WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Trinity College baseball team defeated Middlebury College in 10 innings on Friday evening for a 10-9 victory in Winter Haven, Florida. The Bantams (5-4) conclude play in Florida on Saturday with two games, squaring off again with the Panthers at 2 p.m.
 
Sophomore Jack Matthews (Westport, Conn.) gave the Bantams a three-run lead in the top of the fourth, smacking a two-run single. Trinity scored a single run in the top of the seventh on an RBI double from sophomore James Stefanowicz (Stamford, Conn.) for a 6-3 edge. The Panthers tied the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the inning on a two-run single from Sammy Smith and a run-scoring base hit by John Collins.
 
In the back-and-forth game, Trinity took a 9-6 lead in the top of the eighth on a three-run base knock by Matthews. Middlebury answered in the bottom of the ninth, as Schroeder led off with a single and scored on a triple by Smith. Andrew Ashley produced an RBI single, while Sawyer Duarte recorded a run-scoring two-out hit to tie the contest at 9-9. 
 
The Bantams recorded the winning run in the 10th, as Patrick Dillion walked with the bases loaded. McCausland started the Panther half of the inning with a walk, but after a lineout to third, Trinity reliever Justin Olsen got out of a jam with a game-ending double play for the final 10-9 score.
 
Matthews paced the Bantams at the plate, going 2-4 with a pair of walks and five RBI. Colin Mann (2-3, 2BB, 3R) and Mike Guanci (2-3, RBI) each tallied two hits. Olsen (1-0) earned the win, giving up just two hits over the final two innings.