WINTER PARK, Fla. – A screaming line drive by Felician College third-baseman Mike Farrell (Red Bank, N.J.) with the potential tying run on third base in the top of the ninth inning was caught by Assumption College shortstop Shane Keddy (Worcester, Mass.), preserving Assumption's 3-2 non-conference baseball victory over the Golden Falcons on Thursday afternoon at Alfond Stadium. The game concluded Felician's stay at the Baseball Week event hosted by Rollins College.

The Golden Falcons (7-10) were limited to four hits, but drew seven walks and left 10 men on base. The designated visiting team, they squandered a bases-loaded, one-out opportunity in the top of the third inning

Assumption (2-4) could only muster three hits for the afternoon, but took advantage of Felician errors to score a pair of unearned runs en route to a 3-0 lead after five innings against Golden Falcon sophomore left-hander Jerry Vasto (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.) (1-1). Vasto worked 6 2/3 innings, striking out four batters and walking three.  

Felician got onto the scoreboard in the seventh off of Greyhound reliever Dan Bradley (Moodus, Conn.) when junior Gabriel Fellin (Temple, Pa.), who had walked, scored on the back end of a first-and-third play. In the ninth, with Bradley still on the hill, the Golden Falcons put their first two hitters on base on a single and an error.

Fellin's sacrifice bunt advanced runners to second and third, and a groundout by Jonathan Arche (Miami, Fla.) plated pinch-runner Brett Hauber (Deposit, N.Y.) to pull Felician to within 3-2. Farrell followed with a liner that seemed ticketed to left field to tie the score before it was gloved by Keddy to end the game.

Sophomore left-hander Mitch Kelly (Watertown, Conn.) (1-1) was the Assumption starter, and he worked 5 1/3 two-hit innings, striking out three batters and walking five without allowing a run. Bradley was credited with a save after tossing the final 3 2/3 frames. Senior third-baseman Travis Smith (Coventry, R.I.) had an RBI double for the Greyhounds.

Stephen Paladino (Staten Island, N.Y.) retired all four batters he faced in relief of Vasto, striking out three.