After losing the first game of a doubleheader, 5-1, the University of Scranton baseball team came back to defeat Elizabethtown College in the second game, 3-1, and earn a split Sunday in Landmark Conference action.

Scranton was limited to five hits in the opener by four Elizabethtown pitchers, one of which was a double by John Heitzman.

In the nightcap, Heitzman, Joey Granko and Hunter Petrich had two hits apiece for the Royals (15-6 overall, 5-2 league). Matt Holgado, Ryan Boyd and John DeStefano combined on a five-hitter. Holgado went five innings to get the win and improve to 3-0. DeStefano worked two scoreless innings for the save.

SUNY-Rockland CC 11, Lackawanna 8; SUNY-Rockland CC 18, Lackawanna 7 (5 inn.): At Suffern, New York, Lackawanna College saw its losing streak reach six with a nonregion doubleheader loss to SUNY-Rockland Community College.

Sean Moore had three hits and two RBIs in the first game for Lackawanna.

Rockland used a seven-run second inning to erase a 5-0 deficit, then put the game away with a nine-run fifth. Julian Abreu had two hits for the Falcons (8-16-1) and Deacon Brown drove in three runs.

Softball

At Scranton, a three-run third inning helped the University of Scranton defeat Elizabethtown College, 5-1, in Game Two of a Landmark Conference doubleheader and salvage a split Sunday at Magis Field.

Leading, 1-0, Emmie Feltenberger had a RBI double, Gianna Muliero a RBI triple and Gabriella Gorzkowski a RBI single to extend the margin to 4-0.

Muliero and Gorzkowski each had two hits and one RBI for the Royals (11-6, 2-2). Winning pitcher Emma Douglas (7-1) allowed one run and four hits with one walk and four strikeouts to earn the victory.

Elizabethtown used an eight-run fourth inning to take Game One in five innings, 10-2. Muliero had two hits and one RBI for Scranton and Celia Totaro hit a solo home run.

SUNY-Corning CC 5, Lackawanna 4; Lackawanna 7, SUNY-Corning CC 4: At Corning, New York, Lackawanna College gained a split of its nonregion doubleheader by winning the second game.

Ayahna Fleisher had three hits and one RBI and Mackenzie Adolfson added two hits, including a solo home run, for the Lady Falcons (20-7). Abigail Yenalevitch improved to 3-0 by allowing four runs and six hits in seven innings. She walked three and struck out the same.

Corning, which is ranked No. 6 in NJCAA Division III, scored a run in the bottom of the seventh in the first game on a hit-batsman and three straight two-out walks. Kyleah Edwards had hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh for Lackawanna to tie the game at 4.

Fleisher and Haleigh Mazol each had two hits for the Lady Falcons.