DAVENPORT, Fla. – The Trinity College Bantams allowed just four hits but lost, 4-3, against the Benedictine University Eagles in RussMatt Central Florida Invitational baseball action this afternoon.  Trinity falls to 4-4 and will play New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) West Division rival Middlebury tomorrow and Saturday to close out its spring trip South.  Benedictine improves to 6-3.

Trinity trailed, 1-0, early but tied the game with a run in the top of the third frame when sophomore SS Jack Mathews (Westport, Conn.) led off with a walk and scored on a groundout by junior 2B Patrick Dillon (Bronx, N.Y.).  Benedictine scored twice in the bottom of the inning on a two-run single by Damien Castillo, but the Bantams got one back in the top of the fourth on a single by sophomore Bennett Teceno (Centerville, Mass.) and a run-scoring hit by junior OF Brandon Chow (Greenwich, Conn.).

The Eagles went back ahead by two runs in the fifth inning and the Bantams rallied yet again, scoring with two outs in the sixth on a Chow triple and a single by Mathews.  Trinity did not get a hit the rest of the way, however, spoiling a stellar relief appearance by sophomore righty Tyler Griffin (Milford, Conn.) who did not yield a hit or a walk over the last four frames with three strikeouts. Trinity starter James Stefanowicz (Stamford, Conn.) took the loss in his season debut, while Chow and sophomore 1B Sean Meth (Sands Point, N.Y.) were both 2-for-4 offensively for the Bantams.