ORANGE, Calif. – A six-run fifth inning by MIT provided the difference as the visiting Engineers defeated host Chapman University 8-2 at Hart Park on Tuesday night to pick up their first win on their spring break trip to California. The loss was the Panthers' second straight and first back-to-back defeats in over a month as Chapman (15-8) played its final non-conference game of the season.

Trailing 2-1, MIT (2-2) sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth inning, collecting seven hits, including four doubles, and plated six runs to take a 7-2 lead and chase Chapman junior RHP Connor Williams from the game. Senior Hayden Cornwell (Newport Beach, Calif.) delivered the knockout blow to the Panthers in the inning with a two-out, two-run double that dropped in shallow right.

The Panthers had taken a 2-0 lead in the third when sophomore OF Joey Bernal tripled home the first run of the game and then scored on a wild pitch. Those were the lone highlights for Chapman which was limited to just four hits by three MIT pitchers. The Panthers managed just one hit after the fourth inning, a ninth-inning single by freshman IF Jared Love.

MIT starter, sophomore David Hesslink (San Diego, Calif.) earned his first win of the year for the Engineers, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four in six innings.

MIT collected 13 hits, including three from senior Reid Bishop (Cypress, Texas). Sophomore John Drago (Peoria, Ariz.), freshman Austin Filiere (Chandler, Ariz.) and junior Nate Rodman (Corvallis, Ore.) all had multiple hits for the Engineers.

- Release courtesy of Chapman sports information