GREENSBORO, N.C. (4/1/09) - Alex Starbuck's two-run homer highlighted Guilford College's nine-run eighth inning that rallied the Quakers past Roanoke College Wednesday, 17-12, in a rain-plagued Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) game.

Roanoke (7-14, 2-7 ODAC) took advantage of three Guilford errors and three Quakers' walks in the top of the seventh inning to score six runs and take a 12-7 lead. Alan Moore had an RBI double and Lance Firebaugh drew a bases-loaded walk in the inning.

Starbuck's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh made it a 12-8 game before Guilford (16-8-1, 5-2 ODAC) struck for nine runs in the home eighth inning off of four Maroons' relievers. Derek Hardison's two-run pinch single pulled the Quakers to within 12-11. Josh Sumler ran for Hardison, took second on Terrance Penn's sacrifice bunt and scored the game-tying run on Joe John's one-out single to left off of Cory Kidd (1-5). Starbuck followed with his fourth homer of the season, which gave the Quakers a 14-12 lead.

Drew Ward went 4-5 for Guilford with three RBI, including a two-run double in the first that helped Guilford build a 7-3 lead after four innings. Penn and Drew Gurkin both added three hits for Guilford. Adam Hart moved to 4-0 with 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.

Noah Davidson went 2-5 with two RBI for Roanoke. Firebaugh also had two his and two RBI in the loss.

Guilford visits Methodist University Thursday (4/2) at 7:00 p.m. in a game rescheduled from Mar. 26.