WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Wayne State University baseball team (8-4) lost an 8-1 result at Rollins College (16-6) on Thursday night in the penultimate game of WSU's Florida trip.

The Tars scored five runs in the second inning and three in the sixth to defeat the Warriors for the second time, as the two teams met last Thursday as well.

Alex Trojan (Fenton, Mich./Hartland) and Justin DeFrancis (Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek) each had two hits, and Andrew Ciennik (Waterford, Mich./Mott) recorded his 150th career hit with a single in the third inning.

Zach Persky and Boston Langley each went 2-for-4 with three RBI for Rollins.

The Tars' five-run second inning cut short Jeff Sorenson's (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) first career start. Langley hit a two-run single and later scored on a passed ball.  Anthony Figliola drew a bases-loaded walk, and Persky drove in a run on a sacrifice fly.

Two triples in the sixth inning, including an RBI three-bagger by Persky, contributed to Rollins' three-run sixth inning which was extended by a WSU fielding error.

The lone run for the Warriors and three of their six hits off Mike Hermann (2-1) came in the third inning.  An RBI single by Trojan brought in DeFrancis, who earlier had a one-out base hit.

Hermann walked two and struck out three over 5.2 innings before three Rollins relievers combined for 3.1 scoreless frames.

Wayne State will wrap up its Spring Break trip against Mount Vernon Nazarene on Friday at 6:00 p.m.


NOTES
Ciennik is the 18th player in Wayne State history to reach 150 career hits … DeFrancis extended his hitting streak to seven games … he is 10-for-22 (.455) with four runs scored in Florida … Gebara is 8-for-20 (.400) with a team-high five RBI on the Florida trip … Kirk Stambaugh (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview) worked 2.1 scoreless innings in relief of Sorenson.