Senior Nick Bunce (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) had two hits including a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning for The College at Brockport Baseball team giving the Golden Eagles (8-3) a 5-2 lead but Benedictine University (4-1) rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 9-7 win Tuesday afternoon at the Lake Myrtle Park Complex in Auburndale, FL.

Brockport scored twice in the first and added single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings for the early 5-2 lead. After Benedictine rallied for the six-run inning to take an 8-5 lead, Brockport scored twice in the eighth inning to trim the lead to 8-7 before Benedictine added a run in the bottom of the eighth for the final score.

In the first inning, Kyle Tracy (Plainview, NY/Bethpage) singled down the right field line to start the game and moved to second with a sacrifice bunt and took third on a wild pitch. Pete Wilson (Rochester, NY/West Irondequoit) grounded to third but the throw home to get Tracy was high and went all the way to the backstop allowing the run to score and Wilson to take second base on the play.

With two outs in the inning, Mike Weakley (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) lifted a fly to right field and the fielder had the ball pop out of his glove and to the ground allowing Wilson to score from second and giving Brockport the early 2-0 lead.

In the third inning Brockport scored another two-out run. Wesley Burghardt (Chittenango, NY/Chittenango) opened the inning with an infield single and moved to second when Bunce drew a walk. And later, with bases loaded, Burghardt came home on a wild pitch for the 3-0 lead.

Benedictine cut the lead to 3-2 in the fourth with a rally keyed by back-to-back doubles to start the inning.

In the top of the fifth inning, Bunce made it a 4-2 Brockport lead as he drove a ball over the left field fence for the first home run of the season for the Golden Eagles.

It was 5-2 Brockport after Tracy doubled to start the sixth and Wilson later singled him home.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Benedictine batted around the order and scored six times with seven hits including two doubles. Five of the six runs crossed the plate after two outs had been recorded in the inning.

Brockport made it interesting in the eighth as Tracy singled to start the inning, advanced to second on a throwing error and took third on a passed ball. Wilson singled to left scoring Tracy and stole second three pitches later. He moved to third on a ground out and with two outs, Weakley singled to center field scoring Wilson and cutting the lead to 8-7.

Benedictine answered with a single run in the eighth to regain a two-run lead and closed out the game with two strikeouts in the top of the ninth inning for the win.

Jake Coleman (Hilton, NY/Hilton) started for the Golden Eagles and went 5 2/3 innings but was tagged for the loss as five of the six runs in the sixth were charged to the senior. Tracy had three hits and Wilson chipped in a pair of hits for Brockport.