The NAIA No. 2-ranked Sea Lions split a GSAC DH at Concordia Saturday, winning game one 5-1 but dropping the nightcap 2-0. PLNU now stands at 16-5-1 overall, 8-3 GSAC while The Eagles are 11-11, 3-9. The two teams split their four-game series and will not meet again in the regular season.

Sea Lion starter Chad Blauer (5-0) was on his game in the opener. The senior fanned eight batters and gave up just two hits in seven innings on the mound. Davis Koenig took over in the eighth and notched another five strikeouts and surrendered just one run on one hit.

PLNU's offense had just seven hits in the game but made them count. Allen Boyer followed a walk to Jack Diamond in the third inning with a shot to center that gave the Sea Lions all the runs they would need.

Alex Cameron hit a sac fly in the fifth, Kevin Newburg singled home Rashad Taylor in the sixth and Tyler Kuehl singled home a run in the seventh. CUI pushed their lone run across in the bottom of the eighth to end the day's scoring.

Eagle starter Melvin Blackmon fell to 1-3 after yielding four earned runs in 6.2 innings of work.

Robby Ross was the hard luck loser for PLNU in the nightcap. The lefty breezed through all but one inning, but that was enough when wildness and his defense let him down. An error allowed the first runner to reach base and Ross hit the next two batters to load the bases.

A RBI hit by Justin Baeza gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead which was doubled when Robbie Knowles hit a sac fly.

The Sea Lions threatened in the next half inning but the Eagles cut down the rally when Cameron was thrown out at home. PLNU had runners in scoring position three more times, including second and third in the seventh but were unable to come up with the big hit.

CUI managed just one more hit against Ross who fell to 1-1 on the year. Eagle starter Ryan Goodbrand improved to 2-1 by scattering five hits in five frames of work. Blake Harrison picked up his second save of the year with two scoreless innings.

The Sea Lions host Azusa Pacific for a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 11:00 am.