LEESBURG, FL - Jason Morgan and Phil Sedalis drove in two runs each, and Zach Coluccio struck out nine in eight innings as #17 Rowan defeated Mitchell, 11-2, in the RussMatt Invitational at Pat Thomas Stadium. The Profs are 7-1 overall and 3-0 on their Spring Break trip.

Jason Schooley and Chris Serrano also had two RBI each as the Profs totaled 10 hits. Sedalis had the only extra-base hit for the Profs with a triple, as he extends his school record to 16 in his career.

It was a pitchers' duel through the first five innings between Zach Coluccio and Chris Gibbs of Mitchell before Rowan opened it up with a four-run sixth inning. The Profs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Serrano reached base on an error and scored Brayden Davis. Mitchell was hitless until the fifth when it got three, including an RBI single to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Rowan posted four in the sixth, to break the tie, as it went through the order and saw Nick Struble, Bogart, Schooley and Serrano all drive in wins, en route to a 5-1 lead.
Mitchell (3-12) was hanging in and added one more in the sixth to pull within, 5-2.

The Profs scored in the seventh as Morgan drove in Sedalis, to own a 6-2 lead.

Sedalis broke it open in the eighth with a two-run triple, Morgan followed with an RBI single and  Schooley drove in the fourth run to give Rowan an 11-2 lead.

Coluccio posted  four straight strikeouts in the seventh and struck out the first batter of the eighth, to total five K's in those two innings en route to his first win of the year.

The Profs will play Babson on Sunday at the Chain of Lakes complex in Winter Haven, FL, with a new start time of 11 a.m.