BRIDGEWATER, MA- Freshman Eric Jensen (Gorham, NH/Gorham) played a role in two critical rallies for the Wheaton College baseball team on Tuesday, including driving home the eventual winning run in the seventh inning of the Lyons' 7-6 victory at Bridgewater State College's Alumni Park. Wheaton, which is receiving votes in a pair of national polls, won its fifth straight game in moving to 13-5. The Bears slipped to 10-8.

Jensen, who also scored on junior Tad Skelley's (Wolfeboro, NH/Holderness School) game-tying two-run single in the sixth inning, finished 3-for-5. Skelley was 2-for-4 with three RBI, and junior Hadi Raad (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY/Hastings) went 3-for-4.

Sophomore Dan Haugh (Andover, MA/Saint John's Prep) added two hits, including a home run, while scoring twice, and freshman Dan Gusovsky (Andover, MA/Andover) banged out a pair of knocks. Jensen, Gusovsky, Raad and Skelley - Wheaton's six through nine hitters, respectively - combined to hit 10-for-18 with five RBI and four runs.

The Blue and White's bullpen strung together eight innings of three-hit ball, as five hurlers combined to yield one unearned run, with the first three relievers each freshmen. Justin Dickinson (Stratford, CT/Bunnell) entered in the second inning to allow two hits in 2.2 frames, Jordan Wylie (Plymouth, MA/Avon Old Farms School) spun 1.1 no-hit innings, and Mike McGinnis (Mashpee, MA/Mashpee) struck out the side during a one-hit sixth.

After McGinnis set down his final two batters, senior Jon Shepard (Salisbury, MA/Triton Regional) and sophomore David Longley (Brunswick, ME/Brunswick) combined for three perfect innings, as the final 11 Bear hitters went down in order. Longley struck out a pair while working the seventh and eighth, and Shepard came on for his third save.

Freshman Jonathan Surette (Lynn, MA/Lynn English) took the loss in relief for Bridgewater State, allowing one run on three hits during 1.1 frames. Junior Greg Steele (North Dighton, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth Regional) hit two doubles with two runs and three RBI.

Down 1-0 after the first, the Lyons plated four the following inning. Haugh led off with a solo homer, Raad and Skelley ripped two-out RBI singles, and sophomore Hal Landers (Salem, NH/Salem) doubled in the final run of the frame.

However, Steele's three-run double sparked a four-run home half before an unearned run came around in the fourth to put the Bears on top, 6-4. From there, the Wheaton bullpen set down 16 of the final 17 Bridgewater State hitters, including eight on strikes, and Skelley's tying hit set up Jensen's seventh-inning go-ahead knock.

The Lyons return home on Thursday when they face New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe Clark University at 3:30 p.m. After action around the league today, Wheaton is alone atop the conference standings.