GLENVILLE, WV.—The Mercyhurst baseball team lost its season opener today against Northwood University by a score of 10-9 on Sunday.

Kenny Robinson and Dominic Cecere led the Lakers with two hits each out of the nine by MU. Cecere also led the Lakers with 3 RBI on the day.

In the second inning, Matthew Schneider hit a solo homerun for the Lakers giving them an early 1-0 over the Timberwolves. Northwood would respond with two runs of their own in the third before Mercyhurst (0-1) poured on the runs in the fourth starting with a Josh Surowiec double scoring Domenic DeRenzo.  The Lakers would cross the plate five more times in the inning going up 7-2 in the fourth. 

Northwood (4-3) would not allow the Lakers to pull away as they would score six of their own runs in the fifth inning. MU would answer with two of their own in the bottom of the fifth making the score 9-8.  Unfortunately for the Lakers, Northwood would hit a 2 RBI double in the eighth and wouldn't allow the Lakers to score taking the game 10-9.
For the Timberwolves, Kyle Ziegler and Chris Clark paved the way, both having two hits. Clark and Nick Palmer also had 3 RBI

Winning pitcher was Dakota Roberts.  Roberts pitched three innings allowing two hits and two base on balls.  He also recorded two strikeouts.

Losing pitcher was Lakers' own Adam Jeannette allowing two hits, and two runs. Jeanette recorded game high nine strikeouts, respectively.
 
Next Up: The Lakers will play Glenville State College tomorrow in a double-header starting at 1:00 PM