COBLESKILL, N.Y.  - Baseball split their first two games in the North Atlantic Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday, losing their first game to SUNY-Cobleskill, and bouncing back against SUNY-Canton.  

Thomas 4 SUNY-Cobleskill 23 

The Terriers started their first game from behind and were never able to catch up to the hot bats of the Fighting Tigers. Brad Smith (Ellsworth, Maine) doubled to right field in the top of the second inning, to cut Cobleskill's lead down to 3-1.  

Thomas scored two more runs in the third inning off a ground out and a sacrifice fly. Lucas Harmon (Danville, N.H.) singled in the fourth inning for their final run of the game.  Five Terriers got hits in the game, Aaron Young (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) scored two runs, and Matt Seymour (Old Town, Maine) and Kyle Gleason (Danville, N.H.) scored one each. Dylan Copeland (Salisbury, Mass.) picked up the loss on the mound for Thomas.  James Lappin (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) had a positive outing on the mound, allowing just two hits, and striking out two, in an inning and two thirds of work.  
 

Thomas 14 SUNY-Canton 4 

Thomas wasted no time in rebounding in their second game. Seymour opened up the scoring on an error by the Kangaroos second baseman. Devin Grindle (Surry, Maine) came up to bat next, singling to left field, scoring Gleason, as the Terriers took a 2-0 lead.  

SUNY-Canton scored three runs of their own in the first inning but it would be their last lead of the game, as Thomas would tack on four runs in the top of the second. Gleason doubled to right field to score two runs, helping them regain the lead. An error by the left fielder helped bring home Tony Meza (Los Angeles, Calif.) and DJ Cagnina (South Berwick, Maine).   

The Terriers only allowed one more run for the entire game. They also added two runs in the fourth and five runs in the seventh inning, to win their first elimination game convincingly.  

Garrison Paillet (Coconut Creek, Fla.) got the start and the win for Thomas, going seven innings, allowing four runs on six hits, and striking out six. Meza led the offense with three hits, three RBIs and two runs scored while Harmon added three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs.  

UP NEXT: The Terriers will face the loser of Husson and SUNY-Cobleskill in an elimination game on Monday. Husson and SUNY-Cobleskill are scheduled to play at 11 a.m. with Thomas' first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.