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DELAND ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) -  Jacksonville University baseball surrendered two runs in the bottom of the ninth to fall 6-4 to Stetson on Sunday afternoon at Melching Field. The Dolphins (30-21,14-13) dropped the series with the loss. "When you go on the road to win a series, you have to play well, and we did for 6.2 innings," said Head Coach Chris Hayes. "We put a lot of pressure on Leighton Alley and Chris Lotitio and those guys have been rocks for us all year. "You have to make plays, you have to make pitches and you have to hit and down the stretch, we didn't do any of them." Lotito came out for the second-straight day, with JU clinging to a 5-4 lead in the ninth. The first batter he faced popped out into foul territory down the third base line, and the next hitter also hit a weak fly ball. It tracked into shallow left field and fell between Tommy Joseph and Chase Malloy and the tying run was at second with one-out. A walk put two-on, and a double t...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University’s men’s basketball team took down Stetson 75-60 on Saturday with an impressive defensive performance, limiting the Hatters to 30.3 percent shooting and just 18.5 percent from three. “Tonight we were pretty good, for the most part,” said Head Coach Tony Jasick. “We had a couple of plays late that could have worked out a bit better, but when we were focused in it went well.” The Hatters would scrap their way to a 33-33 tie with 18:30 remaining with a 7-0 run, but JU responded with a run of its own, outscoring Stetson 10-3 over the next three minutes, leading 43-36 at the first media. The Dolphins’ defense locked in for the next four minutes, allowing just one bucket in nine attempts by the Hatters. Jacksonville’s lead would stretch to 16 points, 56-40, with two three-pointers by Darien Fernandez at 9:27. Stetson would claw back within 11 with 5:29 remaining, but would never get the lead under double digits. “Tonight we did a great job o...