Lakeland, Fla. – Anchored by a pair of standout pitching performances and an offense that banged out 28 hits, Clark University swept a pair of games from Lesley University, winning game one 10-2 and taking the nightcap, 11-1 on Saturday afternoon.

With the wins, the Cougars improve to 4-6 overall, while the Lynx, playing in their first two games of the season, start 2013 at 0-2.

In the first game, Clark senior Andrew LeBlanc (Farmington, Conn.) went the distance and struck out nine leading the Cougars to a 10-2 win. Leblanc limited the Lynx to three hits while walking just one.

Clark got their offense going early as the first five batters of the game reached base. Sophomore Nicholas O'Brien (Potomac, Md.) led off the game with a walk while Michael Eglow (Delmar, N.Y.) followed him up with a single. They then scored on an RBI single by junior Andrew Doolittle (Hebron, Conn.) and an RBI double by Mitch DeLorenzo (Berlin, Conn.).

DeLorenzo finished the first game going 3-for-3 with two RBI, two runs scored, and walk while Eglow went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored.

For the Lynx, juniors Tyler Plourd (Canton, Conn.) and Kevin Hopwood (Winter Haven, Fla.) each had a hit and collected an RBI. Sophomore Adam Ciampi (Westford, Mass.) went 1-for-4 with a run scored for Lesley.

In the second game, Lynx starter Jeff Landry (Vestal, N.Y.) retired the first five batters he faced before freshman Jack Kenney (Saco, Maine) connected for a double to center field and Austin Knief (Scarsdale, N.Y.) knocked him in with another double to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead in the second.

Clark broke it open in the third as they sent 13 batters to the plate and scored eight runs. DeLorenzo, Kenney, O'Brien, sophomore Dennis Glynn (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), and freshman Brett O'Keefe (Brighton, Mass.) all had RBI singles in the inning, leading the Cougars to an 11-1 victory. 

The Cougars got another strong effort on the mound, as sophomore Michael Mainuli (Glastonbury, Conn.) went six innings, allowing just five hits and striking out three.

O'Brien finished game two going 2-for-5 at the dish with two RBI and a run scored. Kenney went 3-for-4 while also knocking in two and scoring one run.

Clark will return to the diamond on Friday when they open up league play with a home contest against MIT. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.