NASHVILLE – Strong pitching early on and late-inning hitting lifted the Trevecca Nazarene (31-20) Trojans to a 10-7 victory over Cedarville University (26-16) in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Championship Wednesday afternoon at Jackson Field.

It's the seventh conference tournament title in Trevecca history. The win also secures the Presidents' Cup for TNU in the first year of the G-MAC.

The top-seeded Trojans got the first lead of the game in the bottom of the first as the G-MAC Freshman of the Year connected with a two-out single scoring Mark Rayburn.

Cedarville tied the game in the third as Cam McWilliams grounded out to second plating Steve Cardwell.

After Trevecca stranded two runners in the third, Ryan Ledbetter would single in the fourth driving in Chris Ward to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 lead. It would be the only lead of the game for CU.

The Yellow Jackets nearly increased its lead in the fifth with two runners in scoring position. But Trevecca pitcher Dakota Angell induced a groundout to shortstop eliminating the threat.

Angell (2-5) tossed seven innings, his longest outing of the season, scattered seven hits, allowed just two runs and induced a combined 17 groundouts/flyouts.

After Newman hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth tying the game at 2-2, Trevecca would plate three in the sixth to take the lead for good. With two outs, Trae Weiss and Nick Howell were walked which loaded the bases. In the next at-bat, Rayburn swung on the first pitch, popped it up just past first base, and it dropped to the ground scoring two. Jordan Foreman rounded out the inning with an RBI single that brought the score to 5-2, Trevecca.

TNU erupted for four more runs in the seventh to push its lead to 9-2. Three straight singles to start the inning loaded the bases. Cameron Boyett followed with a hit scoring Rogers. In the next at-bat Weiss was issued a walk scoring Crunk. Howell capped off the scoring with a two-run single down the left field line.

Cedarville made it interesting in the ninth as David Lenhardt and Chris Fox each had run-scoring hits. CU's final score came on a Cardwell RBI double before Zach Huskey flied out to left field with two runners on to end the game.

Boyett led the Trojan offense with three hits while also driving in a run and scoring another. Howell, Rayburn and Newman each drove in two.

Trevecca, the No. 2 seed, will have a quick turnaround as they compete in the NCCAA Mid-East Regional (Click) May 9 against No. 7 seed Hiwassee College. First pitch is set for 10 a.m.