MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Hawks dropped a pair of hard fought contests to the Penn Wildcats this afternoon.

Final Scores:

Game 1: Penn 9, Hilbert 7
Game 2: Penn 8, Hilbert 7

Records: Hilbert 1-3, Penn 2-0

Game One:

* Brendan Walsh got the start in game one for the royal and white, going four innings while allowing five runs on six hits and added five strikeouts. 
* The Hawks trailed 5-2 going into bottom four and answer with a big five run inning, three of which coming off the bat of true freshman Jairo Santos on a big fly to left center for his first collegiate home run of his young career to take a 7-5 advantage. 
* Penn responded with four unanswered runs to clip the Hawks 9-7.
* Patrick Whelan was the lone Hawk to have a multi-hit game as he went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBI.

Game Two:

* Kevin Luna made his first career start at Hilbert in game two and started off strong posting three straight zeros.
* Emmanuel McClain got the Hawks on the board in the top of the second with a solo shot to left center to put Hilbert up 1-0.  
* In the third inning, the Hawks tacked on three more off three hits, including an RBI triple from Patrick Whelan.
* Down 4-1 in the fifth, the Wildcats sticks came to life, resulting in seven runs over the next four frames, including a walk off walk with bases loaded to take the win. 
* The bullpen duo of Rahsaan Browne and Santino Turello combined to throw a pair of innings without allowing an earned run and struck out three.
* Turello, Whelan and Angelo DiNizo each posted multi-hit games, while Turello also added three stolen bases.  

Up Next:

* Hilbert is back in action on Monday, March 7th as they take on Rivier University in a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 3pm.