DALLAS, Pa. - The Manhattanville College baseball team continued to show their offensive prowess Friday afternoon, racking up 12 runs on 14 hits to take down fellow first place Misericordia 12-5 in the opening game of the season series.

Juniors Chris Conklin (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland) and John Delahanty (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) led the offensive attack for the Valiants (13-6 overall, 6-1 MAC Freedom) with two hits and three runs batted in.  Fellow classmates Joe Anselmi (North Rockland, N.Y./North Rockland) and Robbie Lynch (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep) also had two hits on the day, and senior Jordanis Nunez (Bronx, N.Y./St. Raymond) blasted a two run homerun in the win.

On the mound, sophomore Pat Badia (Somers, N.Y./Somers) threw 5.1 innings, allowing just two runs on six hits to earn the win.  The Valiant pitching staff was impressive on the day, working out of several jams to strand 16 Misericordia runners on base.

The Valiants opened the scoring in the third inning by plating five runs on six hits in the top half of the frame.  Conklin drove in the first two runs of the game on a single to right field.  Lynch kept the rally going with an RBI single to left field to score Conklin, and Delahanty capped off the inning with a two run single up the middle to give Manhattanville a 5-0 lead over the Cougars (14-6 overall, 5-2 MAC Freedom).

After Misericordia got a run back in the bottom of the inning, Nunez responded with his first homer of the season, a two run shot to left field to make the score 7-1.  The Valiants added a run in the fifth and three runs in the sixth.  In the top of the ninth, Conklin put an exclamation point on the win with a solo homer to center field.  

Sophomores William Tempone (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown East) and Dennis Berardi (Brewster, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic), and senior David Mangum (Rye, N.Y./Rye) worked to strand the bases loaded the final three innings of the game to secure the victory for the Valiants.  

Manhattanville will host the Cougars in a doubleheader matchup to round out the season series tomorrow at Manhattanville Field.