Davidson 29 Mount St. Mary’s 7
Davidson 11, Presbyterian 5
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Davidson Wildcats extended their winning streak to six games with a sweep of a double-header Sunday afternoon at Wilson Field. Behind a 17-run first inning, the Wildcats defeated Mount St. Mary's, 29-7, in the opening game and downed Presbyterian, 11-5, in the nightcap.
Davidson improves to 6-2 after winning all four of its games this weekend. The Wildcats exploded for a school-record 17 runs in the opening frame of the first game. The previous all-time best was 14 runs in an inning, also against Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 17, 2001 in the second inning. Davidson was just a run off the all-time runs record (30 against N.C. A&T on March 17, 1992), but tied the record for hits in an inning (9) and hit batsmen in a game (8).
The Wildcats batted around twice in the opening frame, with the top three Davidson batters each getting three at-bats. Davidson took an 8-0 lead and chased starter Vincent Molesky (0-1) before he recorded an out as junior right fielder Sam Payne (single), sophomore second baseman James Cerbie (walk), sophomore center fielder Drew Gadaire (walk), junior first baseman Danny Weiss (two-RBI single), junior designated hitter Will General (error), freshman third baseman Andrew Barna (three-RBI triple), sophomore catcher Seth Freeman (RBI-single) and sophomore left fielder Jake Berman (single) all scored.
Mountaineer reliever Colin Stuver surrendered an RBI-double to freshman Michael Zeblo before finally striking out Payne for the first out of the inning. Cerbie was hit by a pitch in his second at-bat of the frame, and Gadaire cleared the bases with a triple into the gap in right center to push Davidson's lead to 11-0. Weiss was hit by a pitch, and General drove in Gadaire with a double into left in the next at-bat. Barna was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Berman picked up an RBI by becoming the second straight hit batsman. Zeblo reached on an error by the third baseman Joe Kavanagh, allowing Barna and General to score, and Payne was the fifth Wildcat to get hit with a pitch to load the bases for Cerbie, who drove in the 'Cats' final runs with a three-RBI double into center field. Reliever Peter DeCandia took over and got Gadaire to fly out in his third at-bat to end the record-breaking frame.
With plenty of run support, sophomore Ryan Overcash earned his second win of the season, allowing just three runs on five hits and striking out five in five innings. With 23 total hits in the contest, every Davidson starter finished with at least a pair of hits, led by a three-hit game from lead off hitter Payne, who scored three runs and drove in a pair. Cerbie and Gadaire each drove in four runs on two hits, while Barna finished 2-for-4 with three RBI.
The nightcap was much more routine, with the Wildcats outscoring the Presbyterian Blue Hose 7-1 over the final five and a half innings to clinch the 11-5 win. Davidson scored a pair of runs to open the contest as Weiss and then General drove in a run, but the Blue Hose took a 4-2 lead with three runs in the second and another in the third.
General doubled in a pair of runs, as Gadaire (single) and Weiss (walk) scored in the third to knot the score, and Payne's two-run home run in the fourth gave Davidson a 6-4 advantage. After junior Mike Frongello worked a no-hit fifth, Barna's first collegiate round-tripper in the home-half gave Davidson an 8-4 lead. Frongello (2-0) allowed just one run (in the sixth on an RBI base hit by Gabe Grammer) in three innings of relief to earn his second win of the weekend.
Davidson added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth, as Zeblo's hit his first collegiate home run and Weiss drove in two more on his second hit of the game for the final 11-5 margin.
Gadaire (3-for-5) and General (3-for-4, 3 RBI) each finished with three hits to lead the Wildcats in the nightcap, while Weiss also drove in three runs.
Davidson will travel to Auburn for a pair of midweek games before returning to Wilson Field to host Bryant and UNC Asheville next weekend. The Wildcats face Auburn Tuesday at 3 CST and Wednesday at 6:30 CST.
The Citadel 15, Radford 4
Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel mashed five home runs on Sunday afternoon at Riley Park, including three in the first inning, in a 15-4 drubbing of Radford.
The Bulldogs (5-1) swept the Charleston Crab House Shootout and are off to their best start since 1990, when they also started off the year 5-1. It didn't take long for The Citadel to move ahead on Sunday as they posted seven runs in the first inning, powered by three two-run homers.
Every Bulldog starter notched a hit on Sunday as the Cadets pounded out 20 of them. Brad Felder, Kyle Jordan and William Ladd all hit two-run homers in the first, coupled with an RBI double by Bryan Altman that knocked Radford starter Shane Pysh out of the game after only 0.1 innings pitched. The right-hander was charged with five hits and six earned runs.
The Citadel would get back onto the scoreboard in the sixth, as Felder reached on one of three errors by Highlanders third baseman Matt Mack, scoring Legare Jones. In the next at-bat, Matt Simonelli crushed an offering from reliever Bobby Bolling to deep center for a grand slam that put The Citadel up, 12-3. It was the first grand slam for the Bulldogs since Sonny Meade did it at Western Carolina on March 22, 2009. Simonelli finished the day 4-for-5, with two runs and four RBI.
In the seventh inning, the Bulldogs would get three more as Ladd scored on an RBI single by Orvin, followed by Felder's second two-run homer of the game that put the Bulldogs up 15-4. The five dingers by The Citadel were the most since they did it against Davidson on April 12, 2009. Felder finished 2-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI. Ladd went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and two RBI while Orvin finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored and was hit by a pitch.
"We were pleased offensively that we swung the bats better and guys are starting to find their rhythm a little bit hopefully," said head coach Fred Jordan. "Michael Clevinger pitched well today, better than a week ago and he will continue to develop for us. We have pitched consistently, we have made the routine play and we have executed under pressure. When you do those things, a lot of times you are going to be successful. We are pleased to be 5-1, but have a tough road trip at Hawaii coming up, they are a very good ballclub and hopefully we can continue to build off what we have done in these first two tournaments."
Clevinger picked up his first collegiate win in his second start as he went 5.0 innings, giving up six hits, three runs and two walks to go along with seven punch-outs. Matt Reifsnider pitched 2.0 innings in relief, giving up one run, while striking out four. Austin Pritcher and Chris Boyce combined to pitch a scoreless eighth inning, while TJ Clarkson saw his first action of the year in the ninth as he struck out two batters. Jeffrey Spillane made his collegiate debut as he earned the final out of the ball game on a groundout to third.
Radford was able to get on the board in the fourth inning when Carl Travers doubled in two to get the Highlanders (1-5) on the board. Brett Mollenhauer knocked in Matt Hillsinger in the fifth, while Mollenahuer reached on an error in the sixth that scored Tyren Rivers to round out the scoring for Radford.
The Bulldogs return to action next weekend as they head out west to take on Hawaii in a four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 11:35 p.m. (ET) on Thursday. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Friday, starting at 8:35 p.m. (ET) and conclude Saturday at 5:05 p.m. (ET).
Samford 5, Kennesaw State 3
KENNESAW, Ga.?Samford’s Mason Meredeth hit an inside the park three-run home run to break a 2-2 tie in the top of the seventh inning in Samford’s 5-3 win at Kennesaw State Sunday afternoon.
Meredeth hit the ball to the wall in right-center field and KSU’s center fielder, Bucky Smith ran into the wall and the ball rolled away allowing all three runners to score.
The home run was the third of the season for Meredeth. It also marked the second inside the park homer by a Samford player in less than a week. Stephen Ballard hit an inside the park grand slam in Samford’s 9-7 win at Troy on Tuesday.
The home run was Meredeth’s lone hit of the day, going 1-for-5 with three RBI. Bo Smith was 2-for-5 on the day. Tripp Swann hit a two-run homer, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Andrew Jones (1-1) pitched 5.1 innings of relief, giving up two runs on three hits to get the win for the Bulldogs. Lex Rutledge pitched the final inning, giving up just one hit to earn his third save of the season.
For Kennesaw State, Ronnie Freeman was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Drew Fowlkes also drove in a run for the Owls. Zak Griffith pitched 1.1 innings, giving up two runs to take the loss on the mound.
Samford struck first with two runs in the top of the second inning. After Smith doubled to right field, Swann hit a home run to right field for a 2-0 Samford lead.
Kennesaw State came back with one run in the bottom of the second to make the score 2-1. Freeman singled to right field to drive in Ray Anderson for the Owls’ first run of the game.
The Owls tied the score with one run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sean McClurken doubled to begin the inning and later scored from third base, to make the score 2-2, when Fowlkes attempted to steal second base, but was thrown out by Brad Moss.
The score remained tied until the top of the seventh inning when Meredeth hit his inside the park homer to right-center field with Wayne Miller and Moss on base for a 5-2 Samford lead.
Kennesaw State plated one run in the bottom of the seventh to cut the Samford lead to 5-3. Fowlkes singled to left-center field to drive in McClurken for the game’s final run.
With the win, Samford takes the series, two games to one. The Bulldogs improve to 5-3 on the season, while Kennesaw State drops to 1-6.
Samford will return to action on Tuesday when the Bulldogs play host to Alabama. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.
UNC Greensboro 13, Albany 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? UNC Greensboro scored 13 unanswered runs as the Spartans completed its second-straight weekend sweep by defeating Albany, 13-1, on Sunday afternoon at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.
The Spartans (6-1) are now off to their best start since UNCG began the 2004 season with a 9-1 record.
Warren Slack (1-1) pitched five innings and allowed just one run on five hits and struck out four to pick up his first win this season. Colby Hyatt slammed the door on the Great Danes by giving up just two hits over the final four innings to pick up his first career save.
Albany starter Greg Lutton picked up the loss after allowing four runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings of work.
The Spartans were led at the plate by Corey Overholtzer who went 3-4 with three runs scored and Zach Leach who had three RBI and two runs scored on a 2-4 day. Lloyd Enzor, Ray Quinones and Kris Richards all added two RBI each for UNCG.
Gaige Nolan went 1-3 with an RBI and Jeff Welsh had a 2-3 day for the Great Danes.
Albany struck first in the top of the second inning as Jamie Liebowitz hit a two-out single to right field. Welsh followed with a single to center field before Gaige scored Liebowitz from second on a single to left field to put the Great Danes ahead, 1-0.
In the bottom of the third, Overholtzer delivered the first Spartan hit of the day, a single to center field. Lloyd Enzor followed with by taking an 0-2 pitch over the wall in right field to give UNCG a 2-1 lead they would never relinquish.
UNCG tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning as Overholtzer started the action with another one-out single to center field. Ed Jayjack then walked and Quinones followed by delivering a single to left center to score Overholtzer from second. Jayjack scored later in the inning on a wild pitch to give UNCG a 4-1 lead.
The score stayed that way until the seventh inning when the Spartans exploded for eight runs. Overholtzer led off the inning with a double down the right field line and Enzor followed by reaching on a throwing error by the shortstop. Jayjack walked to load the bases and then Quinones reached on another error to score Overholtzer. Leach came up and cleared the bases with a double off the wall in center field to give UNCG an 8-1 lead. Chris Barker and Joey Frabasile each had RBI later in the inning before Richards capped off the scoring with a two-RBI single to put UNCG ahead, 12-1.
Leach hit another double in the eighth inning before scoring later on a wild pitch to make the final score, 13-1.
The Spartans return to play on Wednesday as they travel to play NC State at 3 p.m. at Doak Field.
College of Charleston 3, UNC Asheville 1
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. ? Sophomore 3B Matt Leeds (Boca Raton, Fla./American Heritage) knocked a go-ahead RBI single in the third inning, while freshman Christian Powell (Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood) tossed seven strong innings as College of Charleston defeated UNC Asheville 3-1 Sunday afternoon at Patriots Point. The Cougars improve to 6-1 on the season, while Asheville falls to 2-4.
Charleston opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on a RBI single to left by senior SS Joey Bergman (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny). Asheville tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the third with a RBI double to left by Catlin Carter before the Cougars pulled ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the frame. Junior 2B Baker Knox (San Mateo, Fla./Daytona Beach CC) beat out an infield single to second base and advanced to third on a single by DH Kolby Epley (Yadkinville, N.C./Forbush). Leeds proceeded to drive in Knox with a RBI single to second.
Powell scattered 10 hits in seven innings, allowing one run with six strikeouts for his second win of the season. Senior Owen Brittle (Cross, S.C./Florence Darlington Tech) tossed two innings of hitless relief to earn his first save of the season. Taylor Wohlwend took the loss for Asheville, allowing six hits and two runs with five strikeouts. Carter led the Bulldogs with three hits, including two doubles.
Charleston returns to action for a single non-conference tilt with Holy Cross Tuesday evening at Patriots Point. Game time is set for 5:00 p.m.
Appalachian State 13, Niagara 2
FOREST CITY, N.C. - Appalachian State University baseball moved to 6-0 for the first time in 19 years with a convincing 13-2 win over Niagara on the final day of the inaugural North-South Challenge on Sunday at McNair Field.
Appalachian (6-0) scored twice in the bottom of the first inning on a two-run double by David Towarnicky (New Bern, N.C./New Bern) then opened the floodgates with a nine-run fifth to take an insurmountable 11-0 lead.
The Mountaineers sent 12 batters to the plate in the nine-run fifth. Each of the first nine ASU hitters in the inning scored and nine of the first 10 recorded base hits. Jeremy Dowdy's (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield) two-run double and Jason Wallace's (Greensboro, N.C./Ragsdale) three-run homer highlighted the fifth-inning onslaught.
In all, ASU banged out a season-best 15 hits while its 13 runs matched a season high also recorded versus Niagara on Friday. Towarnicky and Wes Hobson (Winston-Salem, N.C./North Forsyth) paced the 15-hit attack with three apiece while Towarnicky and Wallace drove in three runs each.
On the mound, Mountaineer starter Ryan Arrowood (Rutherfordton, N.C./Central) tossed six shutout innings near his hometown to earn the win and move to 2-0 on the young season. Dating back to a loss in his first collegiate start over a year ago, Arrowood has won 15-straight decisions, including a 12-0 stint with the Coastal Plain League's Forest City Owls last summer. Arrowood has not allowed a run while striking out 16 and walking only two in 11 innings this season.
Sunday's performance on the mound was indicative of the pitching prowess that has ASU standing at 6-0 for the first time since 1991. Through six games, the Mountaineer pitching staff boasts a miniscule 1.83 ERA and .202 opposing batting average. The Apps have also been impressive at the plate, averaging over nine runs per game. Overall, Appalachian has outscored its opponents by a combined 56-12.
The Mountaineers close out a string of seven-straight games away from home to open the season when they travel to North Carolina A&T on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro.
Georgia Southern 13, Holy Cross 10
STATESBORO, GA - Georgia Southern scored nine runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held on through a late Holy Cross rally for a 13-10 win over the Crusaders on Sunday (Feb. 28) at J.I. Clements Stadium. For the second straight day, Holy Cross struck first with single runs in the first two innings, but GS erased that deficit quickly with its offensive output in the fourth.
Kevin Bowles (Statesboro, Ga.) went 3-for-3 and Victor Roache (Ypsilanti, Mich.) hit a two-run homer to pace the Eagles (3-4), who led 13-5 after six innings. After the Crusaders (0-2) battled back and had the tying run at the plate in the top of the ninth, reliever Dexter Bobo (Cumming, Ga.) recorded the final out for Georgia Southern’s first save of the season.
The Eagles were out-hit 18-10, but drew 11 walks and were hit by two pitches. The Crusaders also committed four errors - although none of the miscues led to an unearned run.
Bowles was the only Georgia Southern player with more than one hit, while A.J. Wirnsberger (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Eric Phillips (Carrollton, Ga.) and Roache each had two RBIs apiece.
Eagle starter Trent Franzago (1-0), a Bryon, Ga., native, pitched five innings for the win. The first of five Georgia Southern pitchers, he allowed five runs (all earned) on nine hits with six strikeouts and one walk.
Holy Cross grabbed an early 2-0 lead on Eric Oxford’s sacrifice fly in the first and Brendan McCrea’s RBI double in the second.
But the Eagles quickly went ahead to stay with their fourth-inning outburst. With 13 sent batters to plate against four Crusader pitchers, the Eagles used five walks, four hits, three wild pitches, and one hit batter, balk, and passed ball to take a 9-2 lead. Wirnsberger had an RBI double and a run-scoring fielder’s choice, while Steve Cochrane (Mooresville, N.C.) had an RBI double, Phillips had a two-run single, and Kyle Blackburn (Marietta, Ga.) posted an RBI single.
Holy Cross scored three runs in the top of the fifth to slice GS’s comfortable cushion. Steven Tkowski had a run-scoring groundout while Chris Sintetos and Nick Ciardello contributed RBI singles as the Crusaders cut Georgia Southern’s lead to 9-5.
Arthur Owens (Fayetteville, Ga.) had an RBI single for the Eagles in the bottom of the fifth to gain a run back, but the Eagles would use the sixth to extend their lead. Michael Burruss (Marietta, Ga.) had an RBI double before Roache belted his second homer of the season, a line drive to left-center field with one man on that gave the Eagles a 13-5 advantage.
Holy Cross added two runs in the seventh and sliced the game to a three run margin in the next frame. Taking advantage of a Georgia Southern error that led to two unearned runs, the Crusaders added three runs in the eighth using Puentes and John Sills RBI singles to cut the score, 13-10. With runners on first and second, Georgia Southern third baseman Roman Grimaldi (Duluth, Ga.) made a diving stop and recorded the putout at first to end the inning and keep GS in the lead.
In the ninth, a pair of one-out singles put Holy Cross runners on first and second with one out. Reliever Andy Moye (Alpharetta, Ga.) got a strikeout before yielding to Bobo, who coaxed a fielder’s choice to Phillips at shortstop for the last out of the game.
Seven different players had at least two hits apiece for the Crusaders. McCrea was 4-for-5 with three runs and Matt Perry was 3-for-6.
Holy Cross starter Vaughn Hayward (0-1) was charged with the loss. The first of six Crusader pitchers, he worked 3.1 innings, giving up five runs (all earned) on three hits with no strikeouts and five walks.
The two teams will conclude their three-game series on Monday (March 1) at 6 p.m.
Western Carolina 5, Eastern Kentucky 4
Cullowhee, N.C. ? Lefty Vance Chavis tossed a complete game as the Western Carolina Catamounts defeated Eastern Kentucky, 5-4, to take the series on Sunday afternoon at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium. WCU out-maneuvered the Colonels (1-2) in the hit column, 11-4, as Western Carolina improved to 6-1.
Chavis, a redshirt sophomore from Laurinburg, N.C., allowed four runs on four hits with four strikeouts earning his first career complete game. The southpaw improved to 2-0, becoming the first pitcher to record a complete game since Chris Masters did so against The Citadel on March 21, 2009.
Catcher Ollie Goulder hammered his first two career home runs as a Catamount, beginning with a two-run bomb to left field in the bottom of the fourth to give WCU a 2-0 lead. Goulder followed with another two-run roundtripper in the eighth inning to give the Cats a 5-2 advantage.
Cameron Dullnig had a near-perfect day after recording a double and a pair of singles. Dullnig’s double in the fifth extended the game in favor of the Catamouts, 3-0. The San Antonio, Texas native hit 3-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI.
EKU answered back, scoring a pair of runs in the sixth after Jacob Faidley and Richie Rodriguez drove in a two Colonels with a double and single to cut the WCU lead to 3-2.
In the bottom of the eighth, Goulder’s two-run homer to left-center widened the gap to three. EKU rallied in the ninth as Anthony Ottrando pelted his fourth home run of the season cut Western Carolina’s lead to 5-4. However, Chavis retired the final two Colonels by virtue of a groundout and strikeout to give the Catamount’s the victory.
Eastern Kentucky starter Anthony Bazzani (0-1) took the loss after surrendering three runs on eight hits and three walks in four and two-thirds innings.
Sophomore Ross Heffley inked his second multi-hit contest in the weekend series with a 2-for-4 afternoon in three spot. Tyler Kirkpatrick improved his hit-streak to seven games with a single in the second inning.
Western Carolina will embark on a four-game road swing beginning at No. 5 Georgia Tech on Tuesday. The contest with the Yellow Jackets starts at 4:00 p.m. at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. Live broadcast coverage will be available online at CatamountSports.com.
Nebraska 5, Elon 3
HOUSTON, Texas -- For the second straight day a late Elon rally fell short. On Sunday, the Phoenix headed to the ninth inning trailing the Nebraska Cornhuskers 5-1 before pushing across two runs in its final at bat and falling 5-3. The Phoenix will return to North Carolina with a record of 4-3 while Nebraska is now 3-4.
Nebraska took the early lead when three consecutive two-out singles from Adam Bailey, Tyler Farst and Cade Thompson produced one run.
With one away in the bottom of the second, Cory Burleson singled up the middle and then headed to third on Bryan Peters' double down the left field line. Burleson came home to score the second Cornhusker run on D.J. Belfonte's sacrifice fly to left.
The bottom of the fourth started with a walk to Josh Scheffert before a Kyle Bubak single to center put runners on the corners. Nebraska loaded the bases when Bryan Peters was plunked by a pitch with one out. A two-out single through the left side off the bat of Boomer Collins plated Scheffert and the Cornhuskers stretched their lead to 3-0. Daniel Britt got out of the jam by fanning Bailey to end the inning.
Farst and Thompson started the Nebraska fifth with back-to-back singles before Scheffert greeted John Brebbia, the new Phoenix hurler, with a RBI single through the right side which left runners on the corners. Elon did not allow another run in the frame though as Brebbia retired the next three hitters.
Seth Canipe led off Elon's half of the sixth with a walk and went to second when Justin Hilt was hit by a pitch with one away. After a fielder's choice erased Hilt and left Canipe on third and Niko Fraser on first, Mike Melillo laced a double down the right field line to score Canipe with the first Phoenix run of the contest. Following a pitching change, Neal Pritchard was hit by a pitch to load the bags. After another change on the mound, pinch-hitter Alex Maruri flew out to right to end Elon's threat of a big inning.
After Phoenix pitchers had retired 10 straight Nebraska hitters, Burleson singled with one out in the ninth. Peters then walked before Belfonte's single to right-center drove home Burleson to give the Cornhuskers a four-run cushion at 5-1.
Elon threatened in the ninth when Alex Swim was hit by a pitch and Canipe doubled down the left field line to put two aboard with one out. Ben Scott was then hit by a pitch to load the bases for Hilt who flared a single into shallow right-center to drive home Swim. A Fraser ground out brought home Canipe and the Phoenix trailed by just two at 5-3 with two outs. Mike Nesseth then fanned Melillo to end the game.
Britt (1-1) took the loss after surrendering four runs on nine hits in 4.0 innings. The Phoenix bullpen kept Elon in the game, allowing just one run on three hits in its 4.0 innings of work.
Tom Lemke (2-0) earned the win with a solid 5.2-inning outing. He allowed just one run on four hits.
Melillo and Canipe each recorded two-hit games for Elon while Hilt, Fraser and Melillo each had one RBI.
Farst, Burleson and Thompson had two hits apiece for Nebraska.
Elon will return to the field in a 2 p.m. contest on Friday in the first game of the 2010 Elon Invitational against Bucknell from Latham Park.
Western Illinois 19, Furman 9
GREENVILLE, S.C. ? John Koszulinski went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and six RBI to power Western Illinois past Furman, 19-9, in the finale of a three-game weekend baseball series Sunday afternoon at Latham Stadium.
The Leathernecks (2-1) feasted on Paladin pitching, raking the yard for 21 hits to go along with 11 walks and two hit batsmen en route to taking the rubber game of the series.
Koszulinski delivered an RBI single in a four-run third inning to help give Western Illinois a 5-0 lead and later belted a grand slam in the seventh inning after Paladin reliever Matt Plate walked the bases loaded. He finished off his performance with an RBI single in the eighth.
Chris Giglio tallied five of the Leathernecks’ hits as part of a 5-for-6, two-RBI performance, and Bryan Jordan scored four runs and drove in four on the strength of a three-run fourth inning home run that gave WIU a 10-0 lead.
Furman was paced by Brian Harrison, who homered twice and scored two runs, and Will Muzika, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, his second of the campaign.
Leather starter Devin VanBrooker (1-0) coasted to his first victory of the season, working five innings and allowing six hits and three runs while striking out two.
The loss was charged to Barry Benton (0-2), who was roughed up for five runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Benton walked two of the first three batters he faced but managed to escape the first by picking off two Leatherneck base runners. In the second he walked WIU’s Curt Myers, who later scored on a Giglio triple to give WIU a 1-0 lead.
Anthony Kaskadden and Cole Waddell opened the third with back to back singles off Benton and came around to score on a Jason Summers double and Koszulinski single, which capped a the four-run frame.
Only three of the nine pitchers Furman used in the game pitched scoreless ball.
Furman entertains Dayton on Tuesday in a 3:00 p.m. game.
Dayton 10, Wofford 8
SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? The Wofford College baseball team was defeated 10-8 by Dayton on Sunday afternoon at Russell C. King Field. The Terriers gave up three runs in the top of the ninth on a bases-loaded double that decided the game.
Wofford is 3-4 on the season, while Dayton is 4-3. The Terriers were led by James Foster with three hits and three RBIs, while David Roney and Matt Moore each added three hits and an RBI. The Flyers were led by Brian Blasik with three hits and three runs scored, while Zach Jacob had three RBIs on one hit.
The Flyers opened the game with three unearned runs in the top of the first, which included a two-run double by Jonathan Castine to right center. Wofford got one run back in the bottom of the first when Mac Doyle doubled and has was driven home on a single to right field by Konstantine Diamaduros for a 3-1 score after one inning.
In the bottom of the second, the Terriers loaded the bases with one out and added a run on a ground out by James Foster, but left two stranded for a 3-2 score. Aaron Dunsmore hit a solo home run to right center to lead off the top of the third for Dayton to make it 4-2.
For Wofford in the bottom of the third, Mac Doyle was hit by pitch and Taylor Rozier added a single. David Roney drove in Doyle on a single for a 4-3 game. In the bottom of the fourth, James Foster reached on a single, moved to third on a single by Kyle Behrendt and scored on a balk to tie the game at 4-4.
The Terriers took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when a single by Matt Moore scored Landon Bennett and a single by James Foster scored Alex Lee for a 6-4 lead. Wofford added a run in the bottom of the sixth when Mac Doyle singled and Konstantine Diamaduros doubled. Taylor Rozier hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 7-4 score. In the top of the sixth, the Flyers scored one run on a passed ball and then Dan Welch hit a single to drive in a second run. Dayton had the bases loaded, however a ground out ended the inning with a 7-6 score.
In the bottom of the seventh, a single by James Foster with one out scored David Roney to take an 8-6 lead. Dayton pulled within one run in the top of the eighth when a bases loaded walk made it an 8-7 game. The Flyers left three runners on base at the end of the eighth. Wofford left one runner on in the bottom of the eighth.
Dayton opened the top of the ninth with a single, then Bobby Streisel recorded a strikeout. A single and walk loaded the bases when Zach Jacob hit a double to left center to clear the bases for a 10-8 lead. Two ground outs ended the inning for Dayton. Wofford went one-two-three in the bottom of the ninth.
Wofford starter Gus White went five innings with seven hits and four runs (one earned) allowed along with three strikeouts. Cash Collins went 1.2 innings with two runs scored and one strikeout. Ryan Traylor threw 0.2 innings with one run allowed and a strikeout, while Anthony Rowland also went 0.2 innings with one hit allowed and a strikeout. Bobby Streisel (0-2) threw the ninth and allowed three runs on three hits with one strikeout.
Dayton starter Eric Wagner went three innings with seven hits, three runs allowed and one strikeout. Matt Speckman also went three innings with seven hits, plus four runs scored and three strikeouts. Ian Gardeck threw the final three innings with three hits, one run allowed and five strikeouts.
Wofford returns to the diamond on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm against UNC Asheville at Russell C. King Field.