Sophomore Kenny Durling had the game-tying hit in game one and a key home run in the second contest as the Misericordia University baseball team swept a doubleheader with Susquehanna, Sunday in Ft. Pierce, FL.

MU won the first game 2-1 and took the nightcap 5-2 behind some excellent pitching by sophomore Ron Guido (3.1 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, win decision).

Durling was a combined 4-for-7 with 3 RBIs, while junior Andres Gonzalez (3-5) improved to 5-for-7 on the spring break trip. Andrew Tressa was 2-for-3 in the second game.

The Cougars won game one with an exciting comeback in the bottom of the sixth.

Losing 1-0, Tressa walked and was bunted along by Nate Newman. Durling ripped a hit to left field that scored Tressa, and Jeff Slanovec followed with the winning at-bat, a single to right that brought Durling home.

Sophomore Pete Doggett earned the win and classmate Matthew Karabin the save, after each threw scoreless innings to close it out. Another sophomore, William Minderjahn (5.1 IP, 1 run, 5 Ks), started and threw five-plus solid innings.

Susquehanna led off the game with a double, but Minderjahn was able to work his way out of the inning. In the second, the Crusaders again led off with a hit- this time a solo homer that gave them a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the third, Minderjahn put the first two men on base, but got the next three out to keep the deficit at one run. The Crusaders had a man on third in the fifth inning, but Slanovec came up with a diving catch to end the stanza.

Misericordia made several nice defensive plays in the second contest, beginning with a 4-6-3 double play to get out of a second inning jam. In the bottom of the third, pitcher Justin Shuleski gloved a hard drive for the first out, and Tressa lept to snare a line drive for the third out.

Durling broke the game open in the fourth with a long, high two-run blast over the left field wall. Gonzalez then scored on a wild pitch and freshman Ryan Cacchioli doubled in Chris Tuttle. MU would add an insurance run in the fifth inning.

Susquehanna threatened in the bottom of the fourth, loading the bases and scoring twice. Guido came on and forced a pop-up to get out of the inning, and then threw a perfect fifth before eventually closing out the win.

Misericordia improves to 3-2 and will face La Roche, tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.