EMMITSBURG, Md. - Long Island scored twice in the ninth and withstood a solo homer by Andrew Caron (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) in the bottom of the inning to come away with a 5-4 victory against Mount St. Mary's in Northeast Conference (NEC) baseball action on Sunday.

Caron paced the Mount (17-26, 11-13 NEC) with two hits and two RBIs on the afternoon. Kyle Kane (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) posted two hits and an RBI while Mark Quaranta (Virginia Beach, Va./Loyola Blakefield) added an RBI double.

After Mount St. Mary's tied the game at 3 with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Blackbirds (12-31, 9-15 NEC) scored two runs in the top of the ninth to take the lead it would not relinquish. Julian Castro started the decisive rally with a double to left center and touched home on Tyler Jones' double to right center. Drew Walsh then plated Jones with the eventual game-winning run on a ground out to first and a 5-3 lead.

In the bottom of the inning with two outs, Caron belted a 3-1 pitch over the right center wall to trim the margin to 5-4, but Gerard Tingos got out of the jam with a ground out to second to end the game and earn the four-game split with the Mountaineers.

Castro led Long Island with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Jones added two hits, a run scored and an RBI while Albert Faz contributed two hits and an RBI.

The Blackbirds scored a run in the third to grab an early 1-0 advantage thanks to a run-scoring single by Tingos.

Mount St. Mary's came back to tie it in the fourth. Kane started the frame by being hit by the pitch and then went to third on Shane Eyler's (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) single down the left field line while Eyler was thrown out at second trying to stretch the base hit into a double. With two outs, Quaranta double to deep center and nearly missed his first collegiate home run with his shot off the top of the fence to score Kane with the tying run.

Long Island answered right back in the fifth on Castro's solo homer to left field to reclaim a one-run advantage. Faz extended the lead to 3-1 on an infield RBI base hit in the sixth.

The Mountaineers responded to tie the game at 3 with two runs in the seventh. With one out and Tom Healy (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) at second and Tommy Flynn (Reston, Va./South Lakes) at first, Caron plated Healy on a single to right field before Kane knotted the game at 3 by scoring Flynn on a rocket base hit off the diving third basemen's glove.

The Blackbirds then scored twice in the ninth and held on for the win.

Costa Kapothanasis (Westbrook, Maine/Cherverus) took the loss despite gutting out eight innings plus of work on the afternoon and allowing five runs (four earned) on 12 hits with eight strikeouts on 135 pitches.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday when the squad opens up a four-game series with Central Connecticut State at E.T. Straw Family Stadium. First pitch is 3 p.m.