TAMPA, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle baseball team split a doubleheader with NCAA II No. 1 Tampa on Saturday, and in so doing, the Eagles snapped a nine-game losing streak and registered their first win over a top-ranked opponent since 2011. ERAU (10-20) overcame a 4-0 deficit in the day's opener, scoring six unanswered runs over the final four innings to beat the Spartans (21-7) 6-4 before the home team secured the series win with a 13-5 victory in the nightcap.

The Eagles return to Daytona Beach to host Saint Leo in a three-game series next weekend. First pitch for Friday night's game is schedule for 6 p.m. while Saturday's twin bill will begin at 1 p.m.

Game 1 - ERAU 6, UT 4
After falling behind 4-0, the Eagles got a big spark from a Jonathan Camp home run, and Justin Franklin's long ball a few innings later proved to be the game-winner as ERAU reeled off six straight runs to beat Tampa on the road for the first time since 2011.

Austin Lee pitched well in the start for the Eagles, allowing a lone run in the first before keeping the Spartans off the scoreboard until the fifth. The Eagles threatened in the fourth when they loaded the bases with one out, but a double play sent the Spartans into the dugout with a 1-0 lead.

UT extended its lead to 4-0 in the fifth thanks to a solo home run and three consecutive base hits, but ERAU was able to get on the board in the sixth when Camp hit his fourth homer of the season, a three-run shot that scored Kyle Guttveg and A.J. Mazzurco after the pair were hit by a pitch and walked, respectively. The Eagles weren't done yet in the frame as Franklin doubled with two outs and Cody Bogart traded places with him to tie the game at 4-4 with a double of hiw own.

Lee worked a scoreless sixth, and after Tampa put two men on with one out in the seventh, Aidan Brady entered and proceeded to get a pop up and ground ball to send the game to the eighth knotted at 4-4.

Franklin's go-ahead homer came with two outs in the eighth, his second long ball of the season, and ERAU was able to push across an insurance run in the ninth when Mazzurco brought in Robbie Hanlon with a single after Hanlon had singled and moved to second on a Cole Habig sac bunt.

Brady was relieved by Troy Naab in the ninth after UT's first two batters reached, but Naab was able to nail down the save and the win without allowing a Spartan run for the 6-4 final.

Franklin, Hanlon and Guttveg all had two hits for the Eagles, while Camp's three RBIs led the way for the Blue and Gold.

Brady (1-0) got his first career win in 1.2 innings of work, while Naab earned his first save of 2017.

Game 2 - UT 13, ERAU 5
Tampa claimed the series with the day's nightcap victory, out-hitting the Eagles 17-7 en route to the win.

UT scored the first four runs of the game, just as they did in the opener, but the Eagles were able to get on the board in the fourth when Christopher Medina collected a sacrifice fly to score Habig from third, trimming the deficit to 4-1.

Tampa got the run back in its half of the fourth, but the sixth once again proved to be an offensive one for ERAU as they scored three runs to get within a run at 5-4. After a Guttveg walk and Habig double, Camp and Medina registered back-to-back RBI ground outs before Luis Olivier singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Franklin double to right center.

Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Spartans did their own scoring in the sixth, scratching across two runs against ERAU starter Kenny Burkhead to extend their lead to 7-4.

UT added six more runs in the seventh and eighth to hold a comfortable 13-4 lead, and despite an Eagle run in the ninth, ERAU couldn't come all the way back, falling 13-5.

Habig and Olivier were the only two Eagles with multiple hits, while Medina finished with a pair of RBIs.