BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Despite persistent snow flakes and temperatures hovering in the high 30's, Middlesex County College and Northampton were able to play their scheduled Region XIX game on Tuesday afternoon, with the Spartans coming away with a 10-1 victory. 

Noah Weber (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) earned the victory, improving to 4-2 on the season, logging 7 innings of work, allowing 1 run on 2 hits, while striking out 5 and walking none.  

Andrew Corso (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) and Tommy Dunleavy (Bushkill, PA/East Stroudsburg North) split the final two innings, allowing no runs and combining for 4 strikeouts.

The Spartan offense came back to life after a tough outing in game two vs. Camden on Sunday, pounding out 12 hits in the victory over Middlesex.

Tyler Melko (Knoxville, PA/Cowanesque Valley) led the charge, finishing 2 for 4 with a double and a RBI.  Christian Del Toro (Trujillo Alto, PR/Perkiomen School) was also 2 for 4 with a RBI, while Dunleavy finished 2 for 5 with a double and stolen base. 

Northampton, which led 4-1 entering the bottom of the 6th, broke things open led by CJ Gantz (Bath, PA/Northampton) and Del Toro, who both led off the inning with hits and then each scored on an error by the Colts third baseman, who overthrew first base trying to get Tommy Dunleavy (Bushkill, PA/East Stroudsburg North) on a hard hit ball to his right. The Spartans plated 4 runs in the inning to take a commanding 8-1 lead and then added 2 runs in the 7th to secure the 10-1 victory. 

Cody Brown (Tunkhannock, PA/Tunkhannock) added 2 hits and CJ Peechatka (Henryville, PA/Pocono Mt. East ) went 1 for 3 with a double, stolen base and RBI. 

The win moves Northampton, which once again received votes in the NJCAA national rankings, to 17-8 overall and 3-1 in Region XIX, while Middlesex falls to 12-19 overall and 3-13 in the Region. 

The Spartans are set to host NJCAA Division II County College of Morris on Thursday at 3:30pm in a 9-inning non-conference match-up.