MEQUON, Wis. - The Benedictine University baseball team rallied from down 3-0 to collect a 5-3 victory over fourth-seeded Concordia Wisconsin on Friday and pull within the cusp of a conference title appearance. The second scheduled game was postponed.

Concordia Wisconsin, host of the tournament, scored twice in the bottom of the first inning against Mike Irgang to take an early lead. The hosts extended the margin to 3-0 with a single run in the third. Irgang limited the damage and went on to work eight innings. The senior allowed just two earned runs on 10 hits with a walk and six strikeouts.

A rapid fire attack quickly handed Benedictine the lead in the top of the sixth. Erik Callaghan doubled and Tim Hendricks followed with a single to bring the tying run to the plate with one out. Kyle Bock reached on an error to drive home a run and Justin Kovalsky plated a pair with a triple to tie the score. Nick Johnson put Benedictine ahead with an RBI single. Hendricks added an RBI single in the seventh to account for the final margin.

The Eagles managed just seven hits with two coming from Hendricks. T.J. Floyd finished out the game on the mound, working the ninth in 1-2-3 fashion to earn the save.

Benedictine was slated to face Concordia Chicago, who shared the NACC regular season crown and own the last two tournament titles, at 7:00 p.m. with the winner reaching the conference title game and needing to lose twice not to win the title. The conference tournament winner automatically reaches the NCAA Tournament. The game was postponed until Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. due to impending weather.

With a win in the opener on Saturday, Benedictine (19-22) would reach the conference title game for the first time in NACC history.

Saturday's Full Schedule at Concordia Wisconsin
Game 8 - 10 a.m. - Concordia Chicago vs. Benedictine
Game 9 - 1 p.m. - Concordia Wisconsin vs. the loser of CUC/Benedictine

IF Concordia Wisconsin wins the 1 p.m. game, they will play the Winner of Game 8 at 4 p.m. - if necessary game would be Sunday at 1 p.m.

IF the loser of Game 8 wins Game 9, then Game 10 will be between Concordia Chicago and Benedictine on Sunday at 10 a.m., with an if necessary game at 1 p.m.