SELINSGROVE, Pa. - Catholic University baseball senior Peter Giombetti and junior Nick Koehn combined for seven hits and nine RBIs as the Cardinals swept a doubleheader at Susquehanna Saturday.

Catholic (27-10, 13-4 LC) totaled 24 runs on 29 hits as the team guaranteed itself a conference series win for the fourth time in six matchups this season. 

Giombetti totaled three hits with a grand slam, two walks and six RBIs. His grand slam in the fifth inning in game one was his 13th home run of the season, adding to his Catholic single-season record.

With 13 home runs, Giombetti moved into second place for a single season in Landmark Conference history along with Scranton's Chris Bligh (2010) and Merchant Marine's Davey May (2009). Juniata's Dan Kauffman holds the record with 14 in 2008.

Meanwhile, Koehn was 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs in game two.

Catholic 14, Susquehanna 7

Giombetti put the Cardinals in front 1-0 with an RBI-single in the top of the first before the River Hawks (14-20, 8-7 LC) scored three runs in the bottom of the second.

Trailing 3-1, Catholic erupted for nine runs in the top of the fifth, its highest scoring inning this season. After RBI singles by senior Matt Tesoriero and graduate student Billy Duke tied the game, a two-run double by freshman Lucas Malave put the Cardinals back in front, 5-3.

Malave then scored on a single by freshman Joe Marini before an error and back-to-back walks loaded the bases for Giombetti with two outs. Giombetti launched his 13th home run over the left field wall for what proved to be the game-winning runs as Catholic led, 10-3.

It was the 11th game this season in which Giombetti homered as he is averaging roughly one home run every three games.

Susquehanna got three runs back with one in the fifth and two in the seventh, but the Cardinals put the game out of reach with three runs of their own in the eighth on an RBI-single by junior Derek Zelesnick and a two-run single by junior Zach Burton.

Tesoriero scored the final run in the ninth after stealing third and scoring on a throwing error by the River Hawks.

Like Giombetti, Burton and Tesoriero also finished 3-for-5 as nine different Cardinals totaled at least one hit and seven had at least one RBI. Marini, Malave and freshman Dante Pozzi also had multi-hit performances with two hits each.

Senior Jack Zaffiro made his 10th start of the season on the mound, allowing four runs and six walks while striking out 2.2 innings. Freshman Cody Bosak earned his second win in relief, scattering seven hits and allowing just two earned runs while striking out five over 3.2 innings of work.

Junior Brendan Martin pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth, surrending just two hits and striking out three.

Catholic 10, Susquehanna 3

The Cardinals jumped out to an 8-0 lead in game two, scoring seven runs in the top of the second. Malave scored the game's first run, unearned, following a Susquehanna error before RBIs by Koehn, Pozzi, Tesoriero and junior Ben Nardi pushed their advantage to 5-0.

Catholic scored its final two runs in the inning on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly by Malave who picked up his second RBI in the inning.

The Cardinals added their eighth run on a sacrifice fly in the fourth by Giombetti, his sixth RBI of the day.

The River Hawks scored three runs, including two on sacrifice flies in the fifth and eighth, before Koehn capped the scoring with a two-run single with two outs in the ninth.

Koehn and Nardi combined to go 7-for-10 with four RBIs with Nardi going 3-for-5. Six Cardinals had at least one hit and seven drove in at least one run.

Sophomore Danny Fitzgerald made his first career start, allowing just one earned run and three hits over 4.0 innings while striking out four. Sophomore Camden Mounts picked up his first win of the season, totaling two scoreless innings of no-hit relief with three strikeouts.

Catholic concludes its three game series with Susquehanna on Sunday. First pitch from Harold Bollinger Field is at noon.