Box Score ROCHESTER, NY - The Utica University baseball team dropped game three to the St. John Fisher University Cardinals on Sunday, 5-4. 
 
At the plate, Joe Battista (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) led the unit with a pair of hits and a walk. Dom Fasolo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), John Longeretta (Oriskany, NY/Oriskany), Tyler Jennings (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Matthew Kanyuk (Mellville, NY/Hills East) and Steve Sclafani (North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale) all had hits too. Jennings, Kanyuk and Sclafani drove in one run each. 
 
James Roeschlaub (Auburn, NY/Auburn) started the game and went three innings deep en route to a no decision. The southpaw allowed two unearned runs on one hit and three walks to go with four strikeouts. Jake Mangino (Sayville, NY/Sayville) tossed two frames allowing one run on one hit and one walk while Frederick Callo Jr. (Milton, NY/Marlboro) picked up the loss with three earned runs allowed over two innings. Brendan May (McGraw, NY/McGraw) also threw an inning allowing three runs on four hits and one walk. 
 
Utica tacked on a pair of runs in the 2nd inning to strike first. Matthew Kanyuk (Mellville, NY/Hills East) singled home Joe Battista (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) from third base before he was ultimately attempting to stretch his base-knock into a double. Right after, Steve Sclafani (North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale) drove home Tyler Jennings (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) on a single to right field for a 2-0 lead. 
 
After a shutdown inning by Roeschlaub, the Pioneers put two more on the board in the top of the 3rd. Dom Fasolo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) swiped third base and on a throwing error by the catcher, came home to plate another. Jennings followed up with an infield single to short to push the team ahead 4-0. 
 
However, Fisher responded with two of its own in the bottom half while the Utica offense would fall silent over the final six frames. 
 
Still trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the 5th, Fisher added another run as the game moved into the 6th with Utica still ahead 4-3. 
 
Come the 8th inning, the Cardinals found their rhythm. A six run frame pushed the team ahead and proved to be too much for Utica to overcome as Fisher came from behind for the win. 
 
Utica (23-13, 13-5 Empire 8) will take on third-seeded Houghton University in the first round of the Empire 8 Conference Tournament on May 11. St