Seahawks Cruise Past Mardela In Season Opener

Seahawks Cruise Past Mardela In Season Opener
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BERLIN- On a frigid opening day that felt more like winter than early spring, Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team took care of business in workmanlike fashion with a tidy 11-0 win over visiting Mardela.

The talented, veteran Seahawks opened the 2015 campaign with a home game against the Warriors on Monday with game time temperatures hovering in the mid-30s and a brisk wind whipping around the field at Decatur. The adverse conditions did little to slow the Seahawks, who scored two runs in the first and cruised to the 11-0 win.

With bases loaded in the first, Ryan Bennett smacked a line drive to left center to score two runs and stake the Seahawks to an early 2-0 lead. The hits would keep on coming throughout the game for Decatur, which routed the Warriors, 11-0. Meanwhile, starter Sean Colgan was impressive on the mound, scattering a handful of hits and a couple of walks while keeping Mardela off the scoreboard throughout the game.

Decatur returns a core group of veteran players from last year’s team that went 17-1 in the regular season and captured the Bayside Conference championship before falling to La Plata in the state 3A-South region final. University of Maryland-bound Justin Meekins returns at shortstop and is a sparkplug in the middle of the line-up. University of Virginia-bound Grant Donahue will pitch and play third base and Bennett is also a key returning player along with Zach Adams, Brooks Holloway and newcomer Tristan McDonough among others. The Seahawks play Snow Hill on the road on Monday before a tough early season stretch with Parkside on the road and Bennett at home next week.