Box Score NEWPORT, R.I.--The Western New England University baseball team used a 10-hit attack behind solid pitching in crushing host Salve Regina University, 10-2, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference game at Reynolds Field on Monday. The visiting Golden Bears improve to 8-11 on the season and 4-4 in the CCC, while the Seahawks dip to 15-8 and 6-4 in the conference.

The top six batters in the Western New England order recorded at least one hit, including sophomore leadoff Kevin Marciano, senior co-captain Jeff Schult and freshman Daniel Morin with two apiece.

Sophomore left-hander Tom Mahoney went the distance to pick up the victory to improve to 1-1. He allowed four hits and struck out three.

Hunter Sleeper had two of SRU's four hits.

With the score tied 1-1 in the second inning, Western New England got timely hits and went ahead for good 3-1. After sophomore T.J. Wyrebek worked a walk between two strikeouts, freshman Kyle Maglio hit a double over the head of the center field to score Wyrebek all the way from first base. Marciano followed by lacing a double down the left field line and Wyrebek scored an important insurance run at the time.

In Salve's bottom half of the inning, Ryan Sweenor cut the deficit to 3-2 on a sacrifice fly. With two runners in scoring position and a run already in, Mahoney ended the threat by inducing a ground out.

Western New England added a run in the third on a RBI-single by Schult and broke the game open with three runs two frames later for a 7-1 cushion. The Golden Bears in the fifth took advantage on a run-scoring wild pitch and two runs on a throwing error that would have ended the inning.

The teams traded runs in the first inning as sophomore Scott Hubener had a RBI-groundout and Dominic Di Sano countered with a RBI-single in his half-inning.

Mahoney also escaped a jam in the bottom of the first by inducing an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.

Western New England returns home tomorrow against Framingham State for a non-conference meeting at Pat Ricci Field at Trelease Park; first pitch is at 3:30 p.m.