Baseball

Delaware Valley College 8, University of Scranton 3 (Game 1)
University of Scranton 16, Delaware Valley College 2 (Game 2)

SCRANTON (PA) - Senior Dave Keeler notched a complete-game victory as visiting Delaware Valley College split a Freedom Conference doubleheader with The University of Scranton. The Aggies took an 8-3 decision in the opener before falling 16-2 in the nightcap.

The split moved Delaware Valley's record to 7-16 overall and 3-11 in the Freedom Conference. The Royals moved their marks to 10-19 and 5-8.

Keeler went the full seven innings and allowed just three runs on nine hits. He settled down after a shaky, two-run first inning and allowed just one run and five hits the rest of the way.

Down 2-0, the Aggies got one run back in the third on a Scranton error. They then took the lead for good in the fourth as Kevin Weingart led off with a double and later scored on a double steal. Mike Isgro then hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Zach Jakubowski.

Delaware Valley padded its lead in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Jakubowski and an RBI single by Kyle Bobb. The Royals made it 5-3 with a run in their half of the fifth, but the Aggies responded in the sixth as Brent Terlecky went deep for a solo home run. They then put the game away with two runs in the seventh on a Scranton error and a wild pitch.

The nightcap saw Scranton score four times in the second inning and two more in the fifth for a 6-0 lead. Delaware Valley notched its lone runs in the top of the sixth on Jakubowski's two-run homer, but the Royals blew the game wide open with 10 runs off of seven hits in their half of the sixth.

Justin Champagne went six innings to pick up the win for Scranton. Mike Graziano went 3-for-4 with a home run and six RBIs while Chris Doyle was 2-for-3 with two home runs and five RBIs.

Jakubowski finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Delaware Valley. Sean Tappan started, went two innings and took the loss.