WEST POINT, N.Y. – Junior Ethan Swidler and freshman Jack Mislan both clubbed home runs in Lafayette baseball's hard-fought series finale loss to Army, 7-6, on Sunday at Doubleday Field.

Swidler led off the game, blasting a 2-2 pitch over the fence in left center field to give the Leopards a 1-0 lead.

Army wasted no time getting on the board in the bottom of the first, as a sacrifice fly by William Parker, a Lafayette error and an RBI-single by Michael Delph made the score 3-1.

In the second, Mislan ripped the second home run of the game for the Leopards, a two-run shot to center field, and then later in the inning Swidler gave Lafayette a 4-3 lead on an RBI-single that scored junior Bode Grieve. The Maroon and White added another to their lead in the fourth on a sacrifice fly to center field by senior Easton Brenner, bringing the tally to 5-3.

The Black Knights knotted up the game, 5-5, in the bottom of the sixth on a pair of sacrifice flies by Thomas Schreck and Chris Barr.

Grieve gave the Leopards the lead back, 6-5, in the seventh, as the junior poked an RBI-single through the right side, driving in Brenner.

Army re-claimed the lead in the eighth. Schreck blasted a two-run double off of the center field wall to give the Black Knights a 7-6 advantage.

Lafayette was able to bring the tying run to third base in the ninth, but was unable to score, and the final margin held at 7-6.

Joe Valchar collected the win, throwing 4.0 innings, surrendering one run on two hits. Kevin Reavey got the save, tossing a scoreless ninth and recording a strikeout. Senior Mike Romano took the loss, working 2.0 innings, giving up two runs, three hits and recording two strikeouts.

Lafayette returns to Easton on Tuesday for a non-conference contest against Wagner at 3 p.m.