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CARY, N.C.- Defending CAA Champion Northeastern (0-1, 0-0 CAA) fell 5-3 to Long Island University (1-0, 0-0 NEC) on Friday, February 18th in the first game of the Penn State Tournament. 

• LIU got out to an early lead in the 2nd inning, eventually leading 5-0 by the sixth inning.
• Freshman Justin Bosland was able to get the first hit for Northeastern with a triple during the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Huskies were unable to score in the inning.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Luke Beckstein was hit by pitch while Mike Sirota was able to advance to second pushing Jeff Costello to third.
• With bases loaded designated hitter Corey DiLoreto was able to slam a double scoring three runs lowering Northeastern's deficit to two during the bottom of the sixth.
• Northeastern had four hits this afternoon while LIU tallied five.
• First baseman Jack Doyle tallied ten of the Huskies 27 putouts while catcher Teddy Beaudet recorded nine.
• Cam Schlittler and Michael Gemma each pitched four innings while striking out four batters a piece.
• Owen Langan stepped on the mound to close the game for the Huskies pitching one inning without giving up a run. 
• LIU was led by Colin Adams and Seth Surrett who make up four of the sharks five runs. 

Northeastern will play a double-header tomorrow against Monmouth University with the first game slated for 1pm. 

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