AMHERST, Mass. – Sophomore Austin Cline gave eight and two-thirds innings of masterful work on the mound and the offense provided more than enough firepower to give Dayton a 7-2 road victory over Massachusetts on Saturday at East Lorden Field.

KEY MOMENT
- After Austin Cline registered eight strikeouts and got two outs in the final inning, junior Peter Rozman came out of the bullpen and finished off the game with a strikeout of his own, securing the Flyers' first conference series win of the season.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
Bottom 1st
- UMass started the scoring for the second straight game, launching a solo homer to go ahead 1-0.

Top 3rd  
- Dayton tied the score at 1-1 thanks a an RBI single from freshman Brantley Johnson that plated senior Robbie Doring.

Top 4th 
- Redshirt Sophomore Brandon Smith would give the Flyers a lead they'd never lose with a solo home run that put UD up 2-1.
- Dayton added another unearned run to make it 3-1 when freshman Takahiro Yamada drove in fellow rookie Tate Hagan with a sacrifice fly.

Top 5th
- UD tacked on a trio of runs thanks to two sacrifice flies and a wild pitch, pushing the Flyers' advantage to 6-1.

Top 6th 
- Johnson added his second RBI single of the day with an opposite field base knock to score Doring and bring the Flyers' lead to 7-1.

Bottom 9th
- UMass tacked on an unearned run and would get two more runners aboard, but would get no closer than 7-2.

KEY STATS
- Saturday was the second time this season that Cline has thrown eight and two-thirds innings, but it was the first time he was able to pick up the win.
- The sophomore right-hander struck out eight and walked only two while allowing just one earned run.
- Brandon Smith's ninth homer of the season was the seventh time he cleared the fences with no one on base.
- Smith was joined by seniors Mitch Coughlin and Robbie Doring in having two-hit performances on the day.
- Coughlin added two stolen bases on the day and scored a run, while Doring scored twice and swiped one bag.
- Freshman shortstop Brantley Johnson went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in the game, the first three-hit game of his career.

UP NEXT
Dayton goes for the series sweep of Massachusetts on Sunday, April 30 at 12 p.m.