Baseball Southern Conference

SoCon Baseball Results from Feb. 2, 2002

Furman 4-4, High Point 2-5

Greenville, S.C. - Furman opened the 2002 baseball season Saturday with
a twinbill spilt with High Point, posting a 4-2 win in the first game
before falling 5-4 in game two.

In the first game, junior right-hander Tom Mastny (1-0) scattered
eight hits and two runs over five innings to pace Furman to the win.
Relievers Jeff Stovall and Rob Purvis combined to pitch the final four
innings, with Purvis picking up the save. Offensively, the Paladins were
lead by Craig Caudill, who went 3-for-4 with one RBI off High Point starter
Riley Gostisha (0-1).

In game two, Furman jumped out to a 3-1 lead after base knocks by
Clint Hill and Nick Wajda scored Brandon Barrett and Ryan Presnell. High
Point came roaring back to take the lead in the top of the seventh scoring
three runs off Furman reliever Rob Purvis. Furman?s shortstop Derek Norman
came through with a base hit in the bottom of the seventh to score Clint
Hill to force extra innings.

After a lead-off walk to Ryan Thiede in the top of eighth by reliever
Mike Dugan (0-1), Sam Perry gave up a base hit to John Canvanaugh allowing
Kemp Smith, Thiede?s pinch runner, to score the winning run

For High Point, Chris Chanlder (1-0) picked up the win in relief of
starter Clayton Gordner.

Furman and High Point complete the three game weekend series on Sunday
in a 1:00 p.m. game.

Wofford 4-6, North Carolina A&T 0-5

Newcomer Brad Haynes hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run sixth inning as Wofford rallied for a 6-5 second-game victory and a season-opening doubleheader sweep of North Carolina A&T this afternoon at Duncan Park in Spartanburg, S.C. The Terriers won 4-0 in the opening contest.

Wofford has opened with a 2-0 record for the first time since the 1990 campaign. The Aggies drop to 1-4. The Terriers and North Carolina A&T will meet again in a 12 noon doubleheader tomorrow in Greensboro, N.C.

Freshman third baseman Matt Lein celebrated his 19th birthday by going 4-of-7 at the plate in the two games, including a stellar defensive play to save a run in the first contest.

After falling behind 5-0 in the second game, Lein got the Terriers on the board in the bottom of the third when he tripled and then scored on a wild pitch.

Tate Osterman (1-0) pitched six scoreless innings to earn the victory in game one. The senior righthander allowed just six hits while striking out four and walking one.

In the second game, sophomore Joey Cress (1-0) picked up his first collegiate win with three scoreless innings in relief. He surrendered three hits while striking one and not walking a batter. George Lehr earned the save by retiring the side in the seventh. Lehr also finished the first game with a scoreless inning.

Haynes, a transfer from Andrews Junior College, had two stolen bases in the first game. Each steal came after he was hit by a pitch. The two steals nearly equal Strat Stavrou's team-high total of three from last season.

Freshman catcher Scott Holloway threw out both Aggies attempting to steal in the first game while also nailing another North Carolina A&T runner in game two.

Eric Jones and Carlos Geathers each had two-run homers in the first inning to give the Aggies a 4-0 second-game lead.