NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University Baseball Trojans (15-14, 8-6 G-MAC) split a doubleheader with Ohio Dominican University (17-12, 11-5 G-MAC), 7-5, 2-12, at Jackson Field on Friday.

SEASON PHOTO GALLERY

GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC Standings | G-MAC Stats | G-MAC Scores | 2019 G-MAC Championships)

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES:

Trevecca leads the all-time series 6-1, ODU gained their first win in the series in game two.

HOW IT HAPPENED

GAME ONE: Trevecca jumped out to an early lead with a three run bottom of the first … after the Panthers retired the first two Trojans, Javier Lopez started a four-hit string that included a two-run home run off the bat of Bryant Goolsby and an RBI double from Sam Mang … Trevecca added a run in the third before ODU scored two in the top of the fifth … Trevecca gained added three more runs with a single run in the fifth and two in the sixth … the Panthers made it interesting with a two-run seventh, but Jay Benard shut the Panthers down in the eighth and ninth for the save.

GAME TWO: The Panthers got on the board with a four-run second and didn't look back … both teams scored a run in the third and ODU essentially shut the door with a five-run fourth to establish a 10-1 lead … Trevecca scored one more in the fifth, but ODU put two more on the board in the seventh

PLAYER / TEAM STAT REPORT

GAME ONE: Drew Pierce started and looked spectacular, but left in the top of the fourth … Lee Cunningham earned the win with 2.2 innings of relief while Jay Benard earned the same allowing just two hits in two innings and striking out three … Dalton Mauldin went 3-5 with two runs scored, a double, and an RBI … Javier Lopez, Bryant Goolsby, and John O'Dwyer contributed two hits … Goolsby drove in three runs

Trevecca cracked 12 hits and both teams left eight runners on base … Trevecca pitchers combined to strikeout 13 Panthers

GAME TWO: Dalton Mauldin went 3-4 with a run scored and a stolen base … Tyler Koprowski started and took the loss

ODU delivered 10 hits and took advantage of seven Trojan walks and three hit-by-pitch

WHAT'S NEXT

Trevecca hosts Great Midwest foe Ohio Dominican University on Saturday for a pair of games starting at 1 PM at Jackson Field. Trevecca leads the all-time series 6-1. Trevecca hosts Lee University on Tuesday at Jackson Field, former Trojan Mark Brew is the head coach of the Flames. Brew served as Dave Altopps assistant at TNU following his playing days. Brew joined Altopp at Lee and took the top job when Altopp retired. Lee owns a 25-11 in the series since 2001.  

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