Harrisonburg, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg baseball team swept EMU on the road on Saturday winning game one 22-12 and game two 8-3.

Lynchburg came out strong putting up three runs in the top of the 1st. Eric Hiett started the scoring with an RBI double bringing home Brandon Garcia.

EMU kept in-stride with Lynchburg's offense, scoring in each of the first six innings, including a four-run 4th inning. This gave the Monarchs their only lead of the game at 8-5. 

Sean Pokorak retook the lead for Lynchburg with a base-clearing double moving the score to 9-8. Pokorak reached base four times with two walks, two doubles, and 4 RBI.

The Hornets interrupted the stalemate with a nine run 6th inning capped off by a three-run homerun from Gavin Collins making the score 18-9. This was Collins' fifth homer of the year, tying his season-high mark. The senior went 2-4 with a walk and 4 RBI in the contest. 

A solo homerun from Logan Webster sparked a four run 9th for Lynchburg, and the Hornets won 22-18.

In Game 2, Nick Mattfield made his sixth start of the year for Lynchburg. In his longest outing of the season, the senior did not allow a hit through seven innings of work garnering five strikeouts. Mattfield's hitless performance ended to the second batter he faced in the eighth inning on a single up the middle. The former Old Dominion Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year held EMU to a similar line in 2022 where he allowed three hits over eight innings pitched in an 18-0 win. 

The score remained tied 0-0 until the 7th inning where Riley O'Donovan drove a ball to the right-center gap bringing in freshman Joe Munitz.

Quinn Madden and Munitz drove in insurance runs in the top of the 8th making the score 4-0. Munitz ended the game with one run, four hits, and two RBI. 

A three-run bottom of the 8th from the Monarchs was erased by an additional four runs for Lynchburg in the bottom of the 9th making the final score 8-3. Colin McGuire earned his third save of the season pitching a perfect inning and a third. 

Lynchburg (17-7, 7-3 ODAC) is ranked 17th in the d3baseball.com poll and hosts Randolph-Macon on Wednesday, April 3rd at 3:00 p.m.

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