The baseball team concluded their Fort Myers trip on a successful note Monday morning with an 11-5 victory against the United States Coast Guard Academy from the New England Men's and Women's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).

The Bearcats (3-5) exploded in the seventh inning with nine runs on just two hits and five walks to overturn a 3-2 deficit into a 11-3 lead through the middle of the seventh inning.

Ryan Smith earned his second win of the season and Dan Daley and Andrew Carmada held off  a Coast Guard rally in the final two innings to help the team finish with a 3-4 record in Fort Myers.

Most importantly, the team played seven games in a warm climate and will now return to the northeast better prepared for the rest of the season.

Matthew Ballone batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored against U.S.C.G.A., while Ryan Jacobs walked three times, scored twice and had an RBI in the busy seventh inning. John Yuksekol also had two hits, two runs scored and one RBI in four trips to the plate.

On Sunday, the Bearcats suffered an 11-4 loss to Monmouth College of Illinois from the Midwest Conference.

The Fighting Scots scored six runs in the first two innings, but the Bearcats rallied back with four runs in the third inning.

Jacobs and Yuksekol each smacked RBI singles, while Angel Tejeda hit a long double to score Nicholas Pomo-Roman and Jacobs to cut the score to 6-4.

The Fighting Scots scored three runs in the sixth inning and one each in the eight and ninth innings to wrap up the 11-4 victory.

The Bearcats will return to action on Thursday, March 13, with a non-conference home contest against William Paterson University from the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC).

First pitch at MCU Park, the summer home of the New York Mets affiliate the Brooklyn Cyclones, is scheduled to start at 3:30 pm.