WATERVILLE, Maine – A day after clinching the top-seed in the upcoming North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) East Division Baseball Tournament, Castleton State College was swept in a doubleheader by Thomas College, losing the opener 5-4 and dropping the nightcap 11-2.

Thomas senior Chris Farrar picked up the win in the opener throwing a complete game, allowing three earned runs on four hits while striking out six. Sophomore James McLamb got the complete-game win in the nightcap allowing one earned on three hits and a strikeout.

With the wins, the Terriers improve to 24-13 overall and 19-5 in conference play on the season while the Spartans fall to 26-12, 21-3. 
 
Thomas broke through in the third inning of the opener on a Ben Goodall sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring Wes Perreault. The Spartans plated a pair in the fourth when Tyler Hoare (Duxbury, Vt.) reached on an error scoring Ryan Zielinski (Schenectady, N.Y.), followed by an RBI single from Nate Swahn (Rutland, Vt.) scoring the go-ahead run and giving the Spartans the 2-1 lead. 
 
Thomas broke the game open in the sixth with four runs, all coming with two outs. Rob Nutter, Daniel Ierardi and Taylor Livingston all drove in runs for the Terriers in the inning giving them the 5-2 lead going into the seventh. 
 
Castleton managed to come within one run in the top of the seventh as Hoare and Swahn both scored on productive outs from David Brandt (Contoocook, N.H.) and Zak Mayo (Avon, Conn.), but Farrar got Zielinski to ground out to shortstop to end the game and give the Terriers the 5-4 victory.
 
Derek Osborne (Springfield, Vt.) shouldered the loss for the Spartans, allowing five earned on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts. 
 
Thomas got off to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning of game two as the Terriers opened the game with five-straight hits including run-scoring singles from from Goodall, Josh Gray, and Thomas Cameron.
 
The Spartans cut the deficit in half in the second, as Joe Borowski (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Pete Wagner (Brattleboro, Vt.) each scored, but the Terriers answered with two of their own in the second on a two-run single from Goodall. 
 
Thomas broke the game open with five more in the sixth, highlighted by Goodall's grand slam, giving him seven RBI in the game and pushing the Thomas lead to 11-2.

Junior Ben Schoeneberger (Vernon, Conn.) took the loss for the Spartans, going 4.0 innings and allowing six earned runs while striking out a single batter.

Castleton finishes up their regular season play with a nine-inning game against Plymouth St. on Wednesday at 4 p.m. before the NEAC East Tournament begins on Saturday.