FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  – Felician University fell behind, 8-0, after two innings of its 17-4 non-conference baseball loss to host Nova Southeastern University on Sunday afternoon at the NSU Baseball Complex. Nova Southeastern completed a sweep of the teams' three-game weekend series.

NSU (9-0) is ranked No. 10 in the most recent national NCAA Division II media poll.

Graduate center fielder Jake Hall (Hopatcong, N.J.) was two for three with a double and three runs batted in for Felician (0-3). Senior first baseman Nik Sanders (Coral Springs, Fla.) went 3 for 3 plus two walks for the Sharks, driving in four runs.

NSU reached six Felician pitchers for 18 hits, 10 walks, and a hit batsman. The Sharks took a quick lead. Tyler Epstein (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) led off the bottom of the first inning with the first of his four walks on the day. Sanders followed with a two-run home run. The hosts later used a two-run double by Kolbe Aven (Davie, Fla.) and Bryce Hazzard's (Valrico, Fla.) RBI single to post a five-spot in the frame.

A two-run homer by Daniel Irisarri (Miami, Fla.) capped a three-run second for NSU. Felician loaded the bases with one out in the third, but did not score. The visitors did pull to within 9-3 following Hall's two-run double in the sixth, but NSU took complete control with five runs in the bottom of the inning.

The Sharks homered five times in the contest. NSU starting pitcher Jeremy Cook (Weston, Fla.) (2-0) worked five innings, yielding an unearned run on three hits, while striking out nine batters and walking two. Felician hitters were fanned 14 times on the day.

Jake Pellecchia (Manalapan, N.J.) had a double and Colby Johnson (Frederick, Md.) drove in a run for the Golden Falcons.

Felician is next in action on Thursday. The Golden Falcons will take on another nationally-ranked team, No. 11 Southern New Hampshire University, at 5:30 p.m. in the first of a five-game swing to Myrtle Beach, S.C.