COLLEGEVILLE (PA) – Delaware Valley College rallied with four runs in the top of the ninth inning and finished in an 8-8 tie with host Ursinus College in Wednesday's non-conference game.

The Aggies (8-11-1) trailed 7-1 after five innings and were still down 8-4 heading into the final stanza. They then loaded the bases with nobody out on consecutive singles by Mike Isgro, Jake Barben and Zach Chodur. A Michael Kerns ground out scored Isgro and Zac Stavish hit a sacrifice fly to right brought home Barben for an 8-6 ballgame. Gary Cooper then delivered an RBI single to score Chodur and put the tying run on base. Pinch-hitter Jim Calabrese followed with another single and Cooper moved to second. Dylan Saldutti then reached on an error and Cooper scored on the play to cap the comeback and tie the game at 8-8.

Ursinus (10-11-1) put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth, but failed to score and the contest ended in a deadlock. It was just the fifth tie in Delaware Valley history and the first since 1983.

The Bears built their big advantage with two runs in the third, four in the fourth and one more in the fifth. The lone run for the Aggies was an RBI single by Cooper in the second inning. Cooper's run-scoring double keyed a three-run sixth inning and a 7-4 score. Ursinus put one on the board in the seventh, leading to the late-game drama by Delaware Valley. 

Cooper paced the Aggies by going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Barben and Chodur were each 3-for-5 with two runs scored while Isgro was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Saldutti was credited with two RBIs in the game. 

Leadoff batter Danny Ludgwig was a perfect 5-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI for Ursinus. Brandon Sullivan and Kevin Wilson knocked in two runs apiece.