UNIONDALE, N.Y.  – Felician University junior first baseman Edwin Tavarez (Garfield, N.J.) capped his team's eight-run third inning with a grand slam home run and the Golden Falcons went on to a 15-6 non-conference baseball victory over host Molloy College on Tuesday afternoon at Mitchel Field. Molloy (22-9) entered the day ranked No. 19 in the most recent national NCAA Division II writers' poll and No. 2 in the East Region.

Felician (14-14) has scored 95 runs during its current six-game winning streak.

The Golden Falcons opened the scoring on an RBI single by freshman catcher Luis De La Cruz (Jersey City, N.J.) in the top of the first inning. Felician's first two batters were retired in the third before De La Cruz singled and Michael Kuver (Manalapan, N.J.) walked. Junior Levis Aguila (Miramar, Fla.) poked a run-scoring single into left field, and senior Andrew Florides (Glen Cove, N.Y.) followed with a three-run home run.

The visitors continued to rally as two singles and a walk loaded the bases. Tavarez greeted a new pitcher with a blast to dead center field, giving Felician a 9-0 lead. The Golden Falcons continued to tack on throughout the game, eventually tagging seven Molloy pitchers for 15 earned runs on 15 hits and nine walks.

Freshman pitchers Logan Waltz (Hazlet, N.J.) and Mike Caldon (Matawan, N.J.) helped Felician's early offense stand up. Waltz (4-2) was credited with the victory. He scattered six hits over four innings, and all five runs he allowed were unearned. Caldon followed and struck out two batters in three hitless frames.

Tavarez finished 3 for 5 with two doubles, a home run, and five runs batted in. Aguila went 3 for 4 with a double and three runs scored, while De La Cruz, Dauri Genao (West New York, N.J.) and Alex Torres (Jackson, N.J.) picked up two hits each. Chris Fernandez (Boca Raton, Fla.) tied a Felician record by drawing four walks in the contest. Fernandez was 1 for 2 and scored four runs.

Felician defeated a nationally-ranked opponent for the third time this season.

The Golden Falcons face Chestnut Hill College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader on Thursday at noon in North Wales, Pa.