RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Senior third basemen Brent Chavez cranked a grand slam in the first inning as a part of a five run first inning in Biola's 9-6 win over California Baptist on Wednesday afternoon in Riverside. 

The Lancers answered back with a five run inning of their own and kept pace with Biola until junior pitcher Mike Frisina kept CBU quiet in four innings of relief and designated hitter Brent Opdyke hit a solo home run in the seventh to get Biola the conference victory. 

The win pushes Biola to 19-16 overall, 12-10 in GSAC play. California Baptist drops to 21-15 overall and 12-13 in conference play. 

Biola jumped on Lancer starter Cory Allen from the start with singles from Chris Foreman, Nick Rotkowitz, and Hawkins Gebbers to load the bases. The Eagles picked up the first run of the game when the CBU infield could not handle a Taylor Loop grounder, scoring Foreman. Chavez than launched his first homer of the season--a grand slam--to give Biola an early 5-0 lead. 

Biola starter Derek Dietzen could not escape the first after an early error forced him to labor through much of the inning forcing the recently returned junior's pitch count to climb before exiting after just two thirds of an inning. 

Frisina came in and allowed one inherited runner to score before stopping the Lancers in the first. However, CBU pulled even without the benefit of an earned run charged to either Biola pitcher. 

The Eagles regained the lead in the third on a Loop single before Chad Pace singled in courtesy runner David West. 

The Lancers were able to pull even again in the sixth on Seth Othman's third home run of the year. 

In the seventh, the Eagles grabbed their third and final lead on Opdyke's solo home run. Biola tacked on two more runs in the eighth when Foreman singled in Billy Vopenik and Vinnie Fayard scored moments later on a failed pick off attempt. 

Biola's stellar bullpen took over and closed the deal as Charlie Gausepohl worked two innings for the win. Steven Alexander bridged the gap with a scoreless inning and a third, before Vopenik threw a perfect ninth to earn his 11th save of the season. 

Gausepohl improves to 2-0 on the year while Lancer starter Cory Allen was hung with the loss to drop to 4-3. 

The teams return to action on Thursday (Apr. 2), batting each other in La Mirada for the fourth and final meeting of the season.