FLUSHING, N.Y. (Apr. 24, 2016) - On Sunday, the LIU Post baseball team held off Queens College, 6-5, in 10 innings to complete the four-game East Coast Conference series sweep at Hennekens Stadium in Flushing.

LIU Post (17-19, 9-11 ECC), winners of five straight ECC games, got on the board in the first inning. Junior designated hitter Kyle Fagan (Wantagh, N.Y.) plated a run with an RBI groundout, giving the Pioneers a 1-0 lead.

Fagan drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the third, extending the Pioneers' lead to 2-0.

Queens (16-22, 7-13 ECC) broke through in the fourth, but that was all they got off freshman hurler Brian Kavanagh (East Meadow, N.Y.).

The offense gave Kavanagh an insurance run in the sixth, making it a 3-1 game.

With two on and one out in the bottom of the seventh, graduate pitcher J.P. Lipovac (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) came on in relief and threw one pitch, inducing a 5-4-3 inning-ending double play. The righty then kept the Knights off the board in the eighth.

The Knights scored two in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings.

In the top of the 10th, senior second baseman Matt Bowers (Staten Island, N.Y.) singled home sophomore shortstop Joe Spitaleri (Levittown, N.Y.) to make it 4-3. Then, with two outs, the Pioneers scored a pair on a dropped fly ball, extending their lead to 6-3.

In the bottom half of the frame, the Knights loaded the bases with two outs. A double plated two runs, but red-shirt freshman pitcher Robert Paccione (Commack, N.Y.) got Jorge Ruiz to ground out to third to end it.

Fagan and Bowers both had two RBIs. Junior catcher Thomas Asbaty (Randolph, N.J.), junior left fielder Kenny Daley (Glenwood Landing, N.Y.) and Bowers all registered two-hit games. Sophomore center fielder Rob Andreoli (North Wantagh, N.Y.) became the first Pioneer with 50 hits in a season since 2013 (Keith Herring) with his leadoff single in the first.

Head Coach Mike Gaffney and his Pioneers return to the diamond on Wednesday (Apr. 27), when they host Concordia College in a non-conference tilt. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.