Pete Castoldi provided the sole RBI of the game with a single in the fourth inning. The Huskies eventually emerged with a win, as a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth scored freshman short-stop Oliver Hart from third.

“It was a great win for us,” sophomore pitcher Sean Lyons said. “It was a confidence builder winning against a great team and a crosstown rival like BC. It really proves we can beat the top-tier teams in the country if we play our game.”

On Saturday, in the second game of a series against University of Richmond, junior pitcher Drew Leenhouts propelled the Huskies to another win, pitching a seven-inning complete game.

The southpaw allowed just two hits and fanned seven, and the Huskies prevailed by a final box score of 3-1.

Freshman second baseman Aaron Barbosa was instrumental in the win, going 3-4 with two runs and a stolen base. Sophomore catcher John Puttress was key as well, going 1-4 with 2 RBI, including a fifth inning double that made the score 3-0.

Lyons spoke of the win positively, citing his team’s ability to rebound from a loss they suffered earlier in the series versus Richmond.

“We came out with a loss the day before,  so [this game] shows we can come back the next day and put a loss behind us,” he said.  “It was a good comeback, and really shows that if we play our game and have good pitching and offense, it’ll get the job done.”

Over the last week, the Huskies have almost doubled their win tally, improving from three to five wins. Additionally, the wins slide the Huskies out of the CAA basement, with Hofstra now holding the lowest winning percentage overall.

Despite the wins, the Huskies also managed to drop a pair of games, as referenced by Lyons.

After defeating Richmond earlier in the day on Saturday, the Huskies dropped game three of the series, falling by two with a final score of 6-4. Barbosa churned out another multi-hit performance, going 2-5. Barbosa’s blazing speed once again proved to be an asset, as the freshman scored 2 two runs.

However, Richmond’s offense was too much to handle throughout the game. Despite the Huskies taking a 2-0 lead early, the Spiders scored six runs in the first five innings, making a rally exceedingly difficult.

“The ball didn’t bounce our way,” Lyons said. “We just had a couple rocky innings and couldn’t get the ball to fall in the hole. [We played] well enough to win, but it just didn’t go our way.”

The Huskies second loss of the weekend came a day earlier, as the Spiders opened up the three game series with a 9-7 win.

Senior pitcher Les Williams pitched six innings, allowing four earned runs and striking out four. Williams blanked Richmond early on, allowing no runs through four innings.

Yet, despite jumping out to a massive 7-0 lead by the third inning, the Huskies let a game that was well within their grasp slip away, as Richmond posted five runs in the seventh inning to take a lead they would not lose.

Despite the pair of losses, McPhee said he was satisfied with his team’s effort, saying that his team gave it their all despite dropping the series.

“Nobody likes to lose,” McPhee said. “It’s a matter of playing the game alert, to the best we can. The last thing I said to my team was, ‘you came ready to play,’ and that’s all a coach can ask.”

The Huskies must once again come ready to play when they face off against 7-16-1 Towson in Maryland Friday. A sweep of the series would put the Huskies at a respectable 4-5 in conference play, while failure to win a game would result in a nightmarish 1-8 record.