The NAIA No. 2-ranked Sea Lions split a GSAC doubleheader with visiting Concordia Wednesday. The Eagles took the opener 4-0 with PLNU winning the nightcap 7-5.

Point Loma now stands at 15-4-1, 7-2 GSAC. Concordia is 10-10, 2-8 GSAC.

CUI starter Bennett Whitmore (5-1) was nearly unhittable in game one. The lefty fanned seven of the first nine batters he faced and would tally 10 strikeouts while allowing just two hits in 7.1 scoreless innings on the hill. Blake Harrison entered with one out in the eighth and notched three strikeouts and a save in closing out PLNU.

The Eagles scored two runs off of Sea Lion starter Steven Winnick (3-1). The senior lasted eight innings, giving up five hits and just one earned run. He gave way to Davis Koening who surrendered two runs.

Down 5-1 entering the bottom of the sixth it seemed that PLNU was headed to another defeat. But the Sea Lions rallied for six runs in the frame after sending 10 batters to the plate.

Kevin Newburg got the ball rolling with a leadoff single. Jeff Fox followed with a walk with Newburg advancing on a wild pitch by Eagle starter Sam Lindsey. A one out error allowed Mike Nigolian to reach base. A walk to Allen Boyer forced in the first run and single by Alex Cameron drove in another. Two more Sea Lions scored on a dropped fly ball in right field, tying the game at 5-5. Wes Kartch doubled to plate two more and put PLNU ahead for the first time all day.

Sea Lion reliever Kenny Houser slammed the door on the Eagle offense over the remaining three innings to earn his first save of the year. The junior struckout three and yielded just one hit.

Brandon Dixon started and improved to 4-0. Dixon fanned 10 in six innings but all five runs that scored against him were earned.

Jeff Allen (0-2) was hung with the loss. He was the third pitcher used by the Eagles, allowing two unearned runs in 2.2 innings. Sam Lindsey started and pitched an effective five frames. Ryan Day gave up four runs, two earned, in just a third of an innings.

CUI scored two runs in the opening frame, despite a heavy downpour that soaked Carroll B. Land Stadium. Tyler Kuehl drove Boyer home with a double in the third to half the deficit but a three-run shot in the fourth inning by Sean Costella propelled the Eagles to a 5-1 advantage.

Cameron and Newburg each had two of PLNU's 11 hits in the nightcap. Costella was 3-for-4 in the loss.

The same two teams will play another doubleheader on Saturday, this time in Irvine. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 am.