FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - No. 7 Nova Southeastern started Sunshine State Conference play against Embry-Riddle with an extra innings, 5-4 walk-off victory on Friday evening from the NSU Baseball Complex. NSU  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP 

RECORDS: No. 7 Nova Southeastern 10-0, 1-0 SSC; Embry-Riddle 1-9, 0-4 SSC 
SCORE: No. 7 Nova Southeastern 5, Embry-Riddle 4 
LOCATION: NSU Baseball Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

Embry-Riddle wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, hitting a two-run home run in the top of the first inning by Kennedy-Davis, giving the Eagles a 2-0 lead. Nova Southeastern responded with three-runs in the bottom of the second, as Adam Frank hit a three-run home run to left-center field to give the Sharks the 3-2 lead.  

NSU starting pitcher Matt Kavanaugh settled into the ballgame after the first inning, limiting the Eagles offense and keeping Embry-Riddle off the scoreboard for three consecutive innings. Kennedy-Davis hit his second home run of the contest to tie the game 3-3 in the top of the fifth. Kavanaugh finished the evening with five innings, striking out seven and allowing just three runs.  

Jarret Krzyzanowski entered the ballgame in the top of the sixth inning for Nova Southeastern and shutdown the Eagles for the remainder of the contest. Krzyzanowski mowed down the Eagles, striking out seven and kept the Sharks in the game.  

Ultimately, the first Sunshine State Conference match-up of the season for NSU went into extra innings. Kennedy-Davis drove in his fourth run of the game for ERAU in the top of tenth, giving Embry-Riddle a 4-3 lead. 

Needing a rally, Alex Hernandez led off the bottom of the tenth with a single to left field and was pinch-ran for Michael Uz. Pinch-hitter Bryce Hazzard worked a walk, putting Uz in scoring position. The Sharks tied the game at 4-4 following an Eagles throwing error off an Epstein sacrifice bunt attempt. Duncan Pastore approached the plate with the bases loaded in a tie game in the bottom of the tenth and was hit by a pitch to bring in the game-winning run as the Sharks improved to 10-0 on the campaign. 

OUTSIDE THE BOX 

• Sharks Baseball is the third NSU program to start the season on a 10-game winning streak during the 2021-22 athletic year, joining NSU Volleyball and Men's Basketball.  

UPCOMING 
No. 7 NSU continues its series against Embry-Riddle on Saturday, February 26, from the NSU Baseball Complex. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.