MADISON, N.J. (April 24, 2017) - Junior Jack Paladino belted his first career home run, but the FDU baseball fell to Lehman 15-5 Monday.

The Lightning move to 8-22, while FDU is now 12-16.

Lehman scored in all but two frames, and led 5-0 after two and a half innings. Junior Reynaldo Diaz knocked in two runners with a single in the third to get within three, but the visitors would tack on 12 unanswered runs after that inning.

Senior Dylan DiPolvere recorded an RBI double in the eighth, and the Paladino two-run homer completed the scoring for FDU. The Lightning had 24 hits, with 19 singles. The top two hitters in the order combined to go 8-for-13 with three RBI's and five runs scored.

Senior John Armstrong, sophomore Kevin Brown and freshman Chris Portelli all struck out five Lightning hitters in the setback,