'KEENE, N.H. 4/10/04  - The Keene State College baseball team collected 35 hits and clouted five home in a Little East Conference doubleheader sweep (25-8 and 10-2) over Rhode Island College at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

It was the fourth straight win for KSC 9-6 (3-0 LEC) who remain undefeated in LEC play.  RIC drops to 9-9 (0-3 LEC).

Keene State, which exploded for 25 hits in the opener, scored four runs in fourth, fifth and sixth innings.  Pat Austin (Wallingford, Conn.) and Justin Hickman (Mont Vernon, N.H.) tied a KSC record with five hits each in the game.  Hickman also belted his second home run of the season and collected five RBIs. Austin finished with three RBIs.  Mike Masseur (Warwick, R.I.) went three-for-five with three RBIs in the game.

Mike Naylor (Warwick, R.I.) led RIC with three hits and an RBI. 

Rick Stromgren (Keene, N.H.) (2-0) pitched seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk to notch his second win of the season.

Matt Brannon (Cranston, R.I.) took the loss for the Anchormen. 

Jeremy Schilling (Centerville, Mass.) had three hits including a grand slam home run and Ryan Kohler (Alstead, N.H.) scattered seven hits on the mound in the second game.

Tim Kendrick (Middletown, R.I.) hit a two-run homer, his first of the season to put KSC up 4-0 in the fourth inning.  Matt Beams' second home run of the year, a three run shot in the sixth made it 6-1.  Schilling's grand slam, his second home run of the day, and third of the season capped the Owls offensive attack.

Kohler fanned six to improve to 3-1.  Brandon White (Foster, R.I.) took the loss for RIC.

Mike Naylor (Warwick, R.I.) had three hits for the Anchormen.

KSC hosts Amherst College on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.).