Newport, R.I. -- The Johnson & Wales University baseball team fell to Salve Regina, 7-6 in a non-conference contest on the road on Friday afternoon.

Johnson & Wales got on the board early when an RBI single by junior Teddy Katz (Pittsburgh, Pa.) plated fellow junior Mike Murphy (Pawtucket, R.I.) in the top of the first. Salve responded in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Michael O'Neill. The Seahawks extended their lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth. JWU responded with four runs in the top of the sixth, including an RBI single by junior Nick Simon (Rumford, R.I.) and a pair of RBI groundouts by junior Bryan Sayers (Chelmsford, Mass.) and senior Michael Sarfati (North Plainfield, N.J.) to take the 5-4 advantage. Salve Regina knotted the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by O'Neill.

The game headed into extra innings after a scoreless ninth before the Wildcats took the 6-5 lead on an RBI double by junior Nick Alosco (Mahopac, N.Y.) in the top of the 10th. Salve Regina answered in the bottom of the 10th when an RBI single by Tom Glynn tied the game at 6-6 before Brendan Tapley ended things with a single to left, scoring Brandon Bursie to take the 7-6 victory.

O'Neill was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI while Glynn went 2-for-2 with two RBI in the win for Salve Regina. Alsoco was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI while Katz and junior Matt Yaeger (Glendale, Ariz.) each had two hits in the setback for JWU.

With the loss Johnson & Wales falls to 13-26 while Salve Regina improves to 20-15 for the season. The Wildcats will return to action on Tuesday, April 27th when they host the first round of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship.