FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Utica University baseball team picked up its first and second wins of the season with its sweep of Yeshiva University on Sunday.
 
Utica 8, Yeshiva 3
 
John Longeretta (Oriskany, NY/Oriskany) and Jack Bono (Frankfort, NY/Frankfort-Schuyler) powered the offense in game one as each went 3-for-4 at the dish while Bono drove in four runs. On the mound, Derrike Goutremout (Chaumont, NY/Lyme Central) made his collegiate debut going 4.1 innings allowing three runs on five hits with three strikeouts en route to the no decision. Dylan Sullivan (West Orange, NJ/Columbia) earned the win with a clean 2.2 innings of relief allowing just one base runner via a walk with four strikeouts. 
 
The Pioneers jumped on the board first as a throwing error by Yeshiva in the 2nd inning allowed Dom Fasolo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) to come around to home from second. Utica tacked on two more runs in the 4th by way of a two RBI triple to left center by Bono. 
 
After four clean innings on the bump by Goutremout, the freshman got into a jam in the Yeshiva half of the 5th. With the bases loaded, Goutremout walked home three runs that even the score which led to his departure from the game. However, Sullivan entered and escaped the inning with the score intact at 3-3. 
 
With no action in the 6th from either team, the sides went into the 7th and final inning of game one still even at 3-3. This would be the inning that set the tone for the rest of the day for Utica. 
 
Brendan May (McGraw, NY/McGraw) opened the inning with a single before immediately stealing second base to get into scoring position. Joe Battista (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) then put the ball in play and reached base thanks to a throwing error by the Yeshiva pitcher, allowing the speedy May to come home from second. Later, Fasolo singled home Battista from second before a Bono single to center allowed Fasolo and John Son (Mellville, NY/Half Hollow Hills), who reached base o a hit by pitch, to score to open the team's lead to 7-3. 
 
The final Utica run came on a Nathan Yantz (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) sacrifice fly while Sullivan shut the door on Yeshiva in the home half to take game one. 
 
Utica 27, Yeshiva 0
 
History was made in game two as the 27 runs scored is an all-time single-game program best, according to accessible records, breaking the previous record of 26 runs against Trine on March 14, 2017. 
 
Kooper Knabe (Cortland, NY/Cortland) impressed in his collegiate debut on the mound, going the distance for a shutout win allowing just four hits to go with eight strikeouts and two walks. 
 
Nathan Yantz (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) dominated at the dish, going 3-for-3 with three RBI, three runs and a home run while coming up a single shy of the cycle.  David House (Clay, NY/Bishop Ludden), Daniel Fitzgerald (Clinton, NY/Clinton) and Joe Crossly had three RBI games as well. 
 
Utica (2-1, 0-0 Empire 8) will return to action next Sunday, March 12, when the team takes on Fredonia in its first game of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. from Auburndale, Florida.