'KEENE, N.H. 4/20/04 - Keene State College and Mass. College of Liberal Arts battled to a 6-6 tie in a non-conference baseball game called after 11 innings at Owl Athletic Complex on Tuesday.

KSC loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but Jeremy Schilling (Centerville, Mass.) grounded out to third to end the rally. In the bottom of the 11th, the Owls had runners on second and third, but pinch hitter John Maryanski (Nashua, N.H.) popped out to shortstop.

Schilling tied a school record with five hits in the game.  Mike Masseur (Warwick, R.I.) finished the game with four hits.

Robert Merrill  (Colchester, Conn.) had a two run single to highlight a four run fifth inning that put Keene State ahead 6-1. 

Mass College tied the game in the top of the eighth on RBI hits from Jamison Rigoli (Bolton, Mass.) and Scott Patenaude (North Adams, Mass.).  Patenaude scored the tying run on a wild pitch.

Owl starter Corey Bell (Swanzey, N.H.) struck out eight and walked four in 7.1 innings.  Peter Bergeron (Keene, N.H.) pitch 2.2 innings of strong relief not allowing a hit and fanning two.

Rigoli had two hits for MCLA (10-9-1).  Shawn Senecal (North Adams, Mass.), who took over for starter Seamus Morrison (Pittsfield, Mass.), pitched 6.2 innings of scoreless relief for the Trailblazers.  He gave up just five hits.

Keene State (11-12-1) travel to Plymouth State University on Wednesday (3 p.m.).