Thursday,
April 21, 2005
CATAWBA
ADVANCES WITH 11-2 WIN OVER PRESBYTERIAN
GREENEVILLE,
Tenn. —
Top-seed Catawba College pounded out 14 hits as the Indians
defeated No. 8 seed Presbyterian College 11-2 Thursday night
in the first round of the 2005 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Baseball Tournament held at Pioneer Park.
The No. 15 Indians (34-17) advance to Friday's winner's bracket
semifinal against fifth-seed Wingate University beginning at
12:45 p.m. The Blue Hose (15-34) will face No. 4 Mars Hill
College in Friday's 12:45 p.m. elimination game to be played
at the Silver Diamond Complex in Jefferson City, Tenn.
Thursday's game was delayed 1:10 due to a line of thunderstorms
that moved through the East Tennessee area.
Presbyterian jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first inning, but
the Indians scored 11 unanswered runs. Catawba starter Matt
Fairweather (8-2) recorded his eighth win as he went seven
innings, scattered seven hits, walked three and struck out
nine. Fairweather tied a school record with his 30th career
victory. After surrendering two runs in the opening frame,
Fairweather held PC at bay retiring 11 straight batters at one
point
Nick Lefko led the offensive attack going 4-for-5 with a RBI and a
triple. Aaron Rimer and Chad Baker also tallied multi-hit
performances, while Thomas Giles posted three RBI.
Presbyterian was led by Nick Hoffner's 3-for-5 effort, while
Russell Robinson posted two hits in the losing effort. inning.