ASTON, Pa. – The Cairn University baseball team handily swept their Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) doubleheader against the University of Valley Forge on Tuesday at Maplezone Sports Institute, winning game one by a score of 13-4 and earning the victory in game two by a margin of 11-4.
 
In game one, Cairn (10-7, 3-1 CSAC) jumped on the board with a three-spot in the top of the second inning, after plating all three runs on back-to-back-to-back at bats. The Highlanders extended their lead to 6-1 after five innings and plated another three runs in the sixth to firmly take control of the contest. Cairn was led in game one by junior Samuel Spadea (Yardley, PA / Pennsbury) who tallied three hits and drove in a career-high five RBIs. Senior Ryan Clark (Babylon, NY / Babylon) and freshman Jared Sucro (Kamloops, British Columbia / St. Ann's Academy) each posted multi-hit days with a pair of base knocks. Junior Cameron Culver (Croydon, PA / Truman) picked up his third victory of the season on the mound, tossing a complete game over seven innings, scattering seven hits, four runs and seven strikeouts.
 
In game two, Cairn picked up where it left off in the first contest with two runs in the top of the first, highlighted by a RBI-triple from senior Caleb Edman (Nokesville, VA / Norther Virginia Community College). Valley Forge (5-11, 2-2 CSAC) made the score 2-1 with a run of its own in the bottom half, before the Highlanders plated two more runs in the third frame to make it 4-1. The Patriots crawled back into it with a two-run third inning, but the Highlanders put the game out of reach in the fourth, notching four runs after senior Brian Amantia Jr. (Columbus, NJ / King's Christian) delivered a bases-clearing, three-RBI double into the gap, followed by an RBI-single by Spadea. Spadea led the Highlanders again in game two with a game-high three hits to go along with four RBIs (including a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning) and three runs scored, while Amantia Jr. plated a game-high five runs on two doubles. Senior Dom Maglione (Hamilton, NJ / Steinert) picked up his second win of the season on the bump after tossing six innings, scattering five hits, four runs and six k's. Freshman Joseph Battaglia (Manasquan, NJ / Brentwood Academy) closed out the game with a scoreless seventh inning.
 
Cairn will be back on the diamond on Wednesday, March 30 when it returns home to take on Cabrini University in non-conference action inside the Stillman Complex for a single, nine-inning game at 3:30 p.m.