MURFREESBORO, NC- The Chowan University baseball team dropped two tight games to the visiting Crimson Hawks of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  The Chowan Hawks fell 3-2 in nine innings before losing the nightcap 4-3. 
 
Mike Lupia laced a double down the left field line to score Tyler Morz.  Lupia scored on the same play after a Hawk error to give the Crimson Hawks a 2-0 advantage. 
 
Chowan scored single runs in the fourth and fifth using an RBI double from Evan Holton and RBI single from Drew Mason to knot the game 2-2.  The bats stayed silent through the end of regulation.  The long ball would be the deciding factor in the top of the ninth when Ryan Uhl's homerun to left center gave the Crimson Hawks the go-ahead run. 
 
Chowan was unable to answer back in the home half of the ninth, allowing IUP to take game one.  Ryan Moore went the distance for the Hawks on the mound, holding the Crimson Hawks to five hits and two earned runs over nine innings of play while striking out 13. 
 
Evan Holton and Drew Mason both paced the Hawks offensively, knocking in one RBI apiece while going 2-4 at the plate. 
 
In the nightcap, IUP used a two-run first inning to grab an early lead after an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.  The Crimson Hawks plated two additional runs in the top of the fourth to take a commanding 4-0 advantage. 
 
Chowan answered back in the bottom of the fourth inning, using a Drew Mason double and a triple from Evan Holton to plate three runs.  The Hawks were unable to score in their remaining at-bats, giving IUP the 4-3 victory. 
 
George Mazza took the loss on the mound for Chowan.  Five different Hawks accounted for five hits in the loss.  Drew Mason tallied two RBI in the nightcap.