SAN DIEGO, CA --- The Eagles made the most of a 7.1 inning, two-hit shutout performance from senior left-hander Bennett Whitmore to knock off the NAIA's No. 2 Point Loma Nazarene by a score of 4-0, but lost a 5-1 lead in game two to fall, 7-5, in the second end of a GSAC split.

Whitmore (5-1) threw 120 pitches and carried a no-hitter through the first 6.2, racking up 10 strikeouts and walking four along the way.

Whitmore's outing helped Concordia improve to 10-10 on the season, including 2-8 in Golden State Athletic Conference play, while the Sea Lions end the day at 15-4-1, 7-2 GSAC.

Junior first baseman Edgar Guillen singled, reached on an error and walked to account for two runs in support of Whitmore, and he touched home on an RBI groundout from senior center fielder Pete Lemone to make it a 1-0 game in the top of the third.

Guillen then singled to lead off the eighth and eventually scored on a single from junior second baseman Robbie Knowles, who posted two hits in the opener, making it a 2-0 ballgame heading to the bottom of the eighth.

Guillen drew an intentional walk to load the bases in the ninth ahead of a two-run single from junior shortstop Sean Costella, as the Eagles gave freshman right-handed reliever Blake Harrison more than enough support out of the bullpen.

Harrison picked up his first save with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, where he allowed just one hit and did not walk a batter while fanning three Sea Lions.

In game two, junior third baseman Danny Casey doubled in a run and scored on a single from junior left fielder Matt Ivanoff to give starting freshman right-hander Sam Lindsey a 2-0 lead before he toed the rubber in the first.

Costella cracked a three-run homer in the fourth to make it a 5-1 game after Point Loma tacked on a run in the third inning, but the Sea Lions rallied for six of their seven game-two runs in the sixth after Lindsey had left the game.

The Eagles committed a pair of costly errors in the six-run rally, leading to four unearned runs off the combination of relievers Ryan Day and Jeff Allen, the latter of whom was saddled with the loss after allowing two unearned runs on three hits in 2.2 innings to fall to 0-2.

Concordia and Point Loma Nazarene finish their four-game season series with a doubleheader this Saturday (March 13), starting at 12 p.m. at Eagle Field.