DELAND, Fla. – Another come-from-behind effort lead Jacksonville University baseball to a 5-2 win over Stetson on Sunday at Melching Field.
 
The Dolphins (9-28, 2-13) scored five straight over two consecutive innings to take the lead and never looked back en route to a series win in ASUN Conference play for the first time this season.
 
"It was a complete team effort," said Head Coach Chris Hayes. "We came up with big pitches in big spots.

"Out goal is to be playing our best baseball in May, and we may be trending that way."
 
Mike Cassala threw up three straight zeroes on the board to start the game, stranding runners on in the first two, before a double play helped him to a five-run third.
 
In the fourth, Cassala hit the leadoff man, who advanced around to third on consecutive groundouts back to the mound, before scoring on a two-out single to center to give the Hatters the early lead for the third straight day. Cassala then stranded two men on to keep it 1-0 after four.
 
It took until the sixth, but Jacksonville had an answer. Trace Burchard, who was robbed of a base hit when his screaming line drive in the third caught by the diving Stetson shortstop, opened up the inning with a single. He advanced to second on Blake DeLamielleure's sacrifice and scored when Ruben Someillan banged a double off the wall in right.
 
The very next inning, the Dolphins took the lead for good. Christian Coipel beat the shift with a single to right to start the frame, and Tommy Joseph followed up with the first of his two hits. Stetson got the lead runner at third on an attempted sacrifice, but Elias Flowers was then hit to load the bases. Burchard went the other way to drive in two to put JU on top. Another run scored when DeLamielleure's ground ball back to the mound led to only one out and Jesus Pacheco rounded out the scoring with a seeing-eye single through the left side to score Flowers and make it 5-1.
 
Cassala worked into the seventh, getting the first two outs before walking a batter and giving way to Christian Graham, who induced a lineout to end the inning.
 
Graham worked a scoreless eighth, before Sam Brunnig came in the ninth, got two outs, but gave up a walk and single and Jagger McCoy replaced him to get the final out on a flyout to right after a run scored on a passed ball.
 
ON DECK
 
Jacksonville finally returns home to host FGCU in the final weekend series of the season. First pitch Friday night at John Sessions Stadium is 7 p.m.
 
COACH'S COMMENTS


THREE STRIKES
 

• Mike Cassala's 6.2 innings pitched was a career-long outing for the redshirt-senior, in his 18th career game started on the mound
• Ruben Someillan's on-base streak extended to all 37 games the Dolphins have played this year, after he went 2-4 with a walk
• Jagger McCoy logged a save for the second straight day, and it was his third overall