WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (Interstat) — Harrison Engle threw six no-hit innings and Fairfield held off Niagara 4-3 on Thursday afternoon in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship.

Engle struck out one while allowing no hits and no earned runs over six innings. Will Youngman followed with 2.2 hitless frames, striking out two, and Jimmy Mulvaney recorded the final out.

Zach Stephenson homered to right field in the fourth inning and finished 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI for the Stags (29-21). Luke Nomura doubled in a run in the second, and Matt Bucciero singled home a run in the seventh.

Niagara (26-20-1) scored three unearned runs in the fourth on a wild pitch, a double by Jason Green and a single by Nick Cote. The Purple Eagles outhit Fairfield 7-5 but stranded runners in scoring position in the final innings. Jack Dickinson allowed three hits and one earned run in four innings, striking out three.