BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Ryan Griffin allowed just one earned run over 6.2 innings and Matt Brinker hammered a solo home run to lead the Northeastern Huskies (9-7, 5-1 CAA) to a 3-2 series-sweeping victory over the Towson Tigers (6-10, 0-6 CAA) on Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
 
The Huskies took an early 2-0 lead in the second inning, and after Towson pulled within one in the fifth, Brinker answered immediately with a leadoff homer to restore the two-run cushion. The bullpen tandem of Matthew Sapienza and Andrew Rogovic finished the job, combining for 2.1 scoreless innings to close it out — marking the third straight save of the series for the Husky relief corps.
 

• Northeastern broke through in the second after Eric Cha battled through a 10-pitch at-bat before getting hit by a pitch. Cooper Tarantino singled up the middle to move Cha to third, then stole second to put both runners in scoring position. Chris Walsh came through with a two-out single through the left side to plate both runners for the 2-0 lead.
• Towson cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth on an RBI groundout that scored a runner who had reached on a single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and moved up on a wild pitch.
• Brinker responded immediately, turning on the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth and sending it to left field for a solo homer — his second of the season — to push the lead back to 3-1 and chase the Towson starter.
• Towson got an unearned run in the seventh after a pair of Northeastern errors — a pickoff throw that sailed into the outfield and a throwing error on a ground ball — allowed a run to score without a hit. Sapienza entered and picked off the runner at second to end the threat, keeping the lead at 3-2.
• Griffin earned the win to improve to 3-0 on the season, working 6.2 innings and allowing just one earned run on five hits. He walked three and struck out three, but was dominant on the ground — his 11 ground ball outs against just four fly ball outs kept the Tigers from putting the ball in the air all afternoon.
• Sapienza worked 1.1 scoreless innings in middle relief, retiring all three batters he faced, while Rogovic slammed the door in the ninth for his second save, allowing just a single before closing it out with a strikeout and a fielder's choice.
• Gerety led the Huskies at the plate with a 3-for-4 afternoon, singling three times and swiping a base. Tarantino went 2-for-3 with a single and a stolen base, while Walsh drove in both runs in the second on his two-out single.
• All three wins in the series featured a save — Andrew Basel earned one on Friday, Andrew Wertz picked up his first as a Husky on Saturday, and Andrew Rogovic closed it out on Sunday. The Husky bullpen allowed no runs in 9.1 combined innings across the three games. Northeastern is now 9-0 on the year when leading after six innings.
• The sweep extends Northeastern's home winning streak at Friedman Diamond to 22 games, dating back to the 2025 season, continuing a dominant run at home. The Huskies went 23-1 at home last year en route to the CAA Regular Season Championship.

 
Northeastern plays four games of its five games this week at home, starting with Tuesday afternoon's match up with Merrimack. That game is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on FloCollege.