FORT PIERCE, Fla. (March 5, 2017) – Senior Kyle McKelvy (Collegeville, Pa.) hurled a complete game in the opener and junior Kyle Lowery (Norristown, Pa.) hit a walk-off single in the nightcap as the Widener University baseball team swept a non-conference doubleheader against Kenyon on Sunday afternoon in Florida. The Pride won the first game 6-2 and took the nightcap by a 12-11 score in 11 frames.
 
Widener came out strong in the opener and tacked on four runs in the top of the second inning. Senior Justin Czupryna (Roxbury, N.J.) drew a walk with the bases loaded to plate the first run and classmate Mike Elfreth (Washington Township, N.J.) followed with a two-run single to add insurance. A failed pickoff attempt then allowed Czupryna to come home for the Pride's fourth run.
 
With McKelvy in full control on the mound, sophomore Brennan Taylor (Maple Shade, N.J.) padded the lead in the fourth inning and made it 6-0 by knocking in two runs on a single to center field. The Lords answered back in the bottom of the seventh when Eric DelRosso blasted a two-run homer.
 
McKelvy picked up the victory for Widener and improved his record to 2-0 this season after yielding two runs and four hits. He also retired the first 11 batters he faced, struck out three, and did not issue a walk for the second time in as many starts. Kenyon's Jesse Bogacz suffered the loss and dropped to 0-1 after giving up six runs and three hits in four innings. He fanned eight and walked five.  
 
The Pride fell behind in the second inning of the nightcap before quickly clawing back by scoring four times in the bottom half of the frame. Juniors Glenn Seymour (Eagleville, Pa.) and Greg McDonough (Ambler, Pa.) each belted two-run singles to give Widener a 4-3 edge and Nick Enos went yard in the third inning to double the margin.
 
Kenyon (0-2) stormed back by plating six unanswered runs to take a 9-6 lead in the second, but the Pride was able to erase a three-run deficit for the second time and forced extra innings by knotting the score in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore Stephen DeBellis (Marlton, N.J.) began the frame hitting a solo homer to left. With runners on first and second following a walk and a single, McDonough blasted an RBI double and senior Justin Healey (Ocean City, N.J.) sent in the tying run on a groundout to second base that extended the game.
 
After the teams traded runs in the eighth and ninth frames, Widener was able to pull ahead and come away with a walk-off victory in the bottom of the 11th. Batting with two outs and the bases loaded, Lowery provided the heroics by singling to left field to plate Elfreth, who had doubled, for the winning run.
 
Freshman Kevin Hommen (Ridgewood, N.J.) picked up his first collegiate win on the mound for the Blue and Gold throwing two scoreless frames. He only allowed one hit, struck out two, and did not issue a walk to improve his record to 1-0. Kenyon's Patrick O'Leary suffered the loss and dropped to 0-1 after surrendering two runs and four hits in 2.2 innings of relief, striking out two.
 
Widener (5-1) will return to action when it takes on Penn State Behrend on Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m.