ORONO, Maine - The Trinity College baseball team defeated Bowdoin 5-3 on Friday evening in the NESCAC-opening contest for both squads. The Bantams improve to 10-2 overall this season while the Polar Bears dip to 10-9. Friday's game was played at Mahaney Diamond on the campus of the University of Maine due to unplayable field conditions in Brunswick. The teams will play a doubleheader in Orono on Saturday beginning at noon.

Trinity jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three and a half innings before Bowdoin was able to trim the lead to 3-2 on a Brett Gorman rbi single in the bottom of the fourth. The Bantams extended their lead with single runs in the seventh and eighth inning en route to victory. Ryan Piacentini led Trinity with three hits while Kent Graham, Alex LiDonni and Alexander Rokicki each connected for doubles for the Bantams. Adam Marquit also had an rbi single for the Polar Bears.

Jeremiah Bayer went the distance to collect the win for Trinity while Pat Driscoll was tagged with the loss for Bowdoin.

LINE SCORE                                 R  H   E
Trinity (10-2)       011 100 110 -   5  11  3
Bowdoin (10-9)   002 000 100 -   3   7   1

Pitchers:
Trinity: Jeremiah Bayer (W, 4-0)
Bowdoin: Pat Driscoll (L, 2-2), Eric Chenelle (7), Welch (8)

Complete box score will be posted on Sunday.