UNION, N.J. - The Arcadia University baseball team faced its second top-25 opponent in as many games Friday afternoon at 13th-ranked Kean, falling to the Cougars, 9-2. The Knights struck first on a Dylan Towey RBI single in the second inning, but four-straight innings of at least two runs from the Kean offense in the second, third, fourth, and fifth ultimately downed Arcadia on the road.

HOW IT HAPPENED
-Ryan Smolen led off the second with a walk after working the count full and stole second to get a runner in scoring position with two away in the inning. Towey followed with a single back through the middle on the first pitch he saw to drive in Smolen and stake the Knights to an early 1-0 lead.

-Kean answered right back in the home half with back-to-back, two-out RBI knocks to take a 2-1 lead after two before adding three in the third and two more each in the fourth and fifth.

-The Knights added a run in the ninth when Noah Cerrud-Osmer and Eddie Fortescue Jr. drew consecutive walks to start the frame before Trey Obarowski delivered a base hit to left-center to score Cerrud-Osmer from second.

-Carson Denham and Zach Steiger combined to throw four scoreless innings in relief in the effort, allowing two hits and striking our four.

ARCADIA OFFENSIVE LEADERS
-Towey: 1-3, RBI
-Madera: 1-3, SB
-Ernst: 1-2, SB

ARCADIA PITCHING LEADERS
-Denham: 3 IP, 2H, 2K
-Steiger: IP, 2K

UP NEXT
Arcadia (4-3) travels to Scranton Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 11 a.m.