LEXINGTON, S.C. - The No. 23 Arcadia University baseball team split the third day of its spring break trip, topping Swarthmore 8-5 before falling 17-1 to Ithaca.

FOR THE RECORD
-The Knights stand at 8-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: ARCADIA 8, SWARTHMORE 5
-Swarthmore jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the first five innings.

-Arcadia began its comeback in the sixth on RBI's from Justin Massielo and Jet Cajigas to make it 4-2.

-After the Garnet added a run in the bottom of the sixth, the Knights mounted a furious comeback in the bottom of the ninth when Anthony Bruno knocked a two run single to left to cut the deficit to 5-4. 

-Massielo walked to bring home Solomon Griffith with the tying run.

-Thomas Strauch put Arcadia ahead for good with a bases-clearing triple to right-center bringing home Bruno, Matt Donchez, and Massielo.

-Vinny Versaci earned the win with two shutout innings of relief.

-Cam Nebel notched his third save with a scoreless ninth.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Bruno (2) / Massielo (2)
Runs: Bruno (2) / Donchez (2)
RBI: Strauch (3) / Bruno (2) / Massielo (2)
Walks: Griffith (2)

GAME TWO: ARCADIA 1, ITHACA 17
-Ithaca opened the scoring with three runs in the first.

-Donchez homered to cut the deficit to 3-1.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Griffith (1) / Donchez (1) / Matthew Sot (1) / Eric Shandler (1) / Elyjah Anderson (1) / Emilio Pallante (1) / Peter Trendafilov (1)
Runs: Donchez (1)
RBI: Donchez (1)
Walks: Bruno (1) / Cajigas (1)

UP NEXT
The Knights close out their spring trip tomorrow when they face SUNY Oswego for a 12:00 p.m. non-conference game.