NEW YORK -- Senior DH Stephen Young Jr. (Middlesex, N.J.) lifted a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning of the opener, giving Caldwell baseball a split of its doubleheader vs. Staten Island, played at Columbia University's Robertson Field at Satow Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

CU won the opener, 7-6, falling in the nightcap, 6-2.

In the scheduled seven-inning game one, trailing, 6-5, Caldwell rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth on a two-run home run by junior catcher Enrique Beltra (Monroe, N.J.). After the Dolphins tied it in their half of the sixth, winning pitcher junior righty Jonathan Gambone (Westville, N.J.) retired CSI in order to cap a 4 1/3-inning, no earned run outing. After Young put hte Cougars ahead, senior righty John Rigas (Lincoln Park, N.J.) converted the save with a scoreless eighth, stranding the potential tying run on second.

In the nightcap, the Cougars rallied for two runs in the away half of the seventh on a two-run single by senior SS Christian Rinick (Marlton, N.J.), who had four hits in the doubleheader and is hitting .429 on the season.

Senior RF Jimmy Kurtz (Buena, N.J.) and sophomore 2B Alan Hernandez (Boca Raton, Fla.) had three hits apiece in the twinbill for the Cougars (1-4).

Caldwell next visits Post University to open CACC play in a doubleheader on Wednesday beginning at noon in Waterbury, Conn.