STATE DIVISION I BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

SWAC BASEBALL STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 13, UAPB 3 (7)

Stephen F. Austin scored five runs in the first inning and had no trouble knocking off the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff at Pilgrim’s Park in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Tom Biggs’ three-run triple in the first inning gave the Lumberjacks an early cushion that they never relinquished.

Hunter Prescher and Dylan Bourgeois drove in runs as well in the first. Stephen F. Austin (6-31), which finished with 12 hits, added two more runs in the second, starting with a towering home run to left field from Cole Hill, and tacked on three more in the fourth.

Brock Knoerr went 3 for 4 with 4 runs, while Hill, Biggs and Nolan Brown had two hits each in the win. Prescher also led the Lumberjacks with four runs batted in.

Lawrence Noble had two hits, and both Edwin DeLaCruz and Jalyn Williams had an RBI for UAPB (13-23).

The loss was the fourth straight for the Golden Lions.

SWAC SOFTBALL MEMPHIS 6, UAPB 2

Former North Little Rock standout Zoe Adebayo drilled a two-run triple in the bottom of the third inning to spark a Memphis rally as it surged past visiting University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff at the Tiger Softball Complex.

Adebayo’s hit, which was a shot to right field, scored Kennedy Semien and Arianna Cox-Cole and started a string of six straight runs as Memphis (5-34) stopped a seven-game losing streak. The junior finished 2 for 3 with 4 runs batted in to lead the Tigers. Cox-Cole was 2 for 3 and scored 2 times.

Rylee Dugar went the entire 7 innings and allowed 4 hits while striking out 8 for the Tigers. She also walked two.

UAPB (18-19) did score twice in the top of the third on a two-run single from Jada Carhee to grab a 2-0 lead, but the Golden Lions managed just one hit for the rest of the game. Danika Bryant was saddled with the loss after allowing 3 runs on 3 hits in 2 1/3 innings.