GLENVILLE, W.Va. – The Lock Haven baseball team returned to action on Sunday to finish a four-game weekend series at Glenville State. The hosts won both games through Sunday’s non-conference doubleheader.

The Bald Eagles fell in game-one 14-3, and lost a heartbreaker in game-two, 6-5.

With the two losses today, Lock Haven moves to 6-2 overall on the young season.

Yesterday’s sweep at GSU helped Lock Haven improve to 6-0, marking the first 6-0 start in school history.

Glenville State 14, Lock Haven 3 (GAME ONE)

In the opener, the Pioneers got the better of the Bald Eagles.

In the top of the third and trailing by two, The Haven managed to get the bases loaded and take advantage of two free passes, which tied things up at 2-2. Robert Furino would hit a sacrifice fly to center field to put the Bald Eagles on top, 3-2, in the third. But that was about all when it came to the team’s positives through Game One on Sunday.

The Pioneers would go on to score 12 unanswered runs, which led the hosts to the victory. The Bald Eagles finished the outing with two hits, which came from Ethan Nagy and Stephen McMillan.

Glenville State 6, Lock Haven 5 (GAME TWO)

Lock Haven got the bats going early in game-two, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the second.

After a hit-by-pitch, a single, and a walk – the bases were loaded for Nathan Wise. Wise then drilled a bases-clearing double and Zachary McEllroy added a two-run homer in the inning to put the Bald Eagles up 5-0 in the second.

Glenville would crawl back into it, scoring two in the fourth, three in the sixth, and the Pioneers walked it off with a safety squeeze in the bottom of the seventh.

The Bald Eagles finished with seven hits, with McEllroy and Joesph DiSiena each having multi-hit games. Brady Myers pitched four innings, allowing two runs on two hits. He walked four and he struck out seven.

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Lock Haven will look to keep its strong start to the season going in uts return to action on Friday, when the Bald Eagles take on Fairmont State at 3 p.m. The game will be played at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia.