LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Junior Kevin Ryan had a solid first start in a Biola uniform and junior catcher Mike Lopez added two hits including his first home run of the season as the Eagles downed the University of La Verne 10-2 at Eagles Diamond on Saturday.

Biola sweeps the home-and-home series from the Leopards to improve to 2-0 on the season. 

Ryan had a great first outing for the Eagles, allowing just two runs on seven hits over 6-2/3 innings, striking out seven along the way. He allowed just two baserunners after the fourth inning and retired nine-straight at one point.

Ryan was a bit shaky to start the game, walking the first batter and eventually allowing the first run of the game on a solid double to left-center by Ross Hebert. In the third, Ryan surrendered a single to open the inning and the run would come around to score two batters later on a single by George Hanna which put La Verne up 2-0 early.

But the Biola offense started up strong in the third. Christopher Neal walked to start the inning and Boone Farrington drove him around to third on a single to left, taking second on the throw. Benji Sutherland drove both runners home with a single through the right-side of the infield to tie the game. Two outs later, Mac Sullivan would drive in Sutherland with a single to right to give the Eagles the 3-2 lead.

Lopez then stepped up and blasted a solo home run well over the left field fence on the first pitch of the fourth inning to stretch the lead to 4-2.The Eagles would add one more in the frame on an RBI groundout to lead 5-2 after four.

Biola continued to add on in the fifth, recording five more runs. After scoring the first on an error, Lopez drilled a single into right field, followed by RBI singles from Neal and Farrington. Sutherland capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly for his fourth RBI of the contest.

Ryan settled down at that point and after putting two on early in the fourth, retired the next nine batters he faced. He wouldn't run into any more trouble until early in the seventh when he allowed a one-out single and hit a batter before working out of the jam with help from reliever Jonathan Cade.

Cade pitched a perfect 1-1/3 inning with Erick Allen coming on to wrap up the ninth.

Lopez went 2-for-4 in the contest with a home run while Farrington added a 3-for-5 day, scoring twice and driving in one. Sutherland had just one hit, but recorded four RBIs in the game.

Biola heads to Northern California for a six-game road trip next week, starting things off with a single game at Menlo College at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.