West Palm Beach, Fla. – Another solid outing on the mound from Travis Connolly and timely hitting helped Lynn University's 14th-ranked baseball team earn a doubleheader split with Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday afternoon.  The Fighting Knights, 30-11 overall, fell 5-2 in game one but bounced back for a 7-3 victory in the second contest to collect the 10th 30-win season under head coach Rudy Garbalosa and 15th overall for the program.

The third and final game of the series, rescheduled for Sunday, April 19, at 11 a.m., has been postponed.  No make-up date has been announced.

After trailing throughout the first game, the Blue & White were able to capture their first lead with the first of two RBI singles by Eric Schindler in the top of the second inning.  Their lead would be short-lived following a RBI base hit from Palm Beach Atlantic (21-18) in the home half but big third inning put the team ahead for good.

Thomas Kain belted a lead-off double to start the third frame and appeared to be stranded at third base until a Sailfish error on a Ben Schwanburg ground ball snapped the tie.  Schindler followed with another RBI base knock and helped convert half of the double-steal from first-to-second and third-to-home, putting Lynn ahead 4-1.

The game was not without its tense moments as PBA tallied a run in the third and fourth innings, the last of which came off a Blue & White error, to pull to within 4-3.  Matt Tietz made sure the game remained tied in the fourth with a runner on third.  The junior shortstop reeled in a sharp hit ground ball and let loose a perfect throw to Alex DeBellis at home plate for the tag out.

Connolly was business as usual, tossing six innings, allowing three runs, two earned, with no walks and five strikeouts to collect his team-leading sixth win on the bump.  He ceded the mound to Bill Mendek in the seventh and the preseason All-American closer tossed three scoreless innings to earn his eighth save, which ties him for third most in a single season in program history.

Lynn was able to add insurance runs in the fifth off a two-out RBI double from Matt Ackerman and RBI bunt single by John Borup and another in the eighth when Tietz singled home Alex DeBellis from second base.

A bad couple of innings to start game one proved to be the downfall for the Fighting Knights as Kyle Carter hit the leadoff batter, gave up a single to the next batter and then surrendered a home run to give the Sailfish a 3-0 lead.  An outfield fielding error in the next inning helped PBA score a run from third and helped them build a 4-0 lead.

Kain helped the Blue & White chip away slowly with a lead-off solo home run to left center field in the fourth.  DeBellis later drove in a run with a hustle infield single, beating out a throw from short after initially hitting the pitcher.

Palm Beach Atlantic, though, halted thoughts of a comeback with a RBI single though a drawn-in infield to make it 5-2.

Carter tossed a season-best 7.1 innings, allowing five runs, four earned with two K's.  

The team's 30-win season is the fourth consecutive for Lynn, second-longest to the five straight years from 2005-09, which culminated in the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championship.

The Fighting Knights are back in action when they start a three-game series with Rollins at the Lynn Baseball Field beginning on Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m.  Fans can watch the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com and receive in-game updates by following @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram.