BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – Junior Tyler Lemansky delivered the best start of his career on Tuesday in the second game of a home doubleheader with visiting Hilbert, allowing Geneva to secure a split in the two games.  Hilbert took game one 11-5 before Lemansky's strong outing allowed the Golden Tornadoes to win game two, 4-2.  Geneva is now 17-17 on the year.

In game one, Geneva sophomore starter Jake Buyajian battled his command throughout his two-inning outing, but he limited Hilbert to just single runs in the first and second innings.

The Golden Tornadoes got one of those runs back in the bottom of the second when sophomore CJ Jackson doubled home sophomore James Zugai.

Geneva's bullpen was called into action in the third inning, and the Hawks were able to open a big lead over the next three innings, scoring nine times to grab an 11-1 advantage after the top of the fifth.

The Golden Tornadoes were able to score twice in each of the fifth and sixth innings, receiving RBIs from sophomore Marco Chenet and juniors Michael Twigg and Jason Triscila, but the deficit was too much to overcome as Geneva lost 11-5.

Geneva actually outhit Hilbert 11-10 in the game, but too many walks and errors allowed the Hawks to score five unearned runs.  Triscila led the offense with three hits, while Jackson and junior Bradley McGuire each added two hits.

Lemansky got the start on the mound in game two, and the Hawks got on the board in the top of the first courtesy a Geneva error, but the Hawks returned the favor in the bottom of the inning when Twigg scored on a Hilbert error.  Lemansky was strong the rest of the game, controlling the Hilbert offense.

The Golden Tornadoes took their first lead of the day in the bottom of the third, scoring twice.  Senior Kirk Bearjar brought home one run with an RBI-single, and junior Noah Michal drove in the second run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Hilbert pulled within one, 3-2, with a single run in the top of the fifth, but Geneva got that run back in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI-single from Twigg.

Lemansky retired the first two batters in the seventh before a double caused Head Coach Alan Sumner to make the call to the bullpen, bringing in junior Kaden Peeples in relief.  Peeples walked the first batter but retired the next on a fly ball to sophomore Simon Wehr to close out the game, earning Peeples his seventh save of the season.

Lemanksy picked up his second win of the season, pitching 6.2 inning while giving up six hits and just one earned run, striking out five.

Bearjar and McGuire led the offense, each going 2-for-3.  Twigg scored a run and added an RBI.

Geneva will close out conference play on Friday with a home doubleheader against Allegheny, beginning at 1:00 p.m.  The baseball team also added a doubleheader against Franciscan at home on Saturday, which won't count in the conference standings.  Those will be the last games of the season for the Golden Tornadoes, who have been eliminated from postseason contention.