Tigerville, S.C.----In a matchup featuring two of the last three national champions, the sixth-seeded Wingate University Bulldogs held off second-seeded and third-ranked North Greenville University 11-10 on day two of the NCAA Southeast Regional baseball tournament. The Bulldogs improve to 34-24 overall, while the Crusaders end their season at 41-14. Wingate will be back in action Saturday in Tigerville, playing in another elimination game at 12 p.m.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit North Greenville 8-7
- Each team had four extra-base hits; the Crusaders had three of the five homers
- NGU left eight on base; the 'Dogs stranded seven
- Each team stole two bases and committed one error
- WU Pitching struck out 11, walked nine and had six wild pitches; NGU had eight strikeouts, five walks and six wild pitches

KEY BULLDOGS

- Cam Harris was three-for-three with a homer, three RBI and three runs scored
- Breon Ishmael added a homer and three RBI
- Jake Courville contributed a double, RBI and two runs scored
- Sean Barnett collected a hit and drove in a run
- Michael Dansky and Lane Rhodes each added a hit and a run scored
- Carson Morton struck out six in six innings of work, allowing three runs on three hits

FIRST INNING

- A David Lewis solo homer got NGU on the board in the top of the first
- The 'Dogs answered with four in the bottom of the frame
- Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases
- A wild pitch allowed Isaiah Williams-Rhem to score, tying it at one
- Ishmael followed with a towering three-run blast to right, putting the Bulldogs on top 4-1

FOURTH INNING

- Rhodes lined a one-out double to right center, then stole third
- Courville followed by drawing a walk
- Harris gave WU a 7-1 lead with a three-run homer to right

SIXTH INNING

- A one-out double from Courville started things for the Bulldogs in the sixth
- He moved to third on a Harris single, then scored on Barnett's RBI single pushing the lead to seven

SEVENTH INNING

- The Crusaders scored six in the seventh to make it a one-run game
- Pat Monteith delivered the big blow with a grand slam
- Kaleb Hall added a solo shot, making it 8-7
- Two hit batters and a wild pitch put runners on second and third for Wingate in the bottom of the frame
- Dansky scored on a wild pitch to give the Bulldogs a two-run lead
- Courville's sacrifice fly gave the 'Dogs a 10-7 advantage

EIGHTH INNING

- An RBI double from Jax Cash highlighted a two-run North Greenville eighth, making it 10-9
- Harris drew a walk to start the bottom of the inning, then moved to second on a wild pitch
- He then moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on another one to make it 11-9

NINTH INNING

- Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases for North Greenville with two outs in the ninth
- A wild pitch allowed one run to score, making it a one-run game
- Brent Walls came in and got the game-ending striking, stranding the tying run on third

WRAPUP

- Morton got the win, moving to 5-3 on the year
- He allowed three runs on three hits in six innings, striking out six
- Walls struck out the only batter he faced to notch his third save of the year
- Reece Fields took the loss, allowing seven runs on five hits in five innings, striking out four and walking three

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday at noon on day three of the regionals
- The Bulldogs will face the loser of Friday night's Mount Olive vs. Georgia College contest in an elimination game
- The winner of that contest will be back in action Saturday at 4 p.m. against the UMO-GC winner