Saturday, April 23, 2005
PRESBYTERIAN
SURVIVES BATTLE WITH NEWBERRY
GREENEVILLE,
TN —
A run-scoring double by Presbyterian College’s Andrew
Cockerham
(Millers
Creek, N.C.) in the eighth inning lifted the eighth-seeded
Blue Hose to a 4-3 victory over arch-rival and No. 7 seed
Newberry College to stay alive in the Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference baseball tournament Saturday morning at Pioneer Park.
The contest spanned two
days beginning Friday night and was delayed because of thunderstorms in the
northeast Tennessee area.
PC did all of its scoring
in its first and last at-bat, plating three runs in the bottom
of the first and one in the eighth. Matt
Bodie (Aiken, S.C.) put the first two runs on the board
with a two-run single to score Russell
Robinson (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Nick
Hoffner (Ellicot, Md.). Jake
Lunnen gave Presbyterian a 3-0 lead on a RBI groundout.
Once play resumed in the
third on Saturday, Newberry starter Will
Folk (Charleston, S.C.) settled down and did not allow
another run to score until the eighth. He was tagged with the
loss (3-6), but aside from the first inning, he gave up just
five hits and one earned run.
The Indians crept back into
the contest with two runs in the fourth thanks to a single by Ryan Easterby (Charleston, S.C.) and a groundout from Nick
Martin (Morehead City, N.C.). The Tribe tied the score at
3-3 in the sixth on another RBI groundout, this time from Curt
Marshall (Rock Hill, S.C.).
PC broke the tie on
Cockerham’s double and Dan
Stankus (Alexandria, Va.) survived a warning-track fly
ball from Anthony Dillenger (Gaffney, S.C.) for the final out. Stankus
improves to 5-1 on the year.
Presbyterian (16-35) turns
right around to face No. 2 seed and host Tusculum College
Saturday afternoon. Newberry ends the season at 19-35.