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Cary, N.C.----For the second straight day facing elimination, the 16th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs got a brilliant effort on the mound, with graduate student David Nash tossing his first career nine-inning complete game to lead the Bulldogs to a 5-1 victory over the second-seeded and fourth-ranked Seton Hill Griffins in an elimination game at the NCAA Division II baseball national championships. By the end of the day, the Bulldogs will be one of just four teams remaining in the Division II World Series. Wingate moves to 36-13 overall, returning to action Thursday at 2 p.m. against Angelo State. Seton Hill ends its season at 39-8.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Seton Hill 9-6
- Each team had one extra-base hit
- The Bulldogs left six on base; the Griffins stranded five
- Wingate committed the only error of the contest
- Seton Hill had the only stolen base in the game
- Wingate turned a pair of double plays
- WU pitching struck out seven and walked one; SHU had seven strikeouts and three walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Carson Simpson had a triple, two RBI and a run scored to lead the offense
- Justin Guy went two-for-three with an RBI and a run scored
- Andrew McKay added an RBI and scored a run
- Jed Bryant was three-for-four with a run scored
- Logan McNeely added a hit and an RBI for the Bulldogs
- Hunter Dula scored a run for Wingate
- Nash went the distance, throwing 111 pitches on the afternoon

NOTES

- Wingate is making its first-ever appearance in the Division II World Series
- The Bulldogs are making their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance
- The 'Dogs stave off elimination for the second straight day
- Wingate had to defeat #14 Southern New Hampshire Tuesday
- The Bulldogs are now 5-1 against top-20 opponents in this year's NCAA Tournament
- The 'Dogs also defeated #7 Catawba in the SAC Tourney, giving them six postseason wins over ranked teams
- Only the third time in 47 games the Griffins have been held to one run this year
- Wingate's starting pitchers the last two days have gone 17 innings, allowing just two runs
- Nash and Brody McCullough are the only pitchers to go at least eight innings in the World Series this year
- Nash's eighth win this year and 14th his last two seasons
- Third career complete game for Nash, all have been this year; this is his first nine-inning complete game
- Nash has 17 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings in his two NCAA Tourney starts this year
- Simpson now has a hit in 14 of his last 15 games, driving in 17 runs
- Guy is now three-for-his last four after a huge RBI single in the ninth inning Tuesday
- McNeely leads all players in the World Series with six hits
- Sixth three-hit game of the season for Bryant and second of the NCAA Tournament
- McKay has a hit in 10 of Wingate's 11 postseason games this season

SECOND INNING

- An RBI single from Tanner Froehlich gave the Griffins a 1-0 lead in the top of the second
- Nash rebounded by inducing an inning-ending double play the next at-bat
- The Bulldogs responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame
- Bryant started the inning with a  single, then went to second on a Dula walk
- McKay ripped an RBI single to left center to tie it
- Simpson followed with a two-run triple to right center to give Wingate the lead
- Guy's RBI single plated Simpson to make it 4-1

FIFTH INNING

- Guy led off the inning with a single
- He went to second on a McCann Mellett sacrifice bunt
- McNeely's two-out RBI single put the 'Dogs on top by four

WRAPUP

- The four-run cushion was plenty for Nash
- He moves to 8-3 on the season, allowing a run on six hits in nine innings
- Nash struck out seven and walked just one, allowing just one extra-base hit
- After allowing the run in the second, Nash did not allow another hit until the eighth inning
- The Griffins had two on in the eighth, but Nash ended the threat with a strikeout
- The ninth inning started with a strikeout, followed by an infield single
- Nash responded with another strikeout, then induced a game-ending flyout
- Kevin Vaupel took the loss, falling to 3-2
- He allowed five runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Thursday on day six of the D2 World Series
- The 'Dogs will take on ninth-ranked Angelo State
- The Rams are one of only two teams remaining without a loss this week
- ASU defeated the Bulldogs 6-2 in the opener Sunday