The Purple Eagles opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, plating a run that put them ahead early in the MAAC Tournament matchup.
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Fairfield answered quickly, capitalizing on a sacrifice fly and an RBI double to seize a 2-1 advantage.
Relief efforts saw Nathan Harb enter with two outs in the third, while Eddie Dolansky struck out Bucciero to close the fourth.
The fifth inning brought more fireworks as Fairfield added an RBI single and a sacrifice fly, extending the gap.
Niagara fought back with an RBI single from Elijha Hammill, but the lead kept slipping as errors and a sac fly added two more runs.
Jack Dickinson came in during the seventh and managed to navigate the inning, while Carter Fink closed out the ninth for the visitors.
Two insurance runs in the top of the ninth sealed a 9-2 final, dropping Niagara to 28-54 all-time against Fairfield.
Individually, Matthew Ganschow recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season, and Elijha Hammill ended the year on a 17-game hit streak, while Rees Kozar logged his 23rd multi-hit outing.