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Staten Island, NY - Wagner defeated Quinnipiac 10-2 while completing a four-game series sweep at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, closing out the 2010 Regular Season in style. 10 different players hit safely, including all nine starters, as the Seahawks pounded out 18 hits en route to scoring in double-digits during league play for just the fourth time all year.

Wagner, which improves to 25-29 and 17-15 in the NEC, will be the No. 3 seed in the 2010 Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament and will play No. 2 CCSU on Thursday, May 27 at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ at 3:30 pm. Live video and audio will be provided via Northeast Conference TV. No. 1 Sacred Heart will square off with No. 4 Monmouth in the other half of the double-elimination tournament.

The Seahawks scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning and never looked back, plating single runs in each of the next four frames before putting another three-spot up in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Junior Brian Martutartus (Carlsbad, CA / La Costa Canyon) again led the way, going 3-for-4 while notching his seventh-straight multi-hit game and extending his hitting streak to nine games. In eight games over the last two conference weekends at CCSU and against Quinnipiac, he is batting .613 (19-31), including .688 against the Bobcats, with eight runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and eight RBI while posting a .935 slugging percentage.

Classmate Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) also notched three hits in five trips to the plate while scoring two runs.

Seniors Damian Csakai (Freehold Township, NJ / Freehold Township) and Vin Avella (Matawan, NJ / CBA) concluded their home careers in style. Csakai went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI while Avella was 2-for-5 with a double while matching the single-season RBI record of 56.

Junior Matt Logan (Wall, NJ / Wall) and freshman Nick Alfano (Coral Springs, FL / North Broward Prep) rounded out the Seahawks with multiple-hits.

Freshman RHP Christian Rautenstrauch (Charlotte, NC / Providence Day) started and struck out four over 4.0 innings of two-run ball before exiting with the lead. Classmate RHP Dakota Dvorak (Pompano Beach, FL / North Broward Prep) earned his first collegiate win against no losses, working a 1-2-3 fifth inning. Four other pitchers combined to limit Quinnipiac to just one hit while striking out four over the final 4.0 innings.

Senior RHP Todd DeFrancesco (0-5) took the loss, yielding seven runs, six earned, on 14 hits over 6.0 innings of work.

NOTES: The 2000 Northeast Conference (NEC) Championship squad was honored prior to the game along the first base line … Wagner outscored Quinnipiac 27-11 in securing the four game sweep … The 27 runs are the most scored in a series against the Bobcats since the 2000 squad plated 30 In a doubleheader sweep … The Seahawks finish up the year 16-4 at home and have won eight-straight games at Richmond County Bank Ballpark against Quinnipiac … Over the last three years, Wagner is 49-17 at home, including 33-11 during NEC-games … In eight NEC weekend four-game sets, the Seahawks swept two series (LIU, Quinnipiac), took three of four twice (at FDU, Monmouth), lost three of four twice (Sacred Heart, at CCSU) and were swept once (at Bryant) … This is also the third-straight NEC Tournament berth and the sixth in the last seven years for the Green & White … Fifth-year senior Matt Watson (Howell, NJ / Howell) singled in his first and likely last collegiate at-bat in the bottom of the seventh inning … Fellow fifth-year senior Andy Wells (Staten Island, NY / St. Peter's) also got an at-bat, but struck out swinging … Senior Brian Miller (Pittsburgh, PA / North Hills) also pitched, firing a perfect eighth inning ... Avella and Csakai were lifted prior to the top of the ninth inning, giving the seniors one last applause.