New London — Matt Finlayson was hired as Mitchell College's athletic director Wednesday.

Finlayson joins the Mariners after having served as an assistant athletic director at Salve Regina University for the past three years. He will be the department's sixth full-time director of athletics and the third since Mitchell became an active member of NCAA Division III.

"I truly believe Mitchell College is a special community where student-athletes can achieve academic and athletic success," Finlayson said in a press release. "I'm very excited and honored to serve as director of athletics and I am grateful to Dr. Tracy Espy and everyone involved in the search process. I can't wait to join the leadership team and I look forward to being part of the bright future here."

"We are delighted to welcome Matt as director of athletics, to lead the exceptional cadre of coaches and staff at Mitchell College," said Espy, Mitchell's president. "He is a great addition to the team who will elevate our athletics program while promoting and expanding sponsorships and funding for our outstanding athletes and teams."

A graduate of Salve Regina, Finlayson returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an adjunct professor and joined the athletic department in 2018. In his role as assistant athletic director he was charged with enhancing community relations, fostering game day atmosphere, increasing department revenue and promoting special events and alumni development. He was also responsible for the day-to-day business operations, marketing and promotional efforts and worked to cultivate sponsorship and branding opportunities.

Prior to his time at Salve, Finlayson served as general manager of the Ocean State Waves in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. After two years of operations, he purchased the franchise in 2014 and served as both GM and president until 2018.

Finlayson's background also includes a three-year stint as director of baseball operations at the University of Rhode Island, where he worked under head coach Jim Foster from 2009-12.

As an undergraduate at Salve Regina, Finlayson was a four-year member of the baseball team and a three-time all-conference selection at third base. The Higganum native was also a three-time all-academic selection who was named Commonwealth Coast Conference Senior Scholar-Athlete in 2008.

Zone 6 American Legion

• Left-hander Dan Driscoll struck out 16 and walked none over seven innings to earn the victory for Waterford in a 6-3 win over Moosup. Driscoll allowed three runs on four hits. Waterford got its offense started in the second inning with a Steve Cantres sacrifice fly and Tate Scherer added two hits. Moosup scored three runs in the sixth, aided by a single from Liam Smith and a fielder's choice by Ben Smith.

Zone 6 Jr. Legion

• Dan St. George allowed five hits over six innings as Norwich beat Tri-Town 8-2 on Tuesday night. St. George also had an RBI triple for Norwich (2-0).

Futures League

• Hunter Yaworski had two hits, including a go-ahead RBI double, with two RBI and a run as the Norwich Sea Unicorns rallied from a five-run deficit and beat the Vermont Lake Monsters 8-5 Tuesday night. Norwich (15-14) trailed 5-0 after four innings. Kaelen Culpepper had two hits and two RBI, Dean Slavin had an RBI double and scored and Michael Torniero and Jared Zimbardo both scored twice for the Sea Unicorns. Connor Davey also scattered two hits in three innings of relief and struck out five to earn the win. Anthony Stephan had a single, two RBI and a run for the Lake Monsters (12-17).

NECBL

• Dan Crossen (Northeastern) went 4-for-5 and hit one of Mystic's four home runs during the Schooner's 16-7 win over Ocean State on Tuesday night. Tucker Flint (Maryland), went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and five RBI for the Schooners (10-8) while Chris Brito was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and Addison Kopeck (Rhode Island) and Brendan Cummings (Princeton) each hit two-run shots.

District 10 baseball (50/70)

• Lyme/Old Lyme defeated Ledyard 18-14 on Monday night as winning pitcher Aidan Carpentino hit a grand slam while Carter McGlinchey and Jackson Pannier also homered. Hunter Knablin hit a grand slam for Ledyard while Bennet Arnold and Bruce McCullough also homered.