Phoenix, Ariz. - March 20, 2009 - The Springfield College baseball team dropped its final contest of the RussMatt Greater Phoenix Invitational on Friday afternoon as it fell to Southern Maine, 5-4.The Pride, which will open up conference play with a doubleheader at Wheaton on Sunday, are now 3-5 this season. Three of SC's five losses in the Invitational were by one run, one of those in extra innings, and another was by two runs in extra innings.
Holding a 4-3 lead heading into the ninth, Southern Maine used four doubles to in final inning to plate two runs en route to the 5-4 comeback victory.
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Former Springfield College standout Mark Simeone will enter his 18th season as the head baseball coach at his alma mater in 2014. The 2012 NEWMAC Coach of the Year, Simeone will lead a veteran squad this spring. Read more.