FORT PIERCE, FL – The Colonels continued their spring break trip against the Northland College Lumberjacks on Tuesday.
 
The Colonels (1-4) went through the entire order twice in the first two innings in the 18-7 victory over the Lumberjacks (1-5).
 
Junior Dominick Bayo (Swoyersville, PA/Wyoming Valley West) batted in the first run in the Colonels second at-bat with a triple, before a sacrifice fly from Nick Pronti (Wood-Ridge, NJ/Wood-Ridge) brought Bayo home and the score to 2-0.  Senior Brandon Reno (Hunlock Creek, PA/Northwest Area) continued the onslaught with a triple, with a single from freshman Stone Wormuth (Carbondale, PA/Carbondale) bringing him home.  A single from junior Vinny Bobbin (Schuylkill Haven, PA/Blue Mountain), a pitching error by the Lumberjacks, and another single from junior Michael Patrizio (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) brought the Colonels first inning advantage to 6-0.
 
The Lumberjacks hit the board with an RBI single in the top of the second, but the Colonels responded with eight more runs to put the game well out of reach for Northland.  Pronti doubled for his second RBI of the day to bring Bayo home once more, before a Reno single brought Pronti home to make it 8-1 Colonels.  Junior Jack Hines (Hawthorne, NJ/Hawthorne) added two more with an RBI single, before Bobbin and Bayo added RBI singles of their own to push the tally to 13-1.  Reno added his third RBI of the day with a double to push the tally to 14-1 at the end of two innings
 
The Colonels added three more in the third, with a two-RBI single from freshman Alexis Velez (Caguas, PR/Notre Dame) and an RBI single from junior Rob Iacono (Wantagh, NY/MacArthur) put the Colonels up 17-1 through three.  The Lumberjacks managed a five run fifth inning, and tacked on another one at the top of the sixth.  Bobbin finished the scoring for both squads with a RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Five Colonels had two or three hits on the day.  Bobbin went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, while Bayo went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and three runs.  Junior Tony Molitoris (Hanover Twp., PA/Holy Redeemer) earned the victory, pitching five innings with four strikeouts.
 
The Colonels are scheduled to return to action on Thursday at noon against Kenyon College in Fort Pierce, Fl.  Wilkes is 2-2 against Kenyon in the live stats era.