MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Felician College sophomore right-hander Matthew Facendo (Hazlet, N.J.) pitched six shutout innings and the Golden Falcons scored 10 times in the final two frames for a 14-0 non-conference baseball victory over Molloy College on Sunday afternoon at the Ripken Experience complex. The win ended Felician's five-game stay at the Northeast Challenge event.

Facendo (2-0), who set Felician's single-season save record last year with eight, was making his first collegiate start after 24 relief outings. He gave up three hits, struck out three batters, and walked two, and combined with two relievers on a five-hit shutout.

Felician (4-4), the designated visiting team, jumped out ahead, 4-0, after four innings. Junior Gabriel Fellin (Temple, Pa.) blasted a run-scoring triple in the first. The Golden Falcons picked up two runs in the third on an RBI single by Aaron Brill (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and a Mike Farrell (Red Bank, N.J.) sacrifice fly, and tallied again on a run-scoring double by Jordan Tackett (Fredericksburg, Va.) in the fourth.

After tacking on three runs in the eighth, Felician scored seven ninth-inning runs. A two-run Fellin single and a two-run double by Brill highlighted the rally. The Golden Falcons had 10 hits and drew 13 walks in the contest, and Molloy's two errors and three passed balls led to nine of the Felician runs being labeled unearned.

Golden Falcon sophomore left-hander Jack Fowler (Shrewsbury, N.J.) stranded two runners in the seventh before pitching a 1-2-3 eighth inning. Senior righty Shane Junger (Waretown, N.J.), making his first appearance in nearly two years due to injury, recorded two strikeouts in a perfect ninth.

Brill and Fellin each finished 2 for 5 with three RBI, and teammates Ralph Caccavale (North Massapequa, N.Y.) and Andrew Lombardi (Boonton, N.J.) scored three runs apiece. Sophomore catcher Kyle Van Duyne (Sayville, N.Y.) was 2 for 3 with a double for the Lions (1-7).

Felician is next in action on March 2 in Winter Park, Fla., when it begins play in the Rollins College Baseball Week with a pair of games, including one against the host Tars.