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Game 1 Recap

Robert Nixon goes the distance on the mound for Adelphi and pitches a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts

BOXSCORE

RINDGE, N.H. (May 19, 2011) -- The top-seeded Adelphi University Panthers opened the 2011 NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament with a 2-0 win over sixth-seeded Dowling College on Thursday morning at Pappas Field in Rindge.

With the win, Adelphi advanced to the winner's bracket of the regional and will play at 3 p.m. on Friday versus the loser of Thursday night's Wilmington/Southern Connecticut State game. Dowling heads to the loser's bracket and will face the loser of Franklin Pierce/UMass-Lowell on Friday morning at 11 a.m. in an elimination game.

The story of the game was the impressive pitching performances from both starters, including Adelphi's Robert Nixon, who improved to 11-1 after going the distance and scattering just four hits, while striking out eight and walking only two. Dowling's Gabriel Duran was touched up for two runs in the first, but after that settled down and also went the distance, yieldinig just those two runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts and only two walks.

Adelphi scored both of its runs in the bottom of the first inning, including getting an RBI single from Anthony Zarrella, who laced a base-hit to left field. Omar Velazquez and Richard McCarren scored the runs for the Panthers.