LEXINGTON, S.C. – Fairleigh Dickinson pushed across a run in the top of the ninth inning to come back and defeat Butler on Sunday afternoon by the final score of 10-9. The 'Dawgs had a runner on third in the bottom half of the inning, but wouldn't be able to even the score moving each team's record to 2-2 after opening weekend.
 
Butler led FDU 7-1 after four full innings, but the Knights would charge back with three runs in the fifth, a solo score in the seventh and four in the eighth to tie the game.
 
Scott Jones helped BU open up an advantage with a two-RBI triple in the third inning that scored Dominic Milano and Garret Gray. The game moved to 6-1 in the fourth after a two-run home run from Joey Urban.
 
Momentum shifted in the fifth after a two-run bomb from Ruscitti. It was the first of three home runs for FDU as Cantwell and Sierra both homered in the eighth to tie the game at 9-9.
 
FDU kept their foot on the gas in the ninth and scored the game-winning run off a wild pitch.
 
Lukas Galdoni and Jude Baxt would be the pitchers of record. Galdoni was one of four Bulldogs to take the hill on Sunday. He tossed 1.1 innings, but took the loss. Voss got the start for BU and threw four innings before exiting the game for Grant Brooks.
 
Cheeseman had the start for FDU, but the right-hander only made it three innings. Jude Baxt would get the final six outs for the Knights to earn his first win of the year.