MONTGOMERY, Ala. The fifth-ranked Embry-Riddle Eagles opened their 2012 campaign with a doubleheader split against the No. 13 Warhawks of Auburn Montgomery. ERAU fell victim to a walkoff homerun in the opener, losing 2-1, but the Eagles managed a tremendous bounce back victory with a 15-1 decision in the nightcap. ERAU (1-1) will face No. 21 Southern Polytechnic State (0-0) tomorrow at 11 a.m. (CST).

Game 1 - Boxscore
Junior Kevin Maloney took the hill for the Blue and Gold in it's first contest, pitching an impressive six innings of three-hit ball. However, he was matched by AUM's Cody Hall, as Hall held the potent Eagle offense to just two hits over 5.2 innings.

A true pitchers' duel, neither team got any runs until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Warhawks took advantage of two Eagle errors on the same play to scratch across their first run (unearned) of the season.

Hall was relieved in the sixth by Michael Carden, and the move would prove to be beneficial for the visitors. With just three outs left for the Eagles to extend the game, Carden gave up a leadoff double to senior Chris Page to begin the seventh, followed by a clutch double by Ian MacGeorge, tying things up when Jordan Johnson, Page's pinch runnner, crossed the plate. Callahan Hood got his first hit as an Eagle in the next at-bat, singling to center field to put runners on first and third with no outs. A stolen base by David Belardes, Hood's pinch runner, followed by a strike out set up senior Frankie Arias at the plate. Arias was intentionally walked before Tyler Dent entered for Carden. Dent got out of the bases-loaded jam by inducing a groundball double play to end the inning.

Michael Dugan quickly ended the contest when he homered over the left field fence off Embry-Riddle's Robbie Ratliff in the bottom of the seventh, giving AUM the 2-1 victory.

Game 2 - Boxscore
The second game proved to be a night-and-day difference from the first, as the Eagles took out their early-game frustrations with 15 runs on 20 hits to emerge with a 15-1 win.

Adam Paulencu started his first game for ERAU and looked impressive, not giving up a hit until the fourth frame. The Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada native faced just 10 batters in the first four innings, striking out four.

The Warhawks' starter, Blake Woo, looked good as well until he got into trouble in the third as Embry-Riddle struck for four runs to take the early lead.

Adam Cellini started the frame with a walk, followed by a Greg Smith walk to put runners on first and second with no outs. A perfectly executed sacrifice bunt from Tyler Robbins advanced the runners into scoring position for Ben Kline. Kline, a 2011 Honorable Mention All-American, hit a hard ground ball to third base, scoring courtesy runner Jordan Romero, and was able to reach first safely on the fielding error by AUM's third baseman. Page stepped into the batter's box and took the third pitch he saw deep over the scoreboard in right center field for the first Eagle long ball of the year, extending the lead to 4-0.

ERAU accomplished more of the same in the top of the fourth, plating 10 runs on 10 hits (one away from tying a single-inning program record), pushing their lead to a commanding 14-0. MacGeorge, Hood, Jeff Lemon, Cellini, Smith, Kline and Page all collected RBIs in the inning.

Paulencu surrendered his only hit of the outing in the fourth before breezing through the fifth en route to the victory. Freshman Corey Tufts entered in the sixth and pitched the final two innings for ERAU, giving up one run.

16 Eagles saw action in the contest, with all but one position starter getting a hit.

Page went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, MacGeorge was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and Hood finished 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs. Seven of the Eagles' 20 hits went for extra-bases, and they took advantage of three AUM miscues.

Paulencu moved to 1-0 with the victory, while Woo (0-1) suffered the loss.