'PHOENIX, AZ.  3/19/06 - The Keene State College baseball team concluded its spring week trip to Phoenix with a 6-2 win over Roger Williams (R.I.) University on Sunday.

The Owls, who ended their trip with an 8-4 mark, had 10 hits in the come-from-behind victory played in unseasonable cold and rainy weather.  The game was called after eight innings due to unplayable field conditions.

After RWU went up 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, KSC answered with three runs in the top of the sixth inning.  The Owls scored their runs on RBI singles from Greg Ford (Nashua, N.H.) and Joe Rousseau (Nashua, N.H.) and a sacrifice fly from Nick Arroyo (Northfield, Ca.).

KSC added two more runs in the seventh.  Josh Watkins (Keene, N.H.) walked and came home on Shawn Howey's (East Hartford, Conn.) triple.  Howey scored on a Ryan Jones (Nashua, N.H.) RBI single.  In the eighth, Arroyo single and moved to third on two pass balls. He scored on Jeremy Schilling's (Centerville, Mass.) ground out.

John Grainger (Keene, N.H.), Schilling, Rousseau, and Jones finished the game with two hits each.

The Owls got a solid outing on the mound from sophomore Jamie Morin (Goffstown, N.H.) who gave up two unearned runs, three hits with six strikeouts and two walks.  Ford got the final two out to notch the save.

Despite missing their first two days because of rain, the Owls were able to play 12 of their 13 games on the trip. "Overall I was very pleased with the trip," said KSC Coach Ken Howe.  "It was tough on the guys playing 12 games in seven days.  Everyone's a little tired and sore.  We didn't have a chance to regroup, but I from top to bottom everybody stepped up."

KSC's first game up north is scheduled for Wed., March 29 at home against Springfield College.