Rhode Island Lineup
White (CF), Brodeur (2B), Ulliana (C), Vargas (1B), Butler (DH), Fortin (3B), Coley (RF), Santos (SS), Mircovich (LF), Levesque (P)
 
Massachusetts Lineup
Shapiro (LF), Skagerlind (CF), Hart (2B), Judd (C), Gervasi (DH), Rounds (RF), Pearsons (SS), Luttazi (1B), Sloss (3B), Bergeron (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island left no doubt in its season finale, romping Massachusetts 16-1 and clinching the Atlantic 10 North division in the process.

With the victory, the Rams (27-24-1, 14-6 Atlantic 10) clinched at least the No. 3 seed in the conference championship next week. Rhody will be the No. 3 seed if Dayton beats George Washington on Saturday. If GW wins the game, URI moves up to the No. 2 seed.

Rhode Island led start to finish, literally. Austin White hit a home run on the first pitch of the game. Later in the inning, Josh Brodeur scored on an infield error to put the Rams ahead 2-0.

The Rams scored in six of the seven innings played. They added two in the third inning and one in the fourth inning before truly putting the game away with a five-run fifth inning. There was a single run in the sixth, and another five-run rally in the seventh that helped invoke the 10-run rule and end the game early.

Inside the Box Score

• Seven different Rhode Island players had at least two hits, and eight players had at least one hit.
• Sonny Ulliana led the barrage with four hits, all singles. He scored twice and drove in one.
• Joe Fortin had three singles, one RBI and one run scored. He also made a diving catch of a foul ball early in the contest.
• Josh Brodeur singled twice, walked, scored a run and drove in a team-high four runs.
• Austin White homered, singled, was hit by a pitch and scored three times.
• Billy Butler also homered and scored three times. Butler added a single, walk and two RBI on the day.
• Butler ended the regular season hitting a team-best .355 with five home runs in 21 games.
• Xavier Vargas singled twice, scored once and had one RBI.
• Alex Santos singled twice, scored twice and had two RBI.
• Max Mircovich doubled, was hit by a pitch, scored twice and had one RBI.
• Trystan Levesque (5-2) allowed just one run over 5.0 innings of work to record the win.
• Dominic Picone and Zach Fernandez each provided a shutout inning of relief. 

Up Next
Rhode Island will compete in the Atlantic 10 Championship, which is being hosted by top-seeded VCU at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. The double-elimination tournament begins Thursday, May 27.