

With the Eagles down 4-0 in the top of the seventh and two outs, the Eagles rallied for two runs after junior John Russo (Bronx, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch and senior Alex Wright (Butler, N.J.) walked and were driven in by freshman Danny Di Marzo (Fishkill, N.Y.) who doubled down the right field line. However, the Eagles went in order in the final two innings as Wilmington held on for the win.

In game two, the Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI single from Di Marzo before Wilmington took the lead for good in the bottom of the second, highlighted by a home run from Fries.

Down 11-1 in the top of the ninth, freshman Miguel De Los Santos (Clifton, N.J.) hit an RBI single to drive in juniors John Cartagena Jr. (Danbury, Conn.) and Bryan Rossetti (Seymour, Conn.)

Freshman Connor Kolich (Mahwah, N.J.) finished the game 2-for-3 in the game. De Los Santos was 1-for-2 with two RBI. Senior Nick Arnold (West Islip, N.Y.) started the game and pitched 5.1 innings and received the loss. Freshman Mike Lisinicchia (Stamford, Conn.) struck out four in 1.2 innings.

Up next for the Eagles is an out of conference game against Stonehill on March 20 at 3:30 p.m.