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ANNVILLE, Pa. – Junior Mike Nocar won the first game in relief, then pitched the first five innings of the nightcap to earn his second victory of the day as Elizabethtown College swept a doubleheader from Lebanon Valley in Commonwealth Conference baseball action Sunday afternoon at McGill Park.

Elizabethtown (11-5, 5-3 CC) scored twice in the top of the seventh to pull out a 2-1 win in game one and used a three-run fifth to score a 4-2 victory in the nightcap.

Lebanon Valley (9-5, 5-3 CC) lost its second and third conference games in a row.

Neither team committed an error on the afternoon.

Sophomore Robert Nordall (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon) suffered the loss in the first game despite limiting the Blue Jays to four hits. Freshman Ryan Dalton (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) took the loss in the second game but threw his first career complete game.

Junior Jeff Grieger (Riegelsville, Pa./Wilson) led LVC at the plate for the day, as he went 3-for-6 with a double.

Senior Tim Rink (Ivyland, Pa./Council Rock) and sophomore Scott Montgomery (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township) hit safely in both games to extend their hitting streaks to 10.

Nordall (2-1) and sophomore Drew Kelley locked up in a pitcher's dual in the opener. Neither team put a run on the scoreboard until the bottom of the fourth, when junior Mike Worthington (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) singled through the left side to score Montgomery, who led off the inning with a single.

LVC threatened to add more runs in the sixth but left a pair of runners in scoring position. With one out, senior Mark Schauren (Columbia, Pa./Columbia) singled to right-center and Rink doubled off the bottom of the leftfield wall, putting runners on second and third. One batter later Worthington grounded out sharply to Kelley, who left the game after suffering an injury to his throwing hand on the play.

Nocar (4-0) replaced Kelley and struck out Grieger looking to end the inning.

Nordall carried a three-hit shutout into the seventh inning and was the beneficiary of some fine Dutchmen fielding. Grieger made a diving catch in center on a dying blooper to end the second inning and sophomore Ron Weaver (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon Catholic) ended the fifth on the same type of play in right.

E-town finally broke through in the seventh and loaded the bases with no outs after an infield single and two walks. After junior Joe Zielke (Media, Pa./Penncrest) was called on to pitch, sophomore Damien Jones grounded into a potential double play but beat the throw from second as the tying run scored. Freshman Jon Kalejta then drove in the game-winning run with a groundout to second.

Nocar retired the Dutchmen in order in the seventh to complete a perfect one and one-third innings.

Kelley was touched for six hits in five and two-third innings. He struck out one and walked two. Nordall walked four and struck out two.

The Blue Jays picked up where they left off in the second game and took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. LVC threatened in the bottom of the frame but Weaver grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.

Rink tied the game in the fourth when he lined a homer down the leftfield line before E-town's big fifth inning. With two outs, sophomore Steve Luongo singled with the bases loaded to make it 3-1, then sophomore Seth Guida ripped an RBI-single to plate the team's fourth run.

Zielke drove home a run with a single in the bottom of the inning to put runners on first and third with one out. However, Nocar struck out Scharuen and Rink swinging to escape from the jam.

LVC rallied again but to no avail in the sixth. The Dutchmen put runners on second and third with one out but reliever Jon Chwirut retired the next two batters to end the inning.

Chwirut preserved the win for E-town with a three-pitch seventh to earn his second save of the season.

Nocar allowed six hits in five innings of work. He struck out four and walked three. Dalton yielded eight hits and three walks while striking out three.

Lebanon Valley returns to Commonwealth action Monday when the team hosts Moravian College in a make-up doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at McGill Park.

[Photo - Junior Jeff Greiger, who was 3-for-6 in LVC's doubleheader against Elizabethtown on Sunday]

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