DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 22, 2015) - After Mercy kept the LIU Post bats relatively quiet in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, junior first baseman David Groeneveld (Centereach, N.Y.) crushed his first collegiate home run to give the Pioneers a 5-4 win in the nightcap.

In the opener, sophomore hurler James Long (Oceanside, N.Y.) ran into trouble in the sixth, as Mercy (4-9, 1-2 ECC) put up eight runs, four of which were unearned, to take a 9-0 lead.

The Pioneers (4-6, 2-1 ECC) got its lone run of the contest in the seventh. Sophomore catcher Kyle Fagan (Wantagh, N.Y.) drove in sophomore centerfielder Kenny Daley (Glenwood Landing, N.Y.) with a sacrifice fly.

The loss put Long at 0-2 on the young season. Sophomore Thomas Asbaty (Randolph, N.J.) and junior Matt Bowers (Staten Island, N.Y.) each had two hits. Daley and Fagan both contributed a hit as well.

In Game Two, the Mavericks struck first with a run in the top of the first, but the Pioneers answered with three runs in their half of the opening frame. Asbaty tied things up with an RBI single to right, scoring graduate outfielder Vinny Iacono (Nesconset, N.Y.).

Later, with red-shirt senior Anthony Brunetti (Bayville, N.Y.) on third and Asbaty on first, Asbaty took off for second, causing Mercy's Christian Hock to throw the ball away, allowing Brunetti to score, giving LIU Post a 2-1 edge. Groeneveld would follow with a run-scoring single that plated red-shirt senior outfielder Rich Maccarone (Glen Cove, N.Y.).

Mercy then countered with three unearned runs in the second to re-gain its one-run lead (4-3). However, in the third, Asbaty drove in Iacono with a sacrifice fly, evening the game at 4-all.

Three innings later, Groeneveld sent a 1-0 pitch over the fence in left, staking the Pioneers to a 5-4 cushion that they never relinquished.

Junior pitcher Dillon Burke (Plainview, N.Y.) kept the Mavericks off the scoreboard in the sixth and seventh innings, earning his second win of the season.

Groeneveld led the offense with two hits and two RBIs. Daley, Iacono, Brunetti and Asbaty all added a hit apiece. Asbaty also had two RBIs in the win.

Head Coach Mike Gaffney and the Pioneers wrap up their four-game set with Mercy on Tuesday (Mar. 24). First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from Dobbs Ferry.