The Keuka College baseball team salvaged a split of Saturday's North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) doubleheader vs. Penn State-Abington, dropping the first game 10-2 before winning the nightcap 1-0 at Kuhl Field in Keuka Park, N.Y.

The games were the home openers for the Storm, who played their first 15 games on the road.

Senior Gavin Corbin (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) was 2-for-4 with an RBI while junior Jon Borchert (Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington) doubled for the Storm (8-9, 3-4 NEAC) in the opener.

Senior Dom D'Augustino (Williamson, NY/Williamson) went 2-for-3 while classmate Hector Mitaynes (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) plated the winning run on a single in the bottom of the sixth to lift the Green and Gold in the nightcap.

Senior Kyle McVannan (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) earned the win, allowing five hits with no walks and four strikeouts in the complete game.

The Green and Gold took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning of the opener. Senior Justyn Schuck (Hammondsport, NY/Hammondsport) led off with a single, advanced to second when junior Jake Burachalk (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) drew a walk and scored on Corbin's fielder's choice.

The Nittany Lions (8-14-1, 2-6) pushed across two runs in the top of the second, but the Storm knotted the score in the bottom of the inning on an unearned run.

The Green and Gold had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the third. Borchert doubled and Corbin singled, giving the Storm runners on first and second with no outs. The bases were loaded after junior Dan Smith (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Forks) drew a walk, but Abington escaped the jam thanks to a fly out.

The game remained tied until Abington scored five runs in the sixth and three runs in the seventh to earn the win.

In the nightcap, the Storm threatened in the second after junior Dylan Thomas (Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt) walked and stole second, but on a D'Augustino single to left field, Thomas was thrown out at the plate and the game remained scoreless.

McVannan set down the Nittany Lions in the first, third and fifth innings until the Storm got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth.

Borchert singled to right field and Corbin was hit by a pitch, giving the Green and Gold runners at first and second with only one out. After a pop out, Mitaynes, a pinch-hitter, singled into center field, scoring Borchert for the game's only run.

Abington put runners on first and third with two outs in the seventh, but McVannan struck out Michael Dunlap to end the game.

Keuka hosts Penn State-Abington for a nine-inning contest Sunday at noon to complete the three-game series with the Nittany Lions.