ITHACA, N.Y. (Interstat) — Thomas Santana tossed six innings of no-hit baseball and Jimmy Chadwell drove in four runs as Columbia defeated Cornell 9-1 on Sunday afternoon at Hoy Field.

Santana, who had allowed five earned runs in two innings in his previous outing against Brown, struck out seven and surrendered only one earned run while not allowing a hit. Will Harrigan followed with two perfect innings and Jack Korthas closed with a scoreless ninth, striking out one. The Lions improved to 14-22-1 overall, while the Big Red dropped to 11-26.

Columbia struck first in the opening inning. Jack Kail was hit by a pitch, stole second and advanced to third on a lineout. Anthony Temesvary walked and stole second before Chadwell singled to center field, scoring both runners. The Lions led 2-0 after one.

The game remained tight until the fifth, when Columbia broke the game open. Snyder singled and Fishel was hit by a pitch. Kail then singled to load the bases. Temesvary doubled down the right-field line, scoring two runs. After a pitching change, a passed ball allowed another run to score. Chadwell followed with a two-run single to center, giving Columbia a 7-0 lead.

The Lions added a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Kail, and another in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Jack.

Cornell’s lone run came in the bottom of the sixth. Barela singled, moved to third on a double by Hower and scored on a sacrifice fly by Swidorski. The Big Red managed only seven hits, with Trent Lopez going 2-for-2 with a double.

Columbia’s offense was paced by Chadwell’s 2-for-4 day with four RBIs. Temesvary went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and Kail went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. The Lions finished with nine hits and two sacrifice flies.

For Cornell, Andrew Houghton pitched two innings of relief, allowing one earned run and striking out two. Josh Shea threw 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Noah Keller struck out one in a perfect ninth.

The most critical sequence came in the top of the fifth, when Columbia sent nine batters to the plate and scored four runs on three hits, a passed ball and a hit batter, turning a 2-0 lead into a comfortable 7-0 advantage. The outburst came after Cornell had stranded two runners in the bottom of the third and had shown signs of threatening.

Columbia’s pitching dominated throughout. Santana worked around two walks and a hit batter, striking out the side in the first and fourth innings. He retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced. Cornell grounded into two double plays, including one that ended the seventh inning.

The victory gave Columbia a split of the weekend series after the Big Red won the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader 7-2 before the Lions took the nightcap 2-0.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Columbia 5, Cornell 4, and Interstat’s ELO system gave Columbia a 71.20 percent probability to win.