Emmitsburg, Md. (April 30, 2016) -- Mount St. Mary's University baseball split the final two games of the series with LIU Brooklyn on Saturday at E.T. Straw Family Stadium. Zach Hostetter's walk-off single in game one lifted the Mountaineers to a 2-1 victory, before LIU Brooklyn salvaged a split with a 6-2 win in game two.

GAME ONE: Mount St. Mary's 2, LIU Brooklyn 1

Hostetter drilled an RBI single up the middle to score Tommy Quealy in the bottom of the seventh inning as Mount St. Mary's walked off with the win for the second time in as many days. The RBI was the second of the game for Hostetter as he also knocked in a run in the first on a groundout that scored Ryan Owens.

Connor Graber went 4.1 innings on the mound, yielding no earned runs on just two hits while striking out a pair. The redshirt senior hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 10.2 innings pitched.

Michael Kuypers registered his fourth win of the season, pitching 2.2 innings of scoreless relief while allowing just one hit and striking out three.  

GAME TWO: LIU Brooklyn 6, Mount St. Mary's 2

LIU Brooklyn scored five times in the eighth inning, including four unearned runs, to take a 6-2 advantage, and Anthony Rupp finished off his complete game effort as the Blackbirds salvaged a split with a victory in game two of the doubleheader.

Mount St. Mary's held a 2-1 lead heading into the eighth before LIU struck for five runs. Edward Modica hit a two-run double to left center to put the Blackbirds on top, 3-2, and Dom Paiotti stroked a pinch-hit bases-clearing double later in the frame to extend LIU's advantage to 6-2.

Chris Wessels and Owens each collected a pair of hits in the contest for the Mount. Wessels gave the Mount a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning with his first career homer, a solo shot to left center.

Austin Bonadio pitched five strong innings on the mound, yielding one earned run on four hits while striking out a pair. Rupp allowed two earned runs in nine innings of work to collect the win for LIU Brooklyn.

UP NEXT: The Mount hits the road for a four-game series at Sacred Heart, beginning with game one on Friday, May 6 at 3 p.m.