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MILTON, Mass. – Junior Brett Franciosi (Leominster, Mass.) combined to go 6-for-7 with three RBI to help the Nichols College baseball team earn a split of their doubleheader with Curry College Wednesday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference action.  

Sophomore Joseph Nicolace (Cranston, R.I.) went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI in the Bison's 3-2 win in the opener. Franciosi, meanwhile, went 3-for-3 with an RBI in game one and 3-for-4 with two RBI in the nightcap, which the Colonels rallied to win 8-7.

The Colonels (6-11, 1-5 CCC) opened the scoring in game one in the bottom of the first on an RBI groundout by junior Tanner Givens (Hamden, Conn.). Nichols (2-12, 1-1 CCC) struck back with a pair in the bottom half of the inning as Nicolace doubled to center to plate senior Shayne McNally (Auburn, Mass.) and freshman Benjamin Harrow (North Reading, Mass.).

Curry tied the game at two in the fifth when junior Matt Warren (Wilbraham, Mass.) doubled to right to score Givens. Franciosi's RBI double in Nichols half of the inning brought home the eventual game-winning run as Nicolace walked home from third.

Senior Tyler Shute (Mashpee, Mass.) scattered three hits and allowed two runs in six innings to earn his first win of 2014. He walked two and struck out five. Freshman Brian Burke (Swampscott, Mass.) took the loss for the Colonels as he allowed six hits and three runs in his four innings of work.

Curry put up a '3' spot in the top of the first in game two behind a two-run single from sophomore Philip Perez (West Covina, Calif.). The Bison answered with seven runs in the third, sparked by a two-run single by Franciosi and an RBI single from freshman Jeff Sylvester (Berlin, Conn.).

The Colonels got two back in the fourth, then scored once in the sixth and twice in the seventh to move in front, 8-7. Freshman Cam Douglas (Milford, N.H.) stroked an RBI double in the fourth, followed by an RBI single off the bat of junior R.J. McCann (Brockton, Mass.).

After scoring an unearned run in the sixth, Curry sophomore Tim Lathrop (Colchester, Conn.) tied the game at seven with a run scoring single in the seventh. Later in the frame, junior Derek Pizarro's (Cambridge, Mass.) RBI groundout plated the eventual winning run.

Freshman Vincent LoPriore (Boston, Mass.) tossed a perfect sixth inning to earn the win for the Colonels. Junior Chris Kingsley (Middleboro, Mass.) got the start on the bump for the 'visitors' and allowed three runs (two earned) in two innings. Freshman Adam Rigney (Niantic, Conn.) was the hard luck loser for the Bison as he allowed two hits and a pair of unearned runs in 1.2 IP.

Nichols hosts Eastern Nazarene Friday at 3 p.m. Curry hosts Gordon for a pair of games Friday at 2 p.m.