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EAST STROUDSBURG – Juniors Matt Smith and Keenan Stare delivered brilliant pitching performances, and senior outfielder Eric Boyer made a sprawling catch in the right-center gap for the day's final out as East Stroudsburg University swept West Chester, 4-2 and 3-1, in PSAC East baseball on Sunday afternoon at Mitterling Field.

ESU (21-9, 7-5), which has won nine of its last 10, split on Saturday at West Chester for a 3-1 series win this weekend. The Warriors swept West Chester, the defending NCAA Division II champions, at home for the first time since 2002 and recorded their second series win over the Golden Rams in 11 years.

Smith threw his second straight complete game, improving to 5-1 by scattering seven hits – five in the first two innings. He struck out six and walked two after throwing a complete game three-hitter in a 5-1 win over Mansfield last weekend to earn the PSAC East Pitcher of the Week award.

Stare held West Chester (17-13-1, 18-4) to one hit through six innings, then got the first out of the seventh before being relieved by senior Colin Kelly with ESU holding a 3-1 lead.

After a sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third with two outs, Jack Provine belted a shot to right-center that would have tied the game and put the go-ahead run at second or third. But Boyer tracked it down, fully extended, and laid on the turf for 10 seconds before being mobbed by his teammates.

The sweep gives ESU head coach John Kochmansky 151 career victories in his sixth season at the helm, an average of more than 25 wins per year. The Warriors are 32 games over .500 (151-119-1) since Kochmansky took over in 2008 after going 41 games under .500 (114-155-3) in the previous six seasons.

ESU has reached the 25-win mark in three of Kochmansky's first five full seasons after recording just four 25-win seasons prior to 2009.

Boyer had the go-ahead single in the eighth inning of a 3-2 win in Saturday's series opener, when senior Brian Ernst took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. West Chester rallied to win game two on Saturday, 4-3, with three runs in the bottom of the seventh. (Saturday recap)

ESU pitchers posted a 1.88 ERA for the weekend and all four starters – Ernst, junior Ryan Lubreski, Smith and Stare – pitched into the seventh inning. Junior reliever Colin Taylor took both decisions on Saturday and was the only other reliever, besides Kelly, to get to the mound. Kelly had his second career save after recording his first as a freshman in 2010.

Game 1

West Chester scored both of its runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Chris Pula, then left two runners on base in the second before Smith surrendered just two more hits the rest of the way.

The Warriors loaded the bases in the first but didn't score off starter Matt McAllister, who made the 2-0 lead hold up until the fifth.

ESU got on the board with two outs, as Ernst doubled past diving centerfielder Mike Raimo and Boyer singled to make it 2-1.

The Warriors took the lead with three runs in the sixth. Redshirt freshman 3B Drew Hercik was hit by a pitch and redshirt sophomore OF Andy Brandstetter walked, both with one out, and a passed ball put runners on second and third.

Redshirt freshman 2B Matt Walewski, playing for an injured Joe Bennie, drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly to left, then Ernst had an RBI single to right off reliever Kyle Weary for the go-ahead run. Boyer was intentionally walked to load the bases and junior DH Mike Tenaglia was hit by a pitch to push the lead to 4-2 before West Chester got out of the inning.

In the seventh, Smith hit Justin Roman to open the inning, but a flyout and double play ended it.

The Warriors had four hits, two by Ernst, and had 10 additional base runners via six walks and four hit batters.

Game 2

West Chester once again took an early lead, but this time the Warriors struck right back in the bottom of the first. Ernst singled and Boyer and Tenaglia walked to load the bases, and junior OF Chris Knott belted a two-RBI single to put ESU ahead, 3-1.

A single by Justin Lamborn in the first was West Chester's only hit until the seventh off Stare, who had one batter reach on an error in the second, issued a walk in the fifth and had a hit batter and a walk in the sixth but got out of trouble each time.

ESU added an unearned run in the third, capitalizing on a walk and an error on WCU starter Conor Kerins as junior C Eric Forth drove in Tenaglia with a sacrifice fly.

The Warriors had a chance to push across another insurance run in the sixth as Knott singled, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch, but West Chester got out of it.

In the seventh, Kyle Frazier led off for WCU with a single, Stare got the first out on a fly ball to center and Mike Raimo drew a walk to put the tying run on base. Kelly came on in relief and Ben Spezialetti laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners on second and third, but Boyer's catch saved the game.

Knott was the Warriors' top hitter in the series, going 5-for-10 with a double, home run, four RBI and three runs. He also walked once and was twice hit by pitches for a .615 on-base percentage.

Ernst was 4-for-12 with a double, one RBI and three runs and drew two walks, and Boyer was 3-for-10 with two RBI, a run, three walks and a hit by pitch.

Stare (6.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks) earned his 13th career win, tied for 10th in school history. He tied the school record with seven wins as a sophomore last season.