Rhode Island Lineup
Laske (C), Ramirez (2B), Kopack (SS), Genther (LF), DePino (3B), Fortin (1B), Butler (DH), McCall (RF), McKenzie (CF), Levesque (P)
 
Massachusetts Lineup
Hebble (SS), Skagerlind (CF), Gervasi (DH), DeMartino (2B), MacLean (RF), Judd (C), Tichy (LF), Wilde (3B), Luttazi (1B), Given (P)
 
How it Happened
After three scoreless innings, Rhode Island took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth when Addison Kopack scored on a sac-fly by Joe Fortin.
 
Trystan Levesque kept things moving along for the Rams, allowing UMass just five hits before exiting with the 1-0 lead after six innings of work.
 
The Minutemen managed to load the bases off reliever Broc French in the top of the seventh, but Zach Fernandez took over and got the Rams out of the jam. After a leadoff walk and back-to-back singles, Fernandez replaced French and fanned Mike Gervasi and Drew DeMartino – UMass' 3-4 hitters – then got an inning-ending groundout to protect URI's 1-0 lead.
 
Rhode Island was finally able to add an insurance run in the bottom of the inning as a Jordan Laske sandwiched a single between a pair of walks to Calvin McCall and Alex Ramirez. That set up Kopack's bases-loaded sacrifice fly that made it a 2-0 game.
 
Fernandez then fired a 1-2-3 eighth inning to get the Rams back to the plate, where Fortin singled and stole second. With two away, McCall drove a ball into left center, for what looked to be an inning-ending fly out. However, UMass' center fielder Kevin Skagerlind and left fielder Nolan Tichy collided while attempting to field the ball, which allowed McCall to reach second and Fortin to cross the plate for the eventual 3-0 victory.

With their third consecutive Atlantic 10 series win, URI is now tied with - UMass and Saint Joseph's -  for second place in the conference standings with a 6-3 league record. 
 
Inside the Box Score

• Sophomore Trystan Levesque tossed six shutout innings to pick up his third consecutive win.
• Junior Zach Fernandez earned his first save of the season, striking out four over three shutout innings. The only base-runner he allowed was on a two-out walk in the top of the ninth.
• Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack went 2-for-2 with one walk, a sacrifice fly, one RBI and one run scored.
• Grad student Joe Fortin singled, scored once and drove in a run.
• Junior Calvin McCall had an RBI double, walked, was hit by a pitch and scored a run.
• Junior Alex Ramirez singled twice and walked once.
• Grad student Jordan Laske singled to extend his hitting streak to eight games – the longest active streak on the team.
• Freshman Eric Genther was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the fourth, extending his reached-base streak to 15 games.

Up Next
The Rams are back in action Wednesday afternoon at UMass Lowell. First pitch at LeLacheur Park is set for 3 p.m.