McAvoy took the ball for Bryant’s series finale against Fairleigh Dickinson and pitched the Bulldogs to a split of the four-game set. Allowing Bryant to remain 1.0 game ahead of Monmouth for the lead in the NEC standings, the rookie right-hander limited third-place FDU to one run and five hits over a career-high 8.0 innings of winning baseball. McAvoy, who was throwing a three-hit shutout through 7.0 innings of the eventual 5-1 victory, surrendered FDU’s lone run on a HBP and two singles in the eighth inning, but was able to finish the frame by evoking a double-play ball off the bat of FDU first baseman Eric Anderson. The 6-foot-2 freshman fanned four batters, including two during the sixth inning with runners in scoring position, and walked two. He is now 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA in six league starts.