LA JOLLA -- Cal State L.A.'s baseball team used a dramatic rally to earn a doubleheader split with No. 22 UC San Diego on Saturday, but the Golden Eagles were not in a celebratory mood afterward.

The Golden Eagles scored twice in the seventh inning to tie the game and got a go-ahead single from Lawrence Dominguez in the eighth to stun the Tritons, 3-2, in the nightcap of a California Collegiate Athletic Association series-ending doubleheader at Triton Field. Cal State L.A. (28-20, 23-17 CCAA) earned a split of the four-game series. UC San Diego rallied from an early 4-1 deficit to win the opener, 7-4.

Cal State L.A. finished fourth in the CCAA with its 23-17 record, but will not be heading to Stockton for the four-team CCAA Championship Tournament, which it won in 2013. The CCAA Council imposed a form of the NCAA's nullification procedure and a deduction of .092 to the team's final winning percentage was made for the inadvertent use of two student-athletes who competed while ineligible in three CCAA contests. This dropped the team's winning percentage behind Cal State Dominguez Hills, which finished one game back of the Golden Eagles after sweeping Cal State San Bernardino.

Cal State L.A.'s record is not affected by the ruling, which applies to the team's winning percentage while determining postseason qualifications. The council voted to deduct .023 per game with an additional .023 added because both student-athletes played in one of the games, which is how they arrived at the .092 deduction.

Despite the conference's announced action and a disappointing loss to the Tritons on Friday night in Los Angeles, the Golden Eagles battled well in both games on Saturday against the No. 22 Tritons (32-17, 27-13 CCAA). The Golden Eagles erased a 2-0 deficit in the seventh inning of the nightcap to force extra innings and then won it with another run in the eighth, all while getting three perfect innings of relief from Adan Cabrales and Chris Oropesa.

UC San Diego's Troy Cruz carried a shutout into the seventh, but ran into trouble when Rodrigo Martinez and Kyle Peralta opened the inning with singles and knocked him from the game. Josh Guerra delivered a pinch-hit single to drive in Martinez to make it 2-1 and Andrew Montanari sacrificed the runners to second and third. After Trent Zaks was intentionally walked to load the bases, Ryan Welker tied it with a grounder to first that drove in Peralta from third.

In the eighth, Jake Jelmini walked with one out and pinch runner Geoff Schuller moved to second after a two-out single by Peralta and scored when Dominguez singled up the middle.

Oropesa took it from there and retired the Tritons in order in the bottom of the eighth to earn the win. Oropesa retired all eight batters he faced to compliment Cabrales, who retired the only batter he faced when he entered the game in the sixth. Ralph Ramirez was solid for five innings, allowing only six hits and two runs while walking two and striking out four.

The Golden Eagles also had a shot to win the opener after jumping out to a 4-1 lead in the second inning. Zaks and Welker opened the game with walks and Jesus Cuevas singled to load the bases. Dakota Hernandez followed with a two-run single and Cuevas scored to make it 3-0 on a double play grounder by Rodrigo Martinez.

After the Tritons made it 3-1 in the bottom of the first, the Golden Eagles got the run back in the second. Zaks hit a two-out triple to drive in Nick Osuna.

UC San Diego, though, scored four times in the fourth and took the lead for good on a three-run home run by Gradeigh Sanchez that made it 5-4. The Golden Eagles were held scoreless over the final seven innings of the opener and that stretch ran to 13 straight scoreless innings before the late rally in the nightcap.

James Mendez had one of his best relief outings of the season, going a season-long four innings and allowing only three hits and one run.