SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 6 Salisbury University baseball team entered Sunday's Capital Athletic Conference doubleheader against the University of Mary Washington needing just one win to lock up the top seed in the upcoming CAC tournament. Salisbury swept the twinbill, battling from behind in both contests, for a 6-5 win in the first and a 9-8 victory in the nightcap.

Salisbury earned the top seed with a 6-5 come-from-behind win in the first game. Mary Washington took a 2-0 lead after the top of the first inning, on a pair of solo home runs. Though the Sea Gulls would get a run back in the first, they would not take their first lead of the game until the home half of the sixth inning.

Salisbury entered the sixth trailing 5-4, but that would change quickly. Junior Andrew Miller (Schwenksville, Pa.) led off the inning with a four-pitch walk. Miller was retired at second on a groundball by Brad Baylis (Pocomoke, Md.), but Baylis was able to beat the relay throw at first. Senior Brian Green (Salisbury, Md.) helped the Sea Gulls capitalize on Baylis' hustle by blasting a no-doubt home run to left-center field. The two-run shot, Green's seventh of the year, gave Salisbury the 6-5 lead.

The blast made a winner of junior Drew Baldwin (Winston-Salem, N.C.) who worked 3 2/3 innings in relief. He gave way to senior Chad Wolfe (Thurmont, Md.) who was able to work out of a jam in the top of the seventh for his fourth save of the season.

The Eagles began the seventh with a double and a single to put runners at the corners with no outs. Wolfe was able to get a pop out to shallow left field, keeping the runners in place. A groundball to Green at third base began a 5-4-3 double play that would end the game and clinch the regular-season title for the Gulls.

The second game saw a similar start as the Eagles (18-10, 10-8 CAC) jumped out to an 8-3 through the top of the fifth inning before Salisbury began to chip away. The Sea Gulls (22-6, 14-4 CAC) put up three runs in the fifth, cutting the deficit to 8-4. Senior Mike Celenza (Gaithersburg, Md.) and sophomore Nick Walls (Federalsburg, Md.) each drove in runs in the inning.

But the real damage came in the bottom of the seventh when Salisbury put together five runs, on four hits and took advantage of three Mary Washington errors to earn the win. Wolfe came home for the game winner on a ground ball by sophomore Bill Morton (Newark, Del.) that should have been the final out of the inning, but was bobbled by the Mary Washington defense.

The seventh-inning rally made junior Alex Duda (Madison, Conn.) a winner for the first time this season. Duda worked one scoreless innings, striking out one batter.

By virtue of being the top seed in the CAC tournament, the Sea Gulls will host an opening-round game on Tuesday, April 13. Salisbury will host the No. 6 seed Wesley College at the SU Baseball Field. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.