SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The University of Illinois Springfield baseball team split a doubleheader with the Lewis Flyers on Sunday, 3-5 and 7-3, at the UIS Baseball Field.

UIS (16-19, 10-12 GLVC) sits in fourth place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division standings.

Game one on Sunday went back and forth, eventually going the Flyers way as the visitors hung on for the 5-3 win.

Junior Max Biedrzycki (Bolingbrook, Ill.) started on the hill for UIS and settled down after giving up a run in the first inning. The junior allowed just one baserunner over the next four innings.

In the bottom of the fifth with the score still 1-0 in favor of the Lewis, the Prairie Stars got on the board. A one-out single from junior John Schram (Bloomingdale, Ill.) and a two-out single from junior Kyle Hunsinger (Joliet, Ill.) put runners on the corners for the hosts. Pinch-hitter Michael Rothmund (Lombard, Ill.) stepped up to the dish and drove the 0-1 pitch over the left field fence to give UIS a 3-1 lead. It was his third homer of the season.

In the top of the next inning, the Flyers responded with four runs of their own to take over the lead, 5-3. Lewis used a hit, an error and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases with nobody out. Biedrzycki got the next two batters out to bring up Lewis third baseman Kurt Becker with two outs. Becker drove an 0-2 pitch over the center fielder's head to drive in all three runs. The Flyers tacked on another run later in the inning to make the score 5-3.

UIS left three runners on base in the final two innings but couldn't bring any around to score.

Junior Matt Farrington (Orland Park, Ill.) got the start in game two for the Prairie Stars and received run support early.

After the first two UIS batters of the game drew walks, junior Gabriel Acevedo (Portage, Ind.) connected on a run-scoring single through the left side. The very next batter, first baseman Michael Rothmund, also singled through the left side to give UIS a 2-0 lead. Rothmund collected another RBI in the third and then two more in the bottom of the fifth to give him four for the game and seven on the day.

With a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth, the Prairie Stars added two more runs to make the score 7-3. Junior Blake Thompson (Rochester, Ill.) delivered a RBI-single to center field and then senior Alex Bradley (Peoria, Ill.) brought home the team's seventh run with a sacrifice fly.

Senior Kyle Schildroth pitched the final three innings to earn his second save of the season.

The Prairie Stars have just one day off before traveling to McKendree on Tuesday to wrap up the season series with the Bearcats.