Eddie Kalankiewicz had two hits including his first homer of the season.
WORCESTER, MASS.--(4/8/09)--Coast Guard rallied for six runs in the ninth, but the Bears comeback effort fell short, losing to WPI 14-10 in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.
WPI jumped out to a 4-0 lead after four innings before freshman Eddie Kalankiewicz hit a two-run homer in the sixth and junior Ryan Milligan added a solo shot in the inning to cut the deficit to 4-3.
The Engineers (16-9, 5-3) answered in the home half of the sixth with four runs to chase Coast Guard starter Mike Ahlin (1-6), who took the loss.
WPI led 14-4 entering the ninth, but senior Brian Yurovich had an RBI single scoring junior Keith Laird, who led off with a double. Senior Bill Birch added an RBI single and Laird had his second hit of the inning a two-run single to make the score 14-10.
Laird had three hits while Milligan and Kalankiewicz added two hits for the Bears (6-16, 2-5).
