EDMOND, Okla. -- UT Tyler's eight-game winning streak ended with an 11-10 defeat at Oklahoma Christian Monday afternoon, as the Eagles rallied from a 10-5 deficit with six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to narrowly avoid suffering a four-game series sweep to the Patriots.

With Monday's 10-run performance, UT Tyler scored at least 10 runs in all four games of the series, scoring 47 runs in 32 innings over the course of the series, and the Patriots have won all four series to start its first season as a member of the Lone Star Conference.

Lukas Polanco went 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs to lead the offense, including a three-run home run into the wind to left field in the top of the fourth inning to give the Patriots an 8-2 lead. However, Oklahoma Christian produced 11 runs on 20 hits and scored three runs each off UT Tyler relievers Max Page and Matthew McMillan in the bottom of the eighth to rally for the win.

With the defeat, UT Tyler drops to 12-2 overall and in the Lone Star Conference standings. The Patriots, who entered the Collegiate Baseball Division II coaches poll earlier today at No. 21, are now tied for second place in the conference standings with West Texas A&M, trailing unbeaten Angelo State (14-0) by a two-game margin. Oklahoma Christian is now 4-10 on the year.

How It Happened: The Patriots pushed four runs across in the first inning and added four more in the fourth to take an early 8-2 lead. Polanco drove in the first run of the game with a first-inning RBI single, and he added the three-run shot to left in the top of the fourth to give the Patriots a six-run cushion.

Oklahoma Christian got two runs back in the fifth on Coleton Hinkle's two-out, two-run single, and the Eagles plated another two-out run in the sixth to cut the lead to 8-5. Tanner Roach and Bowie Farris each drove in a run in the top of the seventh, extending the lead to 10-5 with two innings to go.

The Eagles produced three consecutive singles to spark the eighth-inning comeback, and Hinkle provided a game-tying three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth before Jayvien Joseph drove in the game-winning run with a one-out RBI single.

Five different Patriots recorded at least two hits, with Polanco's 3-for-4, 4-RBI performance leading the way. Oklahoma Christian had two players finish with four hits each, as Hinkle went 4-for-5 with 6 RBIs to lead the Eagles.

Inside The Box Score: As a team, UT Tyler batted .381 in the series, lifting its season batting average to .315… Through the first 10 games, the Patriots had 29 extra-base hits including 8 home runs – in the four-game series with Oklahoma Christian, UT Tyler had 24 extra-base hits including 12 home runs… Seven different players hit .300 or higher in the four-game series, led by the trio of Lukas Polanco, Riley Jepson, and Cade Watson, who batted a combined .467 in the four-game series… Polanco finished at .471 (8-for-17) with 3 walks, a double, 3 home runs, and 10 RBIs in the series… Bowie Farris went 1-for-6, and his fourth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 14 games… Riley Jepson and Jordan Gochenour have reached safely by hit, walk, or hit by pitch in all 14 games this season, as well… Polanco's three-run blast into a 15-mph wind in left field was the 10th consecutive game the Patriots have hit a home run… UT Tyler pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts, the 12th time in 14 games the pitching staff has registered 10-plus strikeouts.

What's Next: UT Tyler returns home for a four-game series against Cameron University (4-10), opening the series Friday night at 7 p.m. with BMW of Tyler Night at the Ballpark. The series continues with a Families on the Field promotion at the Saturday, Feb. 29 doubleheader at 4 p.m., and the series wraps up on Sunday, March 1, at 1 p.m., with Military Appreciation Day.