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The win gave SRU a 31-19 overall record, but more importantly moved the Green and White into a tie with Indiana, Pa. (27-23) for fourth place in the final PSAC-West standings. Both SRU and IUP ended the regular-season with 13-11 division records.

The Rock were awarded the fourth and final PSAC-West berth in the conference tournament by virtue of their 3-1 record in head-to-head meetings with IUP.

Gannon (23-17 overall, 15-9 PSAC-W), which recorded a 6-3 win over SRU in Saturday's first game, finished the regular-season in a three-way tie with California, Pa. and Mercyhurst for first place in the division standings.

SRU meets PSAC-Eastern Division champion Millersville (36-14) in a 6:30 p.m. opening-round game Wednesday at Point Stadium in Johnstown.

Gannon, which earned its second consecutive trip to the conference tournament, received the West's No. 2 seed and takes on East Stroudsburg (29-16), the No. 3 team from the Eastern Division, in a 3:30 p.m. game Wednesday.

The SRU-Millersville loser meets the Gannon-ESU loser in a 12:30 p.m. elimination game Thursday, while the SRU-Millersville winner faces the Gannon-ESU winner in a 3:30 p.m. game Thursday.

Other opening-round action Wednesday pits Mercyhurst (30-18), the West's No. 3 seed, against Kutztown (32-13), the East's No. 2 seed, in a 9:30 a.m. game, followed by a duel between California (33-16), the West's No. 1 seed, and defending NCAA Division II national champion West Chester (21-24-1), the East's No. 4 seed, in a 12:30 p.m. game.

The double-elimination conference tournament runs through Saturday, May 11. The tournament champion earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional tournament.

The Rock scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and held a 2-1 lead after five innings in Saturday's first game, only to see Gannon erupt for five runs on six hits in the top of the sixth.

Senior first baseman John Shaffer singled home the first Rock run before sophomore third baseman Jake Nogalo brought the second run home with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.

Junior shortstop Will Kengor, who had led off the bottom of the first with a single, moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by junior right fielder Graeme Zaparzynski and scored on Shaffer's single.

Shaffer moved to second on an errant pickoff throw and advanced to third on an infield single by senior left fielder Austin Benshadle before he sprinted home on Nogalo's flyout.

Down by a 6-2 margin, The Rock plated its final Game 1 run in the bottom of the seventh. Junior outfielder Brandon Myers got the rally started with a pinch-hit, one-out double down the left-field line, moved to third on an infield single by Nogalo and scored on a Gannon error.

Sophomore right-hander Kyle Schneider was SRU's starting and losing pitcher in Game 1. He saw his season record fall to 5-5 after he allowed six earned runs on 10 hits, struck out four and walked one in the first five and two-thirds innings.

Junior right-hander John Kovalik relieved Schneider and allowed two hits in the final one and one-third innings.

Kengor, who was 2-for-4, was the only Rock batter to collect more than one hit in a seven-hit losing effort.

Gannon got a pair of this and took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning of Game 2 but was held scoreless on three hits in the final six frames as SRU came from behind to record the victory.

Kengor brought the first Rock run home with a bases-loaded ground out in the bottom of the second inning after Benshadle had a leadoff single and two Rock batters got hit by a pitch.

Benshadle plated the eventual winning run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth before Weibley got the final RBI with a bases-loaded walk. Shaffer, Myers and junior catcher Kevin Jovanovich each had a single as part of the two-run rally.

The Rock managed only five hits in Game 2 with five players recording a single each.

Redshirt freshman right-hander Jon Anderson picked up the win in relief of Rock starter Mike Dunn.

Anderson held Gannon to only two hits, struck out three and walked two in the final three and two-thirds innings to pick up his fifth win in six outings this spring.

Dunn allowed one earned run on three hits, struck out one and walked one in the first three and one-third innings.