ALBANY, N.Y. (Interstat) — Longwood used a dominant relief performance from JR Fordham to overcome an early deficit and defeat Binghamton 9-7 Sunday afternoon at Varsity Field. The Lancers improved to 26-17 overall, while the Bearcats fell to 22-16.

Fordham tossed three scoreless innings with five strikeouts, allowing no hits. Wyatt Bunch added 2 2/3 hitless frames with a strikeout. Trailing 7-0 after four innings, Longwood erupted for four runs in the fifth highlighted by Jae’dan Carter’s three-run double. Carter finished 2-for-5 with four RBIs. Tre Keels went 2-for-3 and scored twice.

Binghamton’s Matt Bolton hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Tommy Popoff had two hits and an RBI for the Bearcats. Longwood strung together a four-run seventh and added two more in the ninth to secure the win. The teams split a doubleheader Friday with Binghamton winning the opener 10-8 and Longwood taking the second game 7-3.