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Wingate University Athletics

Dylan Story
Hugh Patton
2
Wingate WU 34-25
3
Winner Mount Olive UMO 39-17
Wingate WU
34-25
2
Final
3
Mount Olive UMO
39-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wingate WU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
Mount Olive UMO 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3 6 0

W: Greyson Linderman (4-3) L: Howard, Jordan (3-1) S: Andrew Ledbetter (7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#19 Mount Olive holds off Wingate 3-2 in NCAA Tourney elimination game

Tigerville, S.C.----The third-seeded and 19th-ranked University of Mount Olive Trojans scored twice in the seventh inning Saturday afternoon, then held off multiple chances from sixth-seeded Wingate University for a 3-2 victory on day three of the NCAA Southeast Regionals. The Trojans move to 39-17 overall, advancing to take on Georgia College Saturday evening. The Bulldogs end their season at 34-25.

KEY STATS

- Each team had six hits
- Each team had one extra-base hit; the 'Dogs had the lone homer
- The Trojans left eight on base; the Bulldogs stranded six
- Wingate had two of the three stolen bases
- UMO pitching struck out three and walked two; WU pitching had three strikeouts and five walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Sean Barnett blasted his 26th homer of the season, setting a new Wingate single-season record
- Michael Dansky went two-for-three with an RBI
- Breon Ishmael added a hit and scored a run
- Dylan Story allowed just one run in five innings of work
- Jonathan Velazquez and Brent Walls each added a shutout frame in relief

SECOND INNING

- Brett Adams led off the frame with a single, then was replaced at first when Ishmael reached on a fielder's choice
- Ishmael then stole second and scored on a Dansky RBI single to put the 'Dogs on top 1-0

FIFTH INNING

- A Howard sacrifice fly tied it at one in the fifth

SEVENTH INNING

- WU started the top of the frame with a single, walk and sacrifice to put runners on second and third
- Back-to-back groundouts ended the threat, keeping it tied at one
- An RBI groundout from Jeffries in the bottom of the inning gave Mount Olive a 2-1 advantage
- Cottle added an RBI single to push the lead to two

NINTH INNING

- Barnett led off the top of the ninth with his WU-record 26th homer of the season to cut the lead to one
- An Ishmael walk and Dansky single put Bulldogs on the corners with one out
- A strikeout and popout ended the game, leaving the tying run 90 feet away

WRAPUP

- Greyson Linderman got the win, allowing a run on two hits in two innings
- Andrew Ledbetter got the final two outs of the game, getting a strikeout for his seventh save of the year
- Jordan Howard took the loss, allowing two runs on a hit in an inning of work, striking out one



 
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