Mansfield, Conn. - Senior RHP Bill Musson (Wethersfield, Conn.) allowed one run and three hits with 13 strikeouts in seven innings to lead the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors to an 8-1 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in baseball action this evening at Eastern Baseball Stadium.  Trinity, ranked No. 6 in New England and No. 16 in the nation, fals to 14-7 with its third loss in a row, while the Warriors, ranked No. 4 in New England and No. 17 nationally, improves to 20-8 with their first win in three games.

Eastern Connecticut took a 3-0 lead after one inning on four walks and RBI singles by junior OF Jim Schult (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) and Andrew Dewing (Swampscott, Mass.), and led, 7-0, after four innings thanks to four walks, three hit batsman, a balk, and a two-run homer by Dewey.  Trinity scored its run in the fifth frame on an RBI single by freshman SS Stephen Howard (Cheshire, Conn.).  Bantam rookie RHP Ben Goldberg (Plainview, N.Y.) struck out three and allowed just one hit in the final two innings on the hill.  Junior LHP Bill Roveto (Windsor, Conn.) did the same for Eastern Connecticut in the final two innings, while Schult finished 3-for-5 at the plate for the Warrior offense.

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