BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Lynn University baseball team dropped the series finale to the University of Tampa on Sunday afternoon, falling 18-14 in an 11-inning slugfest.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: #5 Tampa 18, Lynn 14 (11 innings)

Records: #5 Tampa (31-6, 13-2 SSC), Lynn (20-19, 9-9 SSC)

Location: Lynn Baseball Field | Boca Raton, Fla.

All-Time Series: Tampa leads 66-23

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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Lynn starter Donovan Armas retired the side in order in the first, paving the way for the offense to provide the first lead of the day.
• John Borup was hit by a pitch, and Kyle Schindler followed with a bunt single. John Silviano then doubled off the base of the wall in right center to score them both.
• Silviano came in to score on a wild pitch to give Lynn a 3-0 advantage after one inning.
• Tampa scratched across two runs in each of the next two innings, moving in front for the first time on an Adrian Chacon single.
• Ryan Donovan's sacrifice fly in the fifth gave the Blue and White the equalizer, and Kyle Schindler singled home a run a frame later.
• Alex Turner expanded on the Lynn lead in the seventh, singling to left center to plate second baseman Tyler Curtis.
• Spartan second baseman Laz Rivera homered to open the eighth, the beginning of a five-run inning that gave Tampa a 9-6 lead.
• The Fighting Knights refused to go quietly, as Kyle Schindler left the yard in the bottom half to cut the deficit to three.
• Tampa added two more in the top of the ninth, but Eric Schindler followed his brother's lead and tied the game with a three-run shot that forced the game to extras.
• The game got away from Lynn in the 11th, as seven Spartan runs crossed the plate.
• Borup and Silviano each drove in a run in the bottom of the inning before Borup scored the game's final run on a defensive mishap.

STATS FROM THE GAME:

• Rivera and leadoff man Casey Scoggins combined to give Tampa nine hits, eight RBI, and eight runs.
• Kyle Schindler gave the Fighting Knights a four-hit ballgame, his first of the year.
• Silviano and both Schindler's each drove in three runs.
• Ten Spartan arms teamed up to toss the 11-inning marathon, but it was Bryan Tarricone that earned the victory despite allowing two runs in his lone chapter on the hill.
• Rigo Beltran took the loss for the home nine, dropping to 3-4 on the season.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Kyle and Eric Schindler have now homered in the same day three times this season.
• Tampa is now 5-1 in games that have gone longer than nine innings.
• The two clubs totaled 99 hits and 71 runs for the series.
• Armas' 11 strikeouts are a career high, and he joins Robert Guarnieri as the only Fighting Knights with at least 10 in a single game this year.

UP NEXT

Lynn returns to action on Tuesday, when they head to Miami Gardens to take on St. Thomas in a non-conference matchup. First pitch is slated for 6:00 pm.