BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Lynn University baseball team closed its weekend series with Palm Beach Atlantic by earning a split as the Fighting Knights won game one, 12-0, and suffered an 8-1 defeat in the nightcap, Saturday. Lynn settles at 12-15-1 overall and 3-9 in the SSC.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1):
- Lynn rolled in the opener with runs in six of the eight innings in which it batted
- The Fighting Knights opened the scoring with three runs in the first inning when David Judge and Deric Lamontagne each posted RBI singles before Shawn Dougherty hit a sacrifice fly that scored Leon Paulino
- A three-run third inning for the Fighting Knights was highlighted by solo home runs from Judge and Byron Murray as the hosts led 6-0
- Paulino singled home AJ Orrico in the fourth, Judge smacked his second HR of the afternoon in the sixth and Dougherty doubled home Lamontagne in the seventh as Lynn led 10-0
- The Fighting Knights plated their final two runs in the eighth when Paulino doubled home a run and later scored on a wild pitch
- Drew Dwyer picked up his fourth win of the season after throwing 7.0 innings with zero runs and eight strike outs
- He lowered his season ERA to 2.54 
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS (Game 1):
- Judge finished 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, two walks and two HRs
- Paulino was 4-for-5 with three runs, two RBI, two doubles and a triple
- Orrico finished 2-for-3 with three runs scored, a walk and a triple
- LaMontagne was 2-for-4 with two RBI, a run and a walk
  
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2):
- Palm Beach Atlantic plated two runs in the second and one in the fourth for a 3-0 cushion
- The Fighting Knights closed the gap to 3-1 in the home half of the sixth
- Orrico led off the sixth with a single and advanced to second on a walk and took third on a wild pitch
- Orrico scored Lynn's only run of the game on a fielding error on the Sailfish infield
- PBA scored three runs in the top of the seventh to extend the lead to 6-1
- The game's scoring closed when the Sailfish scored on a Lynn error in the ninth to set the final at 8-1
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS (Game 2):
- Orrico finished 1-of-3 with a run and a walk
- Paulino and Yuzuki Okamura each added a hit
- Tyler Romanias endured the loss on the mound after allowing two earned runs in the first inning
 
UP NEXT:
- Lynn returns to action on Friday when it travels to Embry-Riddle for a SSC contest at 6:00 pm