Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Baseball team was dealt two losses on Monday afternoon, falling in a non-conference road doubleheader at King's (Pa.) by scores of 11-5 and 14-4. Steven Maio (Thornwood, N.Y.) and Leutrim 'Tim' Hoxha (Forest Hills, N.Y.) each drove in a pair of runs in game one.
 
The Monarchs got the scoring started early in game one on Monday with six tallies in the bottom of the first inning. Rob Lemoncelli led off the frame with a home run and Cody Krupa added a three-run round tripper, as King's strung together six hits in the frame.
 
Mount Saint Vincent would get on the board in the sixth inning when Hoxha drove in his first run of the day on a bases loaded walk. Chris Sideli (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jason Rivera (Bronx, N.Y.) singled in the inning with Mike Esposito (Rockaway Park, N.Y.) drawing a two-out walk leading up to Hoxha.
 
King's responded with five runs in the home half of the sixth to break the game open on five more hits. The Monarchs put together four straight doubles in the innings, with Chris Sweeney's driving in three runs with two outs in the inning.
 
The Dolphins closed out the game with four runs in their last at-bat on three hits. Maio, who was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Week on Monday afternoon, drove in a pair of runs with a single and Hoxha drove in Maio with two outs in the inning to close out the scoring.
 
Six different Mount Saint Vincent players recorded a hit in the game and Josh Sharpe (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) scored twice. Rivera and Maio each recorded a base hit and scored a run in the game for the Dolphins.
 
King's outhit the Mount in game one 13-6 and had four different players with at least two hits. Sweeney ad Anthony Re each collected three hits in game one of the Monarchs, with Krupa leading the way with three RBI. Overall, King's finished the contest with nine extra base hits.
 
Tyler Krowlikowski (Massapequa, N.Y.) took the loss for the Mount and fell to 0-6 on the season. He worked 3.0 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. Ryan Weiner earned the win after firing 4.0 shutout innings for King's, allowing one hit and striking out three.
 
In game two, Mount Saint Vincent jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the early going after plating two runs on a pair of hits in the top of the second. Esposito led off the frame with a double and later scored on a Steven Guistino (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) single. Keith Brodesser (Copiague, N.Y.) drove in the second run of the inning with a groundout.
 
The lead was short lived as King's plated seven runs in the home half of the inning to pull in front for good in the game. The Monarchs used three hits, including two home runs, and took advantage of two errors to build the inning. Jared Turner launched a two-run home run and Sweeny hit a three-run round tripper for King's.
 
Mount Saint Vincent would add single runs in the fourth and seventh innings, but could not overcome two more runs from King's in the fourth and five more in the sixth. Keith Schroeher (Riverhead, N.Y.) singled home Hoxha in the fourth and in the process extended his hitting streak to eight games.
 
Schroeher finished the game 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Dolphins and Esposito went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Hoxha scored twice for the Mount in game two.
 
The Monarchs had four players with two hits in game two, with Tuner going 2-for-4 with four RBI. Lemoncelli added two more hits, including a double, scored twice and drove in two runs.
 
Kevin Coogan (Bronx, N.Y.) fell to 0-2 on the season after going 3.1 innings. He allowed eight earned runs on five hits and walked five. Shawn Heck allowed two earned runs on four hits in 4.0 innings as he moved to 1-1 for King's.
 
Monday's sweep drops Mount Saint Vincent to 0-18 overall on the season. The Dolphins will be off until Saturday when they return to Skyline Conference play at NYU-POLY. The doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.