West Haven, Conn. - The Adelphi University baseball team finished up its opening conference series on the road at No. 24 University of New Haven at Frank Vieira Field.

After dropping the first two games on Friday, the Panthers split the last two with the Chargers on Sunday, winning the first, 5-0, and and dropping the second, 14-7. 

Game 1: Adelphi 5, New Haven 0
On the strength of a brilliant start by Brendan Kenneally, the Panthers put their first check in the NE10 win column.

Between two newcomers in Kenneally and newly-touted closer Coleton Reitan, Adelphi kept New Haven off the scoreboard in Game 1.

Kenneally retired the first six to face him and struck out three across his five innings of work. Reitan worked two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts.

Over his last 8.1 innings pitched, Reitan has allowed six hits and one earned run for a team-leading 1.08 ERA.

Senior catcher Alec Maag broke a scoreless tie in the fifth, when he hit a solo home run to left-center field for Adelphi's first hit.

After tacking on a couple of insurance runs in the sixth, Albert Ramos belted a round-tripper of his own to extend the difference to 5-0.

Game 2: Adelphi 7, New Haven 14
In what was a direct contrast to the matinee, the nightcap saw 21 total runs. 

Adelphi fell into a deep 7-0 hole, but managed to claw back within a run by the middle of the sixth. Tim Feliz and Michael Draskin both parked a pair of two-run homers in back-to-back innings, while Maag went back-to-back with Draskin in the fifth.

Then trailing 7-5, Kyle Olson came through with a two-out RBI single in the sixth that scored Jose Matos from second, making it a one-run game.

More bullpen struggles befell the Panthers though, as New Haven put up seven more runs against Adelphi relievers to deny the comeback.

Head Coach Bill Ianniciello and his Adelphi squad now come home to begin a 10-game homestand, starting with Wednesday's 3:30 p.m. first pitch against Dominican University.