BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (May 8, 2016) - Needing two wins to remain in the East Coast Conference playoff hunt, the LIU Post baseball team completed its second-straight four-game sweep of an ECC opponent, beating Mercy College, 2-0 and 10-4, on Sunday at the LIU Post Baseball Field.

The Pioneers (23-20, 13-11 ECC) finish the regular season having won their last nine ECC games.

In the opener, the teams were locked in a pitchers' duel through the first five innings of play. It wasn't until the sixth that the Pioneers broke through.

With two on and one out, junior left fielder Kenny Daley (Glenwood Landing, N.Y.) singled up the middle, driving in a pair of runs. That would be all the offense red-shirt senior starter Joey Arena (Yorktown, N.Y.) needed.

The lefty ran into some trouble in the third, but stranded two base runners. From there, he turned in four straight perfect innings from the fifth through the eighth.

Making his last start on the mound in Brookville, Arena threw a complete-game, five hit shutout with nine strikeouts. He didn't issue a walk, marking the second time this season he struck out at least nine batters with no walks.

Daley and freshman third baseman Jimmy Mendyk (Massapequa, N.Y.) both had two-hit games. Daley accounted for the two LIU Post runs.

In the nightcap, red-shirt senior Mike Curti (Oceanside, N.Y.) took the mound in search of his second win of the season. The Pioneer bats would give him some early run support.

After a single, a walk and two stolen bases started the inning, senior first baseman David Groeneveld (Centereach, N.Y.) singled through the left side of the drawn-in infield, giving the Pioneers a 2-0 lead.

Daley then singled, before sophomore shortstop Joe Spitaleri (Levittown, N.Y.) singled home Groeneveld, making it 3-0. Later in the inning, senior second baseman Matt Bowers (Staten Island, N.Y.) successfully put down a safety squeeze bunt that scored Spitaleri. Mendyk plated senior designated hitter Steve Teitel (Merrimack, N.Y.) with an RBI single to right for the inning's fifth run.

Curti returned to the mound and held the Mavericks (13-29, 6-18 ECC) scoreless.

In the third, sophomore left fielder James Cohan (Syosset, N.Y.) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, giving the Pioneers a 6-0 cushion.

Then, in the fourth, Spitaleri doubled home a run, before the Pioneers scored a pair of runs on a fielding error, extending the Pioneers' lead to 9-0.

In the sixth, junior catcher Kyle Fagan (Wantagh, N.Y.) singled home a run, making it 10-0.

Mercy would break through with three in the eighth and a run in the ninth, but the rally would fall short as the Pioneers came away with the doubleheader sweep.

Daley, Groeneveld, Spitaleri and Mendyk all had multi-hit games. Groeneveld and Spitaleri drove in a pair of runs each.

Curti, senior Dillon Burke (Plainview, N.Y.), and graduate J.P. Lipovac (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) all turned in two scoreless innings each. Freshman James Varela (Levittown, N.Y.) added a scoreless inning, while fellow freshman Brian Kavanagh (East Meadow, N.Y.) was touched up for four runs in two innings.

Head Coach Mike Gaffney and the Pioneers wrap up the 2016 season with the program's most wins since 2012 (27). For more information about the LIU Post baseball team, please continue to visit LIUPostPioneers.com.