Lake Nona, Fla- The No. 7 Denison Big Red continued their spring break trip with a matchup with the No. 4 Endicott College Gulls. This is just the second meeting between the two Division III blue blood programs, with their first coming in the 2010 season. The Big Red present hot off of a ranked win over No. 2 Johns Hopkins. Endicott took down the same opponent earlier in the week.  With an 11-3 victory, Denison moves to 11-3 overall. The loss takes the Gulls down 8-3.

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The Big Red will get Thursday off after taking on two top-5 opponents. On Friday morning, Denison will face No. 19 Rutgers-Camden before taking on Saint Johns University in the afternoon slot. In the final game of the trip, the Big Red will play The College of New Jersey at 9:30 am on Saturday before returning to Granville.

(Denison 11, Endicott 3)
The Big Red offense caught fire against the No. 4 team in Division III. Denison jumped ahead 2-0 following RBIs from Alex Vasquez and Jake Blozy. The bats exploded in the 4th inning, tacking on five runs to their total. A string of doubles from Vasquez and Eric Colaco knocked in two runs, but the inning was highlighted by Erik Sundgren launching a three-run bomb over the left-field wall. This brings his season total to eight home runs and 28 RBIs. The offense continued to punish Endicott pitchers, with Blozy and Vasquez each adding additional runs. First-year Cooper Marrs capped off the offensive onslaught, blasting a homer of his own in the final inning. The Big Red put Endicott's bullpen to work, facing five different arms in the nine-inning showdown.

The defense shined against a high-powered offense. Heading into today, the Gulls averaged 12.5 runs per game. Sophomore righty Sam Larson got the start and was backed up by junior lefty Michael Gray. Gray pitched 5.0 innings, allowing zero runs and just one hit and retiring seven batters via strikeout. The duo, former Lake Forrest High School teammates, combined for 13 strikeouts and just two walks on the day. The defense was perfect in supporting the two pitchers, recording zero errors.

A multitude of great performances led the offense. Vasquez went 4-5 at the dish, knocking in four RBIs. Sundgren went 3-5, including the three-run homer. Blozy and Colaco both went 2-4 on the day.