FISHKILL, N.Y. – Fresh off a split with St. Joseph's College on Saturday, Mount Saint Mary College earned another Skyline Conference split on Sunday, this time with NYU-Poly. The Knights (2-9, 2-2 Skyline) won game one, 11-8, while the Fighting Blue Jays (3-3, 3-3 Skyline) took the second game, 7-1.

Trailing 7-4 into the sixth inning of game one, Mount Saint Mary exploded for six runs in the bottom of the inning. With the bases loaded, freshman Michael Matuk (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) laced a single to drive home the first run of the inning. Sophomore Max Tecce (Glen Cove, N.Y.) followed with another bases loaded single to drive home another run. With the sacks still full, junior Louis Peisel (Brewster, N.Y.) crushed a bases-clearing double to give the Blue Knights the lead, 9-7. Peisel would later score on a single by senior Mike Umphlett (North Stonington, Conn.).

NYU-Poly took advantage of a leadoff walk in the seventh to pull back within two runs, but freshman pitcher Marc Soevyn (Elmont, N.Y.) blanked the Blue Jays in the eighth and ninth innings to preserve the victory for the Knights. After coming on in relief to start the fourth inning, Soevyn went the rest of the way, allowing five hits and three earned runs in the final six frames.

Matuk and Tecce each finished with three hits to lead the way for the Knights. Matuk scored three times and nabbed the one RBI, while Tecce crossed twice and drove home a pair of runs. Sophomore John Conroy (Middletown, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in.

In game two, NYU-Poly freshman pitcher Sal Devito (Pequannock, N.J.) pitched a seven-inning complete game, limiting the Knights to just six hits and one run. Tecce and Umphlett each came through with a pair of hits, but the Mount couldn't string together any offense.

The Blue Jays took advantage of two Mount Saint Mary errors in the first inning to score a pair of runs. NYU-Poly tacked on two more runs in the third, getting a sacrifice fly from freshman Anthony Finch (Manhattan, N.Y.) and a run-scoring single from Devito. Devito singled home another run in the fifth, helping out his own cause on the mound. The Blue Jays scratched out another two runs in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

Devito was 3-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in, while Finch collected two hits (2-for-3) and drove home three runs. Senior Jon Anatra (Douglaston, N.Y.) scored three runs for NYU-Poly.

Mount Saint Mary sophomore pitcher Jeff Mikula (Clifton Park, N.Y.) took the loss for the Knights, despite not allowing an earned run. Mikula did allow five hits and a walk in three innings of work.

Up next for the Knights is a non-conference game with Albertus Magnus College on Tuesday, March 23. The tilt is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.