New London, Conn. – With their season on the line, Coast Guard overcame a four-run deficit in the opener and a five-run deficit in the nightcap to sweep a streaking Clark University squad 11-10 in ten innings in the first game and 10-9 in the second to earn a spot in the upcoming New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) baseball tournament.

The Cougars entered the day riding a five-game winning streak after winning the series opener 8-4 yesterday and needed just one win today to clinch the final tournament spot while the Bears needed to sweep.

Coast Guard had their backs against the wall all day and never led in the opener until senior Cory Sonnega led off the bottom the tenth with a game-winning solo homer to deep right field after Clark led 10-7 in the eighth.

Coast Guard improves to 16-19 overall and finishes 8-9 in the NEWMAC while Clark drops to 17-20 overall and finishes conference play at 7-10.

The Cougars will wrap up their 2016 campaign on Monday with a non-conference contest against Johnson & Wales at 6:30 p.m.

Game 1: Coast Guard 11, Clark University 10 (10 innings)

Sonnega's blast in the tenth completed a comeback which saw the Bears trail 5-1 in the fifth and 10-7 in the eighth.

Junior Kyle Jackson hit the first two homers of his career in the win as he was 3 for 5 with a pair of RBI while sophomore Zach Serna also had three hits. Junior Timbo Duncan and seniors Mark Behne and Sonnega each added two hits.

Clark jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by David Eschen (New York, N.Y.) and a two-run single by Zach Richall (Tyngsboro, Mass.) – the 100th hit of his career.

The Bears got a run in the second on a solo homer by Jackson before Clark added two in the third on a sacrifice fly by Chris Dibble (Manchester, Conn.) and a run on an error for a 5-1 lead.

Coast Guard erupted for four in the fifth to tie the game as they got a run on an error before Alex Murdoch smacked a two-run double and an RBI double by Kyle Wood.

As they did all day long, Clark responded quickly with two in the top of the sixth taking the lead on an error before senior James Conway (Newburyport, Mass.) added an RBI double for a 7-5 lead.

The Bears tied it in the home half as Jackson led off with a solo homer to right before freshman Luke Thompson's sacrifice fly made it 7-7.

The Cougars scored three times in the seventh as Kyle Bonicki (Waterbury, Conn.) drew a bases loaded walk to take an 8-7 lead and Eschen dropped in a two-run single giving Clark a 10-7 lead.

Coast Guard would rally in the eighth as Duncan and Behne led off with back-to-back singles. Sonnega drove in a run with a ground out then the Bears added a run on an error and Serna tied the game at 10-10 with a two-out RBI single.

Freshman Dustin Reeder (2-1) allowed a single in the ninth and retired the Cougars in order in the tenth to pick up the win in relief.

Junior Colton Cannon started for the Bears and went six innings allowing eight hits and seven runs, four earned while walking four and fanning seven.

Patrick Robinson started for Clark and went five innings allowing six hits and five runs, three earned with two walks and two strikeouts. Joe Gouveia (1-2) took the loss, allowing a single in the ninth before the homer in the tenth.

Teddy Downing (Cambridge, Mass.), Eschen, Michael Eglow (Delmar, N.Y.) and Richall each had two hits for Clark in the opener.

Game 2: Coast Guard 10, Clark University 9

Coast Guard as they did for the entire first game played from behind. The Cougars scored four runs in the fifth as Adam Chochrek (Foxboro, Mass.) connected for a two-run single followed by an RBI double by Dibble as Clark took a 7-2 lead.

The Bears got a single run in the fifth on an RBI ground out by Thompson scoring Duncan, who led off with a single only to see Clark get one in the sixth on an RBI double by Eschen for an 8-3 lead.

Coast Guard got three in the sixth as freshman Will Stephens delivered an RBI single, Duncan ripped an RBI double and Christian Toscano added an RBI groundout to make the score 8-6.

The Cougars got a run back in the seventh on an RBI groundout by junior Tyler Hutchinson (Greene, Maine) scoring Richall, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.

The Bears would rally to pull even in home half of the seventh as Wood, who recorded the 100th hit of his career in the fourth inning, laced a two-run double and later scored on a fielder's choice to tie the game at 9-9.

Reeder would come back in relief again in the second game in the top of the eighth and retire the Cougars in order including a pair of strikeouts to end the frame.

In the eighth, Toscano led off with a line drive single to center and Chris Clark entered as a pinch runner. Clark moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a ground out before Thompson lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate the eventual game winning run.

Reeder (3-1) allowed just a walk in the ninth to record his second win of the afternoon as he worked two hitless innings in game two with three strikeouts.

The Bears won despite making four errors which led to seven unearned runs, all in the first five innings.

Cal Slepkow (Rehoboth, Mass.) worked the first six innings for the Cougars and allowed nine hits and six runs, all earned while fanning four.

Graduate student Taylor Serrano (1-3) pitched the eighth inning and took the loss.

Behne and Duncan each had three hits in the win for Coast Guard while Wood and Toscano each added two hits.

Eschen led Clark with three hits including a pair of doubles while Downing had a pair of hits for the Cougars.