BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -  Lyndon State gained a split of a non-league college baseball doubleheader as the Hornets used a three-run fifth inning rally to post a 4-3 victory in the opener of a twinbill against Massachusetts Maritime Academy. In the nightcap, the Buccaneers responded with a 13-5 win over Lyndon.

The Buccaneers grabbed a 2-0 first inning lead in the game one, but Lyndon State took the lead for good with a three-run fifth inning uprising. Zach Maerder's (Woodsville, N.H.) RBI double plated the first Hornet run and  Ben Clark (Brattleboro, Vt.) gave the visitors a 3-2 edge with a two-run single. Jake Ainsworth (Fairfax, Vt.) plated a key insurance run in the top of the seventh with a bases loaded walk, and came on to record the final two outs in the bottom of the frame for his second save of the season in support of starter Shane O'Donnell-Leach (Groton, Vt.). O'Donnell-Leach scattered seven hits and fanned seven to earn the victory.

Joe Albano went 4-for-4 in the nightcap for the Buccaneers, who also received three hits each from Wil Rodriguez, Nick Levitre and Brad Musk. Tyler Genereux joined Greg Wiggin with two hits for the hosts in support of junior Corey Murphy, who scattered nine hits and fanned six over five innings to pick up the win. Shayne Kirby (Fairfax, Vt.) rapped out three hits in the second game for Lyndon, which also received a pair of hits from Clark as part of a nine-hit attack. Patrick Hilton (Lyndonville, Vt.) suffered the loss on the mound for the Hornets.