Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PHOENIX, Ariz. --- Biola had a chance to even its season record at seven wins and seven losses on Saturday. However, things did not go as planned as the Eagles dropped both games of an early-morning doubleheader with Arizona Christian.
 
Jesse Yancosek got the call in the early game for Head Coach Jay Sullenger.
 
His offense got him some early run support with a run in each of the first two innings. The offense was able to load the bases in the first, thanks to the wild throwing of ACU's starter, Tommy Lay.
 
Once David McNeill had a chance in the box, runners filled the bases, and Lay could still not hit the strikezone, walking in the first run of the game.
 
ACU tacked one on Yancosek's line in the bottom of the first, using a sacrifice fly to score Trevor Santor after the senior left-fielder put himself on third base with a one-out triple.
 
The Eagles covered that run up with their second score of the game, putting a single tally on the board in inning two. Bryan Castelli scored his third run of the season on a Johnny Farrington sacrifice fly.
 
Yancosek's big mistake came in the fourth inning, when he gave up a two-run big fly to Phil Creecy. It was the first homerun he has surrendered this season, he also gave up his first triple of the year in this outing.
 
He eventually lasted just 4.1 innings and had to be replaced by Sean Rothfuss and Tyler Bernheisel, who combined to shutout the Firestorm after Yancosek allowed their five runs.
 
Biola tacked on a run in the eighth, but couldn't manage much else in the box as they fell 5-3 to the Firestorm.
 
Game two of the doubleheader was much more of a nailbiter, as the Eagles and Firestorm held each other scoreless for nine innings of what was scheduled to be a seven-inning affair.
 
Biola got a big-time start out of Eric Diomartich, who was absolutely spot-on over the course of his eighth shutout innings. The big lefty held the Firestorm absolutely useless as he struck out nine and allowed just five hits, facing 30 batters.
 
After Bryan Castelli took the ball in the ninth it was more of the same, until the Firestorm was able to walk it off with a two-out run in the bottom of the 10^th inning. A leadoff single turned into the game-winning run for ACU as they took game two to improve to 3-6 on the season.
 
They got a masterful performance out of their starter, Dean Jackson. The sophomore stayed on the mound from start to finish, to get credit for the win in 10 innings pitched.
 
Rob Groeschell got two hits in game two, making him the only Eagle to have a multiple-hit performance on the day. Their offense continues to struggle, pushing across just eight runs over the course of this three-game series.
 
Biola falls to 5-9 (3-6 GSAC) instead of the 7-7 they had hoped to be when the day was through.
 
They resume play on Friday as they open a three-game series against CSU San Marcos. They host the Cougars on Friday and travel to San Marcos for a Saturday doubleheader.