POMONA, N.Y. – St. Thomas Aquinas College jumped out to a 13-5 lead after three innings of its eventual 19-10 non-conference baseball victory over visiting Felician University on Thursday afternoon at Palisades Credit Union Park.

St. Thomas Aquinas (30-10) is ranked No. 24 in the most recent national NCAA Division II writers' poll. STAC is No.3 and Felician No. 5 in the Apr. 27 D-II Baseball Committee regional rankings.

Sophomore left fielder Matt Diesel (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) scored three runs for Felician (25-18). Junior first-baseman Brennan Price (Middlesex, N.J.) was also on base three times, with Price and sophomore right fielder Jason Polgano (Bronx, N.Y.) driving in two runs each.

The Golden Falcons scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Price drove in two runs with a two-out double and scored in a double by Polgano. But the Spartans tied the score in the home half on a three-run home run by Brandon Fischer (East Northport, N.Y.).

Felician junior Ronnie Grant (Burlington, N.J.) drew a two-out walk in the second inning, stole second base, and came home on a Bruce Strickland (Hazlet, N.J.) single. Again, however, STAC erased the deficit, this time taking the lead for good with a four-run second inning. The Spartans had just one hit in the frame.

STAC sophomore Giovanni Dincong (Daly City, Calif.) had a three-run double as his team broke the game open with a six-run third.

Six Felician pitchers surrendered 14 hits and eight walks and hit four batters. Tyler Patane (Lake Grove, N.Y.) homered and Dincong and Fischer drove in four runs apiece for the Spartans. Left-hander Jose Peralta (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (1-1), the second of four STAC pitchers, earned the victory with four innings of one-run relief.

Felician freshman Sean Rosatelli (Staten Island, N.Y.) picked up his first collegiate hit with an eighth-inning single.