NEWBERRY, SC -- Matt Huskey (4-7) threw a complete game, scattered nine hits and struck out four as the No. 6 seed Carson-Newman College upset No. 3 seed Presbyterian College 9-2 in the first round of the 2001 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament at Kirkland Field Thursday afternoon.

Carson-Newman improved to 24-26, while the Blue Hose fell to 28-24. The Eagles advanced to a 12:45 p.m. winner’s bracket game on Friday against the winner of Thursday’s last game between Wingate University and Mars Hill College. PC will meet the loser of the Wingate-Mars Hill game in a 12:45 p.m. elimination game Friday at Newberry High School.

Presbyterian jumped out to a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings. Chris Turco, who went 4-for-4, doubled in the first and scored on a single by Davis Rice, who went 2-for-3. Rice drove in the Blue Hose’s final run on a sacrifice fly in the third.

Carson-Newman tied it at 2 with a pair of runs in the fourth on a two-run single by Dylan Paris. The Eagles took the lead for good at 3-2 an inning later on a Wes Ward RBI single. Carson-Newman scored another run in the sixth off PC starter Michael Burns (7-6) on a RBI single by Brian Picker. Picker and Ward each finished with two hits for Carson-Newman.

The Eagles broke the game open with a five-run ninth inning highlighted by a grand slam by Paris, who went 2-for-5 with 6 RBI. It was the first home run of the season for Paris.

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